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Lake Tanganyika fisheries declining from global warming
2016-08-08 22:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: The decrease in fishery productivity in Lake Tanganyika since the 1950s is a consequence of global warming rather than just overfishing, according to a new report from an international team led by a University of Arizona geoscientist. The lake was becoming warmer at the same time in the 1800s the abundance of fish began declining, the team found. The lake's algae - fish food - also started decreasing at that time. However, large-scale commercial fishing did not begin on Lake Tanganyika until...
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