Oil extraction imperils Africa's Great Lakes

• Authors: VERHEYEN Erik; ABILA R.; AKOLL P.; ALBERTSON C.; ANTUNES D.; BANDA T.; BILLS R.; BULIRANI A.; CHOCHA MANDA Auguste; COHEN A.S.; CUNHA-SARAIVA F.; DERYCKE S.; DONOHUE Ian; DU M.; DUDU A.M.; EGGER B.; FRITZSCHE K.; FROMMEN J.G.; GANTE H.F.; GENNER M.J.; HARER A.; HATA H.; IRVINE K.; MWAPU P.I.; JANSSENS DE BISTHOVEN Luc; JUNGWIRTH A.; KALEME P.; KATONGO C.; KEVER L.; KOBLMÜLLER Stephan; KONINGS A.; LAMBOJ A.; LEMMEL-SCHAEDELIN F.; SCHIAFFINO G.M.; MARTENS K.; MULUNGULA P.M.; MEYER A.; MORE H.L.; MUSILOVA Z.; BUKINGA F.M.; MUZUMANI R.; NTAKIMAZI G.; OKELLO W.; PHIRI H.; PIALEK L.; PLISNIER P.D.; RAEYMAEKERS J.A.M.; RAJKOV J.; RICAN O.; ROBERTS R.; SALZBURGER W.; SCHOEN I.; SEFC K.M.; SINGH P.; SKELTON P.; SNOEKS J.; SCHNEIDER K.; STURMBAUER C.; SVARDAL H.; SVENSSON O.; DOWDALL J.T.; TURNER G.F.; TYERS A.; VAN RIJSSEL J.C.; VAN STEENBERGE M.; VANHOVE Maarten Pieterjan; VERHEYEN E.; WEBER A.T.; WEYL O.; ZIEGELBECKER A.; ZIMMERMANN H.
• Year of publication: 2016
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Science
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aal1722
• Field: Zoology
• Keywords: Tanganyika
• Description: AS THE WORLD’S demands for hydrocarbons increase, remote areas previously made inaccessible by technological limitations are now being prospected for oil and gas deposits. Virtually unnoticed by the public, such activities are ongoing in the East African Great Lakes region, threatening these ecosystems famed for their hyper-diverse biota, including the unique adaptive radiations of cichlid fishes.