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Dirk Verschuren

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173 Results

2026

Deep learning of fossil pollen morphology reveals 25,000 years of ecological change in East African grasslands

Marc-Élie AdaiméShu KongMichael A. UrbanF. Alayne Street-PerrottDirk VerschurenSurangi W. Punyasena

2025

A continuous 150-kyr record of geomagnetic field variations from Lake Chala, Eastern Equatorial Africa

Anita Di ChiaraVassil KarloukovskiBarbara A. MaherMaarten Van DaeleThijs Van der MeerenDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Agricultural land use and ensuing eutrophication both shape parasitic trematode communities in rural African lakes

Cyril HammoudBert Van BocxlaerDirk VerschurenJulius TumusiimeChristian AlbrechtWannes De CropCasim Umba ToloTine Huyse

A1 Journal Article in PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The African Anthropocene : land-use history in the central Rift Valley of Kenya based on analyses of clay minerals, particle size and charcoal in a continuous lake-sediment record

Tabitha WuytackDirk VerschurenGijs De CortGeert van der PlasEls RykenFlorias Mees

2024

A lake record of geomagnetic secular variations for the last 23 ka from Lake Chala : toward a composite directional lake record of the Earth's magnetic field for equatorial East Africa

A. Di ChiaraM. W. HounslowB. A. MaherV. KarloukovskiMaarten Van DaeleM. BlaauwDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Assessment of branched glycerol monoalkyl glycerol tetraether (brGMGT)-based paleothermometry in the 250,000-year sediment record of Lake Chala, equatorial East Africa

A. J. BaxterF. PeterseDirk VerschurenJ. S. Sinninghe Damsté

A1 Journal Article in ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Disentangling influences of climate variability and lake-system evolution on climate proxies derived from isoprenoid and branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) : the 250 kyr Lake Chala record

Allix J. BaxterFrancien PeterseDirk VerschurenMaitituerdi AihemaitiNicolas WaldmannJaap S. Sinninghe Damste

A1 Journal Article in BIOGEOSCIENCES

The >250-kyr Lake Chala record : a tephrostratotype correlating archaeological, palaeoenvironmental and volcanic sequences across eastern Africa

Catherine Martin-JonesChristine S. LaneMaarten BlaauwDarren F. MarkDirk VerschurenThijs Van der MeerenMaarten Van DaeleHannah WyntonNick BlegenMary Kisaka et al.

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

2023

Accelerated soil erosion and sedimentation associated with agricultural activity in crater-lake catchments of Western Uganda

Wannes De CropDirk VerschurenNick RykenRose BasoomaTomma Judith OkuonziaAnn Verdoodt

A1 Journal Article in LAND

Ancient DNA is preserved in fish fossils from tropical lake sediments

Moritz MuschickEliane JemmiNicholas LengacherStephanie HänschNathan WalesMary A. KisheSalome MwaikoJorunn DielemanMark Alexander LeverWalter Salzburger et al.

A1 Journal Article in MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Evaluating the combined impacts of hydrological change, coastal dynamics and human activity on mangrove cover and health in the Tana River delta, Kenya

Peter N. GitauStephanie DuvailDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE

High-throughput sequencing and marker pigment analysis of freshwater phytoplankton : a direct comparison with microscopic count data in the tropical crater lakes of Western Uganda

Heidi TanttuDirk VerschurenWannes De CropAngela NankabirwaChristine CocquytBjorn TytgatElie Verleyen

A1 Journal Article in LIMNOLOGICA

Molecular ecology of trematode communities within intermediate host snail populations of human impacted tropical crater lakes (Uganda)

Cyril HammoudDirk VerschurenTine HuyseBert Van BocxlaerChristian Albrecht

Reversed Holocene temperature-moisture relationship in the Horn of Africa

A. J. BaxterDirk VerschurenF. PeterseDiego MirallesC. M. Martin-JonesA. MaitituerdiThijs Van der MeerenMaarten Van DaeleC. S. LaneG. H. Haug et al.

A1 Journal Article in NATURE

Checklist of the diatoms (Bacillariophyta) from Lake Naivasha, Kenya, with some historical notes

Christine CocquytDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in PHYTOKEYS

2022

A predominantly tropical influence on late Holocene hydroclimate variation in the hyperarid central Sahara

Thijs Van der MeerenDirk VerschurenFlorence SylvestreYacoub A. NassourEvi NaudtsLuis Aguilar OrtizPierre DeschampsKazuyo TachikawaEdouard BardMathieu Schuster et al.

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE ADVANCES

Depositional history of Lake Chala (Mt. Kilimanjaro, equatorial East Africa) from high-resolution seismic stratigraphy

Aihemaiti MaitituerdiMaarten Van DaeleDirk VerschurenMarc De BatistNicolas Waldmann

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES

Simultaneous genotyping of snails and infecting trematode parasites using high-throughput amplicon sequencing

Cyril HammoudStephen MuleroBert Van BocxlaerJerome BoissierDirk VerschurenChristian AlbrechtTine Huyse

A1 Journal Article in MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES

Trematode infection affects shell shape and size in Bulinus tropicus

Cyril HammoudAnnelies KayenberghJulius TumusiimeDirk VerschurenChristian AlbrechtTine HuyseBert Van Bocxlaer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY-PARASITES AND WILDLIFE

Vulnerability of tropical crater lakes to water-quality loss : a natural experiment in western Uganda

Wannes De CropDirk VerschurenAnn VerdoodtJohn Stephen Balirwa

2021

Anoxic in situ production of bacterial GMGTs in the water column and surficial bottom sediments of a meromictic tropical crater lake: Implications for lake paleothermometry

A. J. BaxterF. PeterseDirk VerschurenJ. S. Sinninghe Damste

A1 Journal Article in GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Atmospheric controls on precipitation isotopes and hydroclimate in high-elevation regions in Eastern Africa since the Last Glacial Maximum

Sloane GarelickJames M. RussellSylvia DeeDirk VerschurenDaniel O. Olago

A1 Journal Article in EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Climate-human-landscape interaction in the eastern foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro (equatorial East Africa) during the last two millennia

Geert van der PlasStephen M. RucinaAndreas HempRobert A. MarchantHenry HooghiemstraLisa SchuelerDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in HOLOCENE

Mixing regimes in the equatorial crater lakes of western Uganda

Wannes De CropDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in LIMNOLOGICA

Past and present phytoplankton communities in East-African crater lakes : paleolimnology and biomonitoring

Heidi TanttuElie VerleyenDirk Verschuren

Population collapse in Congo rainforest from 400 CE urges reassessment of the Bantu Expansion

Dirk SeidenstickerWannes HubauDirk VerschurenCesar Fortes-LimaPierre de MaretCarina M. SchlebuschKoen Bostoen

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE ADVANCES

Seasonal and multi-annual variation in the abundance of isoprenoid GDGT membrane lipids and their producers in the water column of a meromictic equatorial crater lake (Lake Chala, East Africa)

A. J. BaxterL. G. J. van BreeF. PeterseE. C. HopmansL. VillanuevaDirk VerschurenJ. S. Sinninghe Damste

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Seasonality in diet and feeding habits of the endemic Chala tilapia (Oreochromis hunteri) and two introduced tilapiine cichlids in Lake Chala, East Africa

Jorunn DielemanChristine CocquytWanja Dorothy NyingiDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in HYDROBIOLOGIA

Zoobenthos community turnover in a 1650-yr lake-sediment record of climate-driven hydrological change

Thijs Van der MeerenDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in ECOSPHERE

2020

Anthropogenic alteration of nutrient supply increases the global freshwater carbon sink

N. J. AndersonA. J. HeathcoteD. R. EngstromD. B. RyvesK. MillsY. T. PrairieP. A. del GiorgioH. BennionS. TurnerN. L. Rose et al.

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE ADVANCES

Climatic and anthropogenic drivers of landscape change in equatorial East Africa during the last two millennia

Geert van der PlasDirk Verschuren

Ecological assessment of rivers and streams in the Rwenzori Region, Uganda

Peace Sasha Liz MusongePeter GoethalsDirk VerschurenPieter Boets

History of scoria-cone eruptions on the eastern shoulder of the Kenya-Tanzania Rift revealed in the 250-ka sediment record of Lake Chala near Mount Kilimanjaro

Catherine Martin-JonesChristine LaneMaarten Van DaeleThijs Van der MeerenChristian WolffHeather MoorhouseEmma TomlinsonDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE

Reconstructing East African monsoon variability from grain-size distributions : end-member modeling and source attribution of diatom-rich sediments from Lake Chala

Inka MeyerMaarten Van DaeleNiels TangheMarc De BatistDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Seasonal variability and sources of in situ brGDGT production in a permanently stratified African crater lake

Loes G. J. van BreeFrancien PeterseAllix J. BaxterWannes De CropSigrid van GrinsvenLaura VillanuevaDirk VerschurenJaap S. Sinninghe Damste

A1 Journal Article in BIOGEOSCIENCES

Tracing ancient animal husbandry in tropical Africa using the fossil spore assemblages of coprophilous fungi : a validation study in western Uganda

Lore GoethalsDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY

Water‐isotope ecohydrology of Mount Kilimanjaro

Samuel BodéLien De WispelaereAndreas HempDirk VerschurenPascal Boeckx

A1 Journal Article in ECOHYDROLOGY

2019

Baseline assessment of benthic macroinvertebrate community structure and ecological water quality in Rwenzori rivers (Albertine rift valley, Uganda) using biotic-index tools

Peace Sasha Liz MusongePieter BoetsKoen LockNaomi Minar Damanik AmbaritaMarie Anne Eurie ForioDirk VerschurenPeter Goethals

A1 Journal Article in LIMNOLOGICA

Determining patterns of stratification and mixing in tropical crater lakes through intermittent water-column profiling : a case study in western Uganda

Wannes De CropDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES

Distinct phases of natural landscape dynamics and intensifying human activity in the central Kenya Rift Valley during the past 1300 years

Geert van der PlasGijs De CortNik Petek-SargeantTabitha WuytackDaniele ColombaroliPaul J LaneDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Ecohydrological evolution of Lake Naivasha (central Rift Valley, Kenya) during the past 1650 years, as recorded by ostracod assemblages and stable-isotope geochemistry

Thijs Van der MeerenEmi ItoKathleen R. LairdBrian F. CummingDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Influence of plant growth form, habitat and season on leaf-wax n-alkane hydrogen-isotopic signatures in equatorial East Africa

Marco GriepentrogLien De WispelaereMarijn BautersSamuel BodéAndreas HempDirk VerschurenPascal Boeckx

A1 Journal Article in GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Late-Holocene sedimentation and sodium carbonate deposition in hypersaline, alkaline Nasikie Engida, southern Kenya Rift Valley

Gijs De CortFlorias MeesRobin W RenautMatthias SinnesaelThijs Van der MeerenSteven GoderisEdward KeppensAnthony MbuthiaDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY

Les Lacs d'Ounianga : mieux comprendre leur dynamique hydrologique et écologique par une approche interdisciplinaire

Thijs Van der MeerenPierre DeschampsFlorence SylvestreBaouyé KemkongAbderamane MoussaMathieu SchusterDirk Verschuren

Bookchapter in Le Tchad des lacs : les zones humides sahéliennes au défi du changement global

Phytoplankton communities in the crater lakes of western Uganda, and their indicator species in relation to lake trophic status

Angela NankabirwaWannes De CropThijs Van der MeerenChristine CocquytPierre-Denis PlisnierJohn BalirwaDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Recurrent changes in cichlid dentition linked to climate-driven lake-level fluctuations

Jorunn DielemanBert Van BocklaerWanja Dorothy NyingiAnna LyaruuDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in ECOSPHERE

Species integrity and origin of Oreochromis hunteri (Pisces: Cichlidae), endemic to crater Lake Chala (Kenya-Tanzania)

Jorunn DielemanMoritz MuschickWanja Dorothy NyingiDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in HYDROBIOLOGIA

2018

Determinants of savanna-fire dynamics in the eastern Lake Victoria catchment (western Kenya) during the last 1200 years

Daniele ColombaroliGeert van der PlasStephen RucinaDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

Multi-basin depositional framework for moisture-balance reconstruction during the last 1300 years at Lake Bogoria, central Kenya Rift Valley

Gijs De CortDirk VerschurenEls RykenChristian WolffRobin W RenautMike CreutzThijs Van der MeerenGerald HaugDaniel O OlagoFlorias Mees

A1 Journal Article in SEDIMENTOLOGY

Origin, formation and environmental significance of des-A-arborenes in the sediments of an East African crater lake

L. G. J. van BreeM. M. IslamW. I. C. RijpstraDirk VerschurenA. C. T. van DuinJ. S. Sinninghe DamsteW. de Leeuw

A1 Journal Article in ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Response of an African tilapia (Oreochromis hunteri) to long-term environmental fluctuations : an integrated approach combining the fossil record and modern-day system

Jorunn DielemanDirk VerschurenBert Van Bocxlaer

Seasonal variability in the abundance and stable carbon-isotopic composition of lipid biomarkers in suspended particulate matter from a stratified equatorial lake (Lake Chala, Kenya/Tanzania) : implications for the sedimentary record

L. G. J. van BreeF. PeterseM. T. J. van der MeerJ. J. MiddelburgA. M. D. NegashWannes De CropChristine CocquytJ. J. WieringaDirk VerschurenJ. S. Sinninghe Damste

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Sediment reflectance spectroscopy as a paleo-hydrological proxy in East Africa

Inka MeyerMaarten Van DaeleGéraldine FiersElie VerleyenMarc De BatistDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS

2017

A revised classification and terminology for stacked and amalgamated turbidites in environments dominated by (hemi)pelagic sedimentation

Maarten Van DaeleInka MeyerJasper MoernautSteven De DeckerDirk VerschurenMarc De Batist

A1 Journal Article in SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY

Plant water resource partitioning and isotopic fractionation during transpiration in a seasonally dry tropical climate

Lien De WispelaereSamuel BodéPedro Alejandro Hervé FernándezAndreas HempDirk VerschurenPascal Boeckx

A1 Journal Article in BIOGEOSCIENCES

The tropical lapse rate steepened during the Last Glacial Maximum

Shannon E LoomisJames M RussellDirk VerschurenCarrie MorrillGijs De CortJaap S Sinninghe DamstéDaniel OlagoHilde EggermontF Alayne Street-PerrottMeredith A Kelly

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE ADVANCES

2016

African hydroclimatic variability during the last 2000 years

David J NashGijs De CortBrian M ChaseDirk VerschurenSharon E NicholsonTimothy M ShanahanAsfawossen AsratAnne-Marie LézineStefan W Grab

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Comparison of simulated and reconstructed variations in East African hydroclimate over the last millennium

François KleinHugues GoosseNicholas E GrahamDirk Verschuren

A2 Journal Article in CLIMATE OF THE PAST DISCUSSIONS

Comparison of simulated and reconstructed variations in East African hydroclimate over the last millennium

François KleinHugues GoosseNicholas E GrahamDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in CLIMATE OF THE PAST

Des-A-lupane in an East African lake sedimentary record as a new proxy for the stable carbon isotopic composition of C₃ plants

LGJ van BreeWIC RijpstraNA Al-DhabiDirk VerschurenJS Sinninghe DamstéJW de Leeuw

A1 Journal Article in ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Distribution and community structure of Ostracoda (Crustacea) in shallow waterbodies of southern Kenya

Bob RumesThijs Van der MeerenKoenraad MartensDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AQUATIC SCIENCE

Holocene hydroclimate reconstruction in East Africa, based on multi-proxy analysis of lake sediments

Gijs De CortDirk VerschurenPhlorias Mees

Interannual and (multi-)decadal variability in the sedimentary BIT index of Lake Challa, East Africa, over the past 2200 years : assessment of the precipitation proxy

Laura K BucklesDirk VerschurenJohan WH WeijersChristine CocquytMaarten BlaauwJaap S Sinninghe Damsté

A1 Journal Article in CLIMATE OF THE PAST

Recent environmental history of the desert oasis lakes at Ounianga Serir, Chad

Mike CreutzBert Van BocxlaerMoussa AbderamaneDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY

2015

A late-Quaternary perspective on atmospheric pCO(2), climate, and fire as drivers of C-4-grass abundance

Michael A UrbanDavid M NelsonF Alayne Street-PerrottDirk VerschurenFeng Sheng Hu

A1 Journal Article in ECOLOGY

Biogenic Si analysis in volcanically imprinted lacustrine systems: the case of Lake Rutundu (Mt. Kenya)

Lúcia BarãoGijs De CortPatrick MeireDirk VerschurenEric Struyf

A1 Journal Article in BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Short-term variability in the sedimentary BIT index of Lake Challa, East Africa over the past 2200 years : validating the precipitation proxy

LK BucklesJWH WeijersDirk VerschurenChristine CocquytJS Sinninghe Damsté

A2 Journal Article in CLIMATE OF THE PAST DISCUSSIONS

Tracing functional adaptation in African cichlid fishes through morphometric analysis of fossil teeth: exploring the methods

Jorunn DielemanBert Van BocxlaerClaudia ManntschkeDorothy Wanja NyingiDominique AdriaensDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in HYDROBIOLOGIA

2014

Chironomid distribution along a pollution gradient in Ethiopian rivers, and their potential for biological water quality monitoring

G BeneberuS MengistouHilde EggermontDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AQUATIC SCIENCE

Contrasting long-term records of biomass burning in wet and dry savannas of equatorial East Africa

Daniele ColombaroliImmaculate SsemmandaVanessa GeloriniDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Effects of temperature, pH, and nutrient concentration on branched GDGT distributions in East African lakes: implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions

Shannon E LoomisJames M RussellHilde EggermontDirk VerschurenJaap Sinninghe Damsté

A1 Journal Article in ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Modern seasonality in Lake Challa (Kenya/Tanzania) and its sedimentary documentation in recent lake sediments

Christian WolffIris Kristen-JennyGeorg SchettlerBirgit PlessenHanno MeyerPeter DulskiRudolf NaumannAchim BrauerDirk VerschurenGerald H Haug

A1 Journal Article in LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Origin and palaeoenvironmental significance of C25 and C27n-alk-1-enes in a 25,000-year lake-sedimentary record from equatorial East Africa

LGJ van BreeWIC RijpstraChristine CocquytNA Al-DhabiDirk VerschurenJS Sinninghe DamstéJW de Leeuw

A1 Journal Article in GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Potential biological sources of long chain alkyl diols in a lacustrine system

Laura VillanuevaMarc BesselingMarta Rodrigo-GámizSebastiaan W RampenDirk VerschurenJaap S Sinninghe Damsté

A1 Journal Article in ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Sensitivity of East African savannah vegetation to historical moisture-balance variation

I SsemmandaVanessa GeloriniDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in CLIMATE OF THE PAST

Sensitivity of the grassland-forest ecotone in East African open woodland savannah to historical rainfall variation

Immaculate SsemmandaVanessa GeloriniDirk Verschuren

A2 Journal Article in CLIMATE OF THE PAST DISCUSSIONS

Sources of core and intact branched tetraether membrane lipids in the lacustrine environment: anatomy of Lake Challa and its catchment, equatorial East Africa

Laura K BucklesJohan WH WeijersDirk VerschurenJaap S Sinninghe Damsté

A1 Journal Article in GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

The contribution of intra- and interspecific tolerance variability to biodiversity changes along toxicity gradients

Frederik De LaenderCarlos J MelianRichard BindlerPaul J Van den BrinkMichiel DaamHelene RousselJonas JuseliusDirk VerschurenColin Janssen

A1 Journal Article in ECOLOGY LETTERS

2013

Ancient charcoal as a natural archive for paleofire regime and vegetation change in the Mayumbe, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Wannes HubauJan Van den BulckePeter KitinFlorias MeesGeert BaertDirk VerschurenLaurent NsengaJoris Van AckerHans Beeckman

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY RESEARCH

Carbon cycling within an East African lake revealed by the carbon isotope composition of diatom silica: a 25-ka record from Lake Challa, Mt. Kilimanjaro

Philip A BarkerElizabeth R HurrellMelanie J LengBirgit PlessenChristian WolffDaniel J ConleyEddy KeppensIsla MilneBrian F CummingKathleen R Laird et al.

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Chironomid records : Africa

Hilde EggermontDirk Verschuren

Bookchapter in The encyclopaedia of quaternary sciences

Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia

Moinuddin AhmedKevin J AnchukaitisAsfawossen AsratHemant P BorgaonkarMartina BraidaBrendan M BuckleyUlf BüntgenBrian M ChaseDuncan A ChristieEdward R Cook et al.

A1 Journal Article in NATURE GEOSCIENCE

Historical climate-human-ecosystem interaction in East Africa: a review

Vanessa GeloriniDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Late-Holocene and recent hydroclimatic variability in the central Kenya Rift Valley: the sediment record of hypersaline lakes Bogoria, Nakuru and Elementeita

Gijs De CortIlse BessemsEdward KeppensFlorias MeesBrian CummingDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Linking isoprenoidal GDGT membrane lipid distributions with gene abundances of ammonia-oxidizing Thaumarchaeota and uncultured crenarchaeotal groups in the water column of a tropical lake (Lake Challa, East Africa)

Laura K BucklesLaura VillanuevaJohan WH WeijersDirk VerschurenJaap S Sinninghe Damste

A1 Journal Article in ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Temperature variability over Africa during the last 2000 years

Sharon E NicholsonDavid J NashBrian M ChaseStefan W GrabTimothy M ShanahanDirk VerschurenAsfawossen AsratAnne-Marie LézineMohammed Umer

A1 Journal Article in HOLOCENE

Varved sediments of Lake Yoa (Ounianga Kebir, Chad) reveal progressive drying of the Sahara during the last 6100 years

Pierre FrancusHans Von SuchodoletzMichael DietzeReik V. DonnerFrédéric BouchardAnn-Julie RoyMaureen FagotDirk VerschurenStefan Kröpelin

A1 Journal Article in SEDIMENTOLOGY

2012

Biodiversity of freshwater diatom communities during 1000 years of metal mining, land use, and climate change in Central Sweden

Frederik De LaenderDirk VerschurenRichard BindlerOlivier ThasColin Janssen

A1 Journal Article in ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Distribution of tetraether lipids in the 25-ka sedimentary record of Lake Challa: extracting reliable TEX86 and MBT/CBT palaeotemperatures from an equatorial African lake

Jaap S Sinninghe DamstéJort OssebaarStefan SchoutenDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Effects of land use on the fungal spore richness in small crater-lake basins of western Uganda

Vanessa GeloriniAnnemieke VerbekenLuc LensHilde EggermontBent Vad OdgaardDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in FUNGAL DIVERSITY

Long-term variability and rainfall control of savanna fire regimes in equatorial East Africa

David M NelsonDirk VerschurenMichael A UrbanFeng Sheng Hu

A1 Journal Article in GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Subfossil ostracode assemblages from Mongolia: quantifying response for paleolimnological applications

Thijs Van der MeerenS MischkeN SunjidmaaU HerzschuhE ItoKoenraad MartensDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Validation of non-pollen palynomorphs as paleoenvironmental indicators in tropical Africa: contrasting ~200-year paleolimnological records of climate change and human impact

Vanessa GeloriniImmaculate SsemmandaDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY

2011

A 25,000-year record of climate-induced changes in lowland vegetation of eastern equatorial Africa revealed by the stable carbon-isotopic composition of fossil plant leaf waxes

Jaap S Sinninghe DamstéDirk VerschurenJort OssebaarJord BlokkerRianne van HoutenMarcel TJ van der MeerBirgit PlessenStefan Schouten

A1 Journal Article in EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Developing a methodology for carbon isotope analysis of lacustrine diatoms

Elizabeth R HurrellPhilip A BarkerMelanie J LengChristopher H VanePeter WynnChris P KendrickDirk VerschurenF Alayne Street-Perrott

A1 Journal Article in RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY

Distribution and faunal richness of Cladocera in western Uganda crater lakes

Bob RumesHilde EggermontDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in HYDROBIOLOGIA

Diversity and ecology of tropical African fungal spores from a 25,000-year palaeoenvironmental record in southeastern Kenya

Bas van GeelVanessa GeloriniAnna LyaruuAndre AptrootStephen RucinaRob MarchantJaap S Sinninghe Sinninghe DamstéDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY

Diversity and palaeoecological significance of non-pollen palynomorph assemblages in East African lake sediments

Vanessa GeloriniDirk VerschurenAnnemieke Verbeken

High-resolution 14C dating of a 25,000-year lake-sediment record from equatorial East Africa

Maarten BlaauwBas van GeelIris KristenBirgit PlessenAnna LyaruuDaniel R EngstromJohannes van der PlichtDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Late Quaternary behavior of the East African monsoon and the importance of the Congo Air Boundary

Jessica E TierneyJames M RussellJaap S Sinninghe DamstéYongsong HuangDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Modern and early Holocene mollusc fauna of the Ounianga lakes (northern Chad): implications for the palaeohydrology of the central Sahara

Bert Van BocxlaerDirk VerschurenGeorge SchettlerStefan Kröpelin

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE

Modern non-pollen palynomorphs from East African lake sediments

Vanessa GeloriniAnnemieke VerbekenBas van GeelChristine CocquytDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY

Ostracoda (Crustacea) as paleoenvironmental proxies for Late-Holocene climate variability in western Mongolia

Thijs Van der MeerenDirk VerschurenKoenraad Martens

Priority effects and species sorting in a long paleoecological record of repeated community assembly through time

Joachim MergeayLuc De MeesterHilde EggermontDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in ECOLOGY

Reduced interannual rainfall variability in East Africa during the Last Ice Age

Christian WolffGerald H HaugAxel TimmermannJaap S Sinninghe DamstéAchim BrauerDaniel M SigmanMark A CaneDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE

Seasonality in equatorial climate over the past 25 k.y. revealed by oxygen isotope records from Mount Kilimanjaro

Philip A BarkerElizabeth R HurrellMelanie J LengChristian WolffChristine CocquytHilary J SloaneDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in GEOLOGY

Valve chemistry of Limnocythere inopinata (Ostracoda) in a cold arid environment: implications for paleolimnological interpretation

Thijs Van der MeerenEmi ItoDirk VerschurenJames E AlmendingerKoenraad Martens

A1 Journal Article in PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

2010

Environmental controls on branched tetraether lipid distributions in tropical East African lake sediments

Jessica E TierneyJames M RussellHilde EggermontEC HopmansDirk VerschurenJaap S Sinninghe Damsté

A1 Journal Article in GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Limnological and ecological sensitivity of Rwenzori mountain lakes to climate warming

Hilde EggermontDirk VerschurenLeen AudenaertLuc LensJames RussellGerrit KlaassenOliver Heiri

A1 Journal Article in HYDROBIOLOGIA

Morphometric techniques allow environmental reconstructions from low-diversity continental ostracode assemblages

Thijs Van der MeerenDirk VerschurenEmi ItoKoenraad Martens

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY

Observations on the limnology and phytoplankton community of crater Lake Kyaninga (Uganda), with special attention to its diatom flora

Christine CocquytPierre-Denis PlisnierVanessa GeloriniBob RumesDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in PLANT ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Paleotemperature reconstruction in tropical Africa using fossil Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera)

Hilde EggermontOliver HeiriJames RussellMathias VuilleLeen AudenaertDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY

Regional diversity, ecology and palaeoecology of aquatic invertebrate communities in East African lakes

Bob RumesDirk VerschurenHilde Eggermont

The seismic-stratigraphic record of lake-level fluctuations in Lake Challa: hydrological stability and change in equatorial East Africa over the last 140 kyr

Jasper MoernautDirk VerschurenFrançois CharletIris KristenMaureen FagotMarc De Batist

A1 Journal Article in EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

2009

Fluxes and distribution of tetraether lipids in an equatorial African lake: constraints on the application of the TEX86 palaeothermometer and BIT index in lacustrine settings

Jaap S Sinninghe DamstéJort OssebaarBen AbbasStefan SchoutenDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Half-precessional dynamics of monsoon rainfall near the East African Equator

Dirk VerschurenJaap S Sinninghe DamstéJasper MoernautIris KristenMaarten BlaauwMaureen FagotGerald H Haugthe CHALLACEA project membersMarc De BatistHilde Eggermont

A1 Journal Article in NATURE

Half-precessional dynamics of monsoon rainfall near the East African equator: Implications for Indian Ocean ITCZ migration over the past 25,000 years

Dirk VerschurenJSS DamsteJasper MoernautI KristenM BlaauwMaureen FagotGH Haug

Human impacts, climate change, and aquatic ecosystem response during the past 2000 yr at Lake Wandakara, Uganda

James M RussellS. J. MccoyDirk VerschurenI. BessemsY. Huang

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY RESEARCH

Paleolimnological records of recent glacier recession in the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda-D. R. Congo

J RussellHilde EggermontR TaylorDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY

Paleolimnology of African lakes: beyond the exploration phase

Dirk VerschurenJames M Russell

A4 Journal Article in PAGES NEWS

2008

Altitudinal shifts in the branched tetraether lipid distribution in soil from Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania): Implications for the MBT/CBT continental palaeothermometer

Jaap S Sinninghe DamstéJort OssebaarStefan SchoutenDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in Organic Geochemistry

Aquatic community response in a groundwater-fed desert lake to Holocene desiccation of the Sahara

Hilde EggermontDirk VerschurenMaureen FagotBob RumesBert Van BocxlaerStefan Kroepelin

A1 Journal Article in Quaternary Science Reviews

Climate-driven ecosystem succession in the Sahara: the past 6000 years

S KröpelinDirk VerschurenA-M LézineHilde EggermontChristine CocquytP FrancusJ-P CazetMaureen FagotBob RumesJM Russell et al.

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE

Distribution of living larval Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) along a depth transect at Kigoma Bay, Lake Tanganyika (East Africa): implications for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction

Hilde EggermontDavid KennedyStephen HasiotisDirk VerschurenA Cohen

A1 Journal Article in AFRICAN ENTOMOLOGY

Latitudinal linkages in late Holocene moisture-balance variation

Dirk VerschurenDan J Charman

Bookchapter in Natural climate variability and global warming : a Holocene perspective

Palaeolimnological evidence for widespread late 18th century drought across equatorial East Africa

Ilse BessemsDirk VerschurenJames M RussellJozef HusFlorias MeesBrian F Cumming

A1 Journal Article in PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Response to comment on 'Climate-driven ecosystem succession in the Sahara: the past 6000 years'

Stefan KröpelinDirk VerschurenAnne-Marie Lézine

Editorial material

2007

Climatic and hydrological instability in semi-arid equatorial East Africa during the late Glacial to Holocene transition: a multi-proxy reconstruction of aquatic ecosystem response in northern Tanzania

M RynerF GasseBob RumesDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Extinction, recolonization, and dispersal through time in a planktonic crustacean

Joachim MergeayJoost VanoverbekeDirk VerschurenLuc De Meester

A1 Journal Article in ECOLOGY

Physical and chemical limnology of alpine lakes and pools in the Rwenzori Mountains (Uganda-DR Congo)

Hilde EggermontJames M RussellGeorg SchettlerKay Van DammeIlse BessemsDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in HYDROBIOLOGIA

Sieve mesh size and quantitative chironomid paleoclimatology

Dirk VerschurenHilde Eggermont

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY

Spatial complexity of 'Little Ice Age' climate in East Africa: sedimentary records from two crater lake basins in western Uganda

James M RussellDirk VerschurenHilde Eggermont

A1 Journal Article in HOLOCENE

Spatial variability of chironomid death assemblages in the surface sediments of a fluctuating tropical lake (Lake Naivasha, Kenya)

Hilde EggermontPatrick De DeyneDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY

Taxonomy and diversity of Afroalpine Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) on Mount Kenya and the Rwenzori mountains, East Africa

Hilde EggermontDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

2006

Chironomid records : Africa

Hilde EggermontDirk Verschuren

Bookchapter in Encyclopedia of quaternary sciences

Daphnia community analysis in shallow Kenyan lakes and ponds using dormant eggs in surface sediments

Joachim MergeaySteven DeclerckDirk VerschurenLuc De Meester

A1 Journal Article in FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Fossil Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) as quantitative indicators of past salinity in African lakes

Hilde EggermontOliver HeiriDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Invasion of an asexual American water flea clone throughout Africa and rapid displacement of a native sibling species

Joachim MergeayDirk VerschurenLuc De Meester

A1 Journal Article in PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Quaternary paleoecology of aquatic Diptera in tropical and Southern Hemisphere regions, with special reference to the Chironomidae

Dirk VerschurenHilde Eggermont

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

2005

Cryptic invasion and dispersal of an American Daphnia in East Africa

Joachim MergeayDirk VerschurenLuc De Meester

A1 Journal Article in LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Daphnia species diversity in Kenya, and a key to the identification of their ephippia

Joachim MergeayDirk VerschurenLuc De Meester

A1 Journal Article in HYDROBIOLOGIA

Developing Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) and other aquatic biota from Ruwenzori mountain lakes (Uganda) as temperature indicators for African climate reconstructions

Hilde EggermontKay Van DammeDirk Verschuren

Odonata from the Ennedi and Ounianga regions of northern Chad, with a note of the status of Orthetrum kollmannspergeri Buchholz, and a checklist of species currently known from the Republic of Chad

Henri DumontDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in ODONATOLOGICA

Paleolimnological investigations of anthropogenic environmental change in Lake Tanganyika, I: an introduction to the project

Andrew S CohenManuel R Palacios-FestJames McGillPeter W SwarzenskiDirk VerschurenRobert SinyinzaTharcisse SongoriBombi KakagozoMutanga SyampilaCatherine M O'Reilly et al.

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY

Representation of aquatic invertebrate communities in subfossil death assemblages sampled along a salinity gradient of western Uganda crater lakes

Bob RumesHilde EggermontDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in HYDROBIOLOGIA

Taxonomic diversity and biogeography of Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) in lakes of tropical West Africa using subfossil remains extracted from surface sediments

Hilde EggermontDirk VerschurenHenri Dumont

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

2004

Decadal and century-scale climate variability in tropical Africa during the past 2000 years

Dirk Verschuren

Holocene climate variability in Europe and Africa: a PAGES-PEP III Time Stream 1 synthesis

Dirk VerschurenKeith R BriffaPhilipp HoelzmannKeith BarberPhilip BarkerLouis ScottIan SnowballNeil RobertsRichard W Battarbee

Quantitative reconstruction of past salinity variations in African lakes: assessment of chironomid-based inference models (Insecta: Diptera) in space and time

Dirk VerschurenBrian F CummingKathleen R Laird

A1 Journal Article in CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Sub-fossil Chironomidae from East Africa, 1: Tanypodinae and Orthocladiinae

Hilde EggermontDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY

Sub-fossil Chironomidae from East Africa, 2: Chironominae (Chironomini and Tanytarsini)

Hilde EggermontDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY

Two hundred years of a diverse Daphnia community in Lake Naivasha (Kenya): effects of natural and human-induced environmental changes

Joachim MergeayDirk VerschurenLiesbeth Van KerckhovenLuc De Meester

A1 Journal Article in FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

2003

Impact of soil erosion in disturbed tributary drainages on the benthic invertebrate fauna of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa

Hilde EggermontDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Lake-based climate reconstruction in Africa: progress and challenges

Dirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in HYDROBIOLOGIA

Subfossil Chironomidae from Lake Tanganyika, East Africa, 1: Tanypodinae and Orthocladiinae

Hilde EggermontDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY

Subfossil Chironomidae from Lake Tanganyika, East Africa, 2: Chironominae (Chironomini and Tanytarsini)

Hilde EggermontDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY

The heat on Lake Tanganyika

Dirk Verschuren

Editorial material

Vegetation response to rainfall variation and human impact in central Kenya during the past 1100 years

Henry LambIain DarbyshireDirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in HOLOCENE

2002

Environmental changes in a tropical lake (Lake Abiyata, Ethiopia) during recent centuries

Dagnachew LegesseF GasseO RadakovitchC Vallet-CoulombR BonnefilleDirk VerschurenE GibertP Barker

A1 Journal Article in PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

History and timing of human impact on Lake Victoria, East Africa

Dirk VerschurenThomas C JohnsonHedy J KlingDavid N EdgingtonPeter R LeavittErik T BrownMichael R TalbotRobert E Hecky

A1 Journal Article in PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

2001

Rapid, local adaptation of zooplankton behavior to changes in predation pressure in the absence of neutral genetic changes

C CousynL De MeesterJK ColbourneL BrendonckDirk VerschurenF Volckaert

A1 Journal Article in PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reconstructing fluctuations of a shallow East African lake during the past 1800 yrs from sediment stratigraphy in a submerged crater basin

Dirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY

2000

Effects of depth, salinity, and substrate on the invertebrate community of a fluctuating tropical lake

Dirk VerschurenJohn TibbyKoen SabbeNeil Roberts

A1 Journal Article in ECOLOGY

Rainfall and drought in equatorial east Africa during the past 1,100 years

Dirk VerschurenKathleen R LairdBrian F Cumming

A1 Journal Article in NATURE

1999

Influence of depth and mixing regime on sedimentation in a small, fluctuating tropical soda lake

Dirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Long-term dynamics of algal and invertebrate communities in a small, fluctuating tropical soda lake

Dirk VerschurenChristine CocquytJohn TibbyC Neil RobertsPeter R Leavitt

A1 Journal Article in LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Sedimentation controls on the preservation and time resolution of climate-proxy records from shallow fluctuating lakes

Dirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

The environmental history of a climate-sensitive lake in the former 'White Highlands' of central Kenya

Dirk VerschurenJohn TibbyPeter R LeavittC Neil Roberts

A1 Journal Article in AMBIO

1998

Biogenic silica profiles in holocene cores from Lake Victoria : implications for lake level history and initiation of the Victoria Nile

TC JohnsonY ChanK BeuningK KeltsG NgobiDirk Verschuren

Bookchapter in Environmental change and response in East African Lakes

Silica depletion in Lake Victoria: sedimentary signals at offshore stations

Dirk VerschurenDavid N EdgingtonHedy J KlingThomas C Johnson

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH

1997

Fossil zooplankton and the historical status of westslope cutthroat trout in a headwater lake of Glacier National Park, Montana

Dirk VerschurenLeo F Marnell

A1 Journal Article in TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY

1993

A lightweight extruder for accurate sectioning of soft-bottom lake sediment cores in the field

Dirk Verschuren

A1 Journal Article in LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

1988

The demanian system, traumatic insemination and reproductive strategy in Oncholaimus oxyuris Ditlevsen (Nematoda, Oncholaimina)

August CoomansDirk VerschurenRudy Vanderhaeghen

A1 Journal Article in ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA