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Descy, J.-P., M.-A. Hardy, S. Sténuite, S. Pirlot, B. Leporcq , I. Kimirei, B. Sekadende, S.R. Mwaitega and D. Sinyenza 2005. Phytoplankton pigments and community composition in Lake Tanganyika. Freshwater Biology, 50: 668-684.
Descy, J.-P., B. Leporcq, M.-A. Hardy, S. Pirlot, S. Sténuite, I. Kimirei, B. Sekadende, S.R. Mwaitega & D. Sinyenza, 2005. Le phytoplancton du Lac Tanganyika: une vision par l'analyse des pigments algaux. Bull. Séanc. Acad. R. Sci. Outre-Mer, 51 : 129-142.
Plisnier, P.-D. & Descy, J.-P., 2005. CLIMLAKE: Climate variability as recorded in Lake Tanganyika - Final Report (2001-2005). Brussels, Belgian Science Policy, 105 pp.
Unrein F, Sarmento H. 2005. El Lago Tanganyika. Investigacion y Ciencia Julio:38-39.
Pirlot S., Vanderheyden J., Descy J.-P. & Servais, P., 2005 Abundance and biomass of heterotrophic micro-organisms in Lake Tanganyika. Freshwater Biology, 50: 1219-1232
De Wever, A., Muylaert, K., Pirlot, S., Van der Gucht, K., Cocquyt, C., Descy, J.-P., Plisnier, P.-D. & Vyverman, W. 2005. Bacterial community composition in Lake Tanganyika : vertical and horizontal heterogeneity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71: 5029-5037.
Alleman, L.Y., D. Cardinal, C. Cocquyt, P.-D. Plisnier, J.-P.Descy, I. Kimirei, D. Sinyenza & L. André, 2005. Silicon isotopic fractionation in Lake Tanganyika and its main tributaries, Journal of Great Lakes Research, 31: 509-519.
Pirlot S., Descy J.-P. & Servais, P., 2006 Corrigendum: Correction of biomass estimates for heterotrophic micro-organisms in Lake Tanganyika. Freshwater Biology, 51: 984-985.
Naithani J., F. Darchambeau, E. Deleersnijder, J.-P. Descy and E. Wolanski, 2007. Study of the nutrient and plankton dynamics in Lake Tanganyika using a reduced-gravity model, Ecological Modelling, 200: 225-233.
Stoyneva, M. P., J.-P. Descy & W. Vyverman, 2007 Green algae in Lake Tanganyika: Is morphological variation a response to seasonal changes? Hydrobiologia, 578: 7-16.
Pirlot S., F. Unrein, J.-P.Descy & P. Servais. 2007. Fate of heterotrophic bacteria in Lake Tanganyika (East Africa). FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 62 : 354–364
Stenuite S., S. Pirlot, M.A. Hardy, H. Sarmento, A.-L. Tarbe, B. Leporcq & J.P Descy, 2007. Phytoplankton production and growth rate in Lake Tanganyika: evidence of a decline in primary productivity in recent decades. Freshwater Biology, 52: 2226–2239
De Wever, A., K.Muylaert, D. Langlet, L. Alleman, J.-P. Descy, L. André, C. Cocquyt, W. Vyverman, 2008. Differential response of phytoplankton to nitrogen, phosphorus and iron additions in Lake Tanganyika. Freshwater Biology, 53: 264-277.
Descy, J.-P. & Sarmento, H. 2008. Microorganisms of the East African Great Lakes and their response to environmental changes. Freshwater Reviews, 1: 59-73.
Stenuite, S, S. Pirlot, A.-L. Tarbe, H. Sarmento, S. Thill, , B. Leporcq, D. Sinyinza, J.-P. Descy & P. Servais 2009. Abundance and production of bacteria, and relationship to phytoplankton production, in a large tropical lake (Lake Tanganyika). Freshwater Biology, 54: 1300-1311
Plisnier P.-D., H. Mgana, I. Kimirei, A. Chande, L. Makasa, J. Chimanga, F. Zulu, C. Cocquyt, S. Horion, N. Bergamino, J. Naithani, E. Deleersnijder, L. André, J.-P. Descy & Y. Cornet. 2009. Limnological variability and pelagic fish abundance (Stolothrissa tanganicae and Lates stappersii) in Lake Tanganyika. Hydrobiologia, 625: 117-134
Stenuite, S, A.-L. Tarbe, H. Sarmento, F. Unrein, , S. Pirlot, S. Thill, , M.Lecomte, B. Leporcq, J. Gasol & J.-P. Descy, 2009. Photosynthetic picoplankton in Lake Tanganyika: biomass distribution patterns with depth, season and basin. Journal of Plankton Research, 31: 1531-1544.
Horion S., N. Bergamino; S. Stenuite, J.-P. Descy, P.-D. Plisnier; S. A. Loiselle & Y. Cornet, 2010. Optimized extraction of daily bio-optical time series derived from MODIS/Aqua imagery for Lake Tanganyika, Africa. Remote sensing of Environment, 114: 781-791.
Bergamino, N., S. Horion, S. Stenuite, Y. Cornet, S. Loiselle, P.-D. Plisnier & J.-P. Descy, 2010. Spatio-temporal dynamics of phytoplankton and primary production in Lake Tanganyika using a MODIS based bio-optical time series. Remote sensing of Environment, 114: 772-780.
Descy, J.-P. A.-L. Tarbe, S. Stenuite, S. Pirlot, J. Stimart, J. Vanderheyden, B. Leporcq, M.P. Stoyneva, I. Kimirei, D. Sinyinza & P.-D. Plisnier, 2010. Drivers of phytoplankton diversity in Lake Tanganyika. Hydrobiologia, 653: 29-44.
Tarbe, A. L., Stenuite, S., Balague, V., Sinyinza, D., Descy, J. P., and Massana, R. 2011. Molecular characterisation of the small-eukaryote community in a tropical Great Lake (Lake Tanganyika, East Africa). Aquatic Microbial Ecology 62: 177-190.
Tarbe, A.-L., Unrein, F., Stenuite, S., Pirlot, S., Sarmento, H., Sinyinza, D., and Descy, J. P. 2011. Protist Herbivory: a Key Pathway in the Pelagic Food Web of Lake Tanganyika. Microbial Ecology, 62: 314-323.