Publications associées à Lac Kivu

Fish Diversity in Relation to Littoral Habitats in Three Basins of Lake Kivu (East Africa)

In total, 28 of the 29 fish species reported from the Lake Kivu basin occur in the littoral zone of the lake, but information about their structure, occurrence, and the habitats affecting their distribution is largely lacking. The lake's inshore area is po ...

MDPI2023

The Land-Water-Energy Nexus of Ruzizi River Dams (Lake Kivu Outflow, African Great Lakes Region): Status, Challenges, and Perspectives

Alfred Johny Wüest

Hydroelectric power (HP) represents the main source of electricity in Africa, including the Democratic Republic of Congo. The demand for new dam construction is high, and major projects are currently progressing through planning and implementation stages. ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2022

Characterisation of the subaquatic groundwater discharge that maintains the permanent stratification within Lake Kivu; East Africa

Alfred Johny Wüest, Martin Schmid

Warm and cold subaquatic groundwater discharge into Lake Kivu forms the large-scale density gradients presently observed in the lake. This structure is pertinent to maintaining the stratification that locks the high volume of gases in the deepwater. Our re ...

Public Library of Science2015

Optimizing a remotely sensed proxy for plankton biomass in Lake Kivu

Andrea Rinaldo, Enrico Bertuzzo, Lorenzo Mari, Allyn Christine Knox

Many regions of the world, including inland lakes, present with suboptimal conditions for the remotely sensed retrieval of optical signals, thus challenging the limits of available satellite data-processing tools, such as atmospheric correction models (ACM ...

Taylor & Francis2014

Cholera in the Lake Kivu region (DRC): Integrating remote sensing and spatially explicit epidemiological modeling

Andrea Rinaldo, Enrico Bertuzzo, Lorenzo Mari, Flavio Finger, Allyn Christine Knox, Marino Gatto

Mathematical models of cholera dynamics can not only help in identifying environmental drivers and processes that influence disease transmission, but may also represent valuable tools for the prediction of the epidemiological patterns in time and space as ...

American Geophysical Union2014

Double-diffusive interfaces in Lake Kivu reproduced by direct numerical simulations

Alfred Johny Wüest

Double diffusion transforms uniform background gradients of temperature and salinity into "staircases" of homogeneous mixed layers that are separated by high-gradient interfaces. Direct numerical simulations (DNS) and microstructure measurements are two in ...

Amer Geophysical Union2014

Diffusive-type of double diffusion in lakes - a review

Alfred Johny Wüest, Martin Schmid

This chapter is a contribution in honour of Gerhard H Jirka, who has been fascinated by the amazing variety of small-scale structures that nature surprises us with, particularly in stratified natural waters. Here, we focus on the diffusive regime of double ...

CRC Press2012

Comment on An additional challenge of Lake Kivu in Central Africa - upward movement of the chemoclines by Finn Hirslund

Alfred Johny Wüest, Martin Schmid

In a paper published earlier this year, Finn Hirslund suggested to release degassed deepwater from methane harvesting to the surface layer of Lake Kiwi in order to counteract an observed slow rising of the chemoclines in the lake. In this comment, we prese ...

Pagepress Publ2012

Methane formation and future extraction in Lake Kivu

Alfred Johny Wüest, Natacha Tofield-Pasche, Martin Schmid

This chapter summarises the current knowledge on the vertical distribution of methane (CH4) and its formation in Lake Kivu. Additionally, we review the objectives and restrictions under consideration for sustainable extraction (safe, environmentally accept ...

Springer2012

Nutrient cycling in Lake Kivu

Alfred Johny Wüest, Natacha Tofield-Pasche, Martin Schmid

This chapter summarizes the knowledge on mixing and transport processes in Lake Kivu. Seasonal mixing, which varies in intensity from year to year, influences the top ∼65 m. Below, the lake is permanently stratified, with density increasing stepwise from ∼ ...

Springer2012