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European Diatom Database-East African Dataset

Entry ID: uk_nc_eddi_africae

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Summary

Abstract: The European Diatom Database (EDDI) is a web-based information system designed
to enhance the application of diatom analysis to problems of surface water
acidification, eutrophication and climate change.

The East African training set includes samples from 98 sites situated between
19N and 14S in latitude, 27N and 43E in longitude. They range from afro-alpine
bogs at altitude of up to 4000 m to ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 13.32

S: -9.5

E: 41.7

W: 2.32

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Francoise Gasse

Dataset Title: European Diatom Database-East African Dataset

Dataset Release Place: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Dataset Publisher: The University of Newcastle

Online Resource: http://craticula.ncl.ac.uk/Eddi/jsp/datasetdesc.jsp?DatasetId=AfricaE

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
uk_nc_eddi

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1960-01-01

Stop Date: 1986-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > EASTERN AFRICA > ETHIOPIA

CONTINENT > AFRICA > EASTERN AFRICA > MALAWI

Science Keywords

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > LAKES > LAKEWATER CHEMICAL DATA

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > ALKALINITY

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

ENVIRONMENT

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

The European Diatom Database

surface-sediment diatom assemblages

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

European Diatom Database, University of Newcastle, UK

Data Center URL: http://craticula.ncl.ac.uk/Eddi/jsp/
Dataset ID: AfricaE

Data Center Personnel
Name: STEPHEN JUGGINS Phone: 44 191 222 8799 Fax: 44 191 222 5421 Email: Stephen.Juggins at ncl.ac.uk Contact Address: University of Newcastle Department of Geography Newcastle upon Tyne NEI 7RU Country: UNITED KINGDOM

Distribution

Fees: None

Personnel

FRANCOISE GASSE

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: 33 4 42 97 15 70

Fax: 33 4 42 97 15 95

Email: gasse at cerege.fr

Contact Address:

CNRS-CEREGE, Europole Mediterraneen de l'Arbois- BP80

City: Aix en Provence Cedex 04

Postal Code: 13545

Country: France

TYLER B. STEVENS

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (301) 614-6898

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

Barker, P.A., 1990. Diatoms as palaeolimnological indicators : A reconstruction
of late Quaternary environments in two East African salt lakes. Thesis.
Loughbourough Univ., 267 pp.

Barker, P., Gasse, F., Roberts, N., et Taieb, M., 1991. Taphonomy and
diagenesis in diatom assemblages: a Late Pleistocene palaeoecological study
from Lake Magadi, Kenya. In E. Smith ...

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2002-09-23

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-12-21

Future DIF Review Date: 2003-09-23

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