Dirk Verschuren

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 (2009)

Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S, Ossebaar, Jort, Abbas, Ben, Schouten, Stefan, Verschuren, Dirk

The distribution of isoprenoid and branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids was studied in material from various sources in and around Lake Challa, a crater lake on the...

CLANIMAE:Climatic and Anthropogenic Impacts on African Ecosystems. Final Report Phase 1 (2007-2008) (2009)

Verschuren, Dirk, Plisnier, Pierre-Denis, Hugues, Harold, Lebrun, Julie, Gelorini, Vanessa, Cocquyt, Christine, ...

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Climate-driven ecosystem succession in the Sahara: The past 6000 years (2008)

KROPELIN, S, Verschuren, Dirk, LEZINE, AM, Eggermont, Hilde, COCQUYT, C, FRANCUS, P, ...

Palaeolinmological evidence for widespread late 18th century drought across equatorial East Africa (2008)

Bessems, Ilse, Verschuren, Dirk, RUSSELL, JM, HUS, J, Mees, Florias, CUMMING, BF

Aquatic community response in a groundwater-fed desert lake to Holocene desiccation of the Sahara (2008)

Eggermont, Hilde, Verschuren, Dirk, Fagot, Maureen, Rumes, Bob, Van Bocxlaer, Bert, Kroepelin, Stefan

The finely laminated sediment record of a permanent, hypersaline, desert oasis lake in the Ounianga region of northeastern Chad presents a unique opportunity to document the hydrological evolution of...

Distribution of larval Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) along a depth transect at Kigoma Bay, Lake Tanganyika (East Africa): implications for paleoecology and paleoclimatology (2008)

Eggermont, Hilde, Kennedy, David, Hasiotis, Stephen, Verschuren, Dirk

We analysed the distribution of living larval Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) along a depth transect (0-80 m water depth) at Kigoma Bay in Lake Tanganyika (East Africa) to explore the ecological...

Altitudinal shifts in the branched tetraether lipid distribution in soil from Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania): Implications for the MBT/CBT continental palaeothermometer (2008)

Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S, Ossebaar, Jort, Schouten, Stefan, Verschuren, Dirk

The distribution of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids in sixteen soil samples from an altitudinal transect on the southeastern slope of Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) was...

Response to Comment on "Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years" (2008)

Kröpelin, Stefan, Verschuren, Dirk, Lezine, Anne-Marie

Latitudinal linkages in late Holocene moisture-balance variation (2008)

Verschuren, Dirk, Charman, Dan J

Marked regional correspondence exists both within and between high and low latitude regions in Holocene moisture-balance changes at millennial and century time scales. Apparent regional variation in...

Sieve mesh size and quantitative chironomid paleoclimatology (2007)

Verschuren, Dirk, Eggermont, Hilde

Spatial variability of chironomid death assemblages in the surface sediments of a fluctuating tropical lake (Lake Naivasha, Kenya) (2007)

Eggermont, Hilde, DE DEYNE, P, Verschuren, Dirk

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 (2007)

RYNER, M, GASSE, F, Rumes, Bob, Verschuren, Dirk

Taxonomy and diversity of Afroalpine Chironomidae (Insecta : Diptera) on Mount Kenya and the Rwenzori mountains, East Africa (2007)

Eggermont, Hilde, Verschuren, Dirk

Spatial complexity of 'Little Ice Age' climate in East Africa: sedimentary records from two crater lake basins in western Uganda (2007)

RUSSELL, JM, Verschuren, Dirk, Eggermont, Hilde

Physical and chemical limnology of alpine lakes and pools in the Rwenzori Mountains (Uganda-DR Congo) (2007)

Eggermont, Hilde, RUSSELL, JM, SCHETTLER, G, Van Damme, Kay, Bessems, Ilse, Verschuren, Dirk

Extinction, recolonization, and dispersal through time in a planktonic crustacean (2007)

MERGEAY, J, VANOVERBEKE, J, Verschuren, Dirk, DE MEESTER, L

Invasion of an asexual American water flea clone throughout Africa and rapid displacement of a native sibling species (2006)

Verschuren, Dirk

The huge ecological and economic impact of biological invasions creates an urgent need for knowledge of traits that make invading species successful and factors helping indigenous populations to...

Daphnia community analysis in shallow Kenyan lakes and ponds using dormant eggs in surface sediments (2006)

Verschuren, Dirk

1. Water fleas of the genus Daphnia are considered rare in tropical regions, and information on species distribution and community ecology is scarce and anecdotal. This study presents the results of...

Fossil Chironomidae (Insecta : Diptera) as quantitative indicators of past salinity in African lakes (2006)

Eggermont, Hilde, HEIRI, O, Verschuren, Dirk

Quaternary paleoecology of aquatic Diptera in tropical and Southern Hemisphere regions, with special reference to the Chironomidae (2006)

Verschuren, Dirk, Eggermont, Hilde

Chironomid paleoecology in Africa (2006)

Eggermont, Hilde, Verschuren, Dirk

Daphnia community analysis in shallow Kenyan lakes and ponds using dormant eggs in surface sediments (2006)

MERGEAY, J, DECLERCK, S, Verschuren, Dirk, DE MEESTER, L

Invasion of an asexual American water flea clone throughout Africa and rapid displacement of a native sibling species (2006)

MERGEAY, J, Verschuren, Dirk, DE MEESTER, L

Cryptic invasion and dispersal of an American Daphnia in East Africa (2005)

Verschuren, Dirk

We document the cryptic invasion of a North American genotype of Daphnia pulex into Kenya. During a survey of zooplankton samples and dormant egg banks of 41 natural lakes, ponds, and man-made...

Daphnia species diversity in Kenya, and a key to the identification of their ephippia (2005)

Verschuren, Dirk

The distribution of Daphnia species in tropical Africa is poorly known and understood. Daphnia are assumed rare in tropical regions, but systematic studies covering large areas are sparse. We sampled...

Developing Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) and other aquatic biota from Ruwenzori mountain lakes (Uganda) as temperature indicators for African climate reconstructions (2005)

Eggermont, Hilde, Van Damme, Kay, Verschuren, Dirk

Representation of aquatic invertebrate communities in subfossil death assemblages sampled along a salinity gradient of western Uganda crater lakes (2005)

Rumes, Bob, Eggermont, Hilde, Verschuren, Dirk

Taxonomic diversity and biogeography of Chironomidae (Insecta : Diptera) in lakes of tropical West Africa using subfossil remains extracted from surface sediments (2005)

Eggermont, Hilde, Verschuren, Dirk, Dumont, Henri

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 (2005)

Dumont, Henri, Verschuren, Dirk

Paleolimnological investigations of anthropogenic environmental change in Lake Tanganyika: I. An introduction to the project (2005)

COHEN, AS, PALACIOS-FEST, MR, MCGILL, J, SWARZENSKI, PW, Verschuren, Dirk, SINYINZA, R, ...

Daphnia species diversity in Kenya, and a key to the identification of their ephippia (2005)

MERGEAY, J, Verschuren, Dirk, DE MEESTER, L

Cryptic invasion and dispersal of an American Daphnia in East Africa (2005)

MERGEAY, J, Verschuren, Dirk, DE MEESTER, L

Two hundred years of a diverse Daphnia community in Lake Naivasha (Kenya): effects of natural and human-induced environmental changes (2004)

Verschuren, Dirk

1. We used fossil diapausing eggs extracted from Pb-210-dated sediment cores to reconstruct historical changes in the Daphnia community of Lake Naivasha, a climate-sensitive lake in Kenya which over...

Sub-fossil Chironomidae from East Africa. 1. Tanypodinae and Orthocladiinae (2004)

Eggermont, Hilde, Verschuren, Dirk

Sub-fossil Chironomidae from East Africa. 2. Chironominae (Chironomini and Tanytarsini) (2004)

Eggermont, Hilde, Verschuren, Dirk

Quantitative reconstruction of past salinity variations in African lakes: assessment of chironomid-based inference models (Insecta : Diptera) in space and time (2004)

Verschuren, Dirk, CUMMING, BF, LAIRD, KR

Two hundred years of a diverse Daphnia community in Lake Naivasha (Kenya): effects of natural and human-induced environmental changes (2004)

MERGEAY, J, Verschuren, Dirk, VAN KERCKHOVEN, L, DE MEESTER, L

Decadal and century-scale climate variability in tropical Africa during the past 2000 years (2004)

Verschuren, Dirk

Climate variability in Europe and Africa: A PAGES-PEP III Time Stream I Synthesis (2004)

Verschuren, Dirk, BRIFFA, K, HOELZMANN, P, BARBER, K, BARKER, P, SCOTT, L, ...

Global change - The heat on Lake Tanganyika (2003)

Verschuren, Dirk

Lake-based climate reconstruction in Africa: progress and challenges (2003)

Verschuren, Dirk

Subfossil Chironomidae from Lake Tanganyika, East Africa - 2. Chironominae (Chironomini and Tanytarsini) (2003)

Eggermont, Hilde, Verschuren, Dirk

Vegetation response to rainfall variation and human impact in central Kenya during the past 1100 years (2003)

LAMB, H, DARBYSHIRE, L, Verschuren, Dirk

Subfossil Chironomidae from Lake Tanganyika, East Africa - 1. Tanypodinae and Orthocladiinae (2003)

Eggermont, Hilde, Verschuren, Dirk

Impact of soil erosion in disturbed tributary drainages on the benthic invertebrate fauna of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa (2003)

Eggermont, Hilde, Verschuren, Dirk

Environmental changes in a tropical lake (Lake Abiyata, Ethiopia) during recent centuries. (2002)

LEGESSE, D, GASSE, F, RADAKOVITCH, O, VALLET-COULOMB, C, BONNEFILLE, R, Verschuren, Dirk, ...

History and timing of human impact on Lake Victoria, East Africa. (2002)

Verschuren, Dirk, JOHNSON, TC, KLING, HJ, EDGINGTON, DN, LEAVITT, PR, BROWN, ET, ...

Rapid, local adaptation of zooplankton behavior to changes in predation pressure in the absence of neutral genetic changes. (2001)

Cousyn, Christophe, De Meester, Luc, COLBOURNE, JK, Brendonck, Luc, Verschuren, Dirk, Volckaert, Filip

Reconstructing fluctuations of a shallow East African lake during the past 1800 yrs from sediment stratigraphy in a submerged crater basin. (2001)

Verschuren, Dirk

Effects of lake level, salinity, and substrate on the benthic invertebrate community of a fluctuating tropical lake ecosystem. (2000)

Verschuren, Dirk, TIBBY, J, Sabbe, Koen, ROBERTS, N

Rainfall and drought in equatorial east Africa during the past 1,100 years. (2000)

Verschuren, Dirk, LAIRD, KR, CUMMING, BF

Sedimentation controls on the preservation and time resolution of climate-proxy records from shallow fluctuating lakes. (1999)

Verschuren, Dirk

Influence of depth and mixing regime on sedimentation in a small, fluctuating tropical soda lake. (1999)

Verschuren, Dirk

Long-term dynamics of algal and invertebrate communities in a small, fluctuating tropical soda lake. (1999)

Verschuren, Dirk, Cocquyt, Christine, TIBBY, J, ROBERTS, CN, LEAVITT, PR

The environmental history of a climate-sensitive lake in the former 'White Highlands' of central Kenya. (1999)

Verschuren, Dirk, TIBBY, J, LEAVITT, PR, ROBERTS, CN

Silica depletion in Lake Victoria: Sedimentary signals at offshore stations. (1998)

Verschuren, Dirk, EDGINGTON, DN, KLING, HJ, JOHNSON, TC

Fossil zooplankton and the historical status of westslope cutthroat trout in a headwater lake of Glacier National Park, Montana (1997)

Verschuren, Dirk, MARNELL, LF

Book reviews (1996)

Rea, David K., Verschuren, Dirk, Desloges, Joseph R., Anderson, Patricia M.

Peer Reviewed

Recent and late-Holocene paleolimnology of Lakes Naivasha and Sonachi, Kenya /--by Dirk Verschuren. (1996)

Verschuren, Dirk.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Minnesota, 1996.

A LIGHTWEIGHT EXTRUDER FOR ACCURATE SECTIONING OF SOFT-BOTTOM LAKE SEDIMENT CORES IN THE FIELD (1993)

Verschuren, Dirk

THE DEMANIAN SYSTEM, TRAUMATIC INSEMINATION AND REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY IN ONCHOLAIMUS-OXYURIS DITLEVSEN (NEMATODA, ONCHOLAIMINA) (1988)

Coomans, August, Verschuren, Dirk, Vanderhaeghen, Rudy

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

Verschuren, Dirk, Johnson, Thomas C, Kling, Hedy J, Edgington, David N, Leavitt, Peter R, Brown, Erik T, ...

Lake Victoria, the largest tropical lake in the world, suffers from severe eutrophication and the probable extinction of up to half of its 500+ species of endemic cichlid fishes. The continuing...

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

Mergeay, Joachim, Verschuren, Dirk, Meester, Luc De

The huge ecological and economic impact of biological invasions creates an urgent need for knowledge of traits that make invading species successful and factors helping indigenous populations to...

Biogenic Silica profiles in holocene cores from Lake Victoria : implications for lake level history and initiation of the Victoria Nile. Environmental Change and Response in East African Lakes. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1998, 75-88.

JOHNSON, TC, CHAN, Y, BEUNING, K, KELTS, K, NGOBI, G, Verschuren, Dirk