rmca-albertine-rift-cichlids
Citation
Verheyen E, Noe N (2014). rmca-albertine-rift-cichlids. Belgian Biodiversity Platform. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/n6ftyd accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.Description
African Cichlid Fish database is part of the ENBI WP13 feasiblity study "Albertian Rift" (Collaborative project between the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, the Royal Museum for Central Africa and the National Botanical Garden). The data portal for the Albertine Rift study can be found at http://projects.bebif.be/enbi/albertinerift/common . This data base deals with the following research topic: Evolutionary histories of organisms and affects of palaeoclimatic changes: Species flocks of ancient freshwater lakes: African cichlid fishes (lakes Tanganyika, Malawi, Victoria and Kivu). Our primary area of interest is the study of the evolution of the cichlid species flocks from the East African Rift lakes. We investigate their phylogenesis, speciation, and the influence of lake level changes on their evolution. We also study the genetic structure of cichlid populations and the role of past and recent ecological barriers that determine population substructuring. Finally, we use molecular phylogenies to elucidate evolutionary patterns of morphological change and population genetic data to analyse the consequences of fisheries and environmental degradation. These approaches require both extensive field and laboratory phases of investigation. Our current research is based on an extensive tissue collection for cichlids from lakes Victoria, Kivu, Tanganyika and Malawi and uses mitochondrial and nuclear molecular markers to address evolutionary problems on selected taxa from these species flocks.Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Erik Verheyenoriginator
RBINS
Rue Vautier 29
Brussels
1000
BE
email: erik.verheyen@naturalsciences.be
Nicolas Noe
metadata author
position: IT specialist
Belgian Biodiversity Platform / ULB
Campus de la Plaine Boulevard du Triomphe
Brussels
1050
email: n.noe@biodiversity.be
Nicolas Noe
user
email: niconoe@ulb.ac.be
Erik Verheyen
administrative point of contact
RBINS
Rue Vautier 29
Brussels
1000
BE
email: erik.verheyen@naturalsciences.be