The dynamics of shoreline wetlands and sediments of northern Lake Victoria; Proefschrift Wageningen Universiteit.

Lake Victoria(East Africa) has in recent years undergone dramatic ecosystem changes that are not well understood. This research carried out between 2000 and 2004 found evidence of strong influence of wind-induced waves and currents on transport of surficial sediments. Paleolimnological reconstructions from bottom sediments concurred with earlier studies showing the occurrence of eutrophication, and suggested climate change to be a co-driver of lake ecosystem change. It is argued that eutrophication could have led to destruction of some littoral plants and induced changes in fish populations. The study recommends the introduction of measures to reduce nutrient exports to the lake