and regional conditions, as well as climate. The Lake Albert CHLa
trend had a high negative correlation with MEI while Lake
Turkana CHLa (north and south) was positively correlated.
Opposing correlations between CHLa trends and MEI in the
north and south of Lake Tanganyika were found. The influence of
the latitudinal movement of the ITCZ was evident in several lakes
(Lakes Kivu, Mweru and Victoria) and individual sections of Lakes
Malawi and Tanganyika.