Publications and communications of Cédric Morana

Borges, A., Okello, W., Bouillon, S., Deirmendjian, L., Nankabirwa, A., Nabafu, E., Lambert, T., Descy, J.-P., & Morana, C. (01 February 2023). Spatial and temporal variations of dissolved CO2, CH4 and N2O in Lakes Edward and George (East Africa). Journal of Great Lakes Research, 49 (1), 229-245. doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2022.11.010

Morana, C., Borges, A., Deirmendjian, L., Okello, W., Sarmento, H., Descy, J.-P., Kimirei, I. A., & Bouillon, S. (2023). Prevalence of Autotrophy in Non-humic African Lakes. Ecosystems, 26 (3), 627–642. doi:10.1007/s10021-022-00783-4

Yau, Y., LC. Cotovicz Jr, G Abril, G Reithmaier, J Barreira, Borges, A., S Bonaglia, Morana, C., A Fonseca, & IR Santos. (2023). Methane oxidation in surface water reduces emissions to the atmosphere in mangroves [Paper presentation]. 2023 Aquatic Sciences Meeting – ASLO, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Borges, A., Deirmendjian, L., Bouillon, S., Okello, W., Lambert, T., Roland, F., Razanamahandry, V. F., Voarintsoa, N. R. G., Darchambeau, F., Kimirei, I. A., Descy, J.-P., Allen, G. H., & Morana, C. (24 June 2022). Greenhouse gas emissions from African lakes are no longer a blind spot. Science Advances, 8 (25), 1-17. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abi8716

Borges, A., Deirmendjian, L., Bouillon, S., & Morana, C. (2022). Data-set of CO2, CH4, N2O dissolved concentrations and ancillary data in surface waters of 24 African lakes. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6025626

Borges, A., Morana, C., Okello, W., & Bouillon, S. (2022). Biogeochemical data from the HIPE project in Lakes Edward and George (East African Rift). doi:10.5281/zenodo.7263328

Descy, J.-P., Latli, A., Roland, F., Borges, A., Lambert, T., Morana, C., Kestemont, P., Joaquim-Justo, C., Everbecq, E., Usseglio-Polatera, P., Beisel, J., Verniers, G., & Pigneur, L. (2022). 5.1 The Meuse River basin. In Rivers of Europe (Second Edition). Elsevier.

Roland, F., Borges, A., Bouillon, S., & Morana, C. (01 September 2021). Nitrate-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation and chemolithotrophic denitrification in a temperate eutrophic lake. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 97 (10 (fiab124)), 1-10. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiab124

Morana, C., Bouillon, S., Nolla-Ardèvol, V., Roland, F., Okello, W., Descy, J.-P., Nankabirwa, A., Nabafu, E., Springael, D., & Borges, A. (22 June 2021). Methane paradox in tropical lakes? Sedimentary fluxes rather than pelagic production in oxic conditions sustain methanotrophy and emissions to the atmosphere [Paper presentation]. ASLO 2021 Aquatic Sciences Virtual Meeting.

Deirmendjian, L., Descy, J.-P., Morana, C., Stoyneva-Gärtner, M., Okello, W., Bouillon, S., & Borges, A. (18 June 2021). Limnological changes in Lake Victoria since the mid-20th century. Freshwater Biology, 66 (8), 1630-1647. doi:10.1111/fwb.13780

Borges, A., Allen, G., Morana, C., Lambert, T., Teodoru, C., & Bouillon, S. (24 May 2021). Greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) in the Congo River are driven by fluvial-wetland connectivity [Paper presentation]. Society for Freshwater Science Virtual Meeting 2021.

Nankabirwa, A., Okello, W., Descy, J.-P., Nabafu, I., Deirmendjian, L., Bouillon, S., Borges, A., & Morana, C. (17 May 2021). Impact of mixing on the seasonal variations of productivity and phytoplankton communities of Lake Edward (East Africa) [Paper presentation]. 64th annual Conference on Great Lakes Research (IAGLR 2021).

Roland, F., Borges, A., Darchambeau, F., Lliros, M., Descy, J.-P., & Morana, C. (15 January 2021). The possible occurrence of iron-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation in an Ancient ocean analog. Scientific Reports, 11 (1597), 1-11. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-81210-x

Borges, A., Lambert, T., Descy, J.-P., Darchambeau, F., Deirmendjian, L., Roland, F., Bouillon, S., Morana, C., Soto, D., Snoeks, J., Van Steenberge, M., Decru, E., Vranken, N., Maetens, H., Diedericks, G., De Merode, E., Okello, W., Bwambale, M., Nankabirwa, A., ... Stoyneva, M. (2021). "Human impacts on ecosystem health and resources of Lake Edward" Final Report. BELSPO. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/264253

Fermani, P., Metz, S., Balagué, V., Descy, J.-P., Morana, C., Logares, R., Massana, R., & Sarmento, H. (2021). Microbial eukaryote assemblages and potential novel diversity in four tropical East African Great Lakes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 97 (9), 1-20. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiab114

Nikolenko, O.* , Brouyère, S.* , Goderniaux, P., Robert, T., Orban, P., Borges, A., Jurado, A., Duvivier, M., & Morana, C. (2021). Dynamics of nitrous oxide with depth in groundwater: Insights from ambient groundwater and laboratory incubation experiments (Hesbaye chalk aquifer, Belgium). Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 241 (103797), 1-8. doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2021.103797

Morana, C., Bouillon, S., Nolla-Ardèvol, V., Roland, F., Okello, W., Descy, J.-P., Nankabirwa, A., Nabafu, E., Springael, D., & Borges, A. (29 October 2020). Methane paradox in tropical lakes? Sedimentary fluxes rather than pelagic production in oxic conditions sustain methanotrophy and emissions to the atmosphere. Biogeosciences, 17 (0), 5209-5221. doi:10.5194/bg-17-5209-2020

Stoyneva-Gärtner, M. P., Morana, C., Borges, A., Okello, W., Bouillon, S., Deirmendjian, L., Lambert, T., Roland, F., Nankabirwae, A., Nabafue, E., Darchambeau, F., & Descy, J.-P. (01 August 2020). Diversity and ecology of phytoplankton in Lake Edward (East Africa): Present status and long-term changes. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 46 (4), 741-751. doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2020.01.003

Deirmendjian, L., Lambert, T., Morana, C., Bouillon, S., Descy, J.-P., Okello, W., & Borges, A. (01 July 2020). Dissolved organic matter composition and reactivity in Lake Victoria, the World’s largest tropical lake. Biogeochemistry, 150 (0), 61-83. doi:10.1007/s10533-020-00687-2

Nikolenko, O., Morana, C., Taminiau, B., Borges, A., Robert, T., Goderniaux, P., Duvivier, M., & Brouyère, S. (May 2020). Vertical interval dynamics of greenhouse gases in groundwater (Hesbaye chalk aquifer, Belgium) [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly. doi:10.5194

Deirmendjian, L., Lambert, T., Morana, C., Bouillon, S., Descy, J.-P., Okello, W., & Borges, A. (2020). Data-base of dissolved organic matter composition and reactivity in Lake Victoria, the World's largest tropical lake. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3908178

Deirmendjian Loris, Descy, J.-P., Morana, C., Stoyneva-Gärtner, M., Bouillon, S., Okello, W., & Borges, A. (2020). Dataset for "Limnological changes in Lake Victoria since the mid‐20th century". doi:10.5281/zenodo.4247351

Borges, A., Darchambeau, F., Lambert, T., Morana, C., Allen, G. H., Tambwe, E., Toengaho Sembaito, A., Mambo, T., Nlandu Wabakhangazi, J., Descy, J.-P., Teodoru, C. R., & Bouillon, S. (07 October 2019). Variations in dissolved greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) in the Congo River network overwhelmingly driven by fluvial-wetland connectivity. Biogeosciences, 16 (19), 3801-3834. doi:10.5194/bg-16-3801-2019

Nikolenko, O., Orban, P., Morana, C., Borges, A., Jamin, P., & Brouyère, S. (September 2019). Effects of the hydrogeochemical stratification on the distribution of GHGs concentrations and their production/consumption processes in groundwater [Paper presentation]. 10th International Groundwater Quality Conference (GQ 2019), Liège, Belgium.

Morana, C., Bouillon, S., Nolla-Ardèvol, V., Roland, F., Okello, W., Descy, J.-P., Nankabirwa, A., Nabafu, E., Springael,, D., & Borges, A. (19 May 2019). Methane production in oxic surface waters is widespread but insufficient to support methanotrophy in tropical lakes [Paper presentation]. Inland carbon cyclcing, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Nikolenko, O., Orban, P., Jurado, A., Morana, C., Jamin, P., Robert, T., Knöller, K., Borges, A., & Brouyère, S. (2019). Dynamics of greenhouse gases in groundwater: hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical controls. Applied Geochemistry, 105, 31 - 44. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2019.04.009

Roland, F., Morana, C., Darchambeau, F., Crowe, S. A., Thamdrup, B., Descy, J.-P., & Borges, A. (31 December 2018). Anaerobic methane oxidation and aerobic methane production in an east African great lake (Lake Kivu). Journal of Great Lakes Research, 44 (6), 1183-1193. doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2018.04.003

Stoyneva-Gärtner, M., Descy, J.-P., Morana, C., Bouillon, S., Lambert, T., & Borges, A. (25 September 2018). Human Impacts on ecosystem health and resources of Lake Edward (HIPE): the phytoplankton study [Paper presentation]. Big Lakes - Small World - ELLS-IAGLR-2018, Evian, France.

Roland, F., Borges, A., Darchambeau, F., Lliros, M., Descy, J.-P., & Morana, C. (September 2018). Methane cycling in a ferruginous tropical lake (Kabuno Bay, East Africa) [Poster presentation]. Big Lakes-Small World, Evian-les-Bains, France.

Roland, F., Darchambeau, F., Borges, A., Morana, C., De Brabandere, L., Thamdrup, B., & Crowe, S. A. (September 2018). Denitrification, anaerobic ammonium oxidation, and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium in an East African Great Lake (Lake Kivu) [Poster presentation]. Big Lakes-Small World, Evian-les-Bains, France.

Roland, F., Morana, C., Darchambeau, F., Crowe, S. A., Thamdrup, B., Descy, J.-P., & Borges, A. (September 2018). Anaerobic methane oxidation and aerobic methane production in Lake Kivu [Paper presentation]. Big Lakes-Small World, Evian-les-Bains, France.

Nikolenko, O., Orban, P., Jurado, A., Borges, A., Brouyère, S., Jamin, P. (Other coll.), Thomas, C. (Other coll.), & Morana, C. (Other coll.). (20 April 2018). Dynamics of nitrous oxide in groundwater under agricultural areas: insights from multi-isotopic studies (15N, 34S, 18O, 13C, 3H) [Paper presentation]. BASIS Symposium 2018, Liège, Belgium.

Borges, A., Darchambeau, F., Lambert, T., Bouillon, S., Morana, C., Brouyère, S., Hakoun, V., Jurado Elices, A., Tseng, H.-C., Descy, J.-P., & Roland, F. (2018). Effects of agricultural land use on fluvial carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide concentrations in a large European river, the Meuse (Belgium). Science of the Total Environment, 610–611 (-), 342-355. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.047

Roland, F., Darchambeau, F., Borges, A., Morana, C., De Brabandere, L., Thamdrup, B., & Crowe, S. A. (2018). Denitrification, anaerobic ammonium oxidation, and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium in an East African Great Lake (Lake Kivu). Limnology and Oceanography, 63 (2), 687-701. doi:10.1002/lno.10660

Soto, D., Morana, C., Borges, A., Wassenaar, L., Okello, W., Nabafu, E., Nankabirwa, A., & Bouilllon, S. (25 June 2017). Hydrogen isotopic analysis of sediment and suspended particulate matter using online equilibration systems [Paper presentation]. 2017 Advances in Stable Isotope Techniques and Applications Workshop, Waterloo, Canada.

Borges, A., Morana, C., Lambert, T., Okello, W., & Bouillon, S. (28 April 2017). Distribution of dissolved green-house gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) in Lakes Edward and George: Results from the first field cruise of the HIPE project [Poster presentation]. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Lambert, T., Bouillon, S., Darchambeau, F., Morana, C., Roland, F., Descy, J.-P., & Borges, A. (2017). Effects of human land use on the terrestrial and aquatic sources of fluvial organic matter in a temperate river basin (The Meuse River, Belgium). Biogeochemistry, 136 (-), 191-211. doi:10.1007/s10533-017-0387-9

Michiels, C. C., Darchambeau, F., Roland, F., Morana, C., Lliros, M., Garcia-Armisen, T., Thamdrup, B., Borges, A., Canfield, D. E., Servais, P., Descy, J.-P., & Crowe, S. A. (2017). Iron-dependent nitrogen cycling in a ferruginous lake and the nutrient status of Proterozoic oceans. Nature Geoscience, 10 (0), 217–221. doi:10.1038/NGEO2886

Roland, F., Darchambeau, F., Morana, C., & Borges, A. (2017). Nitrous oxide and methane seasonal variability in the epilimnion of a large tropical meromictic lake (Lake Kivu, East-Africa). Aquatic Sciences, 79 (0), 209-218. doi:10.1007/s00027-016-0491-2

Roland, F., Darchambeau, F., Morana, C., Bouillon, S., & Borges, A. (2017). Emission and oxidation of methane in a meromictic, eutrophic and temperate lake (Dendre, Belgium). Chemosphere, 168 (-), 756-764. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.10.138

Morana, C., Roland, F., Crowe, S. A., Llirós, M., Borges, A., Darchambeau, F., & Bouillon, S. (2016). Chemoautotrophy and anoxygenic photosynthesis within the water column of a large meromictic tropical lake (Lake Kivu, East Africa). Limnology and Oceanography, 61 (4), 1424-1437. doi:10.1002/lno.10304

Sarmento, H., Morana, C., & Gasol, J. M. (2016). Bacterioplankton niche partitioning in the use of phytoplankton-derived dissolved organic carbon: Quantity is more important than quality. ISME Journal, 10 (11), 2582-2592. doi:10.1038/ismej.2016.66

Schmitz, M., Douxfils, J., Mandiki, S. N. M., Morana, C., Baekelandt, S., & Kestemont, P. (2016). Chronic hyperosmotic stress interferes with immune homeostasis in striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus, S.) and leads to excessive inflammatory response during bacterial infection. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 55, 550-558. doi:10.1016/j.fsi.2016.06.031

Llirós, M., García–Armisen, T., Darchambeau, F., Morana, C., Triadó–Margarit, X., Inceoğlu, Ö., Borrego, C. M., Bouillon, S., Servais, P., Borges, A., Descy, J.-P., Canfield, D. E., & Crowe, S. A. (08 September 2015). Pelagic photoferrotrophy and iron cycling in a modern ferruginous basin. Scientific Reports, 5. doi:10.1038/srep13803

Borges, A., Darchambeau, F., Teodoru, C. R., Marwick, T. R., Tamooh, F., Geeraert, N., Omengo, F. O., Guerin, F., Lambert, T., Morana, C., Okuku, E., & Bouillon, S. (20 July 2015). Globally significant greenhouse-gas emissions from African inland waters. Nature Geoscience, 8 (-), 637-642. doi:10.1038/NGEO2486

Morana, C., Borges, A., Roland, F., Darchambeau, F., Descy, J.-P., & Bouillon, S. (2015). Methanotrophy within the water column of a large meromictic tropical lake (Lake Kivu, East Africa). Biogeosciences, 12 (7), 2077-2088. doi:10.5194/bg-12-2077-2015

Morana, C., Darchambeau, F., Roland, F., Borges, A., Muvundja, F., Kelemen, Z., Masilya, P., Descy, J.-P., & Bouillon, S. (2015). Biogeochemistry of a large and deep tropical lake (Lake Kivu, East Africa: insights from a stable isotope study covering an annual cycle. Biogeosciences, 12 (16), 4953-4963. doi:10.5194/bg-12-4953-2015

Morana, C., Darchambeau, F., Muvundja, F., Roland, F., Kelemen, Z., Commarieu, M.-V., Leporcq, B., Alunga, G., Masiya, P., Descy, J.-P., Borges, A., & bouillon, S. (05 May 2014). Carbon cycling in a large, meromictic tropical lake (Lake Kivu, East Africa): insights from seasonal monitoring of biogeochemical depth profiles [Paper presentation]. 46th international Liège colloquium, Low oxygen environments in marine, estuarine and fresh waters, Liège, Belgium.

Borges, A., Morana, C., Bouillon, S., Servais, P., Descy, J.-P., & Darchambeau, F. (2014). Carbon Cycling of Lake Kivu (East Africa): Net Autotrophy in the Epilimnion and Emission of CO2 to the Atmosphere Sustained by Geogenic Inputs. PLoS ONE, 9 (10), 109500. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109500

Morana, C., Sarmento, H., Descy, J.-P., Gasol, J. M., Borges, A., Bouillon, S., & Darchambeau, F. (2014). Production of dissolved organic matter by phytoplankton and its uptake by heterotrophic prokaryotes in large tropical lakes. Limnology and Oceanography, 59 (4), 1364-1375. doi:10.4319/lo.2014.59.4.1364

Borges, A., Bouillon, S., Morana, C., Servais, P., Descy, J.-P., & Darchambeau, F. (04 August 2013). Carbon cycling in the epilimnion of Lake Kivu (East Africa): surface net autotrophy and emission of CO2 to the atmosphere sustained by geogenic inputs [Poster presentation]. 32nd Congress of the International Society of Limnology, Budapest, Hungary.

Borges, A., Bouillon, S., Morana, C., Servais, P., Descy, J.-P., & Darchambeau, F. (07 April 2013). Carbon cycling in the epilimnion of Lake Kivu (East Africa): surface net autotrophy and emission of CO2 to the atmosphere sustained by geogenic inputs [Poster presentation]. EGU General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria.

Borges, A., Abril, G., Morana, C., Bouillon, S., & Darchambeau, F. (22 April 2012). Variability of methane in the epilimnion of Lake Kivu [Poster presentation]. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria.