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The Salton Sea (Hardcover)
Douglas A. Barnum, John F. Elder, Doyle Stephens, Milton Friend
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R4,573
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For the first time, an effort to conduct coordinated
interdisciplinary research on a vast and complex saline lake has
been undertaken for the purposes of providing baseline data to
guide restoration project activities. This volume compiles
state-of-the-art science for the Salton Sea and will serve as the
foundation for the next several generations of scientific inquiry
for California's largest lake. The science presented here reveals
the Salton Sea to be one of the most productive fisheries in the
world, details why the Salton Sea is important to migratory and
wintering birds, investigates the microbial world and reports
numerous taxa new to science, and documents chemical and physical
interactions which make this inland saline lake function.
This book is intended for specialists in saline lake research who
are interested in all aspects of saline lake ecology.
Metals are ubiquitous in natural surface-water systems, both as
dissolved constituents and as particulate constituents. Although
concentrations of many metals are generally very low (hence the
common term 'trace metals'), their effects on the water quality and
the biota of surfacewater systems are likely to be substantial.
Biogeochemical partitioning of metals results in a diversity of
forms, including hydrated or 'free' ions, colloids, precipitates,
adsorbed phases, and various coordination complexes with dissolved
organic and inorganic ligands. Much research has been dedicated to
answering questions about the complexities of metal behavior and
effects in aquatic systems. Voluminous literature on the subject
has been produced. This paper synthesizes the findings of aquatic
metal studies and describes some general concepts that emerge from
such a synthesis. Emphasis is on sources, occurrence, partitioning,
transport, and biological interactions of metals in freshwater
systems of North America.
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