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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.
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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