Ebook: The Salton Sea: Proceedings of the Salton Sea Symposium, held in Desert Hot Springs, California, 13–14 January 2000

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.

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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.

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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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Chemical and physical characteristics of the Salton Sea, California....Pages 1-21
Chemical evolution of the Salton Sea, California: nutrient and selenium dynamics....Pages 23-45
Characteristics and contaminants of the Salton Sea sediments....Pages 47-54
Reconstruction of prehistoric Lake Cahuilla in the Salton Sea Basin using GIS and GPS....Pages 55-57
Simulation of wind-driven circulation in the Salton Sea: implications for indigenous ecosystems....Pages 59-75
Preliminary studies of cyanobacteria, picoplankton, and virioplankton in the Salton Sea with special attention to phylogenetic diversity among eight strains of filamentous cyanobacteria....Pages 77-92
Flagellate Cryptobia branchialis (Bodonida: Kinetoplastida), ectoparasite of tilapia from the Salton Sea....Pages 93-102
Metazooplankton dynamics in the Salton Sea, California, 1997–1999....Pages 103-120
Freeliving nematodes from the Salton Sea....Pages 121-128
Cryptomonads from the Salton Sea, California....Pages 129-137
The benthic invertebrates of the Salton Sea: distribution and seasonal dynamics....Pages 139-160
Naked amoebae (Protozoa) of the Salton Sea, California....Pages 161-177
The diatom flora of the Salton Sea, California....Pages 179-201
Invertebrates of the Salton Sea: a scanning electron microscopy portfolio....Pages 203-216
Skeletal development in Hermesinum adriaticum Zacharias, a flagellate from the Salton Sea, California....Pages 217-221
Summer movements of desert pupfish among habitats at the Salton Sea....Pages 223-228
Fish biology and fisheries ecology of the Salton Sea, California....Pages 229-244
Biology and migration of Eared Grebes at the Salton Sea....Pages 245-253
The Salton Sea as critical habitat to migratory and resident waterbirds....Pages 255-274
Possible importance of algal toxins in the Salton Sea, California....Pages 275-292
Avian disease at the Salton Sea....Pages 293-306

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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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Chemical and physical characteristics of the Salton Sea, California....Pages 1-21
Chemical evolution of the Salton Sea, California: nutrient and selenium dynamics....Pages 23-45
Characteristics and contaminants of the Salton Sea sediments....Pages 47-54
Reconstruction of prehistoric Lake Cahuilla in the Salton Sea Basin using GIS and GPS....Pages 55-57
Simulation of wind-driven circulation in the Salton Sea: implications for indigenous ecosystems....Pages 59-75
Preliminary studies of cyanobacteria, picoplankton, and virioplankton in the Salton Sea with special attention to phylogenetic diversity among eight strains of filamentous cyanobacteria....Pages 77-92
Flagellate Cryptobia branchialis (Bodonida: Kinetoplastida), ectoparasite of tilapia from the Salton Sea....Pages 93-102
Metazooplankton dynamics in the Salton Sea, California, 1997–1999....Pages 103-120
Freeliving nematodes from the Salton Sea....Pages 121-128
Cryptomonads from the Salton Sea, California....Pages 129-137
The benthic invertebrates of the Salton Sea: distribution and seasonal dynamics....Pages 139-160
Naked amoebae (Protozoa) of the Salton Sea, California....Pages 161-177
The diatom flora of the Salton Sea, California....Pages 179-201
Invertebrates of the Salton Sea: a scanning electron microscopy portfolio....Pages 203-216
Skeletal development in Hermesinum adriaticum Zacharias, a flagellate from the Salton Sea, California....Pages 217-221
Summer movements of desert pupfish among habitats at the Salton Sea....Pages 223-228
Fish biology and fisheries ecology of the Salton Sea, California....Pages 229-244
Biology and migration of Eared Grebes at the Salton Sea....Pages 245-253
The Salton Sea as critical habitat to migratory and resident waterbirds....Pages 255-274
Possible importance of algal toxins in the Salton Sea, California....Pages 275-292
Avian disease at the Salton Sea....Pages 293-306
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