Saline Lake Ecosystems of the World'With Hammer's book as a guide, major gaps in our understanding of saline lakes become clear and research opportunities become apparent.' Ecology, 68 (1987) |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The saline lake concept | 5 |
The influence of climatic and geological factors on the occurrence of athalassic saline lakes | 16 |
Physical characteristics of athalassic saline lakes | 61 |
Chemical characteristics of saline lakes | 94 |
Saline lake sediments and palaeolimnology | 153 |
The plankton communities of saline lakes | 171 |
The littoral community | 337 |
Models of interactions in saline lake ecosystems | 486 |
Osmotic and ionic regulation by inhabitants of athalassic saline waters | 496 |
The utilization of athalassic saline lakes | 514 |
The management of saline lakes | 539 |
Appendices | 543 |
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Common terms and phrases
abundant Africa algae algal alkaline annual Artemia Australia bacteria basin benthic Big Quill Big Soda biomass brine Bullenmerri carbonate chironomids chloride climate concentrations copepods Coragulac Corangamite Dead Sea Deadmoose Deckker density depth diatoms distribution dominant Dunaliella ecosystems eggs endorheic evaporation fauna fish fresh water freshwater Gnotuk habitats Hammer high salinities Humboldt Lake Hutchinson hypersaline hyposaline included increased ions km² Lake Corangamite Lake Eyre Lake Nakuru Lake Werowrap larvae Lenore Little Manitou Lake littoral Löffler maximum meromictic mesosaline mOsm NaCl North noted the presence Oldesloe osmotic ostracods oxygen photosynthesis phytoplankton plankton plicatilis populations precipitation present primary production Pyramid Lake Quill Lake rates Rawson & Moore Red Rock Redberry Lake region rotifers Ruppia saline lakes saline waters salinity range Salt Lake Saskatchewan seasonal sediments shallow sodium South Spirulina subsaline sulphate summer surface Table temperature Timms Vareschi varied Victoria Waldsea Lake Walker zone zooplankton
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