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The Salton Sea Centennial Symposium

Proceedings of a Symposium Celebrating a Century of Symbiosis Among Agriculture, Wildlife and People, 1905–2005, held in San Diego, California, USA, March 2005

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Stuart H. Hurlbert

    1. San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

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  • Deals with the largest lake in California
  • Most recent information on geochemistry, eutrophication and contaminants in the lake
  • Discusses one of the most important habitats for water birds in the American southwest

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology (DIHY, volume 201)

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Table of contents (14 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-3
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  2. Eutrophication, Nutrient Cycling, and Remediation

    1. Response in the water quality of the Salton Sea, California, to changes in phosphorus loading: an empirical modeling approach

      • Dale M. Robertson, S. Geoffrey Schladow
      Pages 5-19

    2. Long-term changes in the phosphorus loading to and trophic state of the Salton Sea, California

      • Dale M. Robertson, S. Geoffrey Schladow, G. Chris Holdren
      Pages 21-36

    3. Reducing dissolved phosphorus loading to the Salton Sea with aluminum sulfate

      • I. R. Rodriguez, C. Amrhein, M. A. Anderson
      Pages 37-44

    4. Laboratory studies on the coprecipitation of phosphate with calcium carbonate in the Salton Sea, California

      • I. R. Rodriguez, C. Amrhein, M. A. Anderson
      Pages 45-55

    5. A linked hydrodynamic and water quality model for the Salton Sea

      • Eu Gene Chung, S. Geoffrey Schladow, Joaquim Perez-Losada, Dale M. Robertson
      Pages 57-75

    6. Barnacle growth rate on artificial substrate in the Salton Sea, California

      • J. B. Geraci, C. Amrhein, C. C. Goodson
      Pages 77-84

  3. Physical and Chemical Limnology

    1. Relating fish kills to upwellings and wind patterns in the Salton Sea

      • B. Marti-Cardona, T. E. Steissberg, S. G. Schladow, S. J. Hook
      Pages 85-95

    2. Properties and distribution of sediment in the Salton Sea, California: an assessment of predictive models

      • M. A. Anderson, L. Whiteaker, E. Wakefield, C. Amrhein
      Pages 97-110

    3. Geochemistry of iron in the Salton Sea, California

      • Jason P. de Koff, Michael A. Anderson, Christopher Amrhein
      Pages 111-121

  5. Economics

    1. Fundamentals of estimating the net benefits of ecosystem preservation: the case of the Salton Sea

      • Kurt A. Schwabe, Peter W. Schuhmann, Kenneth A. Baerenklau, Nermin Nergis
      Pages 181-195
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About this book

This volume deals with many aspects of the physical and chemical limnology of the Salton Sea, California’s largest lake and a lake that may soon to be the object of a multi-billion dollar restoration project. Formed in 1905 by an accidental breaching of outtake structures on the Colorado River, and maintained since then by large and steady inflows of agricultural wastewaters, it has long served as an important habitat for fish and waterbirds and as a major recreational area for people. Highlly eutrophic and with a salinity that is steadily rising and now nearly 50 g/L, it is a lake in great trouble. Most fish species have disappeared, and large fish and bird dieoffs have been common in recent decades. Many of the papers in this volume represent studies undertaken with the aim of informing the re-engineering of this ecosystem so that its value to wildlife and man can be restored or enhanced.

Editors and Affiliations

  • San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

    Stuart H. Hurlbert

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Salton Sea Centennial Symposium

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Symposium Celebrating a Century of Symbiosis Among Agriculture, Wildlife and People, 1905–2005, held in San Diego, California, USA, March 2005

  • Editors: Stuart H. Hurlbert

  • Series Title: Developments in Hydrobiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8806-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8805-6Published: 02 July 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7993-0Published: 18 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8806-3Published: 29 January 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 195

  • Additional Information: Reprinted from HYDROBIOLOGIA, 604, 2008

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Ecology, Biogeosciences

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