Editors:
- 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)
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Front Matter
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Eutrophication, Nutrient Cycling, and Remediation
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Contaminant Issues
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
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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