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Soda Lakes of East Africa

This book is devoted to the alkaline-saline lakes of East Africa, which include the world-famous "flamingo lakes". It covers the full range of issues, from the lakes' origin and history, life in and around these unique water bodies, to utilization, threats and management consideration...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Schagerl, Michael (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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505 0 |a Preface -- Part I GENESIS, PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Genesis of the East African Rift System: an overview of the tectonic, geological, hydrological, and paleoenvironmental features -- 3 Morphometry and physical processes of East African Soda lakes -- 4 Biogeochemistry of African soda lakes -- Part II ORGANISMS & ECOLOGY -- 5 Bacteria, Archaea and Viruses of soda lakes -- 6 Tiny and tough: microphytes of East African soda lakes -- 7 The Protozoa of soda lakes in East Africa -- 8 Invertebrates of East African soda lakes -- 9 Fish populations in East African saline lakes: status, uses, conservation, management and current research with a particular focus on the Lake Magadi tilapia -- 10 Phoenix rising from the ashes: the Lesser Flamingo as a central element of the East African avifauna -- 11 Vascular plants in Eastern Africa Rift valley saline wetlands -- 12 Ecology -- Part III UTILIZATION, MANAGEMENT & PERSPECTIVES -- 13 An underexplored resource for biotechnology: Cyanobacteria and green algae of East African soda lakes -- 14 Conservation and Management of East Africa's soda lakes -- 15 Soda lakes of the East African Rift System: the past, the present and the future -- APPENDIX -- 16 Supplemental material -- 17 Species, lake and subject Indizes. . 
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