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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2016. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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. .