Mono Basin Ecosystem : Effects of Changing Lake Level.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, National Research Council
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1987.
Temas:
Lake ecology > California > Mono Lake.
Écologie des lacs > Californie > Mono, Lac.
Lake ecology
California > Mono Lake
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Mono Basin Ecosystem
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • CLIMATOLOGY, PHYSIOGRAPHY, AND GEOLOGY OF THE MONO BASIN
  • PREHISTORIC AND HISTORIC FLUCTUATIONS IN LAKE LEVEL
  • COMPARISON OF MONO LAKE WITH OTHER SALINE LAKES
  • REFERENCES
  • 2 Hydrology Of The Mono Basin
  • INTRODUCTION
  • HYDROMETEOROLOGY
  • Synoptic-Scale Weather Systems And Air Masses
  • Precipitation Patterns Related To The Fall And Rise Of Great Basin Lakes
  • HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES
  • Precipitation
  • Surface Runoff
  • Groundwater Occurrence And MovementNearshore Groundwater Flow
  • Groundwater Data Assessment
  • Lake Evaporation
  • Terrestrial Evapotranspiration
  • DESCRIPTION AND ASSESSMENT OF WATER BALANCE MODELS
  • MODELING OF MONO LAKE LEVELS AND SALINITY
  • REFERENCES
  • 3 Physical And Chemical Lake System
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PHYSICAL SYSTEM
  • CHEMICAL SYSTEM
  • Chemical Composition Of The Water
  • Major Ions
  • Nitrogen And Phosphorus
  • Trace Elements
  • Dissolved Oxygen
  • Inputs Of Chemical Constituents From Surface Water And Groundwater
  • Tufa Pinnacles Associated With SpringsLosses Of Salts And Other Substances
  • Geochemical Evolution
  • REFERENCES
  • 4 Biological System of Mono Lake
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF AQUATIC PELAGIC AND LITTORAL ORGANISMS
  • Primary Producers and Decomposers
  • Bacteria
  • Phytoplankton and Phytobenthos
  • Primary Consumers
  • Zooplankton
  • Zoobenthos
  • PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND SALINITY TOLERANCES OF AQUATIC PELAGIC AND LITTORAL ORGANISMS
  • Primary Producers
  • Primary Consumers
  • Zooplankton
  • Diapause Cysts and the Role of Intracellular pH (pHi).Diapause Cysts and the Role of Temperature.
  • Fluidity and Circulation.
  • Bioenergetics and Fecundity.
  • Zoobenthic Organisms
  • Reproduction and Development.
  • Fluidity and Circulation.
  • Bioenergetics.
  • Adaptation of Brine Shrimp and Brine Fly To Changes in Salinity
  • BIRD POPULATIONS: SECONDARY CONSUMERS
  • Eared Grebes
  • Phalaropes
  • California Gulls
  • REFERENCES
  • 5 Shoreline And Upland Systems
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PHYSICAL COMPONENTS
  • Topography
  • Soils
  • Natural Events
  • Hydrogeomorphic EventsFire
  • Volcanic Activity And Ashfalls
  • Earthquakes
  • Historic Land Use
  • Grazing
  • Roads
  • Mining
  • Logging
  • Recreation
  • BIOTIC COMPONENTS
  • Vegetation
  • Shoreline Vegetation
  • Riparian Vegetation
  • Upland Vegetation
  • Wildlife
  • Fish
  • Birds
  • Mammals
  • LAND-AIR INTERFACE
  • Environmental Factors Controlling Wind Storms
  • Consequences of Wind Storms
  • LAND-WATER INTERFACE
  • Tufa Dynamics
  • Shoreline Erosion
  • REFERENCES
  • 6 Ecological Responses To Changes in Lake Level

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