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

This volume deals with many aspects of the physical and chemical limnology ofthe 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 steadilyrising 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 recentdecades. 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 towildlife and man can be restored or enhanced. 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 birdsin the American southwest

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-8805-6
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 195
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés