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The Mono Basin ecosystem : effects of changing lake level / Mono Basin Ecosystem Study Committee, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lake ecology--California--Mono Lake.
- Lake ecology.
- Mono Lake (Calif.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1987.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Mono Basin is a closed hydrologic basin spanning the border between California and Nevada. Los Angeles has been diverting streams since 1941 that normally would flow into Mono Lake. It has been predicted that continued diversion will have major ecological consequences for the natural resources of the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area. This book studies the ecological risk assessment that considers the effects of water diversions on an inland saline lake. It examines the hydrology of the Mono Basin, investigates the lake's physical and chemical systems, studies the biological relationships, and predicts the effects of changes in lake levels on the ecosystem.
- Contents:
- 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 Movement
- Nearshore Groundwater Flow
- Groundwater Data Assessment
- Lake Evaporation
- Terrestrial Evapotranspiration
- DESCRIPTION AND ASSESSMENT OF WATER BALANCE MODELS
- MODELING OF MONO LAKE LEVELS AND SALINITY
- 3 Physical And Chemical Lake System
- 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 Springs
- Losses Of Salts And Other Substances
- Geochemical Evolution
- 4 Biological System of Mono Lake
- 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
- 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
- 5 Shoreline And Upland Systems
- PHYSICAL COMPONENTS
- Topography
- Soils
- Natural Events
- Hydrogeomorphic Events
- Fire
- 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
- 6 Ecological Responses To Changes in Lake Level
- RESPONSES OF ECOSYSTEM COMPONENTS TO CHANGES IN LAKE LEVEL
- Salinity and Chemical Stratification of Lake Water
- Aquatic Biology
- Aquatic Bird Populations
- Shoreline Environment
- Nearshore Groundwater
- Tufa Formations
- Air Quality
- Snowy Plover Nesting Sites
- Upland Environment
- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- Appendixes
- Appendix A Birds Of The Mono Basin And Their Ecological Characteristics
- Appendix B Mammals Of The Mono Basin And Their Ecological Characteristics
- Appendix C Bibliography
- HYDROLOGY
- Reports
- Data Compilations
- PHYTOPLANKTON
- INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
- Brine Fly
- Brine Shrimp
- Other
- VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
- MAMMALS
- BOTANY/VEGETATION
- WATER CHEMISTRY/BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
- Lake
- Springs
- AIR QUALITY
- GEOLOGY
- ECOSYSTEM OVERVIEWS
- MAPS/PHOTOS
- Bathymetric Maps
- Topographic Maps
- Aerial Photos
- Remote Sensing
- MISCELLANEOUS
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-258).
- ISBN:
- 9786610221622
- 9781280221620
- 1280221623
- 9780309542814
- 0309542812
- 9780585144382
- 0585144389
- OCLC:
- 427404626
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