The Mono Basin Ecosystem:

Effects of Changing Lake Level

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Size: 288 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1987

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Mono Basin Ecosystem Study Committee, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council
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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 ...
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Front Matter	i-xvi
Executive Summary	1-7	(skim)
1. Introduction	8-21	(skim)
2. Hydrology of the Mono Basin	22-49	(skim)
3. Physical and Chemical Lake System	50-68	(skim)
4. Biological System of Mono Lake	69-120	(skim)
5. Shoreline and Upland Systems	121-178	(skim)
6. Ecological Responses to Changes in Lake Level	179-212	(skim)
Appendix A: Birds of the Mono Basin and Their Ecological Characteristics	213-225	(skim)
Appendix B: Mammals of the Mono Basin and Their Ecological Characteristics	226-229	(skim)
Appendix C: Bibliography	230-258	(skim)
Index	259-272	(skim)

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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.

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Effects of Changing Lake Level

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