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Natural Resources and Environmental Issues Volume 15 Saline Lakes Around the World: Unique Systems with Unique Values Article 1 2009 Saline lakes around the world : Unique systems with unique values, 10th ISSLR conference and 2008 FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake forum, May 11-16, 2008, University of Utah, Salt Lake CIty Aharon Oren Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel David L. Naftz US Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT Patsy Palacios S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Natural Resources Research Library, Utah State University, Logan Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh Watershed Sciences Department / Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/nrei Recommended Citation Oren, Aharon; Naftz, David L.; Palacios, Patsy; and Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A. (2009) "Saline lakes around the world : Unique systems with unique values, 10th ISSLR conference and 2008 FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake forum, May 11-16, 2008, University of Utah, Salt Lake CIty," Natural Resources and Environmental Issues: Vol. 15 , Article 1. Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/nrei/vol15/iss1/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Natural Resources and Environmental Issues by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Oren et al.: Saline lakes around the world Saline Lakes Around the World: Unique Systems with Unique Values Charles Uibel NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES VOLUME XV 2009 Published by DigitalCommons@USU, 2009 1 Natural Resources and Environmental Issues, Vol. 15 [2009], Art. 1 International Society for Salt Lake Research (ISSLR) 10th International Conference and 2008 FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake Issues Forum Saline Lakes Around the World: Unique Systems with Unique Values University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah May 11-16, 2008 Natural Resources and Environmental Issues Volume XV 2009 This publication was edited by Aharon Oren, David Naftz, Patsy Palacios and Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh and peer-reviewed by a scientific committee composed of experts from the ISSLR and other outside editors. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/nrei/vol15/iss1/1 2 Oren et al.: Saline lakes around the world Conference Co-Chairs: Wayne Wurtsbaugh Department of Watershed Sciences Utah State University, Logan Lynn de Freitas FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake Salt Lake City, Utah David Naftz U.S. Geological Survey Salt Lake City, Utah Local Organizing Committee Bonnie Baxter David Naftz Brian Timms Lynn de Freitas Jacob Parnell Carla Trentelman Heidi Hoven Giovanni Rompato Bart Weimer Robert Jellison Wayne Wurtsbaugh Edited by Aharon Oren, David Naftz, Patsy Palacios and Wayne A. Wurstbaugh Produced out of the Library Publishing Center S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Natual Resources Research Library, College of Natural Resources, Utah State University. 2009 Published by DigitalCommons@USU, 2009 3 Natural Resources and Environmental Issues, Vol. 15 [2009], Art. 1 Papers should be cited as follows: Chapter Author(s). 2009. Paper title. In: A. Oren, D. Naftz, P. Palacios and W.A. Wurtsbaugh (eds). Saline Lakes Around the World: Unique Systems with Unique Values. Natural Resources and Environmental Issues, volume XV. S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Natural Resources Research Library, Logan, Utah, USA. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/nrei/vol15/iss1/1 4 Oren et al.: Saline lakes around the world Series Forword Natural Resources and Environmental Issues (NREI) is a series devoted Contact Information: primarily to research in natural resources and related fields. This series Address: NREI, 5260 Old Main Hill, is published by the the S.J. and Jessie E. 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Payment can be made by credit card, check, money order, or purchase order, payable in U.S. dollars to the Quinney Library. Order information is located in the back of this publication. Articles and information appearing in Natural Resources and Environmental Issues are the property of the specified authors. They may be reprinted with written permission provided that no endorsement of a specific commercial product or firm is stated or implied. Authors, the College of Natural Resources, the Quinney Library, and Natural Resources and Environmental Issues must be credited. Published by DigitalCommons@USU, 2009 5 Natural Resources and Environmental Issues, Vol. 15 [2009], Art. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface – Saline lakes around the world: unique systems with unique values A. Oren, D.L. Naftz and W.A. Wurtsbaugh . i Preface – FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake L. de Freitas . iii Great Salt Lake, Utah Biostromes, brine flies, birds and the bioaccumulation of selenium in Great Salt Lake, Utah W.A. Wurtsbaugh . 1 Microbial biodiversity of Great Salt Lake, Utah B.C. Weimer, G. Rompato, J. Parnell, R. Gann, B. Ganesan, C. Navas, M. Gonzalez, M. Clavel and S. Albee-Scott . 15 Development of a site-specific standard for selenium in open waters of Great Salt Lake, Utah H.M. Ohlendorf, J. DenBleyker, W.O. Moellmer and T. Miller . 23 Mercury inputs to Great Salt Lake, Utah: reconnaissance-phase results D. Naftz, C. Fuller, J. Cederberg, D. Krabbenhoft, J. Whitehead, J. Garberg and K. Beisner . 37 Dynamics of mercury in eared grebes on Great Salt Lake N.L. Darnall and A.K. Miles . 50 Eutrophication, nutrient fluxes and connectivity between the bays of Great Salt Lake, Utah (USA) W.A. Wurtsbaugh, D.L. Naftz and S.R. Bradt . 51 Competitive exclusion of cyanobacterial species in Great Salt Lake H.C. Roney . 52 Evidence and implications of movement of the deep brine layer in the South Arm of Great Salt Lake, Utah K. Beisner, D.L. Naftz and W.P. Johnson . 53 Production of magnesium from Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA T.G. Tripp . 55 Developing vegetation metrics for the assessment of beneficial uses of impounded wetlands surrounding Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA H.M. Hoven and T.G. Miller . 63 Farmington Bay wetlands of Great Salt Lake: nutrient criteria, macroinvertebrate studies and beneficial uses T.G. Miller, H.M. Hoven and J.F. Cavitt . 73 Landforms of fetch-limited saline lakes as evidence of storm-wind direction and strength G. Atwood . 75 Other North-American Salt Lakes Avian response to early tidal salt marsh restoration at former commercial salt evaporation ponds in San Francisco Bay, California, USA N.D. Athearn, J.Y. Takekawa and J.M. Shinn . 77 Limnology and food web structure of a large terminal ecosystem, Walker Lake (NV, USA) J. Umek, S. Chandra and J. Brownstein . 87 The effects of increasing total dissolved solids on the Walker Lake, Nevada, fishery K.A. Wright . 92 Distribution of major anions and trace elements in the unsaturated zone at Franklin Lake Playa, California, USA G.N. Breit, H.L. Goldstein, R.L. Reynolds and J.C. Yount . 93 Dust emission at Franklin Lake Playa, Mojave Desert (USA): response to meteorological and hydrologic changes 2005–2008 R.L. Reynolds, R. Bogle, J. Vogel, H. Goldstein and J. Yount . 105 Recovery of the threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout in a desert terminal lake S. Byers . 116 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/nrei/vol15/iss1/1 6 Oren et al.: Saline lakes around the world Salt flat basin’s contribution to regional dust production and potential influence on dry deposition in the Guadalupe Mountains (Texas, USA) A.E. Perez and T.E. Gill . 117 Geochemistry and potential playa sources of the January 7, 2008 southwestern New Mexico “milky rain” J. Gilbert, T.E. Gill, D. Borrok, B. Frey, T. Hertel, M. Lane, M. Bleiweiss, C. Lehmann, D. Gay and C.V. Ramana . 119 Planktonic bloom-forming Nodularia in the saline Lake Alchichica, Mexico M.G. Oliva, A. Lugo, J. Alcocer, L. Peralta and L.A. Oseguera . 121 South-American Salt Lakes Algal and cyanobacterial saline biofilms of the Grande Coastal Lagoon, Lima, Peru H. Montoya. 127 Managing salt lakes in the neotropics: challenges and alternatives - the case of Mar Chiquita, Argentina E.H. Bucher and E.D. Curto . 135 Salt Lakes in the Great Rift Valley Archaeal diversity in the Dead Sea: microbial survival under increasingly harsh conditions I. Bodaker, O. Béjà, I. Sharon, R. Feingersch, M. Rosenberg, A. Oren, M.Y. Hindiyeh and H.I. Malkawi . 137 The negative water balance of the Dead Sea; its impact and the future of the lake I. Gavrieli . 144 Long-term mesocosm simulation of algal and archaeal blooms in the Dead Sea following dilution with Red Sea water A. Oren, J. Gavrieli, M. Kohen, J. Lati, M. Aharoni and I. Gavrieli. 145 Diel variability and community metabolism in African soda lakes J.M. Melack . 153 Effect of osmotic downshock treatment on the yield of ectoine synthesized by Halomonas sp. EG6 O. Osman, S. Tanabe-Hosoi and S. Nagata . 161 Salt Lakes in Europe Biodiversity of inland saltscapes of the Iberian Peninsula K.H. Kortekaas and J.-F. Carrasco Vayá . 163 The role of non-governmental organizations in the conservation and management of saltscapes in Spain - the case of the Association of Friends of Inland Salinas J.-F.
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