Soda Lakes of East Africa
This book is devoted to the alkaline-saline lakes of East Africa, which include the world-famous “flamingo lakes”. It covers the full range of issues, from the lakes’ origin and history, life in and around these unique water bodies, to utilization, threats and management considerations. The authors,...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Preface
- Part I GENESIS, PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Genesis of the East African Rift System: an overview of the tectonic, geological, hydrological, and paleoenvironmental features
- 3 Morphometry and physical processes of East African Soda lakes
- 4 Biogeochemistry of African soda lakes
- Part II ORGANISMS & ECOLOGY
- 5 Bacteria, Archaea and Viruses of soda lakes
- 6 Tiny and tough: microphytes of East African soda lakes
- 7 The Protozoa of soda lakes in East Africa
- 8 Invertebrates of East African soda lakes
- 9 Fish populations in East African saline lakes: status, uses, conservation, management and current research with a particular focus on the Lake Magadi tilapia
- 10 Phoenix rising from the ashes: the Lesser Flamingo as a central element of the East African avifauna
- 11 Vascular plants in Eastern Africa Rift valley saline wetlands
- 12 Ecology
- Part III UTILIZATION, MANAGEMENT & PERSPECTIVES
- 13 An underexplored resource for biotechnology: Cyanobacteria and green algae of East African soda lakes
- 14 Conservation and Management of East Africa’s soda lakes
- 15 Soda lakes of the East African Rift System: the past, the present and the future
- APPENDIX
- 16 Supplemental material
- 17 Species, lake and subject Indizes. .
