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 -- REFERENCES -- 3 Physical And Chemical Lake System -- INTRODUCTION -- 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 -- REFERENCES -- 4 Biological System of Mono Lake -- INTRODUCTION -- 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 -- Primary Consumers -- Zooplankton -- 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 -- REFERENCES -- 5 Shoreline And Upland Systems -- INTRODUCTION -- 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 -- REFERENCES -- 6 Ecological Responses To Changes in Lake Level -- INTRODUCTION -- 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 -- Shoreline Vegetation -- Upland Environment -- Riparian Vegetation -- Fish -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 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 -- Birds -- MAMMALS -- BOTANY/VEGETATION -- WATER CHEMISTRY/BIOGEOCHEMISTRY -- Lake -- Springs -- AIR QUALITY -- GEOLOGY -- ECOSYSTEM OVERVIEWS -- MAPS/PHOTOS -- Bathymetric Maps -- Topographic Maps -- Aerial Photos -- Remote Sensing -- Other -- MISCELLANEOUS -- Index.