Conservation of salt lakes |
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Authors: | W D Williams |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Zoology, University of Adelaide, G.P.O. Box 498, Adelaide, S.A., 5001, Australia |
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Abstract: | Salt lakes have a variety of important uses and values, including especially both economic and scientific ones. These uses and values have been and are increasingly subject to degradation from a variety of impacts: diversion of inflows, pollution, agricultural practices, and introduction of exotic species are among the more important. Recognition of these impacts upon salt lakes has led to some international and national measures for their conservation, but considerably more effort in this direction is needed. Against this background, Mono Lake, California, USA, and the Aral Sea, central Asia, are discussed as two localities which bring into sharp focus the various matters discussed in the paper. Finally, attention is drawn to the need to conserve the Akrotiri Salt Lake, Cyprus. |
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Keywords: | Conservation salt lakes Aral Sea Mono Lake Akrotiri Lake RAMSAR |
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