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Developmental defects in fish embryos from Salton Sea, California.
The Salton Sea is the largest inland body of water in California. It currently supports a sportfishery for orangemouth corvina (Cvnoscion xanthulus). Other species of importance are the bairdiella (Bairdiella icistius) and sargo (Anisotremus davidsonii). The future status of the fishery is uncertain for several reasons including possible impacts from chemical contaminants entering the Sea via a...
متن کاملThe Salton Sea. Physical and Chemical Characteristics
The Salton Sea of California lying below sea level in a dcscrt basin, serves as a sump for irrigation water diverted from the Colorado River. The present Sea reached its maximum size and highest surface elevation at the time of its formation in 1907. Due to evaporation at the rate of six feet per year the surface elevation fell from -195 feet to its minimum of -240 feet in 1948, the surface are...
متن کاملCyanobacteria toxins in the Salton Sea
BACKGROUND The Salton Sea (SS) is the largest inland body of water in California: surface area 980 km2, volume 7.3 million acre-feet, 58 km long, 14-22 km wide, maximum depth 15 m. Located in the southeastern Sonoran desert of California, it is 85 m below sea level at its lowest point. It was formed between 1905 and 1907 from heavy river flows of the Colorado River. Since its formation, it has ...
متن کاملMetagenomic Sequencing of Two Salton Sea Microbiomes
The Salton Sea is the largest inland body of water in California, with salinities ranging from brackish freshwater to hypersaline. The lake experiences high nutrient input, and its surface water is exposed to temperatures up to 40°C. Here, we report the community profiles associated with surface water from the Salton Sea.
متن کاملWhy Emergency Physicians Should Care About the Salton Sea
The deterioration of the ecosystem surrounding the Salton Sea, a 376-square mile lake located between Imperial and Riverside Counties in Southern California1 has an important effect on the health of the surrounding impoverished population. The greater Salton Sea area comprises 177,000 people demographically divided into 80.9% Latino, 13.7% White/NonHispanic, and 10.5% African American.2 Median ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Science
سال: 1920
ISSN: 0036-8075,1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.51.1324.487