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References - Physical Geography

Babcock, E. A. (1974). "Geology of the Northeast margin of the Salton Trough, Salton Sea, California." Geological Society of America Bulletin 85: 321-322.

Buckles, J. E., K. Kashiwase, et al. (2002). "Reconstruction of prehistoric Lake Cahuilla in the Salton Sea Basin using GIS and GPS." Hydrobiologia 473: 55- 57.

Corona, F. V. and J. Floyd F Sabins "The San Andreas Fault of the Salton Truogh Region, California, as Expressed on Remote Sensing Data." SBCMA Spec. Publ. 93- 1: 69- 75.

Fuis, G. S. and W. M. Kohler (1984). Crustal Structure and Tectonics of the Imperial Valley Region, California. C. A. Rigsby: 285- ?

Hill (1975). Earthquakes, Active Faults, and Geothermal Areas in the Imperial Valley, California. Science. 188: 1

Hulen, J. B., D. Kaspereit, et al. Refined conceptual modeling and a new resource estimate for the Salton Sea geothermal field, Imperial Valley, California: 18.

Larsen, S. and R. Reilinger (1991). "Age Constraints for the Present Fault Configuration in the Imperial Valley, California: Evidence for Northwestward Propagation of the Gulf of California Rift System." Journal of Geophysical Research 96(No. B6): 10,339-10,346.

MacDonald, G. M. Ice Ages, Packrats and Ancient Trees:Ê Climatic Environmental Change in the Salton Sea Region and Colorado River Basin (Draft 2). Los Angeles, UCLA: 11.

McKibben, M. A. "The Salton Trough Rift." SBCMA Spec. Publ. 93- 1: 76- 80.

McDougall, K., R. Z. Poore, et al. (1999). "Age and Paleoenvironment of the Imperial Formation Near San Gorgonio Pass, Southern California." Journal of Foraminiferal Research 29(1): 4- 25.

Miller, D. M. Geology and Seismicity of the Salton Basin.

 

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References - Limnology

 

(1999). Report to the Salton Sea Authority Economic Development Task Force, Claremont McKenna College: 2.

Amrhein, C., D. Crowley, et al. (2001). Effect of salt precipitation on historical and projected salinities of the Salton Sea: Summary comments from workshop at the University of California, Riverside, University of California, Riverside.

Holdren, C., D. Robertson, et al. (2000). Eutrophic Conditions at the Salton Sea. Riverside, Salton Sea Authority: 22.

National Weather Service (2001). Annual Average Precipitation of Southern California Period: 1961- 1990. 2001.

Salton Sea Science Subcommittee (1998). The potential impact of rising salinity on the Salton Sea ecosystem: 28.

Schroeder, R. A. and W. H. Orem (2000). Nutrient dynamics in the Salton basin -- Implication from calcium, uranium, molybdenum, and selenium.

Setmire, J. G. and R. A. Schroeder (1998). Selenium and Salinity Concerns in the Salton Sea Area of California. Environmental Chemistry of Selenium. J. William T Frankenberger and R. A. Engberg. New York, Marcel Dekker, Inc.: 205-221

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (2000). Evaporation data: 5

U.S. Department of the Interior and Bureau of Reclamation (2003). Salton Sea study status report. Boulder City, Nevada, U.S. Department of the Interior: 44.

Vogl, R. A. and R. N. Henry (2002). Characteristics and contaminents of the Salton Sea sediments, LFR Levine-Fricke, Irvine, Ca. USA: 47- 54.

 

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References - Biology

Barlow, S. B. and P. Kugrens (2002). "Cryptomonads from the Salton Sea, California." Hydrobiologia 473: 129- 137.

Coe, M. M., P. M. Detwiler, et al. (2000). Sampling the bottom- dwelling animals of the Salton Sea, San Diego State University: 9.

Cook, C. B., G. T. Orlob, et al. (2002). "Simulation of wind- driven circulation in the Salton Sea: Implications for indigenous ecosystems." Hydrobiologia 473: 59- 75.

Detwiler, P. M., M. F. Coe, et al. (2002). "The benthic invertebrates of the Salton Sea: Distribution and seasonal dynamics." Hydrobiologia 473: 139- 160.

Friend, M. (2002). "Avian Disease at the Salton Sea." Hydrobiologia 473: 293- 306.

Holdren, G. C. and A. Montano (2002). "Chemical and physical characteristics of the Salton Sea, California." Hydrobiologia 473: 1- 21.

Joseph R. Jehl, J. and R. L. McKernan (2002). "Biology and migrationÊ of eared grebes at the Salton Sea." Hydrobiologia 473: 245- 253.

Kuperman, B. I., V. E. Matey, et al. (2002). "Invertebrates of the Salton Sea: A scanning electron microscopy portfolio." Hydrobiologia 473: 203- 216.

Kuperman, B. I., V. E. Matey, et al. (2002). "Flagellate Cryptobia branchialis (Bodonida: Kinetoplastida), ectoparasite of tilapia from the Salton Sea." Hydrobiologia 473: 93- 102.

Kuperman, B. I. and V. E. Matey (2000). Ecoparasites of fish and invertebrates of the Salton Sea, San Diego State University: 12.

Lange, C. B. and M. A. Tiffany (2002). "The diatom flora of the Salton Sea, California." Hydrobiologia 473: 179- 201.

Patten, M. A. An Overview of Birds and their Habitats at the Salton Sea: 6.

Pierce, B. A. C.-. and R. Riedel (2000). Final ReportÊ Fish Biology and Fisheries Ecology of the Salton Sea: 17.

Point Reyes Bird Observatory (1998). A synthesis of avian concerns at the Salton Sea. Stinson Beach, Ca., Point Reyes Bird Observatory: 52.

 

Reifel, K. M., M. P. McCoy, et al. (2002). "Possible importance of algal toxins in the Salton Sea, California." Hydrobiologia 473: 275- 292.

Riedel, R., L. Caskey, et al. (2002). "Fish biology and fisheries ecology of the Salton Sea, California." Hydrobiologia 473: 229- 244.

Rogerson, A. and G. Hauer (2002). "Naked amoebae (Protozoa) of the Salton Sea, California." Hydrobiologia 473: 161- 177.

Schroeder, R. A., W. H. Orem, et al. (2002). "Chemical evolution of the Salton Sea, California: Nutrient and selenium dynamics." Hydrobiologia 473: 23- 45.

Shuford, W. D., N. Warnock, et al. (2002). "The Salton Sea as critical habitat to migratory and resident waterbirds." Hydrobiologia 473: 255- 274.

Shuford, W. D., N. Warnock, et al. (2000). Avifauna of the Salton Sea: Abundance, distribution, and annual phenology, Point Reyes Bird Observatory.

Sutton, R. J. (2002). "Summer movements of desert pupfish among habitats at the Salton Sea." Hydrobiologia 473: 223- 228.

Tetra Tech, I. (2003). Review of US Filter Corporation Salton River proposal final report: 315.

Tiffany, M. A., B. K. Swan, et al. (2002). "Metazooplankton dynamics in the Salton Sea, California, 1997- 1999." Hydrobiologia 473: 103- 120.

Tiffany, M. A. (2002). "Skeletal development in Hermesinum adriaticum Zacharias, a flagellate from the Salton Sea, California." Hydrobiologia 473: 217- 221.

Warwick, R. M., D. M. Dexter, et al. (2002). "Freeliving nematodes from the Salton Sea." Hydrobiologia 473: 121- 128.

Wood, A. M., S. R. Miller, et al. (2002). "Preliminary studies of cyanobacteria, picoplankton, and virioplankton in the Salton Sea with special attention to phylogenetic diversity among eight strains of filamentous cyanobacteria." Hydrobiologia 473: 77- 92.

Yoshihara, S. (2000). Analysis of avian species abundance distribution using christmas bird count data. Mathematics/ Environmental Science. Redlands, Ca., University of Redlands: 40.

 

Bird Calls -- Biology

 

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flamingo

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forster tern

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gambel quail

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great blue heron

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killdeer

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yellow footed gull

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long billed curlew

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American avocet

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black necked stilt

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cattle egret

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lesser frigatebird

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black skimmer

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White Pelican

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References - Hydrology

  

Carpelan, L. H. (1961). History of the Salton Sea.

 

deStanley, M. (1966). The Salton Sea, Yesterday and Today.

 

Dowd, M. J. (1960). Historic Salton Sea.

 

Hely, A. G. and E. L. Peck (1964). Precipitation, Runoff and Water Loss in the Lower Colorado River- Salton Sea Area. Washington D.C., U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Weather Bureau.

 

Laflin, P. The Salton Sea, California's Overlooked Treasure. CVHS.

 

Schaefer, J. Prehistoric Native American Responses to Ancient Lake Cahuilla.

 

Waters, M. R. (1983). Late Holocene Lacustrine Chronology and Archaeology of Ancient Lake Cahuilla, California. University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences.

 

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References - Problems and Impacts

 

Alonso, R., L. Biland, et al. (2002). The potential for fugitive dust problems at the Salton Sea if water levels are lowered significantly from current conditions, Salton Sea Science Office Workshop: 54.

 

Alonso, R., L. Biland, et al. (2002). The potential for fugitive dust problems at the Salton Sea if water levels are lowered significantly from current conditions, Salton Sea Science Office Workshop: 58.

 

California State Water Resources Control Board hearing regarding Salton Sea testimony of Theodore D. Schade, Great Basin Air Pollution Control District: 9.

 

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References - Values

 

Rose Institute of the state and local government, C. M. C. (1999). Report to the Salton Sea Authority Economic Development Task Force: 2.

 

 

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References - Alternatives

 

Cagle, F. Environmental impacts associated with the construction and operation of an enhanced evaporation system to contrl salinity of the Salton Sea: 11.

 

Keene, C. (2000). Evaluation of potential environmental impacts of the export and discharge of Salton Sea water to the Gulf of California or Pacific Ocean: 12.

 

Pacific Institute (2001). A proposal to preserve and enhance habitat at the Salton Sea, Pacific Institute: 8.

 

Salton River proposal: Statement by USFilter.

 

Salton Sea Authority, U.S. Department of the Interior, et al. (2000). Draft- Salton Sea restoration project environmental impact statement/ environmental impact report.

 

Stephens, D. (1999). Environmental effects of the no action alternative for Salton Sea limnology and fisheries: 11.

Stephens, D. (1999). Environmental Impacts associated with construction and operation of evaporation ponds to control salinity of the Salton Sea: 16.

 

USFilter The Salton River desalination solution: A solution proposed by USFilter.

 


 


 

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