Limnology of a large, deep, North American terminal lake, Pyramid Lake, Nevada, U.S.A.

Galat, David L.; Lider, E. L.; Vigg, Steven; Robertson, Susan

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-8665-7_22

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“…Optimum temperatures for growth in the laboratory were between 20 and 30°C which is consistent with the observation that C. muelleri only occurred in Chevelon Creek during periods when water temperatures were > 15°C and most abundant during July and August when temperatures were frequently above 25°C . Reports on C. elmorei have shown similar temporal distribution patterns in relation to temperature with greatest populations reported during the summer months (Kuehne, 1941;Anderson, 1958;Verch & Blinn, 1971;Galat et al, 1981).…”

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Growth responses to variations in temperature and specific conductance byChaetoceros muelleri(Bacillariophyceae)

Blinn

1984

British Phycological Journal

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“…Kuehne (1941) and Rawson & Moore (1944) collected C. elmorei from 14 saline lakes in southern Saskatchewan, while Anderson (1958) studied the seasonal periodicity of this species from Lake Lenore, Washington. Recently, Galat et al (1981) reported C. elmorei in Pyramid Lake, Nevada.…”

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Growth responses to variations in temperature and specific conductance byChaetoceros muelleri(Bacillariophyceae)

Blinn

1984

British Phycological Journal

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“…Preliminary examination of smear slides indicate a significant component of shallow-water attached diatoms (Gomphonema, sp., Acanthes sp., and Amphora sp.) (Galat et al, 1981) within all sediment, indicating transport of sediment away from shoreline areas. The fraction of attached diatoms increases in layers with higher detrital grain content, particularly in the lower part of PLC98-4.…”

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Holocene multidecadal and multicentennial droughts affecting Northern California and Nevada

Benson

Kashgarian

Rye

et al. 2002

Quaternary Science Reviews

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Continuous, high-resolution d 18 O records from cored sediments of Pyramid Lake, Nevada, indicate that oscillations in the hydrologic balance occurred, on average, about every 150 years (yr) during the past 7630 calendar years (cal yr). The records are not stationary; during the past 2740 yr, drought durations ranged from 20 to 100 yr and intervals between droughts ranged from 80 to 230 yr. Comparison of tree-ring-based reconstructions of climate change for the past 1200 yr from the Sierra Nevada and the El Malpais region of northwest New Mexico indicates that severe droughts associated with Anasazi withdrawal from Chaco Canyon at 820 cal yr BP (calendar years before present) and final abandonment of Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, and the Kayenta area at 650 cal yr BP may have impacted much of the western United States.During the middle Holocene (informally defined in this paper as extending from 8000 to 3000 cal yr BP), magnetic susceptibility values of sediments deposited in Pyramid Lake's deep basin were much larger than late-Holocene (3000-0 cal yr BP) values, indicating the presence of a shallow lake. In addition, the mean d 18 O value of CaCO 3 precipitated between 6500 and 3430 cal yr BP was 1.6m less than the mean value of CaCO 3 precipitated after 2740 cal yr BP. Numerical calculations indicate that the shift in the d 18 O baseline probably resulted from a transition to a wetter (>30%) and cooler (3-51C) climate. The existence of a relatively dry and warm middle-Holocene climate in the Truckee RiverPyramid Lake system is generally consistent with archeological, sedimentological, chemical, physical, and biological records from various sites within the Great Basin of the western United States. Two high-resolution Holocene-climate records are now available from the Pyramid and Owens lake basins which suggest that the Holocene was characterized by five climatic intervals. TIC and d 18 O records from Owens Lake indicate that the first interval in the early Holocene (11,600-10,000 cal yr BP) was characterized by a drying trend that was interrupted by a brief (200 yr) wet oscillation centered at 10,300 cal yr BP. This was followed by a second earlyHolocene interval (10,000-8000 cal yr BP) during which relatively wet conditions prevailed. During the early part of the middle Holocene (8000-6500 cal yr BP), high-amplitude oscillations in TIC in Owens Lake and d 18 O in Pyramid Lake indicate the presence of shallow lakes in both basins. During the latter part of the middle Holocene (6500-3800 cal yr BP), drought conditions dominated, Owens Lake desiccated, and Lake Tahoe ceased spilling to the Truckee River, causing Pyramid Lake to decline. At the beginning of the late Holocene (B3000 cal yr BP), Lake Tahoe rose to its sill level and Pyramid Lake increased in volume. r

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“…The decrease of water levels between 1973 and 1976 caused the lake to split into Big Lake Chad (northern) and Small Lake Chad (southern) [16]. 3 Cross et al [10], 4 Dejoux [13], 5 Gao et al [15], Isiorho and Matisof [18], 6 Habeck-Fardy and Nanson [19].…”

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Essentials of Endorheic Basins and Lakes: A Review in the Context of Current and Future Water Resource Management and Mitigation Activities in Central Asia

Yapiyev

Sagin

Inglezakis

et al. 2017

Water

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Abstract:Endorheic basins (i.e., land-locked drainage networks) and their lakes can be highly sensitive to variations in climate and adverse anthropogenic activities, such as overexploitation of water resources. In this review paper, we provide a brief overview of one major endorheic basin on each continent, plus a number of endorheic basins in Central Asia (CA), a region where a large proportion of the land area is within this type of basin. We summarize the effects of (changing) climate drivers and land surface-atmosphere feedbacks on the water balance. For the CA region, we also discuss key anthropogenic activities, related water management approaches and their complex relationship with political and policy issues. In CA a substantial increase in irrigated agriculture coupled with negative climate change impacts have disrupted the fragile water balance for many endorheic basins and their lakes. Transboundary integrated land and water management approaches must be developed to facilitate adequate climate change adaptation and possible mitigation of the adverse anthropogenic influence on endorheic basins in CA. Suitable climate adaptation, mitigation and efficient natural resource management technologies and methods are available, and are developing fast. A number of these are discussed in the paper, but these technologies alone are not sufficient to address pressing water resource issues in CA. Food-water-energy nexus analyses demonstrate that transboundary endorheic basin management requires transformational changes with involvement of all key stakeholders. Regional programs, supported by local governments and international donors, which incorporate advanced adaptation technologies, water resource research and management capacity development, are essential for successful climate change adaptation efforts in CA. However, there is a need for an accelerated uptake of such programs, with an emphasis on unification of approaches, as the pressures resulting from climate change and aggravated by human mismanagement of natural water resources leave very little time for hesitation.

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Limnology of a large, deep, North American terminal lake, Pyramid Lake, Nevada, U.S.A.

Cited by 44 publications

References 57 publications

Growth responses to variations in temperature and specific conductance byChaetoceros muelleri(Bacillariophyceae)

Growth responses to variations in temperature and specific conductance byChaetoceros muelleri(Bacillariophyceae)

Holocene multidecadal and multicentennial droughts affecting Northern California and Nevada

Essentials of Endorheic Basins and Lakes: A Review in the Context of Current and Future Water Resource Management and Mitigation Activities in Central Asia

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