caa a22 4500 477096751 CHVBK 20180405111529.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01997137 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01997137 The Laguna de Mar Chiquita (Córdoba, Argentina): A little known, secularly fluctuating, saline lake [Elektronische Daten] [G. Reati, M. Florín, G. Fernández, C. Montes] Although the Laguna de Mar Chiquita is among the largest saline lakes of the world (2,000-6,000 km2 area), knowledge about it is scarce. Like other large salt lakes, Mar Chiquita undergoes strong inter-annual changes in water level that are primarily linked to the variable expression of three different types of climate throughout its extensive catchment area. Water-level fluctuations and their overall environmental influence, especially on salinity (25-360 g L−1) and biota, have significant results. Comparison of Mar Chiquita with other fluctuating large salt lakes shows an independent long-term pattern of water-level (and salinity) changes. Primary determinants of its limnology are (1) its extensive catchment, (2) the occurrence of three different types of climate on the catchment, (3) the shallowness of the basin and (4) the effects of strong wind, water circulation within the lake, and sediment inputs from rivers. The effects of fluctuation on the lake biota are more evident at the level of dominant organisms at every fluctuation stage and their functions than in overall biodiversity and food-web complexity. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997 Argentina nationallicence fluctuation nationallicence food-web changes nationallicence salt lake nationallicence scale nationallicence socioeconomic aspects nationallicence Reati G. Centro de Zoología Aplicada, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, CC 122, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina aut Florín M. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain aut Fernández G. Dirección de Medio Ambiente, Ministerio de Salud, V. Sarsfield 2311, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina aut Montes C. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain aut International Journal of Salt Lake Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/3(1996-09-01), 187-219 1037-0544 5:3<187 1996 5 10770 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01997137 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01997137 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Reati G. Centro de Zoología Aplicada, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, CC 122, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Florín M. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fernández G. Dirección de Medio Ambiente, Ministerio de Salud, V. Sarsfield 2311, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Montes C. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Salt Lake Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/3(1996-09-01), 187-219 1037-0544 5:3<187 1996 5 10770 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer