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Research at Mono Lake

Mono Lake and the Mono Basin attract scientific researchers interested in a wide range of questions. Beginning with this newsletter issue, we're attempting to keep track of who is looking at what; please let us know about projects we're missing.

The importance of Mono Lake and Great Salt Lake to eared grebes nesting in British Columbia
Sean Boyd, Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Canadian Wildlife Service

Evolution of desert colluvial boulder fields, Eastern California
Donald A. Friend, Mankato State University

Riparian bird population monitoring
Sasha Heath, Point Reyes Bird Observatory

Alkali fly population monitoring
Dave Herbst, Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory, University of California

Mono Basin air quality monitoring
Great Basin Air Pollution Control District

Mono Lake migratory bird studies
Joseph R. Jehl Jr., Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute

Meromixis, nutrient cycling, and plankton dynamics
Robert Jellison, Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara

Mono Lake oxygen isotope concentrations
Hong-Chun Li, University of Southern California

Mono Basin hydrology monitoring
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Turbulent mixing and resource supply to phytoplankton
Sally MacIntyre, Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara

California gull nesting and reproductive success
Dave Shuford, Point Reyes Bird Observatory

Mono Basin geomorphology, sedimentology, biogeography, and paleoclimatology
Scott Stine, California State University Hayward

Sand dune genesis studies
Scott Stine and Lora Teitler, California State University Hayward

Demography and mating systems of the bee-fly Lordotus
Catherine A. Toft, University of California Davis

Development of sand dune ecosystems on the north shore of Mono Lake
Catherine A. Toft, Deborah Elliott-Fisk, and James H. Richards, University of California Davis

Stream restoration studies
Bill Trush, California State University Humboldt

Remote sensing and tufa investigations
Jack Farmer, NASA

Mono Lake water chemistry
US Geological Survey

Lee Vining Canyon bighorn sheep studies
John Wehausen, White Mountain Research Station

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