TABLE II
CHEMICAL
Locality
Duckwater
T13-12N, R56E
Lockes
Preston Big Spring
Mormon Spring
Iverson's Warm Spring
Saratoga Spring,
Death Valley, Calif.,
spring marsh
Salt Creek, Death
Valley, Calif.
Cottonball Marsh,
Death Valley, Calif.
Salton Sea, Calif.
F E A T U R E S (IN
Species present
Crenichthys
nevadae
Crenichthys
nevadae
Crenichthys
baileyi,
Pantosteus
inter médius,
Lepidomeda
albivallis,
Rhinichthys
osculus
Crenichthys
baileyi
Crenichthys
baileyi,
Moapa coriacea
Cyprinodon
nevadensis
Cyprinodon
salinus
Cyprinodon sp.
Cyprinodon
macularius
M E Q / L I T E R ) OF
T D S
(gm/
liter)
3.08
4.57
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.96
6 . 3
3.08
7.94
23.59
70«
160
40.42
Ca2
+
3.03
3.29
1.57
1.57
1.57
1.57
3.17
3.49
1.65
3.14
5.68
20.96
40.12
R E P R E S E
Mg2
+
1.62
1.73
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.81
2.14
2.80
4.11
30.39
40.88
81.60
NTATIVE
Na+
1.24
2.26
0.56
0.56
0.56
0.56
1.00
4.39
42.19
126.63
341.45
1062.62
514.34
W A T E R S
K+
0.18
0.26
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.00
0.28
0.77
12.83
49.63
4.91
IN W H I C H D E S E R T F I S H E S A R E F O U N D
0
S0421.24
1.23
0.85
0.85
0.85
0.85
0.96
3.73
21.66
55.20
77.28
201.22
157.27
COa
2 "
0.19
0.00
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.00
0.00
3.67
4.00
0.70
HCO32.62
6.16
2.07
2.07
2.07
2.07
4.77
4.49
5.86
8.85
2.80
ci0.25
0.28
0.33
0.33
0.33
0.33
0.25
1.71
56.42
290.50
592.41
197.19
p H
8 . 4
7 . 9
8 . 3
7 . 5
8 . 1
9 . 0
8 . 6
8 . 4
Reference
b
b
b
b
b
b
b
Eakin, 1964
Deacon, 1968a,b
Miller, 1943
LaBounty and
Deacon,
1971; Hunt
et al., 1966
Walker, 1961
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