Soda Lakes of East Africa

Preface.- Part I GENESIS, PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Genesis of the East African Rift System: an overview of the tectonic, geological, hydrological, and paleoenvironmental features.- 3 Morphometry and physical processes of East African Soda lakes.- 4 Biogeochemistry of African soda lakes.- Part II ORGANISMS & ECOLOGY.- 5 Bacteria, Archaea and Viruses of soda lakes.- 6 Tiny and tough: microphytes of East African soda lakes.- 7 The Protozoa of soda lakes in East Africa.- 8 Invertebrates of East African soda lakes.- 9 Fish populations in East African saline lakes: status, uses, conservation, management and current research with a particular focus on the Lake Magadi tilapia.- 10 Phoenix rising from the ashes: the Lesser Flamingo as a central element of the East African avifauna.- 11 Vascular plants in Eastern Africa Rift valley saline wetlands.- 12 Ecology.- Part III UTILIZATION, MANAGEMENT & PERSPECTIVES.- 13 An underexplored resource for biotechnology: Cyanobacteria and green algae of East African soda lakes.- 14 Conservation and Management of East Africa's soda lakes.- 15 Soda lakes of the East African Rift System: the past, the present and the future.- APPENDIX.- 16 Supplemental material.- 17 Species, lake and subject Indizes.