Inland saline waters are threatened worldwide by diversion and pollution of their inflows, introductions of exotic species and economic development of these eco

'With Hammer's book as a guide, major gaps in our understanding of saline lakes become clear and research opportunities become apparent.' Ecology, 68 (1987)

Since 1956 the author has been making extensive and detailed investigations of saline lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. On the basis of large amounts of relia