On the chemistry of some salt lakes and ponds in Yugoslavia

Abstract

Saline lakes are dynamic systems and respond rapidly to external change, particularly climatic. Their chemistry is thus inextricably linked to hydrological processes; salt lakes behave not as simple evaporating basins but as part of complex hydrological systems. Study of salt lakes, therefore, can help us to understand processes important for all lakes, including those exposed to less extreme physic-chemical regimes (Eugster & Hardie 1978). Unfortunately, with some exceptions, they characterize arid regions and are generally accessible for continuous study only with difficulty (Williams 1978).