Climatic Drought Impact: Oregon's Saline Ecosystem, Lake Abert

The purpose of this book is to inform Oregon’s citizens as to the future of the Lake Abert ecosystem, and also inform citizens of other states as to the ecosystems of their saline lakes. Such lakes are among the many salt lakes throughout the world that provide a most unique habitat for wildlife and natural resources devoted to sustaining the lives of migratory birds.

Frank P. Conte was born in South Gate, California, in 1929. He earned his A.B. in cell physiology in 1951 and his Ph.D. in cell physiology (with minors in biochemistry and organic chemistry) in 1961 from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1968–69 he served as a Senior NIH post-doctoral fellow at the Oak Ridge National Lab, and in 1971 he became a professor in the Department of Zoology at Oregon State University, where he remained until his retirement in 1993. Among his myriad academic honors are a Fulbright Senior Research Scholarship (1987–88) in Australia and several visiting professorships.