Due to the current COVID-19 outbreak in Spain and the global expansion of the virus the Organizing Committee of the 14th International Conference on Salt Lake Research and the Board of Directors of the International Society for Salt Lake Research has decided to postpone the conference for the one year. The new date of the Conference will […]
Board Members of the International Society for Salt Lake Research reviewed the research papers published in 2017-2019 and submitted for the triennial international competition, open to all graduate students and early-career scientists. The winners were selected based on scientific/technical quality, methodological approach and its novelty and quality and relevance and potential scientific impact of work carried […]
We are glad to invite you to the next 14th International Conference on Salt Lake Research that will be held during October 19-23, 2020 at the University of Murcia (Murcia, Spain). Please download the first information letter. Saline lakes and inland saltscapes are common on every continent and are of considerable economic, ecological, and scientific value. […]
Winners of best oral and poster presentations awards and travel grants from the International Society for Salt Lake Research for participants of the Halophiles 2019 symposium were selected. The International Conference on Halophilic Microorganisms – Halophiles 2019 was held in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) during June 24-28, 2019. Halophiles meetings traditionally gather scientists to share their enthusiasm […]
International Society for Salt Lake Research announces travel awards and best presentation awards for the participants of the Halophiles 2019 symposium. The International Conference on Halophilic Microorganisms – Halophiles 2019 will be held in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) during June 24-28, 2019. The aim of Halophiles 2019 meeting is to gather scientists around the world to share […]
Traditionally, at the end of the year we summarize what was published in peer-reviewed journals on the research topics related to saline lakes. “Salt lake or saline lake” and “salinity and lake” basic searches in Web of Science Core Collection result in almost 800 papers published in 2018. Research areas are dominated by Environmental Sciences Ecology […]
Special issues on salt lakes with selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Salt Lake Research (Ulan-Ude, Russia, 20–25 August 2017) were published in Journal of Oceanology and Limnology and Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology. Below you can find the content of both issues and download papers. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2018, […]
Maria Eugenia Farias and her colleagues from Laboratorio de Investigaciones Microbiologicas de Lagunas Andinas (LIMLA) invites students and professionals interested in microbialites to take part in field school “Microbialites of the Puna: the study and interpretation of organosedimentary facies in the stratigraphic record and modern analogues”. Microbialites are “organosedimentary deposits that have accreted as a […]
Mar Chiquita – South America’s second-largest waterbody, and the world’s fifth-biggest salt lake – harbours most of the planet’s Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis and nearly half its Andean Flamingo Phoenicoparrus andinus. Mar Chiquita means ‘little sea’. This vast salt lake ranges 70km by 24km. Mar Chiquita is a literal oasis – and its water, marshy […]
A review of the defining chemical properties of soda lakes and pans was recently published by Emil Boros and Marina Kolpakova. The aim of the study was to evaluate the definition of water chemical type, with particular attention to soda brine characteristics. Authors assessed ionic composition and pH values on a large geographic scale and […]