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Salinity and temperature controls diatoms assemblages in alkaline, saline lakes in Central Europe

Csilla Stenger-Kovács from University of Pannonia (Hungary) with her colleagues investigated diatom assemblages and different environmental variables from 31 shallow, saline lakes from 2 different regions of the Carpathian basin (Europe) to select the principle variables affecting the diatom communities and show the relevance of diatoms as ecological bioindicators. The statistically most significant factors that […]

Researchers have detected an unknown interaction between microorganisms and salt

ScienceDaily reported  that for the first time, researchers have detected an unknown interaction between microorganisms and salt. When Escherichia coli cells are introduced into a droplet of salt water that is left to dry, bacteria manipulate the sodium chloride crystallization to create biomineralogical biosaline 3-D morphologically complex formations, where they hibernate. Afterwards, simply by rehydrating […]

Diverse array of lakes in Antarctica

Since July 2005, the blog of Oxford University Press (OUPblog) is a source for learning, understanding and reflection, providing different academic insights. Johanna Laybourn-Parry, a visiting profesor from Bristol University, at her recent post (December 8th, 2014) focused on the lake ecosystems of the Antarctic. We were attracted to this post by the key word “saline […]

Flamingos: A Makeover for the Flame Birds

Nice post about flamingo from Steve Zack, Coordinator of Bird Conservation, Wildlife Conservation Society. Below is the excerpt from this text: “The flamingo species all feed on shallow saline wetlands, most often inland lakes. They move nomadically in time and space to feed, often in huge aggregations of thousands (even millions for Lesser Flamingos) of […]

Vale

On 2 April 2012 two longstanding salt lake researchers passed away on opposite sides of the globe. Professor emeritus Dr Carol Litchfield of George Mason University in Virginia was a microbiologist with a prodigous output of research in the field of water quality. She was an active member of ISSLR. Charles Warren Bonython was a chemical […]