Using Satellite Imagery to Examine the Relationship between Surface-Water Dynamics of the Salt Lakes of Western Texas and Ogallala Aquifer Depletion
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DOI: 10.1007/s13157-017-0940-2
Abstract: We used Landsat imagery to examine surface-water dynamics over the past 27 years in 39 salt lakes (salinas) of the Southern High Plains of the U.S. These groundwater- and precipitation-fed wetlands are regionally unique habitats with… read more here.
Keywords: surface water; salt lakes; water dynamics; water ... See more keywords
Selective enrichment on a wide polysaccharide spectrum allowed isolation of novel metabolic and taxonomic groups of haloarchaea from hypersaline lakes
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1059347
Abstract: Extremely halophilic archaea (haloarchaea) of the class Halobacteria is a dominant group of aerobic heterotrophic prokaryotic communities in salt-saturated habitats, such as salt lakes and solar salterns. Most of the pure cultures of haloarchaea were… read more here.
Keywords: wide polysaccharide; selective enrichment; haloarchaea hypersaline; salt lakes ... See more keywords
Carotegenic Virgibacillus halodenitrificans from Wadi El-Natrun Salt Lakes: Isolation, Optimization, Characterization and Biological Activities of Carotenoids
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DOI: 10.3390/biology11101407
Abstract: Simple Summary As one of the two cases of soda lakes in the world, Wadi El-Natrun salt lakes are the intended isolation source in this study. They encompass a characteristic microbial niche of symbionts producing… read more here.
Keywords: wadi natrun; spectroscopy; virgibacillus halodenitrificans; natrun salt ... See more keywords
Limnology and plankton diversity of salt lakes from Transylvanian Basin (Romania): A review
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DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1657
Abstract: In the present work, we review the current knowledge on genesis, limnology and biodiversity of salt lakes distributed around the inner contour of Eastern Carpathian arc (Transylvanian Basin, Central Romania). Transylvanian salt lakes formed on… read more here.
Keywords: transylvanian basin; limnology; salt lakes; plankton ... See more keywords