Conservation of a permanent hypersaline lake: Management options evaluated from decadal variability of coleofasciculus chthonoplastes microbial mats

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 532-545

  De Wit, Rutger ^a   Guerrero, Maria Carmen ^b   Legaz, Alfredo ^c   Jonkers, Henk M ^d   Blocier, Laëtitia ^e,f   Gumiaux, Charles ^e,f   Gautret, Pascale ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Departamento Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^f UMR 7327   (France)

Author keywords

Athalassic saline lake; Endorheic basin; Irrigation impact; Microbial ecosystems; Salada de Chiprana (NE Spain)

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DECADAL VARIATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; IRRIGATION; LAKE POLLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SALINITY; VEGETATION TYPE;

ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS; CHARALES; LAMPROTHAMNIUM PAPULOSUM; MICROCOLEUS;

EID: 84880507960     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2319     Document Type: Article

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