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In faunal studies on salt lakes, attention is often focused on species distribution patterns with respect to salinity (e.g. Beadle 1943; Hussainy 1969; Rawson & Moore 1944). Yet in any series of lakes, other factors such as depth, size, permanency, stratification, to name a few, may influence distribution and abundance, so that it may be difficult to be sure that any patterns observed are not influenced by factors other than salinity. Further, because of logistic problems such studies are usually based on single qualitative collections from each lake.
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Timms, B.V. (1981). Animal communities in three Victorian lakes of differing salinity. In: Williams, W.D. (eds) Salt Lakes. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8665-7_15
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