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Occurrence of benthic microbial mats in saline lakes

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Salt Lakes

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 5))

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Microbial mats, both fossil and living, have been of interest to micropalaeontologists, microbiologists and sedimentologists for at least the last 50 years (see Walter, 1976). Living mats from a variety of freshwater and marine environments, including hot springs, have been studied for reasons related to the biology and activities of component microorganisms and to their geological significance (e.g. Castenholz 1969; Gebelein 1969; Eggleston & Dean 1976; Brock 1978; Bauld, Chambers & Skyring 1979). Wetzel (1964) has pointed out that limnological investigations of saline lakes are disproportionately large in relation to their relative frequency of occurrence. Such has not been the case, however, for studies of microbial mats in saline lakes. Limnology developed primarily through examination of open-water planktonic systems and limnologists, as a group, still display a mystifying propensity for studies of the planktonic, faunal and chemical components of saline lake ecosystems.

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Bauld, J. (1981). Occurrence of benthic microbial mats in saline lakes. In: Williams, W.D. (eds) Salt Lakes. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8665-7_8

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