An estuary may become hypersaline if the salt flux F is not sufficient to evacuate the salt accumulation resulting from evaporation. The fresh water discharge of the Gambia is still too large for the ...
hypersaline lakes, microbial mats, planktonic crustaceans) (Zehr et al. 2003). The broad distribution of nitrogen-fixing genes suggests that nitrogen-fixing organisms display a very broad range of ...
Some parts of the ocean are more saline than others, particularly where there are higher levels of evaporation, such as in the Red Sea. Isolated bodies of water can also become extra salty, or ...
GREAT SALT LAKE Benjamin Anderson floats on the north arm of the lake. In the hypersaline water, he found it hard to sit up and hit the bottom in water only a foot deep. The lake’s salinity has ...