http://aquarticles.com/articles/travel/Pedersen_Arctic_Lakes.html
Quoted from above article :
"Saline lakes
The area around Kangerlussuaq is well known for the oligosaline lakes formed by a negative precipitation/evaporation balance. The lakes are often easily recognized by the fossil shorelines with characteristic vegetation (e.g the cruciferous Braya linearis Rouy) and a water conductivity between 2000-4000 µS cm 1. The lakes are permanently stratified (meromictic) due to a strong chemo-thermocline and the lake bottom in the deep areas is covered by purple sulfur bacteria well adapted to anoxic conditions of the bottom water."
Looks an interesting spot to visit. Greenland is fairly high up on my "places I'd like visit" list already, though more for geological than biological reasons.
cheers, John in Sweden.
-------Original Message-------
> From: finsen at optusnet.com.au
> Subject: Re: Re: [RML] Re: rainbowfish diets N Planted tanks
> Sent: 14 Apr 2005 06:36:03
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> Out of interest, I wonder how you get a "shallow, saline, artic" lake.
>
> Doesn't "shallow" and "artic" together imply "high precipitation" (relative to volume) and
> this in turn implies "not saline"?
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> Jut curious and wondering out loud if there is a bit of "sales pitch" going on?
>
> caio
> Graeme
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