Thanks
Graeme
> They've got them in Greenland :
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> http://aquarticles.com/articles/travel/Pedersen_Arctic_Lakes.html
>
> Quoted from above article :
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> "Saline lakes
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> 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.