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Differences in archaeal diversity and potential ecological functions between saline and hypersaline lakes on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau were driven by multiple environmental and non-environmental factors beyond the salinity
BackgroundSaline lakes are home to various archaea that play special and crucial roles in the global biogeochemical cycle. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau...
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Holocene limnological changes in saline and freshwater lakes, Lower Nhecolândia, Pantanal, Brazil
The lower Nhecolândia region, in the south of the Pantanal, contains thousands of shallow freshwater and saline-alkaline lakes isolated by sandy...
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Diversity of Chironomidae (Diptera) along a salinity gradient in lakes of the endorheic Great Lakes region of western Mongolia
The Great Lakes region of western Mongolia includes a diversity of lake ecosystems, from alpine freshwater to lowland, saline lakes, which...
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Revealing viral diversity in the Napahai plateau wetland based on metagenomics
We focused on exploring the diversity of viruses in the Napahai plateau wetland, a unique ecosystem located in Yunnan, China. While viruses in marine...
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High genetic diversity of the himalayan marmot relative to plague outbreaks in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China
Plague, as an ancient zoonotic disease caused by Yersinia pestis , has brought great disasters. The natural plague focus of Marmota himalayana in the...
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Large-scale geographic patterns and environmental and anthropogenic drivers of wetland plant diversity in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
BackgroundThe geographic patterns of plant diversity in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) have been widely studied, but few studies have focused on...
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Alpine Lake Environments and Psychrophile Diatoms Around the World with a Particular Emphasis on Turkish Glacial Lakes
Cold environments are considered extreme biomes and historically thought to be barren and unproductive. However, investigations show that some of the...
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Bacterial and archaeal communities within the alkaline soda Langaco Lake in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
PurposeLangaco Lake (LGL) is a soda lake located at an altitude of 4548 m in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. LGL exhibits unique hydrochemical...
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Bacterial Communities Along Environmental Gradients in Tropical Soda Lakes
Soda lake environments are known to be variable and can have distinct differences according to geographical location. In this study, we investigated...
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Purification Efficiency of Two Ecotypes of Wetland Plants on Subtropical Eutrophic Lakes in China
The accelerated eutrophication rate of (sub)tropical lakes is a major environmental problem. Constructed wetlands are considered as an effective...
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Potential utilization of terrestrially derived dissolved organic matter by aquatic microbial communities in saline lakes
Lakes receive large amounts of terrestrially derived dissolved organic matter (tDOM). However, little is known about how aquatic microbial...
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Bacterial communities associated with mushrooms in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are shaped by soil parameters
Fungi capable of producing fruit bodies are essential food and medicine resources. Despite recent advances in the study of microbial communities in...
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The gut bacterial microbiome of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from lakes across an altitudinal gradient
BackgroundMicroorganisms inhabiting the gut play a significant role in supporting fundamental physiological processes of the host, which contributes...
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Cell line derived from muscle of Gymnocypris przewalskii, a species of Schizothoracinae in Qinghai Lake, Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
Gymnocypris przewalskii (naked carp), a native teleost, plays an important role in the ecosystem of Qinghai Lake (altitude, 3.2 km) on the...
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Bacterial Communities Associated with the Biofilms Formed in High-Altitude Brackish Water Pangong Tso Located in the Himalayan Plateau
Pangong Tso is a long and narrow lake situated at an altitude of ~ 4266 m amsl in the Himalayan Plateau on the side of the India/China border....
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Microbialites: Diversity Hotspots in the Mexican Plateau
The white rocks delineating the littoral of Lake Alchichica have called the attention of locals, foreigners, explorers and curious scientists over...
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The arid Andean plateau waterscapes and the lithium triangle: flamingos as flagships for conservation of high-altitude wetlands under pressure from mining development
The high Andean arid plateau extends through Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. Within the desert matrix, basins contain wetlands that provide...
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The Axolotl of Alchichica
The amphibian diversity of the six crater lakes of the Cuenca Oriental is restricted to nine species, three salamanders and six frogs. Lake...
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Crato Lake Deposits. Rocks to Preserve an Extraordinary Fossil Lagerstätte
The Crato Formation is the main lacustrine unit of the Araripe Basin, known for its limestone layers since the nineteenth century, rich in...
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Dancing on the top: phylogeography and genetic diversity of high-altitude freshwater fairy shrimps (Branchiopoda, Anostraca) with a focus on the Tibetan Plateau
Fairy shrimp are the most divergent taxon of large branchiopod crustaceans and have a worldwide distribution. Yet the diversity and distribution of...
