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- adjective Having an abnormally high
salinity
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The researchers took an inoculum from the hypersaline, alkaline Mono lake and grew it in serial dilutions so that the medium contained progressively increasing amounts of arsenic (As) substituting for phosphorus (P).
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: Arsenic and Odd Lace Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2010
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The hypersaline water sucks moisture from their bodies and infuses them with toxic chemicals ? the dead lake taking a toll on the living.
Why the salt miners of Uganda's lakes are dying for a deal on climate change James Randerson 2010
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Katwe, a volcanic crater fed by several streams, has no outlet, meaning that intense evaporation during the dry seasons concentrates minerals in the hypersaline water.
Why the salt miners of Uganda's lakes are dying for a deal on climate change James Randerson 2010
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The largest lake in this ecoregion, Lake Enriquillo in the Dominican Republic is the largest and most hypersaline lake in all of the Antilles.
Haiti 2010
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The researchers took an inoculum from the hypersaline, alkaline Mono lake and grew it in serial dilutions so that the medium contained progressively increasing amounts of arsenic (As) substituting for phosphorus (P).
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: Arsenic and Odd Lace Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2010
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The researchers took an inoculum from the hypersaline, alkaline Mono lake and grew it in serial dilutions so that the medium contained progressively increasing amounts of arsenic (As) substituting for phosphorus (P).
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: Arsenic and Odd Lace Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2010
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The largest lake in this ecoregion, Lake Enriquillo in the Dominican Republic is the largest and most hypersaline lake in all of the Antilles.
Dominican Republic 2009
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The largest lake in this ecoregion, Lake Enriquillo in the Dominican Republic is the largest and most hypersaline lake in all of the Antilles.
Dominican Republic 2009
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To the south in 34i, hypersaline Laguna Madre forms a unique ecosystem and supports greater expanses of seagrasses.
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This loss of vegetation cover exposes the sediments of the salt marshes, which have become hypersaline (salinities exceeding 3.2) as a result of increased evapotranspiration.
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