Microbial Diversity and Cyanobacterial Production in Dziani Dzaha Crater Lake, a Unique Tropical Thalassohaline Environment.

This study describes, for the first time, the water chemistry and microbial diversity in Dziani Dzaha, a tropical crater lake located on Mayotte Island (Comoros archipelago, Western Indian Ocean). The lake water had a high level of dissolved matter and high alkalinity (10.6-14.5 g L-1 eq. CO32-, i.e...

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Main Authors: Christophe Leboulanger, Hélène Agogué, Cécile Bernard, Marc Bouvy, Claire Carré, Maria Cellamare, Charlotte Duval, Eric Fouilland, Patrice Got, Laurent Intertaglia, Céline Lavergne, Emilie Le Floc'h, Cécile Roques, Gérard Sarazin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5207672?pdf=render