Comparative Characteristic of the Phototroph Communities from the Mineral Lakes of Crimea (Ukraine) and Altai Region (Russia)
Journal: International Journal on Algae
Year: 2010

Phototroph communities were studied in Crimean highly mineralized sulphate-chloride lakes of marine and continental origin, and athalassic carbonate lakes of Altai Region. The diversity of communities providing primary production in mineral water bodies include: cyanobacterial biofilms and mats, algobacterial communities, plant-bacterial mats, cyanobacteria vegetating under mineral deposits, and planktonic communities. Morphology of the first three types is universal; it is similar to phototroph