Environment and phytoplankton relative abundances in a hypersaline lake: 27 years in Great Salt Lake, USA and experiments
Journal: Aquatic Ecology
Year: 2025

Abstract Over 27 years in Great Salt Lake (GSL: Utah, USA), phytoplankton relative abundances of chlorophytes, diatoms and cyanobacteria varied dramatically (monthly &lt; 10–90% for each). This observed variability within the lake was compared to laboratory experimental results with pure cultures (&gt; &gt; 90%) of several of the most common GSL phytoplankton (chlorophyte– Dunaliella viridis , diatom– Nitzschia epithemioides , cyanobacterium– Euhalothece sp.). Maximum abundances and growth rates