Schinias is a small coastal biotope under environmental pressure. Partial drainage of the wetland and different disturbing activities have degraded ecological habitats and decreased biodiversity for many decades. Recently, the construction of a rowing centre has restored hydrological regime and the...

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A major solar salt works in Israel is located just north of the town of Eilat and close to the airport. This solar salt works has been in operation since 1977 and produces about 170,000 tons a year. A three-year study was initiated to examine the temporal and salinity impacts on the microbial...

The Margherita di Savoia Saltworks, located in Apulia (South Italy), are the largest productive saltworks in Italy. They are connected with the Apulian wetlands, an important network thanks of its central geographic position, between the east and west of the Mediterranean basin. Several species and...

Salt, the world’s best-known mineral, is the chemical substance most related to human civilization history. Apart from his significance for the creation of life on the planet it has been used as main commodity for centuries. Man produces salt by solar evaporation since the dawn of human civilization...

This paper focuses on the structure of the phytoplankton and macrobenthic invertebrates communities in a productive solar saltworks, as well as the major abiotic determinants of the observed biotic patterns. The observed patterns in the structure of the biotic communities attest that the ecosystem...