ibclogo XVI International Botanical Congess


Abstract Number: 4509
Poster No. = 43


EXTREMOPHILIC ALGAE AND CYANOBACTERIA OF THE SALT PLAINSNATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE


Janice L. Hironaka and William J. Henley, Department of Botany, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA


The salt flats of the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma, USA is an extreme environment, with salinities ranging from near zero to saturation. Light, temperature, pH, salinity, and redox conditions fluctuate widely on yearly, monthly, daily, and sometimes hourly bases. Algae and cyanobacteria are found throughout the year on the salt flats in temporary solar evaporative ponds, temporary streams, rain runoff pools, and in algal/cyanobacterial patches on or near the surface of damp sandy soil.


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