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Biological and ecological features of inland saline waters in North Hebei, China

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International Journal of Salt Lake Research

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During May and June 1991, the biological and ecological features of sixteen aquatic localities in Zhanjiakou region, Hebei, northern China, were investigated. Their salinity ranged from 0.98 to 175.2 g L−1. Fish and benthic macroinvertebrates were depauperate. 116 samples were collected. 91 species (or genera) of phytoplankton and 94 species of zooplankton were recorded. In most of the saline lakes, Cl− and Na+ were dominant, and alkalinity and pH values were higher. For phytoplankton, major species wereChroococcus minutus, Oscillatoria tenuis [blue-green algae];Chlamydomonas spp.,Chlorococcus spp.,Chlorella vulgaris, Crucigenia quadrata, Dunaliella salina, Kirchneriella contorta, Oocystis lacustris, Scenedesmus acuminatus [green algae]; andCyclotella meneghiniana, Navicula spp.,Nitzschia spp. [diatoms]. Other phytoplankton taxa present included:Cryptomonas erosa, Chroomonas acuta, Chromulina pascheri, Euglena viridis. For zooplankton, major species included:Vorticella campanula, Epistylis breviramosa, Euplotes terricola [protozoa];Brachionus plicatilis, Hexarthra fennica, Keratella quadrata, Notholca acuminata quadrata [Rotifera];Daphnia magna, D.longispina [‘Cladocera’];Artemia spp. [Anostraca];Arctodiaptomus rectispinosus andCyclops vicinus [Copepoda]. The species composition, distribution, salinity tolerance of planktonic forms in inland saline waters are discussed and their relationship with certain environmental factors.

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Wen, Z., Zhi-Hui, H. Biological and ecological features of inland saline waters in North Hebei, China. International Journal of Salt Lake Research 8, 267–285 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02449936

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