Evaluation of salts in salt pans, Siwa Oasis, Egypt

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdy Khalil ◽  
Mona Elharairey ◽  
Eman Atta ◽  
Hatem Aboelkhair
Keyword(s):  
Salt Pans

Microplastic contamination in salt pans and commercial salts – A baseline study on the salt pans of Marakkanam and Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 112101
Author(s):  
A Nithin ◽  
A Sundaramanickam ◽  
P Surya ◽  
M Sathish ◽  
B Soundharapandiyan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Baseline Study ◽  
Salt Pans

scholarly journals Halocin SH10 production by an extreme haloarchaeon Natrinema sp. BTSH10 isolated from salt pans of South India

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Karthikeyan ◽  
Sarita G. Bhat ◽  
M. Chandrasekaran
Keyword(s):  
South India ◽  
Salt Pans

The Importance of the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans in Botswana for Flamingos in Africa

Waterbirds ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham P. McCulloch ◽  
Wendy Borello
Keyword(s):  
Salt Pans

Shrimp-Artemia-salt integrated system, Vietnam.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Van Tien Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Culture Technique ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
New Production ◽  
Production Scale ◽  
Salt Production ◽  
Cyst Production ◽  
Salt Pans ◽  
The 1960S

Abstract Traditional solar salt pans appeared in Vinh Chau, Soc Trang province and Bac Lieu province in the 1960s (Do, 1998). Crude salt is mainly used for human consumption and to salt fish and fish sauces and therefore its demand is not considerable. Moreover, a large amount of crude salt was produced yearly at the sites which exceeded local consumption needs. Consequently, all salt produced could not be sold which reduced the income of salt farmers. Towards the end of the 1980s, an Artemia culture technique in salt pans for cyst production was developed by the College of Aquaculture and Fisheries (CAF), Cantho University, which proved to be more profitable than traditional salt production (Vu, 1997). Therefore the technique was immediately transferred to farmers and the production scale increased year by year. This case study describes the system of shrimp, Artemia and salt production which was introduced to salt farmers with the aim of developing a new production system to help to improve their living standards.

scholarly journals The first report of ants (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) in salt marshes and salt pans in central parts of Iran

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
MOHAMMAD REZA MOHSENI ◽  
SHAHROKH PASHAEI RAD
Keyword(s):  
Salt Marshes ◽  
Dominant Species ◽  
Salt Lake ◽  
Vegetation Density ◽  
Chemical Parameters ◽  
Salt Pans ◽  
Mountain Station ◽  
Physical And Chemical Parameters ◽  
Physical And Chemical ◽  
First Time

The present study was conducted in Salt marshes and Salt pans in central parts of Iran. 121 specimens of ants were collected by trapping and hand during spring, summer and autumn 2017 to 2019. Nine species belong to two subfamilies of Myrmicinae and Formicinae were identified. The vegetation, physical and chemical parameters of soil such as salinity, Ph, and other factors were investigated. Darband Shoor Mountain station with five species had the highest diversity and vegetation density and the lowest salinity of soil (72.14 ds/m) whereas Salt Lake station had only one species, with no vegetation and the highest salinity of soil (153.15 ds/m). Cataglyphis lividus (André, 1881) was the dominant species in all the stations except in Darband Shoor Mountain station. All the species were reported for the first time from salt marshes and salt pans in the central parts of Iran and were approved by Prof. Brian Taylor, in Royal Entomological Society of London, England.

Educational Resources for EPN24 Planetary Field Analogue Sites

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Field Site ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Icy Moons ◽  
Tinto River ◽  
Salt Pans ◽  
Laboratory Facilities ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Classroom Lesson

<p>The Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (RI) provides free access to the world’s largest collection of planetary simulation and analysis facilities. The project is funded through the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme and runs for four years from February 2020 until January 2024. The Transnational Access (TA) programme supports all travel and local accommodation costs for European and international researchers to visit over 40 laboratory facilities and 6 Planetary Field Analogues (PFA) [1].</p> <p>As part of the education and inspiration tasks associated with Europlanet 2024 RI, we have produced classroom resources aimed at age 10-14 year olds relating the conditions found within the PFA sites to astrobiology and the habitability of Mars.</p> <p>These resources have been produced around all PFA sites:</p> <ul> <li>Rio Tinto River (Spain)</li> <li>Iceland Field Sites (Iceland)</li> <li>Danakil Depression (Ethiopia)</li> <li>Kangerlussuaq Field Site (Greenland)</li> <li>Makgadikgadi Salt Pans (Botswana)</li> <li>Andes (Argentina)</li> </ul> <p>These resources link in with common areas found in worldwide STEM curriculums, such as volcanism, pressure, pH and evaporation. To achieve this, we have filmed lab-based demonstrations and included them in a classroom lesson plan alongside teachers' notes. In addition, each lesson plan focuses on how the conditions of the PFAs could affect the habitability of Mars.</p> <p>An Italian version of the resources has been produced by EduINAF with the addition of brief video-lessons.  English versions were released on a weekly basis from mid-March through April with opportunities for training sessions to support teachers wishing to engage with these resources.</p> <p>Following studies such as Salimpour et al 2020 [2], highlighting the extent to which astronomy has been incorporated into school curriculums, we have chosen to highlight three subject areas with lower representation in high schools into our resources: physics, space exploration and astrobiology.</p> <p>As these analogue sites can be linked to more planetary bodies than just Mars, our next steps are to create similar resources based around the habitability of the icy moons of the Solar System.</p>

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