scholarly journals Nutrient Recycling by Eared Grebes in the Great Salt Lake

2016 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-286
Author(s):  
Anthony J. Roberts ◽  
Michael R. Conover
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bishav Bhattarai ◽  
Ananda S. Bhattacharjee ◽  
Felipe H. Coutinho ◽  
Ramesh K. Goel

Viruses play vital biogeochemical and ecological roles by (a) expressing auxiliary metabolic genes during infection, (b) enhancing the lateral transfer of host genes, and (c) inducing host mortality. Even in harsh and extreme environments, viruses are major players in carbon and nutrient recycling from organic matter. However, there is much that we do not yet understand about viruses and the processes mediated by them in the extreme environments such as hypersaline habitats. The Great Salt Lake (GSL) in Utah, United States is a hypersaline ecosystem where the biogeochemical role of viruses is poorly understood. This study elucidates the diversity of viruses and describes virus–host interactions in GSL sediments along a salinity gradient. The GSL sediment virosphere consisted of Haloviruses (32.07 ± 19.33%) and members of families Siphoviridae (39.12 ± 19.8%), Myoviridae (13.7 ± 6.6%), and Podoviridae (5.43 ± 0.64%). Our results demonstrate that salinity alongside the concentration of organic carbon and inorganic nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) governs the viral, bacteria, and archaeal diversity in this habitat. Computational host predictions for the GSL viruses revealed a wide host range with a dominance of viruses that infect Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Firmicutes. Identification of auxiliary metabolic genes for photosynthesis (psbA), carbon fixation (rbcL, cbbL), formaldehyde assimilation (SHMT), and nitric oxide reduction (NorQ) shed light on the roles played by GSL viruses in biogeochemical cycles of global relevance.


2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. J. Dorr ◽  
D. H. Nicolson ◽  
L. K. Overstreet

Howard Stansbury's classic work is bibliographically complex, with two true editions as well as multiple issues of the first edition. The first edition was printed in Philadelphia; its 487 stereotyped pages were issued in 1852 under two different titles with three variant title-pages (an official US government issue and two trade issues). A second edition was printed in Washington in 1853 and had 495 typeset pages (with corrections and additions in the appendices). The issue of 1855 is identical to the 1852 trade issue, except for the change of the date on the title-page. Each issue and edition, with its bindings and plates, is described.


1985 ◽  
pp. 97-98
Author(s):  
Ted Arnow
Keyword(s):  

1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald G. Plantz ◽  
Cynthia L. Appel ◽  
David W. Clark ◽  
Patrick M. Lambert ◽  
Robert L. Puryear

Author(s):  
David L. Naftz ◽  
William P. Johnson ◽  
Michael L. Freeman ◽  
Kimberly Beisner ◽  
Ximena Diaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 181-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Milligan ◽  
H. Gregory McDonald

Pleistocene Lake Bonneville created many classic examples of lacustrine shoreline landforms, which preserve a wide variety of vertebrate fossils. _is _eld guide provides a review of the published literature for a sampling of the lake’s world-class localities. _is guide also provides a brief overview of modern Great Salt Lake and its microbialites recently exposed by near-record low lake levels. Stops include G.K. Gilbert Geologic View Park, Draper spit, Steep Mountain beach, Point of the Mountain spit, American Fork delta, Stockton Bar, and Great Salt Lake State Park.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document