Phytoplankton in extreme environments: importance and consequences of habitat permanency

J Padisak, L Naselli-Flores - Hydrobiologia, 2021 - Springer
There is hardly any sunshine exposed surface on this Earth, be it water or terrain, which
would not support some biota. Still, many habitats offer harsh conditions requiring …

Where the little ones play the main role—Picophytoplankton predominance in the soda and hypersaline lakes of the Carpathian Basin

B Somogyi, T Felföldi, E Boros, A Szabó, L Vörös - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The extreme environmental conditions of the diverse saline inland waters (soda lakes and
pans, hypersaline lakes and ponds) of the Carpathian Basin are an advantage for …

Contrasting taxonomic stratification of microbial communities in two hypersaline meromictic lakes

AŞ Andrei, MS Robeson, A Baricz, C Coman… - The ISME …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Hypersaline meromictic lakes are extreme environments in which water stratification is
associated with powerful physicochemical gradients and high salt concentrations …

[HTML][HTML] Pilot SERS Monitoring Study of Two Natural Hypersaline Lake Waters from a Balneary Resort during Winter-Months Period

C Molnár, TD Drigla, L Barbu-Tudoran, I Bajama… - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Water samples from two naturally hypersaline lakes, renowned for their balneotherapeutic
properties, were investigated through a pilot SERS monitoring program. Nanotechnology …

Trait‐based diatom functional diversity as an appropriate tool for understanding the effects of environmental changes in soda pans

C Stenger‐Kovács, E Lengyel, K Buczkó… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Saline lakes, among the most seriously endangered ecosystems, are threatened due to
climate change and human activities. One valuable feature of these environments is that …

Photosynthetic characteristics of the benthic diatom species Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow isolated from a soda pan along temperature-, sulfate- and chloride …

E Lengyel, AW Kovács, J Padisák, C Stenger-Kovács - Aquatic Ecology, 2015 - Springer
Abstract The Carpathian Basin hosts a number of small, shallow, saline, alkaline ponds. As
being endorheic basins, they are highly threatened by the climate change and response of …

The role and composition of winter picoeukaryotic assemblages in shallow Central European great lakes

B Somogyi, T Felföldi, V Katalin, E Boros… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2016 - Elsevier
Studies on autotrophic picoplankton (APP;< 3 μm) in shallow lakes are mainly confined to
the spring through fall seasons, when sampling efforts are not complicated by adverse and …

Winter planktonic microbial communities in highland aquatic habitats

T Felföldi, S Ramganesh, B Somogyi… - Geomicrobiology …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Winter conditions in aquatic habitats of the temperate zone markedly differ from those
present in warmer seasons, nevertheless, relatively scarce information is available on …

Intermediate-size cell dominance in the phytoplankton community of an eutrophic, estuarine ecosystem (Guadalhorce River, Southern Spain)

JJ Montes-Pérez, E Moreno-Ostos, E Marañón… - Hydrobiologia, 2020 - Springer
The size–abundance spectrum (SAS) of phytoplankton is controlled by the interplay of
physical and biological factors whose particular relevance varies between ecosystems. Here …

Annual hydrological cycle of environmental variables in astatic soda pans (Hungary)

E Lengyel, T Pálmai, J Padisák, C Stenger-Kovács - Journal of Hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
In order to examine temporal patterns and the hydrological cycle of shallow soda pans, six
pans in Hungarian Great Plain were sampled at monthly intervals over a period of 2.5 years …