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Most of Lake
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Small-scale biogeographic patterns of benthic bacterial and ciliate communities in the saline ponds of Lake MacLeod, North-Western
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225:2.1 m (6.9 ft)
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390:little black cormorants
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133:24.11778°S 113.65750°E
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394:black-tailed godwits
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576:"IBA: Lake MacLeod"
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84:Location in
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18:Lake MacLeod
350:fairy terns
324:Environment
310:evaporation
289:Description
279:Dirk Hartog
136: /
124:113°39′27″E
111:Coordinates
653:Categories
639:1112225903
517:(Thesis).
449:References
302:Antarctica
260:region of
234:References
222:Max. depth
121:24°07′04″S
382:red knots
267:Carnarvon
254:salt lake
197:Australia
155:Salt lake
635:ProQuest
412:See also
406:red knot
378:mudflats
283:Dutchman
258:Gascoyne
100:Gascoyne
96:Location
590:29 July
580:Birdata
498:21 June
274:History
256:in the
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556:. 2010
470:online
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318:gypsum
251:marine
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336:Birds
295:brine
249:is a
192:Basin
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314:salt
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