The alkaline Nakuru Lake (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The alkaline Nakuru Lake

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The alkaline Nakuru Lake in Kenya is rich in the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis, the basic food of the Lesser Flamingo.

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Martin H. Trauth.

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