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VEN: Vendicari ponds; PGR: Pantano Grande; PRV: Pantano Roveto; TCL: Torre Colimena (Vecchia Salina) saltworks; NRT: Nartë saltworks; KHE: Khersonesskoe lake; KOY: Koyashskoe lake; hL: hours of light; hD: hours of dark; sim%: similarity percentage.
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
SM participated in the design of the study, executed cyst collection in all the lakes, performed the statistical analysis and is responsible for the first draft of the manuscript. GB conceived of the study, participated in its design and coordinated all the steps, comprising the discussion of results.
This research was supported and gathers ideas produced in the framework of the "Investigation of energy flows coupling to carbon cycle in hypersaline lake/lagoon ecosystems for environmental management and new biotechnology development" INTAS Project.
The authors express their gratitude to E. Shesterina and N. Shadrin (IBSS, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, UKR), and to M. Shehu and B. Shkurtaj (University of Vlorë, AL) for inestimable assistance provided during the field work.
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