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biotic components
This lake has an extraordinarily productive ecosystem based on the crustacean of the genus artemia that thrives in its waters, and the alkaline fly (Ephydra hians), which provide a critical habitat for the nesting of two million annual migratory birds. The feeding base of these two species is a small algae that reproduces by cleavage.
The characteristic bird in the lake is the tricolor phalarope, a migratory bird that arrives in the winter period, with a population that represents 10% of its species worldwide. In the area they feed to almost double their weight. It is also a wintering area for the black-necked skipper.
Mono Lake is part of the hemispheric network of shorebird reserves as a world-class site. Shorebirds include American Avocets, Alaskan Sandpipers, Spotted Sandpipers, Black-necked Stilt, White Plover - threatened species - Black-necked Grebe -up to 30% of the world's population-, and the world's second largest colony of California gull
abotic components:
NASA identified in the lake a bacterium (GFAJ-1) of the Gammaproteobacteria class whose diet is poor in phosphorus and rich in arsenic. It is a discovery of great scientific interest, since it is the first known organism that can build its cellular components using a poisonous chemical for any other
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