Lake Nakuru (IMAGE)
Caption
The alkaline Nakuru Lake in Kenya is rich in the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis, the basic food of the Lesser Flamingo. However, due to increasing rainfall in the region in recent years, the bacterium and with it the flamingos are disappearing
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Prof. Martin Trauth, University of Potsdam
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