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Loch Luna-Summary Diatom Record

Planktonic Fac PI Littoral Aerophilous

Zone CONISS

0 LL1a

LL1b

5

10

LL2

15

20

LL3

25

30

35

LL4

40

45

246
Total sum of squares

810

20 20 20 40 60 20

Percentage

20 20 20 20 20 40 20 40 60 20 40 20 40 60 500 1000 1500 2000

Figure 8.2. The diatom record from Loch Luna in the Riverland of South Australia near Barmera (data from David Baldwin, based on
Gell et al. 2007b ). The proportion of salt-tolerant taxa and diatom-inferred salinity attest to the salinisation of a wetland widely
considered to be in good ecological condition.