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Field work at the Exportadora de Sal saltern system, Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Water is being filtered for nutrient analysis.

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An underwater photograph of a flux chamber in Area 4 in the Exportadora de Sal saltern system, Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Flux chambers placed over the microbial mats are used to monitor the movement of dissolved and gaseous chemical species (such as nutrients and oxygen) to and from the microbial mats.

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An underwater photograph of a sample being withdrawn from a flux chamber (see above) in Area 4 in the Exportadora de Sal saltern system, Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

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