News Organising Committee Scientific Program Resolution General information Spa "Shira Lake" Khakasia's Lakes Post-conference Tours Days Sponsors Photogallery Institute of Biophysics Secretariat: Institute of Biophysics Akademgorodok Krasnoyarsk, 660036 Tel.: +7 (3912) 49-43-58 49-58-39 43-15-79 Fax: +7 (3912) 43-34-00 E-mail: saltlake@ibp.ru SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Symposia: 1. Geological history and paleoecology of salt lakes. 2. Structural organization of salt lake biota, e.g., genetic diversity, spatial heterogeneity, seasonal variability. 3. Functioning of salt lake ecosystems, e.g., trophic structure and interactions, biogeochemical interactions, movements of organisms. 4. Management of salt lakes for biotechnological and medical purposes.