The northern Great Plains of western Canada (50 -60 N) contain more than one million fresh, brackish and saline lakes.

In the early years, Lake Desmet was a highly saline lake capable of supporting only limited types of aquatic life.

Its natural habitats are saline lakes, saline marshes, and coastal saline lagoons.

Their breeding habitat is shallow fresh waters, and they are also found in brackish and saline lakes in winter.

This species breeds near water, usually saline lakes but there are reports of nests near rivers as well.

Two interpretations have been considered for the evolution of the present highly saline lake over the rock salt layers.

Potassium and phosphorus come from mines (or saline lakes such as the Dead Sea) and such resources are limited.

This once-blue, saline lake was a very important feeding and resting stop for millions of waterfowl each year.

Its natural habitat is saline lakes.

Danakilia - another cichlid genus from warm, saline lakes in Africa.