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Saline Systems BioMedCentral Editorial Open Access Saline Systems highlights for 2006 Shiladitya DasSarma* Address: University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Center of Marine Biotechnology, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, USA Email: Shiladitya DasSarma* - dassarma@ * Corresponding author Published: 23 January 2007 Received: 22 January 2007 Accepted: 23 January 2007 Saline Systems 2007, 3:1 doi:10.1186/1746-1448-3-1 This article is available from: /content/3/1/1 ? 2007 DasSarma; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Saline Systems is a journal devoted to both basic and applied studies of saline and hypersaline environments and their biodiversity. Here, I review the reports and commentaries published in the journal in 2006, including some exploring the geochemistry of saline estuaries, lakes, and ponds, others on the ecology and molecular biology of the indigenous halophilic organisms, and still others addressing the environmental challenges facing saline environments. Several studies are relevant to applications in biotechnology and aquaculture. Introduction of human activity on Fleet, Dorset, a coastal lagoon in the southeast of Britain, using modeling of historical data on land use, livestock, and human population. The study found that livestock were the main nutrient source throughout, but inputs from inorganic fertilizers were substantial in the modern period, and an ancient swan community also contributed to the on-going environ- mental challenges. The authors concluded that a combi- nation of measures is essential to address these challenges. Saline environments and biodiversity associated with such