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We are grateful to the National Council of Science and Technology (NCST) of Kenya for permission to conduct our work in Lake Magadi. We sincerely thank Chris M. Wood (NSERC Canada Discovery Grant), John Maina (National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa grant) and Adalto Bianchini (International Canada Research Chair Program from the International Development Research Centre-IDRC grant) for important financial support to G. D. K. during sample acquisition. G. D. K is supported by a DAAD-NCST collaborative grant. Further support came from Alexander von Humboldt fellowship to G. M. S and support from the University of Konstanz to A. M. We thank Andreas Kautt and two anonymous reviewers for useful comments that greatly improved this manuscript. The Magadi team (H. Bergman, O. Ojoo, O. E. Ora Johannsson, M. Papah, P. Laurent, L. Bianchini and C. Chevalier) provided important advice during the initial stages of this study. Mr. Ndonga of the Magadi Company, D. Muthee and G. Muthee provided important logistical support