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Effects of Eutrophication on Birds in Three Bays of Great Salt Lake: A Comparative Analysis with Utah DWR Waterbird Survey Data
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Effects of Eutrophication on Birds in Three Bays of Great Salt Lake: A Comparative Analysis with Utah DWR Waterbird Survey Data |
| Creator | Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A. |
| Description | Farmington Bay and Bear River support massive numbers of migratory birds. Because of Farmington Bay’s high nutrient loading and hypereutrophic condition, the Utah DWQ has proposed to list it as impaired under EPA’s and Utah’s 303d criteria. There is concern, however, that changing nutrient loading might influence invertebrate prey of birds, but it is not known if this would be a positive or negative effect. Bear River Bay is far less eutrophic, but has a similar shallow morphometry, and thus... |
| Date | 2018-08-20T07:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Identifier | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wats_facpub/1012 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/context/wats_facpub/article/2025/viewcontent/Waterbird_Summary_LimnoVision.pdf |
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| Source | Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications |
| Publisher | Hosted by Utah State University Libraries |
| Contributor | Utah State University |
| Subject | birds avian Great Salt Lake waterbirds survey Utah Division of Wildlife Resources eutrophication habitat nutrients Farmington Bay Bear River Bay Willard Spur Other Life Sciences |
