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Title page 2-84 Phase II summary report (final) : Utah Lake water quality, hydrology and aquatic biology impact analysis summary for the irrigation and drainage system--Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, page 2-84
Coverage Electronic reproduction;
Format 2-84 text/PDF
Rights Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public
Language English; eng; en
Relation Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; is flooded culex tarsalis marsalis tar salis and culiseta Culi seta inornata incornata inor nata are produced in areas where the water remains for 8 days of the above mosquito production areas saltcedar salt cedar communities are extremely difficult to treat because the heavy vegetation canopy prevents penetration of chemicals to the water surface treatment in such areas may require removal of the saltcedar salt cedar plants water level control is probably the most effective control in all habitat types but requires 1 adequate flow control structures and 2 cooperation between water users land owners wildlife management personnel and mosquito control workers this type of control is currently being used in utah county Co lunty but not without problems large areas such as the beer creek and lower spanish fork drainages do not have adequate drainage systems during heavy runoff or irrigation low areas are flooded and mosquito production soars in some areas the water table lies so close to the surface that each car tractor or cow track fills with water providing mosquito producing habitat ditches dug in these areas provide some relief but can quickly fill with weeds and sediment if they are not cleaned frequently they become breeding sites As more people move into this county especially around utah lake there will be a considerable increase in the need for mosquito prevention EXISTING INSECT PROBLEMS mosquitoes dipteraculicidae Diptera Culicidae figures 2d ad 3 and 2d ad 4 are reduced reproductions of parts of the vegetation map of utah lake shore lines and bays prepared by jack D brotherson and clifford morden brigham young university and presented as part of the report vegetation communities surrounding utah lake and its bays brotherson and evenson 1982 fifteen vegetation types are indicated on the maps the plant communities important to mosquito production with a summary of environmental factors for each are listed in table 2d ad 1 occurrence of each of the eight dominant species of 2 84
Identifier http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/10623

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