Document Type
Report
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Report To The Central Davis Sewer Improvement District
Publisher
Utah State University
Publication Date
6-2004
Keywords
phytoplankton, nutrient limit, sewage
First Page
1
Last Page
57
Abstract
The Great Salt Lake is bordered to the south and east by a growing metropolitan area that contributes high nutrients to Farmington Bay. This large bay is eutrophic, and there is concern that continued increases in effluents from the Salt Lake City area could extend to impact the much larger, and currently less productive, Gilbert Bay. This study focused on determining how nutrient supplies might limit, and therefore control, algal populations in Farmington Bay and Gilbert Bay at different salinities. We tested both short and long-term responses of algal growth using laboratory nutrient addition bioassays in the summer and fall of 2003. Because some phytoplankton can alleviate nitrogen deficiency by fixing atmospheric nitrogen, we also determined how nutrients and salinity influenced nitrogen fixation.
Recommended Citation
Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A. and Marcarelli, Amy M., "Analysis of Phytoplankton Nutrient Limitation in Farmington Bay and the Great Salt Lake" (2004). Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications. Paper 542.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wats_facpub/542
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