Ecological Characteristics of Great Salt Lake Fringe Wetlands
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Resource ID
64434
Resource Type
Document
Availability
Public
UGS Program
Wetlands
Title
Ecological Characteristics of Great Salt Lake Fringe Wetlands
Publisher
UT DWQ
Date
April 2016
State
Utah
Country
United States
Original Filename
DWQ-2016-018241.pdf
Abstract / Description
The objective of this project was to aid the development of an ecological assessment method for fringe wetlands associated with Great Salt Lake (GSL). Our goals for this assessment project were to: 1) improve wetland sampling procedures and analytical techniques to support evaluation of important biological response and stressor indicators; 2) develop techniques to characterize good versus poor conditions across the GSL basin for a variety of physical, chemical, and biological features (including plant, aquatic macroinvertebrate, and algal communities); and 3) develop methods to assess wetland assimilative capacity and ecological integrity for specific fringe wetland areas that receive treated effluent from adjacent wastewater treatment facilities, with the goal of maintaining the assimilative capacity.