Phytoplankton monitoring in the Great Salt Lake (Utah, USA) using a combination of satellite and on-lake remote sensing Shane Bradt 1 , Wayne Wurtsbaugh 2 , David Naftz 3 , Timothy Moore 1 , James Haney 1 1 University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA 2 Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA 3 United States Geological Survey, Salt Lake
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Phytoplankton monitoring in the Great Salt Lake (Utah, USA) using a combination of satellite and on-lake remote sensing. Shane Bradt 1 , Wayne Wurtsbaugh 2 , David Naftz 3 , Timothy Moore 1 , James Haney 1. 1 University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Phytoplankton monitoring in the Great Salt Lake (Utah, USA) using a combination of satellite
and on-lake remote sensing
Shane Bradt1, Wayne Wurtsbaugh2,
David Naftz3, Timothy Moore1, James Haney1
1University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA2Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA3United States Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
1. 2005-2006 synoptic surveys
2. Remote sensing technique development
3. Spatial & temporal phytoplankton dynamics
1. 2005-2006 synoptic surveys
2. Remote sensing technique development
3. Spatial & temporal phytoplankton dynamics
10 km
Bear River
Farmington Bay
Salt LakeCity
GilbertBay
GunnisonBay
Causeway
Causeway
Eutrophication
--Ecology
--Anoxia
--Cyanotoxins
--Artemia..?
Nodularia bloom in Farmington Bay
2005-2006Study Objectives
• Understand spatial dynamics of phytoplankton populations of the Great Salt Lake
• Assess impact of Farmington Bay eutrophication on larger Great Salt Lake
Limnology-Extracted chlorophyll-Secchi disk-In vivo fluoresence (Chl a, Phc)-Salinity-Nitrogen fixation-Phytoplankton-Zooplankton
Funding:United States Geological Survey Utah State UniversityUtah Division of Wildlife Resources Central Davis Sewer Improvement District Project Lake Watch (NSF) New Hampshire Space Grant Consortium