The Salt Lake
Salinity and Water Quality
The Great Salt Lake was made by a melted glacier filled with salt and that is how the Great Salt Lake was created.
The salinity is determined by the amount of inflow more inflow more the evaporation =more salt in the lake when the water evaporates the salt is left behind.
Wild Life and Habitats
Brine Shrimp-hatch from cyst on early April and within a month or so intensely grazes the phytoplankton crop.in the summer the brine shrimp die from lack of food there will be enough nutrients available for other animals the brine shrimp don’t stay in one place they move around. The Benthic habitat is dependent on photosynthesis by the blue-greens and other benthic algae produces much of the food is for the benthic grazers.
The Great Salt Lake was made by a melted glacier filled with salt and that is how the Great Salt Lake was created.
The salinity is determined by the amount of inflow more inflow more the evaporation =more salt in the lake when the water evaporates the salt is left behind.
Wild Life and Habitats
Brine Shrimp-hatch from cyst on early April and within a month or so intensely grazes the phytoplankton crop.in the summer the brine shrimp die from lack of food there will be enough nutrients available for other animals the brine shrimp don’t stay in one place they move around. The Benthic habitat is dependent on photosynthesis by the blue-greens and other benthic algae produces much of the food is for the benthic grazers.