09-14-2017, 06:18 PM
Yeah, that bit about restoring cutthroat trout to Utah Lake sure made me stop and wonder where that came from. [
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This whole thing is especially interesting for me, since I got my master's studying phycology/algology and water quality. But it's really not complicated. The algae grow when the water is warm, when the light penetrates especially to the bottom of the lake, and when they get fed lots of nutrients (mainly phosphorus and nitrates). The only thing that we can really control is the amount of nutrients entering the lake from sewage treatment plants, and maybe from runoff from agriculture (fertilizers, manure,etc.) I'm glad it's being looked at, and hopefully Utah Lake can be improved.
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] This whole thing is especially interesting for me, since I got my master's studying phycology/algology and water quality. But it's really not complicated. The algae grow when the water is warm, when the light penetrates especially to the bottom of the lake, and when they get fed lots of nutrients (mainly phosphorus and nitrates). The only thing that we can really control is the amount of nutrients entering the lake from sewage treatment plants, and maybe from runoff from agriculture (fertilizers, manure,etc.) I'm glad it's being looked at, and hopefully Utah Lake can be improved.
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