Threatened habitat at Great Salt Lake: Importance of shallow-water and brackish habitats to Wilson’s and Red-necked phalaropes

• Published in: The Condor
• Main Authors: Frank, Maureen G, Conover, Michael R
• Other Authors: Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Program of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2019
• Subjects: Farmington; Phalaropus lobatus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/condor/duz005; http://academic.oup.com/condor/article-pdf/121/2/duz005/31778179/duz005.pdf

Abstract Great Salt Lake (GSL) is the largest hypersaline lake in North America and is the fall staging area for a high proportion of North America’s Wilson’s Phalaropes (Phalaropus tricolor) and Red-necked Phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus). Unfortunately, diversion of freshwater for agriculture and d...