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Researchers begin bioenergetics and food‑availability studies for waterbirds at Great Salt Lake
Summary
Utah State University researchers reported field and lab work to quantify invertebrate prey, vegetation and bird densities and to develop bioenergetic models for shorebirds and waterfowl across managed and unmanaged wetlands at Great Salt Lake.
Lauren Head (PhD candidate, Utah State University) and Brian (master's student) presented ongoing field and analytical work to quantify food availability and to build bioenergetic models for shorebirds and waterfowl.
Lauren described a multi-site observational study (April, August, November sampling windows) at impounded and sheet-flow wetlands. Field methods include forage-sample collection (stovepipe cores and sweep nets) and paired bird distance-sampling surveys. The project maps depth and submerged aquatic…
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