Los Angeles Times

Here’s what ‘thousands of floating eggs’ look like on Utah’s Great Salt Lake

A thick, chocolaty sludge has formed on Utah’s Great Salt Lake, and state parks officials say talk of an oil slick is unfounded. It’s actually more gooey and disgusting than that. What’s floating atop ...
KSL

A look at the competitive brine shrimp industry of Great Salt Lake

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The Salt Lake Tribune

Masses of shrimp eggs leave visible slick on the Great Salt Lake

What look like oil slicks on the surface of the Great Salt Lake are actually congregations of billions of brine shrimp eggs, known as cysts, that form when wind and currents align in certain ways. But ...
Casper Star-Tribune

Brine shrimp become big business in Utah

Brine shrimp are shown through a microscope in Salt Lake City. SALT LAKE CITY - In a landlocked state 600 miles from the nearest ocean, fleets of commercial fishermen compete for a creature that in ...
KSL

Why you should care about the health of Great Salt Lake brine shrimp

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