Farmington Bay

Cinnamon Teal

Breast muscle tissue was analyzed for mercury from twenty Cinnamon Teal collected from the Farmington Bay Drainage area of the Great Salt Lake. Mercury levels ranged from 0.080 mg mercury/kg muscle tissue to 1.667 mg/kg (Table 9). The average mercury level was 0.394 mg/kg which exceeds the EPA screening value of 0.3 mg/kg. Ten of the twenty samples exceeded 0.3 mg/kg.

Common Goldeneye

Breast muscle tissue was analyzed for mercury from twenty-three Common Goldeneye collected from the Farmington Bay Drainage area of the Great Salt Lake. Mercury levels ranged from 0.139 mg mercury/kg muscle tissue to 3.110 mg/kg (Table 15). The average mercury level was 0.678 mg/kg which exceeds the EPA screening value of 0.3 mg/kg. Fourteen of the twenty-three samples exceeded 0.3 mg/kg.

Northern Shoveler

Breast muscle tissue was analyzed for mercury from thirty Northern Shoveler collected from the Farmington Bay Drainage area of the Great Salt Lake. Mercury levels ranged from 0.036 mg mercury/kg muscle tissue to 1.794 mg/kg (Table 13). The average mercury level was 0.383 mg/kg which exceeds the EPA screening value of 0.3 mg/kg. Fourteen of the thirty samples exceeded 0.3 mg/kg.

For detailed information, see: An Evaluation of Mercury Concentrations in Ducks from The Great Salt Lake, Utah for 2005 and 2006

Sampling Locations