Threatened Brine shrimp
artemia monica (male)
artemia monica, variety commonly known mono lake brine shrimp, can found in mono lake, mono county, california. in 1987, dennis d. murphy stanford university petitioned united states fish , wildlife service add a. monica endangered species list under endangered species act (1973). diversion of water los angeles department of water , power resulted in rising salinity , concentration of sodium hydroxide in mono lake. despite presence of trillions of brine shrimp in lake, petition contended increase in ph endanger them.
the threat lake s water levels addressed revision california state water resources control board s policy, , fish , wildlife service found on 7 september 1995 mono lake brine shrimp did not warrant listing.
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