STREAM ECOLOGY & SELF PURIFICATION: An Introduction - Chapter 7 docx

... suspended or- ganisms, the plankton, such as phytoplankton (plants) and zooplankton (ani- mals), and some consumers such as insects and fish. Plankton are small organ- isms that can feed and reproduce ... rocks, and sewage discharge are the three primary sources of basic nutrients in streams and rivers. 7. 10 CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS 7. 1 Explain the "balanced aquarium" con...

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... flow, and the speed of flow changes to form a river. As it changes speed and slows, the river bot- tom changes from rock and stone to silt and clay. Plants begin to grow, stems thicken, and ... shape channels, or move signifi- cant quantities of sediment in all but sand-bed streams, which can experience change more rapidly. During extreme events, the greatest scour occurs, and the ......

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... Sediments Animal 'N' Excretion I Ammonia ++ Organic Nitrogen as Amino Acids Figure 3.3 Nitrogen cycle. the topic of stream ecology and self- purification, it is important to ... 78 % by volume of nitrogen. Moreover, as stated 36~oran, J. M,, Morgan, M. D., and Wiersma, J. H., Introduction to EnvironmentalScience. New York: W.H. Free- man and Company, p....

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... Community ecology- the study of the structure and dynamics of animal and plant commu- nities. Population ecology provides modeling tools that can be used for predicting corn- munity structure and ... abandonment, the climax oak-hickory forest was restored. 5.6 POPULATION RESPONSE TO STRESS AND STREAM ECOLOGY It is important to understand that the dynamic balance of the stre...

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... the major determinant of stream water chem- istry locally as well. These "determinants" of stream water chemistry are actu- ally the stream& apos;s "DNA." More specifically, ... salt- water (about 97% of the earth's water) in the oceans, and less than 3% is fresh- water. Of the latter, 77 % is frozen in polar ice caps and glaciers, 22% is ground- water,...

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... Publishing Company, Inc. Stream Pollutants 1 37 Man's actions are determined by his expediency. If it makes man's life more con- venient, less expensive or pleasanter, the stream and its ... dissolved oxygen-oxygen-demanding wastes (3) Acids, salts, toxic metals, and their compounds-water-soluble inorganic chemicals (4) Water-soluble nitrate and phosphate salts-inorga...

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... Waste 1 7. 67 2.81 2 7. 65 3. 07 3 7. 57 3.40 4 7. 41 3 .74 5 7. 20 4.04 6 7. 00 4.26 7 6.86 4.40 8 6 .79 4.48 9 6 .75 4.52 10 6 .74 4.53 11 6 .73 4.53 12 6 .73 4.53 13 6 .73 4.53 14 6 .73 4.53 ... 1 "C lndustrial Rate: 7 pprn Treatment: Primary 5) Day Oxygen Waste 1 8.00 3. 37 2 7. 97 4 .73 3 7. 83 6.68 4 7. 57 9.08 5 7. 20 11 .77 6 6 .79...

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... the left and right stream banks separately. Define the "left" and "right" banks by standing at the downstream end of the study stretch and look up- stream. Each bank is evaluated ... time of day and seasons. There are three fundamental sizes of plankton: nannoplankton, microplankton, and macroplankton. The smallest are nannoplankton that range in size from 5-6...

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... interdependency is main- tained by a balance between plants and animals. 7. 2 Medium 7. 3 Twenty 7. 4 Lentic; lotic 7. 5 Seasonal 7. 6 Littoral 7. 7 Plankton 7. 8 Profundal 7. 9 Benthic 7. 10 Riffle, ... Godshalk, G. L., and Klug, M. J., "Changes in the chemical composition of leaves during processing in a woodland stream. " Ecology 57: 72 0 -7 27, 1 976 ....

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