STREAM ECOLOGY & SELF PURIFICATION: An Introduction - Chapter 12 pps

STREAM ECOLOGY & SELF PURIFICATION: An Introduction - Chapter 12 pps

STREAM ECOLOGY & SELF PURIFICATION: An Introduction - Chapter 12 pps

... Publishing Company, Inc. 188 SELF- PURIFICATION OF STREAMS 12. 3 is caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over and through the ground. 12. 4 are organic and inorganic substances that provide ... 4 13.14 3.20 5 13.03 3.35 6 12. 94 3.46 7 12. 87 3.53 8 12. 83 3.57 9 12. 81 3.59 10 12. 80 3.60 11 12. 80 3.60 12 12.80 3.60 13 12. 80 3.60 14 12. 80 3.60 15 12. 80 3.60...
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STREAM ECOLOGY & SELF PURIFICATION: An Introduction - Chapter 5 pps

STREAM ECOLOGY & SELF PURIFICATION: An Introduction - Chapter 5 pps

... 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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STREAM ECOLOGY & SELF PURIFICATION: An Introduction - Chapter 2 docx

STREAM ECOLOGY & SELF PURIFICATION: An Introduction - Chapter 2 docx

... 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 ... compounds. However, an important distinction between cycling of sulfur and cycling of ni- trogen and carbon is that sulfur is "already fixed." That is, plenty of sulfate an-...
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STREAM ECOLOGY & SELF PURIFICATION: An Introduction - Chapter 6 ppt

STREAM ECOLOGY & SELF PURIFICATION: An Introduction - Chapter 6 ppt

... 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, ... and very basic form. The intent has been to lay a foundation upon which the focus of this text, stream ecology and self- purification, can be built. Beginning with an introductio...
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STREAM ECOLOGY & SELF PURIFICATION: An Introduction - Chapter 7 docx

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 ... species present in any one part of the stream. Such balance ensures that there is never an overabundance of one species. Nature structures the stream environment so that plant and...
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STREAM ECOLOGY & SELF PURIFICATION: An Introduction - Chapter 10 pptx

STREAM ECOLOGY & SELF PURIFICATION: An Introduction - Chapter 10 pptx

... pesticides, cleaning sol- vents, and many others-organic chemicals (6) Insoluble particles of soil, silt, and other inorganic and organic materials that can remain suspended in water-sediment ... salts, toxic metals, and their compounds-water-soluble inorganic chemicals (4) Water-soluble nitrate and phosphate salts-inorganic plant nutrients (5) Insoluble and water-soluble oil, gasolin...
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STREAM ECOLOGY & SELF PURIFICATION: An Introduction - Chapter 13 doc

STREAM ECOLOGY & SELF PURIFICATION: An Introduction - Chapter 13 doc

... 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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STREAM ECOLOGY & SELF PURIFICATION: An Introduction - Chapter 14 (end) pptx

STREAM ECOLOGY & SELF PURIFICATION: An Introduction - Chapter 14 (end) pptx

... stream& apos;s flora and fauna in a balanced state. Nature balances stream life by maintaining the number and the types of species present in any one part of the stream. Na- ture structures the stream ... and terms." Ecology, 16: 28 4-3 07. Tchobanoglous, G. and Schroeder, E. D., Water Supply. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1985. The Many Habitats...
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LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY A Top-Down Approach - Chapter 12 (end) ppt

LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY A Top-Down Approach - Chapter 12 (end) ppt

... 1995. Spatial and temporal landscape patterns in arid and semi-arid African savannas, in Mosaic Landscapes and Ecological Processes. L. Hansson, L. Fahrig, and G. Merriam, Eds. Chapman & Hall, ... Scie. 50:221–246. Hyman, J.B., J.B. McAninch, and D.L. DeAngelis. 1991. An individual-based simula- tion model of herbivory in a heterogeneous landscape, in Quantitative Methods in Landscap...
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