Streams and their Valleys Case Study
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12 Terms
What is the importance of streams?
Actevily processing and transforming nutrients and organic matter
Where did this case study take place?
New England
What was the case study analyzing?
Nitrate concentrations
True or false: the stream is the only ecosystem changing nutrient concentrations
False
First order stream
The smallest streams or tributaries. Known as headwater.
Second order stream
When two first order streams meet
Third order stream
When two second order streams meet
Human impacts on streams
Forestry practices
Human input
Forestry practices can change…
Water temp, runoff, light
Small urban streams and seasonal waterways are often…
Under regulated, but make a large impact
Headwaters have less…
Primary productivity
As streams get larger and their order increases so does…
Primary productivity and number of large species
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