Streams and their Valleys Case Study

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