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Water
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- polar molecule (one side that is positively charged and one that is negative)
- H2O covalent bonds (share electrons); hydrogen bonds causes water molecules to associate in a cluster
- # of molecules per cluster decreases with increase in water temp
- dissolves other substances
- lattice like molecular configuration
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Latent Heat of Vaporization
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- heat doesn’t cause a change in temp but changes the phase or state; ie liquid to gas
- takes 540 cal/g/C to change a phase
- water is more stable and remarkably resistant to heating due to H+ bonds
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Temperature Variation
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- Terrestrial ecosystems 10-15 degrees C
- Aquatic ecosystems 1-2 degrees C
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Specific Heat
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- amount of heat required to raise the temp of 1 gram of water 1 degrees C
- water can hold a great deal of heat
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Latent Heat of Fusion
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- melting
- heat required to change ice to water with no change in temp.
- don’t need to break all H+ bonds, just some
- takes 80 cal/g/degrees C
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Density
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- water’s max density at 4 degrees C
- density of ice: 0.917 g cm^3
- density of water: 0.999 cm^3
- ice formation: angle expanded and lattice-like structure forms; ice less dense than water
- thermal expansion is the dominant force
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Viscosity
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- the state of being thick, sticky, and semifluid in consistency, due to internal friction
- honey has higher viscosity than water
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Surface tension
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- attraction of the particles in the surface layer by the bulk of the liquid, which tends to minimize surface area
- water has a high surface tension
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Normal Conditions
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- trade winds blow from east to west
- warm low pressure area around Australia & Asia
- causes upwellings near South America, heavy in nutrients, rich fishery in that area
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El Nino
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- weak or no trade winds
- warm moist air and water flows toward South America which causes lots of rain there and no upwellings
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Lacustrine
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relating to lakes
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Paulustrine
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relating to wetlands
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Riverine
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relating to rivers
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Evapotranspiration
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water evaporating from plants and trees out of their stomata
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Watershed/ Basin
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area surrounding a lake or river that all water drains into
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Euphotic
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light penetration; top layer
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Aphotic
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no light and no photosynthesis
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Littoral zone
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rooted and submerged plants; near shore area
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Causes of circulation patterns in lakes
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- wind (AKA fetch)
- Topography (hills, mtns can block wind)
- Amount of ions in the water
- Temperature (which relates to density)
- Depth
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Lake ecosytems
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- highly variable, heterogeneous (patchy) in physical, chemical and biological components
- temp, light, density, currents
- nutrients, ions, contaminants
- populations, growth rates: ie filter feeders at the outlet
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Vertical migration
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-organisms go toward the surface to feed at night when they are more invisible to predators
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Dimictic
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lake that has two turnovers per year
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Monomictic
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lake that has one turnover per year
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Polymictic
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multiple turnovers per year; usually shallow lakes; turnover by wind
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Amicitc
no turnover ever; usually lakes in the Arctic
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Meromictic
- sheltered, deep lakes that prevent a lot of wind
- accumulates ions that sink to the bottom
- lower layer never mixes (monolimnion)
- chemical content rains down on bottom
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What influences light attenuation
- algae
- phytoplankton
- organic compounds (decaying leaves, tea color)
- soil particles, sedimentation
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PAR
photosynthetically active radiation; sensors that measure light attenuation
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Wavelengths and Energy
- longer wavelengths, less energy absorbed more quickly
| - blue has highest energy and shortest wavelengths so it penetrates water the deepest
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Albedo
light reflection
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Cyanobacteria
- AKA microsystis releases a toxin microcystin
- liver toxin
- huge bloom in Lake Erie; city of Toledo; lots of agriculture and nutrient runoff
- increased moisture in spring and increased temps are two factors that lead to more cyanobacteria
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Point Source
outlet, pipe; enters a body of water directly
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Nonpoint Source
nondirect; ie. agricultural runoff; harder to stop nonpoint source since pollution source is harder to determine
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Oxygen in water
- colder water holds more oxygen than warmer water
| - 6-15 mg/L good, 4-6 stressed, 2-4 choking, 1-2 dying, 01 dead
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Seiches
standing waves; bath tub effect; high water level at one end due to wind set-up (local rise in water level caused by wind)
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Troph
nourishment, energy, productivity
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Eutrophic
- high productivity; true
- photosynthesis restricted to epi
- high nutrient conc (phosphorus & nitrogen)
- hypo becomes anoxic
- secchi depth
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Mesotrophic
intermediate productivity; middle
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Oligotrophic
- low productivity; few
- clear water
- low nutrients
- low productivity
- secchi dept >3 m
- photic zone extended to hypo
- oxygen in hypo
- fish like salmoniods
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N2
molecular nitrogen; found in atm, nonreactive nitrogen, triple bond, really hard to break apart (only can by nitrogen fixation)
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NO2-
nitrite; toxic
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NO3
nitrate; oxydized
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NH4+
ammonium
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Phosphorus
- sedimentary cycle; originally from weathering of rocks
- increased phosphorus=increased blooms
- also comes from agriculture, lawn fertilizer, runoff, sewage
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PO4 3-
inorganic; phosphate
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DOP
dissolved organic phosphate
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PP
particulate phosphorus
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Spring mixes
- heavy water going down; getting recirculation
- ice off, total lake mixing, bottom goes from anoxic to oxic and the phosphate can circulate in entire lake which can cause algal blooms
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Nutrient loading
more algal production and more zooplankton
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Daphnia
- water flies
- in the order cladocera
- feed on small types of algae and diatoms
- diatoms can't fix nitrogen but cyanobacteria can
- Daphnia can't feed on cyanobacteria
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Chlorophyll a
- we can measure biomass of cyanobacteria/ phtoplankton by measuring chl-a
- a photosynthetic pigment
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