lesson 1.3 wetlands and watersheds
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Lesson 1.3 Wetlands and Watersheds. Pg. 14- 18. Stream Biology. Streams and Rivers are aquatic ecosystems that are teeming with life There are three main groups of organisms in most stream communities 1. Algae and other protists 2. Invertebrates 3. Vertebrates. Algae. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Lesson 1.3 Wetlands and Watersheds
Pg. 14- 18
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Stream Biology
• Streams and Rivers are aquatic ecosystems that are teeming with life– There are three main groups of organisms in most
stream communities • 1. Algae and other protists • 2. Invertebrates• 3. Vertebrates
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Algae
• Plantlike protists that make their own food– Producers a.k.a autotrophs – Form the base of most aquatic food chains – Use the energy from the sun & dissolved
nutrients to make their own food
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Animal-like Protists
• Includes ciliates and paramecia• Aquatic organisms that eat bacteria,
sediments that contain bacteria, and alage – Saprotrophs feed on decayed organic matter– Raptors eat other protists
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Invertebrates
• The most common invertebrates are insects, mollusks, and worms
• shredders are invertebrates that eat the tissues of other organisms, organic matter, and wood
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Invertebrates - Insects
• Ingest their prey whole or pierce its tissues and suck out the fluids– Ex. Beetles
• In larval stage live in water, in adult stage live on land
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Invertebrates- Mollusks
• Spend most of their lives in water• Feed on plants and algae– Primary consumers – Some are omnivores (eat plants and animals)– Some are carnivores ( eat other animals only)
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Vertebrates
• Common stream and water vertebrates = amphibians (frogs and salamanders) and Fish
• Depend on water at various stages of their life cycles
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Amphibians
• Most adults live on land• They have a variety of feeding habits– Frogs Are predators– Use their sticky tongues to capture flies and other
insects– Salamanders and newts are also carnivores
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Fish
• Grazers, strainers, and suckers are fish that consume algae
• Some fish are predators – Examples: pike, pickerel, gars, and bullheads
• Detritivores feed by shredding sediments that enter the stream or river – or filtering their food directly from sediments in
the water
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•Answer Review Questions #’s 1-5
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Factors that Affect Freshwater Ecosystems
• Biotic factors are living components of an ecosystem
• Abiotic factors are the nonliving parts of an ecosystem – Examples: stream order, pH, velocity,
Temperature…etc.
• These factors determine the number and kinds of organism that live in the environment
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Stream Order
• The smallest streams in a river system = first order streams – First order streams join
to form second order streams
– Second order streams meet to form third order streams…etc.
– 80% of streams in PA are 1st/ 2nd order
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Stream Order
• Orders of a stream relates directly to the organisms that live there– 1st order streams = largest insects– 3rd and 4th order streams = plants & game fish– Larger Streams = algae, fish, and other aquatic
organisms
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Temperature
• Velocity and depth affect the water’s temperature
• Areas of little or no circulation experience vertical variations in temp.
• Streams and rivers with currents = no temperature differences
• Shallow water = warm Deep Water = Cold• Vegetation also affects water temperature
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Temperature• Seasonal Changes effect water temp. – Melting snow can lower temp.
• Temperature affects the kinds and numbers of animals of animals in a river or stream – Some species can live in a variety of temps. • Carps & catfish
– Others can only survive in certain temps• Algae, protists, trout
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Currents• Currents in rivers and
streams flow in one direction– They carry load and other
substances
• Currents exert a force on organisms– Mollusks can withstand this
force with their muscular foot
– Fish move against or with the current
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Velocity
• An abiotic factor• The change in distance over time • Changes with its course and depth– Decrease in slope= decrease in velocity– Widening of rivers and smoothing of its bed =
increase in velocity – Most rapid velocity of a stream occurs in the
middle of the water column
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Substrate
• Substrate is the material that organisms live in, on, or around. – it is made up of organic or inorganic materials • Organic = algae and other small particles of matter• Inorganic = pebbles, rocks, silt…etc.
• Invertebrates live on or under rocky substrates• Freshwater organisms live in the substrate• Other organisms use plants as substrates
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Sunlight
• The amount of light an ecosystem receives affects the ecosystem’s biodiversity– Ex. Plants depend on light for photosynthesis to
occur– Areas that have little sunlight = fewer organisms– Areas that have more sunlight = more organisms
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Turbidity
• Turbidity reflects the amount of suspended matter in the water
• Several factors affect turbidity– Increase in erosion & high water volume increase
turbidity– Heavy rain or snow = increase in turbidity– Temperature affects turbidity • Ex. Water is very turbid during spring seasons
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Dissolved Solids• Common elements found in
dissolved load include: magnesium, calcium, iron, sodium, …etc. – Organisms living in the stream
depend on these elements to survive • Ex. Calcium is needed to
harden fishes bones• Ex. Excess phosphorus and
nitrogen promote excessive algal growth called algal blooms
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Dissolved Gases
• Streams and rivers contain dissolved gases such as carbon dioxide and oxygen
• They are both important in determining the biodiversity of the stream
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Oxygen
• Oxygen enters the water from the air• The amount of oxygen that enters the water
depends on the temperature – Increase in Temp. = decrease in oxygen
• Amounts of oxygen also depends on photosynthesis & respiration – Photosynthesis adds oxygen– Respiration takes away oxygen
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Oxygen Cont.
• Oxygen is also affected by currents– Slower the current = less oxygen
• Decomposition of organic material decreases oxygen levels
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Carbon Dioxide
• Comes from groundwater or the Earth’s atmosphere– Decomposition and respiration increases carbon
dioxide levels
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Organic Matter
• Organic Matter is used as food – Ex. Plankton, bits of leaves and wood
• Too many nutrients = decrease in oxygen levels
• Too few nutrients = organisms traveling to other parts of the stream to find food or dying because of lack of food
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pH
• pH of a solution is a measure of its concentration of specific hydrogen levels
• Ranges from 0-14 – 7 = neutral (pure water)– Under 7 = acidic (rainwater / stream water =
slightly acidic ) – Higher than 7 = basic
• Acidification of stream can kill fish and other organisms
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Pennsylvania Streams and Acidification
• Many rivers and stream in PA are susceptible to acidification – There are three reason for this1.PA receives some of the most acidic rainfall in the
US2.Rocks in much of the state contain minerals that
contribute to acidification 3.PA has many coal mines
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•Answer #’s 6-11 of the lesson review on
pg. 19