water quality in local lakes and ponds aquatic ecology unit
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Water Quality in Local Lakes and Ponds
Aquatic Ecology Unit
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Warm-up question
• What organisms (animals, plants, and other living things) do you think live in this lake?
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Aquatic life
• Lots of things live in our lakes and ponds!
• In what ways can humans affect them? Do we ever change their habitat?
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Eutrophication
• It happens when lots of nutrients get into a lake or pond.
• Definition: over abundance of algae and plants (green organism that make their own food)
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Field trip to local park
• We’ll study:– Water quality– Tiny algae (phytoplankton) and animals
(zooplankton)
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Map of lakes