Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781305389892
Author: Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 51, Problem 12TYK
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An experiment to test the hypothesis that streams receive much of their nutrients and energy from material that falls into them from overhanging vegetation.
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Streamflow is the most important medium through which water, sediment, nutrients, organic material, thermal energy, and aquatic species move within a stream. Plants and trees present along the water margins and banks are called riparian or overhanging vegetation.
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Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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