Threats to Aquatic Ecosystems
This is the accumulation of toxins higher up in the food chain
Biomagnification
Soils that are saturated with water at least on a periodic basis
Hydric Soils
Water boils at this temperature
212 F/100 C
Lentic refers to what kind of water
Standing or still waters
This is the process of snow evaporating directly into water vapor
Sublimation
The Endangered Species Act was established this year
1973
These wetlands are characterized by spongy peat deposits and acidic waters
Bogs
Because water can dissolve many other substances, it is commonly reffered to as this
The Universal Solvent
This occurs when water stored in the soil during past rain events starts to seep downslope into streams
Baseflow
The aquatic equivalent of biomes are referred to as
Aquatic Life Zones
This poses the greatest threat to upland streams
Developement
All wetlands that are contained within a channel are classified as these
Riverine Wetlands
Water contains this many times less oxygen than air
30
The upper layer of warm water in a lake
Epilimnion
A rapid change in temperature cannot be tolerated by some organisms, this causes
Thermal Shock
This happens when there is a very high level of nutrients in rivers and streams as a result of human activity
Cultural Eutrophication
These are intertidal zones where the land meets the sea
Salt Marshes
A water molecule equally shares electrons, meaning that is
A Polar Molecule
A stream that doesn't have a channel at its upper reaches and near its soure
A First Order Stream
Generally, this is most limiting nutrient in freshwater ecosystems
Phosphorus
The assumption that everyone owns the ocean to use, but no one owns it by agreed boundaries
Tragedy of the commons
Vernal Pools
This starts to happen when water reaches 39 F/4 C
It starts to form crystals
Plunge Pools
Respiration