LEC 8: EUTROPHI - what now? Flashcards

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What are LNAPLs? (EL-NAP-ELs)

A

Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (like oil, seeping into an aquafer)

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What is “oil” when it seeps into an aquafer?

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LNAPL

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What’s an example of a substance that seeps into an aquafer and becomes an LNAPL?

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Oils / vapors.

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4
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Why can overwatering result in salination of land?

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Saltwater intrusions / taking over where groundwater leaves off

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When you use too much ground water, what kind of shape does it make in the ground water?

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Inverted cone.

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What makes an inverted cone shape in ground water levels?

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Groundwater usage / overwatering.

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Using long hoses with holes in them to distribute water (prevents evaporation) – is known as …

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microirrigation

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8
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What accounts for 10% of global water usage?

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Industrial water usage.

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3 examples of industrial water usage

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  1. Chemical products 2. Paper and pulp 3. Petroleum & coal
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10
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Build up of sediments =

A

Siltation

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Siltation =

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Build up of sediments

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12
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IF the GOV doesn’t clear out the WHAT?!? – dams will break …

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sediment

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Sediment / siltation from what? kills coral reefs … ?

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Deforestation

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14
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OLIGOTROPHIC

A

Clear water. Rocky and Sand.

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EUTROPHIC

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Oft shallow. Sediment floor. TOo much nutrients.

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16
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Opposite of Eutrophic is …

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Oligotrophic

17
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What kind of buffer can prevent over-abundance of nutrients in eutrophic condition?

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Calcite minerals / or actually remove the vegetation.

18
Q

Who did research on Nitrates & Phosphates in The Great Lakes?

A

Dr Schindler (same as the guy from that movie about the Holocaust)!

19
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What crazy thing did Dr Schindler do to create an Oligotrophic zone in Great Lakes?

A

Divided the whole bloody lake.

20
Q

Due to Dr Schindler’s study of the Great Lakes, what products did we cease using?

A

Detergents with phosphates.

21
Q

What is “Experimental Lake Theory”?

A

Dr Schindler’s study of Great Lakes (important Canadian study)

22
Q

An inorganic pollutant that we also use for “family planning”

A

birth control (“pharmaceuticals”)

23
Q

Pesticides result in …

A

birth defects & reprod problems

24
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Arsenic is what kind of pollutant …

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Organic pollutant (minerals, like lead, mercury).

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3 organic pollutants ...
Lead, mercury, arsenic
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What is more likely if you consume more from the highest trophic levels than the lower ones?
Health problems like cancer.
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Name for the accumulation of pollutants in the body of creatures at the highest trophic levels ...
Bioaccumulation.
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Bioaccumulation VS biomagnification?
Bioaccumulation takes place in a single organism over the span of its life, resulting in a higher concentration in older individuals. Biomagnification takes place as chemicals transfer from lower trophic levels to higher trophic levels within a food web, resulting in a higher concentration in apex predators.
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Type of rock that buffers a landscape from effects of acid rain ...
limestone
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What's limestone to acid rain?
A buffer
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Acid Rain usually has a high _______ level
Ph
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How many billion lack safe drinking water?
1.4
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How many lack proper sanitation?
2.9 billion