25 November 2011 Lake Erie and the Maumee River are a crucial part of sustaining life in our area. There are many resources that come from our lake and river that if left unmonitored, could potentially cause damage to plants and animals and ultimately affect us. Testing for different variables of the water enables us to control the levels of these variables and keep them at appropriate levels so they will continue to be safe for animals and humans of our region. Our data on the overall water quality
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report. Background Isle Royale is an island sitting about 15 miles from the northern shore of Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes on the border of Canada and the U.S. Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world, stretching 160 miles from north to south and well over 300 miles from east to west. That's a long way to swim, and not many large animals have made it from the shores of Lake Superior to Isle Royale. About 100 years ago, however, a few moose found their way across from mainland
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Cindy Vasquez Professor Tonetti 2/4/15 ENG 023 State fair When people arrive to the festival, they see the blue, red, yellow and white lights, the smell of fried food and they see the big stuff animals to take home and how people form in lines just to enjoy the festival with all the attractions that one festival has. Many families wait for that day to come to enjoy quality time together. In the article Garrison Keillor explains how the fair is very similar to the mercer’s Italian Festival and there’s
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Ecosystem Structure, Function and Change Lake Tahoe is the largest lake in America it is located in Sierra Nevada and is a freshwater lake over 1600 feet deep. The lake is at the heart of a comprehensive ecosystem and contains rich aquatic life and has a range of native species for example, the lake is home to redside dace, suckers and chub. “The ecosystem of the Lake Tahoe Basin has been dramatically altered since European settlers began to settle around the lake in the middle of the last century. Human
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Introduction The earth is a watery planet; three-quarters of earth’s surface is covered with water. And this is as it should be; the earth is the only known plant that supports life which is dependent on water. Water is found in oceans, rivers, lakes, glaciers, under-ground and in the atmosphere. (The Atlas of Canada, 2011) However 97% of the earth’s water is salty, and cannot support land based life which occupies a quarter of the earth’s surface. Therefore land based life has a disproportional
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this river was devoid of any fish or living organism except the Oscillatoria, which is a filamentous cyanpbacterium, which reproduces by fragmentation. The last fire of 1969 caused the movement that resulted in the creation of Clean Water Act, Great Lakes waster Quality Agreement, and the Environmental Protection Agency. These movements led to the halt of city sewage and factory toxins to be dumped in the river. As a teenager, I remember getting hot tub folliculitis after getting in the hot tub
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Lake in Windermere Have you ever visit a lake before? A lot of people think the lake is just for fishing but lake in Windermere is different. There are many water activities in lake Windermere. Here I will describe the lake, the water activities and the animals in the lake. First of all, the lake is very big and long. The color of the water is like sky blue and it is very clean. The lake is surrounded by hills and Small Island. If you in lake, you will see around the lake many types of trees
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Land Bridge- a connection between two landmasses that allowed humans and animals to colonize new territory before it was cut off by the sea Mayas- The Mesoamerican Indian people living in southeast Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize (300-900 AD). The Maya are best know for their architecture and city planning, their mathematics and calendar, and their hieroglyphic writing system. Aztecs- A nomadic tribe in northern Mexico, arrived in Mesoamerica around the beginning of the 13th century emerged as the
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Great Lakes are an important part of the global water system this in turn affects the lake levels. The constant cycle of water being evaporated from the lake using the energy of the sun causes the water levels to lower. Water can also reenter the Great lakes through precipitation and runoff. As the water runs over the land into a larger body of water this causes erosion to occur from the humus or topsoil. This erosion can be reduced if the area has foliage to secure the topsoil. Smaller lakes, rivers
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Pufferfish are small amazingly creatures with great power when it comes to the defense mechanisms. Pufferfish originally got their name from their defense mechanism of sucking in water and air into their bodies to erect small, sharp spines. Pufferfish are tropical fish that live in warm waters typically near coral reefs. Some relatives are the boxfish, trunkfish, and the coufish. Bright colors on these fish can also serve as a warning call to other creatures because they know that it is poisonous
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