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- What indicator organisms are used for freshwater (river) ecosystems to monitor the effects of effluent from a pulp and paper mill? Please list organisms and why they are used.Name three major types of water pollutants, and provide an example of each. Explain which classes of water pollutants you think are most important in your local areaSummarize the water issue concerning the Catawba River. (NOTE – A summary is not one sentence!)
- In addition to chemical pollution, what other threats to the water cycle are associated with human activity?Name the most common indicator organism that represent polluted water.What are the two key concepts for this section?Define freshwater. Explain why access to water is ahealth issue, an economic issue, a national and globalsecurity issue, and an environmental issue. Whatpercentage of the earth’s freshwater is available to us?Explain how water is recycled by the hydrologic cycleand how human activities can interfere with thiscycle. Define groundwater, zone of saturation,water table, aquifer, surface water, surface runoff, and watershed basin
- The process whereby oxygen is depleted by the growth of microorganisms due to excess nutrients in aquatic systems is called _________. a. dead zoning b. eutrophication c. retrophication d. depletionWrite note on Groundwater depletion and ways for its replenishment.Explain the various anthropogenic causes of the water cycle.
