Chapter 51, Problem 12TYK

Summary Introduction

To review:

An experiment to test the hypothesis that streams receive much of their nutrients and energy from material that falls into them from overhanging vegetation.

Introduction:

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.