Assume you are a biologist and you have taken a job as a watershed manager. You are studying the characteristics of a particular stream as it leaves its source. The stream forms at the base of a mountain, from melting snow
It then travels through a transition zone and eventually drains into a river in a floodplain area.
Describe how you will explain that the nutrient content of this stream is variable as it travels from its source to its drainage point.
What will be an ideal response
Streams receive many of their nutrients from the areas that border them as they travel through the landscape. Such nutrients from falling leaves, animal feces, insects, and other forms of biomass wash into this stream during rainstorms or from melting snow. Thus, the nutrient content of this stream varies as it passes through areas that contain different plants, animals, and insects on its banks.
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