a joint degree program between the
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Frederick Menigat

"Primary productivity in Jack’s Defeat Creek, Indiana, and its effect on water chemistry."
BSES Senior Research 2007

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Background

Dissolved O2 in streams controlled by:

Primary productivity (Photosynthesis)

  • CO2 + H2O + sunlight
  • CH2O + O2

Respiration

  • CH2O + O2
  • CO2 + H2O

Atmospheric exchange

Research Questions

How is primary productivity controlling water chemistry?

To what degree?

Is there a difference between shaded and open canopies?