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Lab 3 - Biogeochemical Cycles: Retention ponds

Storm water control ʹ

 eleases water a little bit at a time (returning to normal depth)

 echarging
 ater pollutant filter
 pocation is important, downhill
 epairing species which can survive in high saturated areas u helps with erosion
 Ô draulic resistant time = how long the water c cle is u controls mosquitoes
 Shape; short circuiting
 Ôides debris, creates habitats, long narrow/wedge to prevent pollutants

pimits ʹ

 „hermal pollution, water = so shallow = heats up = goes downstream = affects cold water
species u control b circulating water + depth
 ˜an flood wild life habitat
 mdour, debris, toxicit
 ecreation (skating rink)

 Erosion control due to urban area

 Fish can be found because of birds dropping fish + eggs or kids releasing pet fish͙
 Advantages + disadvantages of retention ponds u think about recreational + run off, etc.
 SPA #19 forest area advantages + disadvantages
 4 t pes of different planning (e.g. what planning is appropriate when designing new
subdivision?)
 ESPA forested area

Q: Wh is development financiall desired in Waterloo region and what are the hidden costs of this
development?
Q: What are some planning elements required for this development?
Q: What is the run off coefficient? Ôow can development affect this coefficient?

Lab 4 ʹ Succession:
Q: Wh should the forest edge be protected b Stecco?
Q: pist 3 reasons wh the point-centre quarter used was an appropriate method?
Q: pist 3 reasons wh the management measures to protect/improve the environment abilit of Stecco?

Lab 5 ʹ How a Tree Grows:

Q:Show proper soil t pe labeling

Ôue Value ˜hroma

e.g. 7.5 YP 3/2 ͞dark brown͟

Q: ˜ompare soils; characteristics, can ou plant? ˜an the survive (restoration)?

Lab 7 ʹ Spongy Lake:

 pots of farmers field in the area = influences on the bog + h dro lines
 „rain tracks passes through
 Succession in bogs

Bogs ʹ

 ate of decomposition = ver slow because there͛s no ox gen (anaerobic conditions)

 Archeologists able to find mummies (farmers bur ing deceased; intact with skin and ever thing)
u interesting to scientists because lack of decomposition
 1 mm of peat = takes a ear
 Peat = used for gardening, t pe of organic material filled with lots of nutrients; also used for fuel
(peat extractions, reall good to burn)
 mnce extract peat = gone; takes so long to form
 „he onl water it receives is from precipitation (ombrotrophic) u Q: wh would that propose a
problem? Droughts; influences on surrounding areas
 ·t has a cool microclimate; good shelter for wild life
 Vasic zones: open water zone, zedge zone, shrubb zone, leather leaves, sphagnum (spong
section of the bog), tamarack bog & forest zone
 Lagg: the tension between an acid bog and the surrounding alkaline environment (where the
acid bog meets alkaline)
 Q: Wh acidic? ˜oniferous trees; when pine needles fall, the ͛re acidic (make soil + peat acidic)
 egetation: desert like; because of water; not a whole lot of water movement ʹtrees and plants
have to be adapted for water conservation (e.g. March = bad month)
 Q: pow pÔ environment is maintained in what 3 wa s? Precipitation input (acid rain),
contribution of acidic biomass of the environment (tamarack needles and oak lines = acidic),
prevention of alkaline materials reaching the bog (alkaline stuff traps in the forest above doesn͛t
get to reach bog)
‘ormal limiting factors of growth:
Water, sunlight, nutrients (Nitrogen Potassium Phosphorus - ‘
), pÔ, temperature

The types of different wetlands:

Fen, bog, swamp, marsh, open water

What plants would disappear if droughts continue to happen?

Plants of open water

Potential human impacts on the bog?

un off to the agriculture field, people harvesting the peat, train tracks + pollution u made of limestone;
alkaline (changing pÔ of bog)

What are ways of people mitigate on wetlands?

Voardwalks, limits peoples access and trampling the area

Q: Wh is spong lake bog an anaerobic environment?

„here͛s no water movement, dissolved ox gen

Q: Describe a scenario in which a bog can disappear due to natural causes?

Droughts

Q: Wh is there little vegetation growth in the lagg?

Vecause there is few plants that can adapt to two situations (acidic and basic)

Q: Describe the microclimate of spong lake and use an example to demonstrate how human impact
could affect this microclimate?
Ôarvesting peat? pots of shelter, warm in winter, cools it too due to shade? „he amount of water
because water retains heat?