Reference no: EM133378142
Questions
1. Explain the significance of the ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT?
2. What does PAR stand for and what is its significance?
3. Define the term: THERMAL STRATIFICATION and describe, in detail, WHEN and HOW, how it happens Be sure to include the NAMES of the various layers that manifest in a stratified, dimictic, temperate lake in the late summer.
4. What is a THERMOCLINE? When do they occur? Where do they occur?
5. What is REVERSE STRATIFICATION? WHEN and HOW does it occur?
6. Define TURNOVER. When does it occur?
7. What is meant by "The Goldilocks" conditions of the Earth, and what is its major relevance to aquatic ecology ?
8. What is the dominant physico- chemical characteristic that underlies the special properties of water? HOW does it happen? How does it relate to: SOLVENT PROPERTIES COHESION DENSITY and HEAT INDEX.