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Question 1: Explain in what part of the river network you would be most likely to find each of these benthic macroinvertebrates and why using what you learned about food webs and the Riverine Continuum Concept.
a. Pteronarcys Stoneflies (Shredders).
b. Freshwater Mussels (Filter Feeders).
c. Phytoplankton (Photosynthesizers).
Question 2. Plankton can be eukaryotes or prokaryotes. Answer the following questions about this:
a. Describe 3 differences between eukaryote and prokaryote plankton.
Question 3. You go to a wetland to measure methanogenesis. There is farmland nearby and you detect the odor of rotten eggs coming from the wetland and you do not measure any methanogenesis. Using your knowledge of reduction and oxidation in limnology, what are microbes in the wetland doing? Be sure to explain why this is happening.
Question 4. Why are inverted food webs more likely to be found in aquatic ecosystems?
Question 5. Describe what is meant by aquatic to terrestrial food web subsidies.
a. Identify a beneficial ecological impact of aquatic to terrestrial subsidies.
b. Describe how aquatic to terrestrial subsidies can exacerbate the impacts of pollution dumped into lakes and rivers.
Question 6. Algae and other photosynthesizers produce more types of photopigments than just chlorophyll. Identify 2 reasons why phytoplankton produce different types of photopigments