Degradation of a Tropical Stream [resource folder]
A series of photographs showing the widening of a road that then caused an increase in the sediment load in the streams below the road. The photographs show the road and the surrounding tropical rainforest, an example of a stream with increased sediment load, and before and after photographs of pools along the stream (with and without reference points). As of 2012, the system still had an increased sediment load.
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| Temporal and geographic description | 2005-2010, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies |
| Is Part Of | Degradation of a Tropical Stream |
| Collection Link | http://esa.org/ecoed/folders/0253/degradationofatropicalstream |
| Ecological Core Concept | |
| Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection | Off |
| Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection | Off |
| Big Data Collection | Off |
| Editor's Choice | No |
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| Pedagogical Use Description | The photos can be used to show the effects of increased sediment load on a stream. The photos of the road show the relationship of bedrock to soil to tropical rainforest. |
| Keywords | Tropical rainforest, Tropical streams, Human Impact |
| Life science discipline (subject) | |
| Primary Author Controlled Name | |
| Primary Author Affiliation | Cornell University Department of Entomology Ithaca, NY 14853 |
| Primary Author email | stieha@hotmail.com |
| Secondary Author Name(s) | D. Nicholas McLetchie |
| Secondary Author Affiliation(s) | University of Kentucky Department of Biology Lexington, KY 40506 |
| Submitter Name | Christopher Stieha |
| Submitter Email | stieha@hotmail.com |
| Rights | CC-NA-SA |
| Reviewer A | Unknown |
| Reviewer B | Unknown |
| Date Of Record Submission | 2012-09-11 |
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