Honors Ecology

aquatic plants that grow attached to or are rooted in the bottom of a body of water

bethic plants that grow (in most instances) completely under water (SAV)

benthic plants that grow with the lower portions in the water, but the upper portions extend above the water

* water that is nutrien poor

* it is unable to support much phytoplankton

(P) an element found in phosphate (PO₄^-3), a nutrient known to cause eutrophication

(freshwater)

(N) an element found in nitrates (NO₃^–), nitrites (NO₂^–), and ammonium (NH⁺⁴), nutrients known to cause eutrophication

(marine)

Best Management Practices

(BMP’s)

methods that may be used to minimize erosion, runoff, and leaching

(ex. ground cover, riparian buffers, poreous pavements, etc.)

a conditon in which water is completely lacking in oxygen

NO “O”