Pool 28 along the Turure River in 2006
Picture of Pool 28 taken in 2006 along the Turure River before the mountain road had been widened. One can faintly see a rocky bottom to the stream. Pool 28 is downstream of Pool 17. The bottom of the photograph is downstream. The pool contained fish of various sizes. The plants growing along the bank on the right of the photograph were clean and did not have sediment on them.
| Primary or BEN resource type | |
|---|---|
| Format | |
| Temporal and geographic description | 2006, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies |
| Is Part Of | Degradation of a Tropical Stream |
| Collection Link | http://ecoed.esa.org/index.php?P=AdvancedSearch&Q=Y&FK=%22Degradation... |
| Core Concepts | |
| Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection | Off |
| Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection | Off |
| Big Data Collection | Off |
| Editor's Choice | No |
| Audience | |
| Pedagogical Use Description | Used as the before picture to show the depth of a pool before the increase in sediment load of the stream filled the pool. |
| 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-NC-SA |
| Date Of Record Submission | 2012-09-11 |
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