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Degradation of a Tropical Stream [resource group]
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...
Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library
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http://ecoed.esa.org/index.php?P=AdvancedSearch&Q=Y&FK=%22De...
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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.
Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library
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Pool 28 along the Turure River in 2009 with Reference Line
Picture of Pool 28 taken in 2009 along the Turure River after the mountain road had been widened. The stream bottom is covered in sediment. Water flows from the left to the right side of the photograph. Plants growing along the bank have an observable level of sediment collecting on and around them. Fish seemed to be more abundant in 2005, although small fish were still present in 2009 (personal...
Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library
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Pool 28 along the Turure River in 2009
Picture of Pool 28 taken in 2009 along the Turure River after the mountain road had been widened. Water flows from the left to the right side of the photograph. The stream bottom is covered in sediment. Plants growing along the bank have an observable level of sediment collecting on and around them. Fish seemed to be more abundant in 2005, although small fish were still present in 2009...
Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library
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Pool 28 along the Turure River in 2006 with Reference Line
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. The reference...
Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library
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