Lakey+Pond

Pond and Lake



1. The most common location that is well known is the Great Lakes. The Great lakes are found surrounding New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Canada.

2. Ponds and Lakes are inland bodies of water. Both collect water and can sustain life, however the pond was created by man and the lake was naturally made. Ponds are much smaller than lakes, therefore have a much more delicate balance of life. Some species of plants live completely submerged in water, and some grow partially in and out of water. Lakes tend to be able to sustain life for long periods of time wile all ponds are dynamic habitats more easily affected by the abiotic factors. Light, oxygen, temperature, and pH are all abiotic factors in ponds and lakes. The warmer the water gets, the lower the ammount of oxygen can dissolve in it. Most aquatic life are sensative to temperature changes and cannot survive in certain temperatures.

3.a) Trout are a nonmigratory native species. b) Water Chesnut- chokes the waterbodies it invades, and out competes native species and reduce oxygen levels which causes the deaths of the fish to increase. c) Diatom Algae- indicator species for indicating lake-levels. d) Beavers- by building dams they can flood or block feeder streams into a lake causing it to either grow or diminish.

4. The pond is virtually 18 times more salty than the earths ocean. There is so much salt that this ankle deep pond never freezes all year round even in below 40 degrees faranheight temperature. The surrounding rock shows stunning resemblance to the rock found on Mars which may narrow down the search for life in other areas by leaps and bounds. This pond has high concentration of nitrous oxide,a normal indicatior for microbial activity. []

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Citations [] [] [|www.vtfishandwildlife.com/library/Factsheets/.../**Ponds**%20and%20**Lakes**.pdf] [] [|www.hydra.iwr.msu.edu/iwr/cv/proposals/publications/.../UpperG**Lakes**.pdf] []