Water Pollution
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Water Pollution
Catherine Maccaro
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Approximately 80 percent of ocean pollution causes are
land based, or human induced. Twenty percent of ocean
pollution is caused by ocean based activities.
40% of America's rivers and lakes are too polluted for
fishing, swimming, or aquatic life.
Two-thirds of US estuaries and bays are either
moderately or severely degraded from eutrophication
The US EPA has warned that sewage levels in rivers
could be back to the super-polluted levels of the 1970s
by the year 2016.
Types Of Pollutions
Run-Off
Microbiological
Ground Water
Eurtophication
Suspended Solids
Chemical
Solid Waste
Thermal
Radionuclide
Oil Spill
Pollutants
Major bodies
of water with
pollution
problems
Water Pollutions Worldwide
Pollution At Local Level
Model Organisms
Brine Shrimp
Planaria
Daphnia
Pollutant: Oil
Unable to swim or fly properly, maintain their body
temperature, feed or even reproduce.
Interrupts food chain
Sensitivity of animals increases
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Pollutant: Detergent
Destroy the mucus layers that protect organisms from
bacteria and parasites.
Severe damage to the gills.
All organisms will die when concentrations get near
15 parts per million (ppm).
Concentrations as low as 5 ppm will kill eggs.
Americans use about 8.3 billion pounds of dry
detergent and a billion gallons of liquid detergent
each year.
Kill life in rivers, streams and oceans by causing
“Algae Blooms/Red Tides”.
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Pollutant: Thermal
Decrease the level of dissolved oxygen
Increase metabolic rate in organisms
Increase Plant growth rate-shorter lifespan
Algae Blooms AKA Eurtophication.
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Measuring Pollution
Ph Paper
Thermometer
Literature Review 1
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Brix, Hans, and Hans Schirup. "The Use of Aquatic Macrophytes in Water-Pollution Control." The Use of Aquatic Macrophytes in WaterPollution Control 18.2 (1989): 100-07. Web. 30 Apr. 2010. <http://mit.biology.au.dk/~biohbn/hansbrix/pdf_files/Ambio_1989_100-107.pdf>.
Ecosystems dominated by aquatic macrophytes are
among the most productive in the world
Aquatic plants possessing an outstanding ability for
assimilating nutrients and creating favorable
conditions for decomposition.
Creates huge success in restoration in streams,
lakes, and wetlands.
Literature Review 2
MacRae, Thomas H., and Amritanshu S. Pandey. "Effects of Metals on Early Life Stages of the Brine Shrimp,Artemia: A Developmental
Toxicity Assay." Effects of Metals on Early Life Stages of the Brine Shrimp,Artemia: A Developmental Toxicity Assay 20.2 (1991): 247-52.
Springer Link. Springer New York. Web. 30 Apr. 2010. <http://www.springerlink.com/content/r767582126335462/>.
Need for simple, fast and inexpensive tests to study metal
pollution in the marine environment.
Study used four metals: cupric sulfate, lead nitrate, zinc sulfate
and nickel sulfate, on emergence and hatching of the brine
shrimp (Artemia).
Provide a convenient method to assay metal effects on
development.
Result show it’s apparent that use of early stages of Artemia is
an alternative to the examination of slower growing animals for
the study of metal pollution in coastal marine waters.
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Daoji, Li, and Dag Daler. "Ocean Pollution from Land-based Sources: East China Sea, China." Ocean Pollution from Land-based Sources:
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