The Eutrophication of lakes. Eutrophication is defined as ¡§the aging of a lake by the biological enrichment of its water¡¨ (encyclopedia.com). This biological enrichment is caused by the addition of nutrients. There is natural eutrophication and cultural eutrophication. Cultural eutrophication is usually defined as the over-enrichment of lakes and rivers with nutrients‚ usually phosphorous‚ leading to excessive growth of algae and other aquatic plants. Cultural eutrophication is becoming more
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Lake Baikal is the largest fresh water lake and the deepest lake on the planet. This lake is located in the south-eastern part of Siberia. To the Russians Lake Baikal is spelled Ozero Bayka. Baikal is is a word from the Turk language. The meaning behind the name of the lake is wealthy lake. The word “bai” means “wealthy” and “kul” means “lake”. This lake is one of the most beautiful places in the world; it is home to 1‚085 species of plants and 1‚550 different species. Baikal is very old roughly
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Firm Overview West Lake was established in Toronto‚ Ontario in 1970 as a manufacturer of table lamps. During the next thirty years since its founding‚ West Lake had extended its wholesale line to involve both floor lamps and lighting fixtures. It opened a retail store in Toronto‚ selling a broad line of lighting and some traditional home decor products. In addition‚ it also began its business online and sells its products directly to consumers. Charles Bowman‚ the CEO of West Lake Home Furnishing Ltd
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Smells Like Teen Spirit: An analysis of the characters in T. C. Boyle’s Greasy Lake Three nineteen year-old boys drunk with alcohol and high on life on the third night of summer back from college are looking for a place to let loose and be themselves. They make the drive past the strip and into a place where there the “trees crowding the asphalt in a black unbroken wall” (Boyle 125). It was a place of muddy and murky waters where broken glass bottles‚ beer cans‚ and charred bonfire remains were
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Case Study 8-1 Great Lakes Carriers OVERVIEW: With the demand for Great Lakes Carrier’s traditional commodities of iron ore and grain movement on a constant decline‚ Great Lakes Carrier is in need of a new market for its bulk cargo business to stay in business. CASE QUESTIONS: 1 When considering a new business venture‚ Great Lakes Carriers (GLC) will need to gather vital marketing data to support the transition. Issues to consider would include: will the current market support a new waterway
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Biology 1C March 3‚ 2011 Extreme Environment of Lake Vostok in Antarctica Throughout the earth‚ there are so many places that are so extreme that we thought that no living things could adapt to the environment. Interestingly‚ there are some organisms that can inhabit in extreme environments‚ and they are extremeophiles‚ which are microbes that can thrive and adapt under extreme conditions. There are many types of extreme environment‚ such as extremely cold or hot‚ too acidic‚ lacking of
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Pink Lake I heard about a very different lake ‚i want to share it with you‚it is Pink Lake in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It lies about 3 kilometers (2 mi) west of Esperance and is bounded to the East by the South Coast Highway.(wiki).The lake is not always pink in color but the distinctive color of the water changes as a result of green alga Dunaliella salina‚ halo bacterium Halobacteria cutirubrum‚ and/or high concentration of brine prawn. Once the lake water reaches
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Version The North American great lakes including Lake Erie‚ Michigan‚ Huron‚ Superior‚ and Ontario. Lake Huron is the 3rd largest lake out of all five of them. It measures at 850 cubic meters of water; it extends to about 3‚827 miles‚ measures at 206 miles across‚ and about 183 miles north to south. The average water depth in this huge lake is 195 ft. These lakes are the largest fresh water supply and home to many of the world’s wildlife. For several years the Great Lakes have served as a dumping ground
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Lake Monticello‚ a 2‚000 acre impoundment‚ was built in 1972 and is located just south of Interstate 30 between the towns of Mt. Vernon and Mt. Pleasant‚ TX. This lake is responsible for the lunker bass boom that began in the early ’80’s. Its lake record bass (14.90 pounds)‚ caught in February of 1980‚ broke the previous Texas state record that was held for 37 years. When word of the fourteen pound largemouth spread throughout the state‚ Lake Monticello became one of the premier bass lakes in the
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Lake District National Park is located in the North West of England‚ located specifically in Cumbria. It starts from Caldbeck to Lindale‚ Calbeck is in the north and Lindale is in the South and from Ravenglass which is situated in the East which is Shap. It is one of the fourteen national Parks in the UK. Lake District National Park has 101 sites of Special Scientific interest and 6 national nature reserves which also give it its beauty. There are around 400 villages where the population of over
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