Water
This section of the Envirothon guide covers
numerous topics pertaining to water including:
water chemistry, hydrological cycle, water table, aquifers, porosity,
movement of groundwater, wells, watersheds, streams & rivers, flow,
alterations
to a watershed, eutrophication, wetlands, lakes & ponds, lake turnover
& stratification, estuaries,
oceans, water pollution, movement of
contaminants in water, remediation and water
quality management.
USEFUL RESOURCES
 Aquatic
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Principles of Water Resources
Cech, Thomas; J. Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 2003
Dictionary Of Ecology and Environmental Science
Art, Henry New York 1994
Hands on Save Our Streams
Firehock, Karen Izaak Walton League of America, Inc; Gaithersburg,
MD 1995
Basic Ground-water Hydrology
Heath, Ralph. U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2220,
1998
Environmental Geology
Murck, Barbara & Skinner, Brian & Porter, Stephen C., John
Wiley and Sons, Inc :New York 1996
Massachusetts Land and Pond Guide
Office of Water Resources, Lakes and Ponds Program, Boston, 2004
A Guide to Aquatic Plants in Massachusetts
New England Aquarium, Central Wharf, Boston, 1999
Modern Biology
Towel, Albert. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc. Orlando, FL 1991
Ground Water and Surface Water: A Single Resource
Winter, Thomas & Harvey, Judson W., & Franke, O. Lehn &
Alley, William M.
U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1139: Denver, Colorado, 1998.
For more information contact:
Jim Lafley
Jim Lagacy
Or visit the Lakes and Ponds Website
Or view the Lake
Guide
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