Pond and Stream Terms

usually a low lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water

a wetland dominated by herbacious plants

a low land region saturated with water

by the type of vegatation that is found there

it means it flows all year round

it means it flows during part of the year

it means it flows even less than a intermittent stream, usually after a snow melt etc.

a macroscopic plant (visible to the naked eye)

it means it grows above and out of the water

it means below the surface of the water

it means on top of wetland

still water environment

moving water environment

dissolved oxygen, and its the amount of oxygen dissolved in a body of water

it has oxygen

deprived oxygen also tends to smell bad

biochemical oxygen demand/ demand organisms put on environment by breaking down organic matter

its the rocky cobbely bottom of the stream floor

organic debris formed from the decay of organisms

a property of liquids caused by unbalanced molecular cohesive forces at surface, behaves like a thin elastic film

a 6 legged arthropod which can tolerate low levels of DO

• any crustacean mostly in marine order having 10 legs
• Ex- crabs, lobsters etc.

• any crustacean characterized by a flattened body bearing 7 pairs of legs
• Ex- sow bugs

its unconsolidated organic material

• free floating aquatic plants
• Ex- algae

• plankton that consists of animals
• Ex- coral, rotifers, jellyfish etc.