Too much of a good thing? Exploring nutrient pollution in streams using bioindicators
Author(s): J. Stephen Gosnell
Baruch College, City University of New York and PhD Program in Biology, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
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Description
This module is a lab-based activity where students summarize data on stream nutrient concentrations and explore relationships to aquatic macrobenthic insect diversity. Concepts related to nutrient pollution and bioindicators are presented. Tools focus on data aggregation (filtering), summarizing (five-number summaries), plotting (boxplots and scatterplots), and relationships (R2 values).
Notes
This revision includes more detailed introduction to nutrient pollution, bioindicators, and quantitative tools. Students use a web-based app to develop boxplots (instead of developing them on their own) and focus their analysis on two regions they choose.
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Researchers should cite this work as follows:
- Gosnell, J. S. (2020). Too much of a good thing? Exploring nutrient pollution in streams using bioindicators. ESA Data Access - Inclusive Pedagogy, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/K2EZ-RP39