Assume You Are a Biologist and You Have Taken a Job

Essay

Assume you are a biologist and you have taken a job as a watershed manager. You are studying the characteristics of a particular stream as it leaves its source. The stream forms at the base of a mountain, from melting snow. It then travels through a transition zone and eventually drains into a river in a floodplain area.Describe how you will explain that the nutrient content of this stream is variable as it travels from its source to its drainage point.