More biology, sorry

[ghosthooves]

I reeally need some info on the effect of water velocity on habitats in streams. I know that the faster the velocity the greater the concentration of oxygen but can't remember what else and having no luck on google. Any ideas?

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[jrp204]

Have you tried google scholar, theres several papers that may be useful

 

[jrp204]

I'm struggling too, have to write a scientific paper on ecological speciation using Pseudomonas fluorescens!!! Only got about 1800 more words to do, its taken me nearly all day to write the method and start the intro..........i'm so depressed!

 

[ghosthooves]

Had a look on google scholar and couldn't find much, might just leave that weeny bit for now (doing my first draft at the mo

) Know just how you feel, there's sooo many things I'd rather be doing but I really need to get something down so that my teacher can look over it tomorrow

 

[sade1986]

If you can find one scientific paper on google scholar, use the references they have to find other related papers, if that makes sense. That is my lazy way of finding papers. Don't assignments just suck, i have a 10,000 dissertation to do and i have only got about 1500 words so far. A very long way to go.

 

[jrp204]

Few ideas,
Higher velocity = more erosion, less algae, less sediment, less plants, less insects.

 

[Booboos]

Try one of the biobliographical databases. Biology is not my thing, but after a quick look Biology Digest looks promising:
http://www.csa1.co.uk/factsheets/biodig-set-c.php

You will need access to it though, usually obtained via ATHENS provided your institution has paid for this.

 

[Kat1e]

It might be worth looking at info you can get from studies of insects in archaeological contexts for some ideas. A lot can be worked out concerning types of water and flow rate using insects in archaeological samples. Trent Valley is an area with lots of this type of work. Basically though certain species are very specific to particular conditions.