APES Aquatic Test

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Lotic/ Lentic

Lotic means not moving. Freshwater systems can be labeled as this
Maximum Sustained yield

Approach for looking at fish populations; set limitations on hunting for fish
Stakeholders

People involved in the tragedy of the commons. They advocated nature preserves,etc.
Individual Transfer Rights

Government gives fishermen specified percentage of the total allowable catch
HIPPCO

Habitat loss Invasive species Pollution Population Climate change Overfishing
How to dispose of prescription drugs?

Put in sanitary landfills
Where is a massive water control project going on in the U.S.?

Florida Everglades
Mono Lake issue?

It's getting saltier because all the freshwater is being taken out and not replenished
LD50

lethal dosage to kill 50% of a specific population
One big difference between Three Gorges Dam and china's other megadams?

3 Gorges was on one river and future megadams will block several tributaries
How do cities like San Diego and Denver get their water?

San Diego is fed through aqueducts; Denver from snowmelt. Both are pre-treated water.