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ERIC Number: EJ161063
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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From Headwater Streams to Rivers
Cummins, Kenneth W.
American Biology Teacher, 39, 5, 305-312, May 77
Presents generalizations regarding how running water systems change physically, chemically and biologically with stream order, i. e., from the tiny headwater streams (order 1) to those receiving first order headwater tributaries (order 2) and so on. Food chain diagrams respective of stream order are explained. Stream study projects are suggested. (CS)
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Ecological Factors, Ecology, Environmental Education, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Natural Resources, Rivers, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Water Resources
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