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Student measures stream gradient below Yellow Belly Lake, Idaho (USA)

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Wayne Wurtsbaugh



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Two students measure the gradient in Yellow Belly Creek, just after it has left the lake above. Such streams have coarse, stable substrates, because fine sediments are trapped in lakes above. The nutrients provided by the lake, and the open canopy promote periphyton growth. July 2001.
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Keywords: lake stream gradient canopy linkage periphyton watershed

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