1. Movement of Light, Heat, and Chemicals in Water
Chapter 3
Movement of Light, Heat, and Chemicals in Water
Dodds & Whiles
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2. the middle of each agar plate is labeled.
FIGURE 3.1
Diffusion of dye into a 0.5% agar solution in 10 cm diameter petri dishes as a function of
time. The agar prevents turbulent mixing so the outward spread of the dye is indicative of
the rate of molecular diffusion. Length of time since dye was added to a small depression in
the middle of each agar plate is labeled.
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3. FIGURE 3.2
Schematic illustrating diffusion between two flat surfaces at different concentrations (C1 and C2). The
rate of diffusion (J) is described by Fick’s law (see text). The concentration at C1 is greater than at C2,
so the net diffusion is toward C2. Diffusion is less rapid as distance (x1 2 x2) between the two planes
increases and as the difference between the concentrations at the two planes (C1 2 C2) decreases.
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4. Effect of temperature on rate of diffusion of chloride.
FIGURE 3.3
Effect of temperature on rate of diffusion of chloride.
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5. FIGURE 3.4
Spectral energy distribution of solar radiation outside the Earth’s atmosphere and inside the
atmosphere at sea level. Note how the atmosphere changes the spectral distribution of light. (After Air
Force, 1960).
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6. absorbed in the water column.
FIGURE 3.5
Schematic of light entering water, where it can be reflected back, scatter off of a particle, or be
absorbed in the water column.
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7. FIGURE 3.6
Light as a function of depth in three lakes—Waldo Lake (oligotrophic), Triangle Lake (mesotrophic), and a sewage
oxidation pond (eutrophic), Oregon—plotted on linear (A) and log (B) scales. (R. W. Castenholz, unpublished data).
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8. FIGURE 3.7
Secchi depth as a function of extinction coefficient (measured with a quantum meter, 400–700 nm) for 13 Oregon
lakes. Boundaries between trophic states for Secchi depth set according to the classification of OECD (1982).
(R. W. Castenholz, unpublished data).
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9. FIGURE 3.8
The absorption (A) and transmission (B) of light by pure water as a function of wavelength of light.
(Data from Kirk, 1994).
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10. FIGURE 3.9
Light transmission as a function of color for an oligotrophic lake (Waldo Lake, 1984; A), a mesotrophic lake
(Munsel Lake, 1984; B), and a eutrophic lake (Siltcoos Lake, 1983; C) in Oregon. (R. W. Castenholz, unpublished data).
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11. FIGURE 3.10
Profiles of chlorophyll a concentration and light with depth at Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake No. 2, Kansas. Deep
chlorophyll peaks are attributable to the presence of large populations of cyanobacteria (Oscillatoria). The high
biomass of algae occurs in a region with 1–0.001% of surface sunlight. Note how the attenuation of light increases
(shallower slope of the light curve) because of the dense algal populations.
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