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2007, Oceanography 20(2):200–206, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2007.71
HANDS-ON OCEANOGRAPHY | Phosphorus in Our Waters
Authors | Purposes of Activity | Full Article | Citation
Authors
Adina Paytan | Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Karen McLaughlin | University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
Purposes of Activity
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Familiarize students with the problem of nutrient loading and eutrophication.
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Encourage students to consider their own roles in human-ecosystem interactions and also consider the ways that they could ameliorate the problem of cultural eutrophication of waters due to phosphorus loading from various anthropogenic sources.
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Expose students to analytical methods (standards, blanks, calibration curves).
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Exercise skills associated with field sampling (maintaining a field notebook, mapping, sample collection), statistics (e.g., replication of measurements, propagation of error, regressions), and reporting scientific data (tables, graphs).
Full Article
Citation
Paytan, A., and K. McLaughlin. 2007. Hands-on oceanography: Phosphorus in our waters. Oceanography 20(2):200–206, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2007.71.