 | Chapter Objectives
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After reading this
chapter you should be able to: - list the gases of major importance to aquatic microbial communities
- discuss the nutrient levels observed in various types of bodies of water
- describe the vertical stratification of microbial populations, nutrients,
and oxygen that are observed in a Winogradsky column
- discuss the cycling of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur in aquatic
environments
- describe the microbial loop and its role in the cycling of nutrients in aquatic
environments
- give examples of the types of adaptations observed in aquatic microorganisms
- compare and contrast marine and freshwater environments
- compare and contrast lake environments and stream and river environments
- discuss frozen aquatic environments
- list the major pathogens transmitted by water
- describe the steps used to purify drinking water
- describe the ideal characteristics of indicator organisms and how they are
used to measure the microbiological quality of water
- describe the methods commonly used to measure the level of organic material
in wastewater
- discuss wastewater treatment systems
- compare and contrast wastewater treatment systems to the natural purification
processes observed in waters
- discuss the ways humans impact groundwater and surface water
- describe home wastewater treatment systems
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