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Show ephemeral pool: Pool of water that exists in direct response to precipitation or other favorable climatic conditions. errant hardware: Military ordinance or other abandoned materials that have strayed outside the proper path. exotics: Normative species of plants or animals. eutrophic: Designating or of a body of water, esp. a lake or pond, rich in nutrients which cause excessive growth of aquatic plants, esp. algae: the resulting bacteria consume nearly all the oxygen, esp. during warm weather. fauna: Animals of a specified region or time. fetch: Distance a wind blows unobstructed over water, esp. as a factor affecting the buildup of waves. flood plain: Area bordering a stream or water body that may be overflowed or flooded during times of high water. flora: Plants of a specified region or time. flux: Continued flow or continuous moving on or passing by of a stream; a substance used to promote fusion of metals or minerals. food chain: Sequence of organisms in a community in which each member of the chain feeds on the member below it. forbs: Broad- leaved herbaceous plant, as distinguished from the grasses, sedges, shrubs and trees. freeboard: Vertical distance from the maximum water level in the lake to the top of the causeway slope protection. furans: Chemical compounds that result from the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons Jersey barriers: Concrete barriers used to separate lanes in a road or to prevent flooding. Gilbert Bay: The south arm of Great Salt Lake; the main body of Great Salt Lake groundwater: Underground water stored in aquifers. Groundwater is created by rain which soaks into the ground and flows down until it collects above an impervious zone. Gunnison Bay: The north arm of Great Salt Lake halophytic: Ability for a plant to grow in either salty or alkaline soil. hatch out: Portion of brine shrimp eggs that hatch in a given quantity. head differential: Difference in lake level elevations between the north and south arms. heavy metals: Metals that have high specific gravity and high atomic mass, such as lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, silver and mercury. In sufficient concentrations, these metals are toxic to humans and aquatic wildlife. historically: Period from 1847 to the present. Holocene: The present epoch of the Quaternary Period, extending from the close of the Pleistocene hydrograph: Map of oceans, lakes and rivers, esp. with reference to their navigational and commercial uses. hydrology: Science dealing with properties, distribution and circulation of water on the surface of the land in the soil and underlying rocks and in the atmosphere. hydrosalinity model: Hydrologic model of water and salinity balance. It incorporates inflow, outflow, causeway permeability and other hydrologic factors plus the movement of 353 |
