ENSC 390 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ecological Footprint, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Ecosystem Services
30 Jan 2018
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If you add so much sulfate that leads to acidification, start to see biological effect: bc so unique, bc has almost everything in a relatively small province, diversity of lakes, victoria 2ls of rainwater annually. Impacted by drought, introduction of invasive species: huge biodiversity stress due to many factors, lake near nairobi lake nawasha (?) Is it a phenomenon: major problems going on though. Impact of uranium mines and climate on northern sk lakes. Impact of oil and development and recent climate on northern lakes in saskatchewan: emissions of acids and nutrients and their impacts on northern boreal lakes. The ability of a system to survive indefinitely: fundamental to sustainability concept, has to survive indefinitely, 2. A sustainable population will not overwhelm the carrying capacity of the environment: all biological species normally grow to a carry capacity above or below that capacity and if they go below they crash, 3.
