HHMI's Holiday Lectures on Science   /     2016 Ecology Lecture 4

Description

"Climate Stress and Coastal Food Webs" by Brian R. Silliman, PhDMany rivers of the world have vast seasonal changes in flow rates. Dr. Mary Power leads us in an exploration of Northern California’s Eel River and how the community of herbivores and predators is affected by changes in river flow. Drought years with no winter floods generate a very different ecosystem compared to years with floods. Human-induced water shortage will also have a drastic detrimental effect on river ecology.

Summary

Many rivers of the world have vast seasonal changes in flow rates. Dr. Mary Power leads us in an exploration of Northern California’s Eel River and how the community of herbivores and predators is affected by changes in river flow. Drought years with no winter floods generate a very different ecosystem compared to years with floods. Human-induced water shortage will also have a drastic detrimental effect on river ecology.

Subtitle
Climate Stress and Coastal Food Webs" by Brian R. Silliman, PhD
Duration
43:18
Publishing date
2017-06-15 06:00
Link
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/ecology-rivers-and-coasts-food-webs-and-human-impacts
Contributors
  HHMI/Brian R. Silliman, PhD
author  
Enclosures
http://media.hhmi.org/16Lect4_1000.mp4
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