“State of the Water of the Amazon”

 

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Ryan Allard

Jonathan Karr

Lauren Cooney

MinJi Kim

Katrina Cornell

Melanie Michalak

                             

 

December, 2002


Table of Contents

 

              I.      Introduction

            II.      Water Cycle

A.      Introduction

B.      Rainfall

C.      Evaporation

D.      Evapotranspiration

E.      Trends

F.      Rainfall Monitoring

G.     Evapotranspiration Monitoring

          III.      Aquatic Biota

A.      Fish

B.      Fish Monitoring

C.      Parasites

D.      Parasites Monitoring

          IV.      Sedimentology

A.      Sediment Transport and Erosion

B.      The effect of hydroelectric power dams on the river

C.      Monitoring

            V.      Deforestation

          VI.      Pollution

A.      Acidification and pH

B.      Mining

        VII.      Conclusion

      VIII.      Sources

          IX.      Appendix

A.      Rainfall Data

B.      Definition of an ‘A’

C.      Progress as of November 8, 2002

D.      Project SIVAM

E.      Budget