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Stream mesocosms

  • Twenty kiddie pools with mesh over them are arranged on the grass, connected with pipes, taken from above.

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    Stream mesocosm experiment that tested the effect of round gobies on leaf litter in streams in summer 2010.

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  • kiddie pools with gravel and buckets in them, connected by pipes to a structure with a tank on top of it. There is a body of water behind them.

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    Setting up pools

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  • A person stands among kiddie pools with gravel and buckets in them, which are connected by pipes to a structure with a tank on top of it. There is a body of water behind them.

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    Graduate student Chris Janik setting up the stream mesocosm pools.

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  • A shallow kiddie pool with a bucket in the center. The bottom has gravel and mesh bags with leaves, and baskets with larger rocks inside. There is some water in the pool, and a pipe runs along one side.

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    Pool with rocks and bags of leaves.

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  • An experiment set up on a lawn, including twenty kiddie pools covered with nets and water flowing from a reservoir set up beyond the pools.

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    Covered pools with the water reservoir.

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  • An array of pools covered by mesh and connected with pipes at the waterfront.

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    Waterfront experiment

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Round goby-steelhead trout interactions in stream mesocosms (2011-2012)

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