The effects of sediment The effects of sediment on aquatic lifeon aquatic life

Prepared by the 7Prepared by the 7thth graders in the graders in the

University of Kansas Educational Talent University of Kansas Educational Talent Search/Kansas Geological Survey Search/Kansas Geological Survey Environmental Science AcademyEnvironmental Science Academy

20 December 2008 at the Schlagel Library

SedimentSediment

What is sediment?What is sediment? Where does sediment come from?Where does sediment come from? What does sediment do to aquatic What does sediment do to aquatic

life?life?

What is sediment?What is sediment? RocksRocks MineralsMinerals SandSand DirtDirt ManureManure MudMud

Where does sediment come Where does sediment come from?from?

AnimalsAnimals PrairiePrairie AgricultureAgriculture

What does sediment do to What does sediment do to aquatic life?aquatic life?

Disturbs breathing (gills)Disturbs breathing (gills) Impairs vision – predators, huntingImpairs vision – predators, hunting Smothers eggsSmothers eggs Impacts life cyclesImpacts life cycles Carries chemicals – from fertilizers, Carries chemicals – from fertilizers,

mining, etc.mining, etc.

Crayfish with eggsCrayfish with eggs

Mussel life cycleMussel life cycle

http://www.musselconservation.org/Reproduction.html