The document discusses land use changes and their impact on water quality in aquatic ecosystems. It focuses on a study conducted at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire, where researchers examined different land uses including clear cuts, deciduous forests, and developments. The study also looked at areas in Middletown, Delaware and how housing and commercial developments affected nearby water bodies like Wiggins Mill Pond and Noxontown Pond.

1. The Impact of Land Use Changes on
Water Quality in Aquatic Ecosystems
• Hubbard
Brook
Experimental
Forest, NH

2. Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest:
The Study Area
A Clear Cut Area
The Study Areas

3. A Look at The
Ecosystems
in The Area
Mirror
Lake
A Deciduous
Forest

4. Other Views of the Study Area
Mirror Lake
Sluiceway to collect
runoff
Mirror Lake

5. Middletown, Delaware and
Noxontown Pond

6. A Changing Middletown, DE...
Wiggins Mill Pond
St. Anne’s Golf Course

7. Housing Developments
Estates at St. Anne’s

8. SAS Farmland
Multiple Use
The New 301 Auto Mall
The New Walmart