2006-06-12 11:47:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
I once started a small community newsletter by testing the waters in a nearby lake and river for dissolved oxygen with a kit and reporting the results in it. It involved breaking the glass stem on small ampoules immersed in the body of water with some solution in them that was under vacuum. The water sample filled the ampoule and then turned a blue color which could be compared with the colors of a chart. The kits are cheap and easy to obtain. During one summer when some low readings were found a whole chain of events started with the State (Minnesota) helping to fund a waste water line for these lakes to stop septic leakage into them. If someone is not part of a fix to a problem they are part of the problem.
2006-06-26 01:58:02 · answer #1 · answered by hrdwarehobbyist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dissolved gases in water are important because it has oxygen in it which is important for acquatic animal or fish etc.
2006-06-25 22:32:44 · answer #2 · answered by kannu_sweetest 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oxygen must be dissolved in water in order for fish to breath through their gills.
2006-06-23 15:12:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
dissolved oxygen is used for respiration and dissolved carbon dioxide is important in buffering the pH of the water, via bicarbonate equilibrium.
2006-06-12 14:15:39 · answer #4 · answered by nemo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marine life survive off of gasses in the water, that is how they breath. Their bodies are set up to metabolize the gasses through water, while ours are made to metabolize it through air.
2006-06-12 12:04:56 · answer #5 · answered by Doodlebug 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shirley you jest. How would fish or plants work without gases?
2006-06-12 11:52:36 · answer #6 · answered by thylawyer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They use it to breath, or for respiratory functions in general. This allows them to utilize energy and go on living
2006-06-23 17:45:59 · answer #7 · answered by solitusfactum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oxygen is required for metobolic processes and oxygen is disolved gas
2006-06-12 11:53:52 · answer #8 · answered by smc8098 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fish absorb those gases through their gills. Plants... idk.
2006-06-12 14:34:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋