1. EGRET Fellows Program Exploring the Geographical Region and Ecosystems of the Tar-Pamlico Watershed SUMMER INSTITUTE June 23-25, 2015 Presented by UNC INSTITUTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT GOOSE CREEK STATE PARK A TIME FOR SCIENCE NATURE AND SCIENCE LEARNING CENTER Funded by THE EDDIE AND JO ALLISON SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION

3. Do You Live In A Watershed?

4. We All Live in a Watershed

5. A watershed is all the land that drains to a common point

6. How to ID your stream Google maps (terrain and earth view) Google Earth Topographic maps (store.usgs.gov) Aerial photographs (any of the above or GIS office)

7. Falkland Elementary School, Greenville. Images from store.usgs.gov, 2013, 1985, 1954.

8. Goose Creek 2013 and below is goose creek 1954 topographic map.

9. Your 5 x 5 Meter Plot

10. The Water Cycle

11. How surfaces change Transpiration, Evaporation, Runoff and Infiltration

13. The River Foodweb

14. Sources of Dissolved Organic Matter atmospheric deposition Trees Plants organic soil roots and fungi aquatic sediments aquatic organisms

15. Leaf Leachate (tea) Maple Poplar Oak

16. What is the bacteria doing? Bacteria send enzymes to break apart DOM Bacteria eat polysaccharides DOM polysaccharides

17. The Microbial Loop

18. Exploring Ecosystems Biomes are ecological zones primarily defined by the dominant vegetation that occur in particular temperature and rainfall (climate) conditions around the world. An ecoregion is a region that contains similar soils and landforms where similar types of ecosystems can be found. The boundaries of ecoregions approximate the original extent of natural communities prior to major land use change. Ecoregions are generally smaller, more defined units than biomes. An ecosystem is the interaction between a community of living (biotic) things and the nonliving (abiotic) environment.

19. Biomes and Ecoregions

21. Ecosystems we’ve explored

22. Forest Ecosystems

23. Wetland Ecosystems

24. Freshwater Aquatic