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Footnotes:
1. Cyanobacterium
is the group of photosynthetic bacteria that have two photosystems, that
produce molecular oxygen, and uses water as an electron - donating substrate
and photosynthesis - also know as string algae, hair algae, and blue – green
alga.
2. Assimilatory
denitrification occurs in anaerobic areas were nitrates are reduced to ammonium
(NH4+). Obligate anaerobic heterotrophs accomplished this in oxygen free zones,
when exposed to oxygen die very quickly. This is known as “Ammonification,” a
form of denitrification.
3. Anoxic
is a more recognized word than the unfamiliar words “dysaerobic” or the medical
term “hypoxic” to represent areas in the substrate where very little oxygen is
present. This way of filtering contains approximately 2.0 mg/l to .5 mg/l of
oxygen and is where destructive denitrification takes place.
4. Laterite
itself is negatively charged and increasing magnitude with depth. The deeper
the plant basket, the more negatively charged it becomes and the more positive
charged nutrients are naturally attracted deep inside the biocenosis-baskets.
5. Dissimilatory
denitrification is accomplished by facultative anaerobic heterotrophs and lives
in anoxic zones.
6. The
Liebig Minimum Law is that plant growth is determined by the one factor that is
present at a minimum. That is healthy plants must have all nutrients in the
correct proportions. The first five major elements are sunlight, CO2, Iron,
Manganese, and Ammonium (NH4+). The law also holds true for trace elements as
well.
7. Hydrogen
Sulfide is a poisonous gas (H2S) that has an odor of rotten eggs.
8. Sweet
smell; means that the clay biocenosis-baskets had no other odor than that of
the ponds natural smells.
9. The
process whereby particles of liquids intermingle as the result of their
spontaneous movement caused by thermal agitation and in dissolved substances
move from a region of higher to one of lower concentration. Diffusion is
fundamental way molecules collide and react; how food molecules approach cells,
and how waste leaves local environments. That dynamic process that helps many
biological functions takes place, and physical factors take place. Diffusion is
a part of all ponds whether natural or fabricated, diffusion will exist to one
degree or another in all systems.
10. Kitty litter and/or cat
litter is not really a potting medium, but it works very well as one. Kitty
litter made from calcified clay (which is mined from the earth, cleaned, baked,
and pulverized) is best because it has not been chemically treated or
deodorized. Avoid products that contain anything with none clay materials in
them. Kitty litter is as good as clay soil at holding nutrients, yet it will
not muddy pond water if disturbed. It will not float or clump.
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