A nutrient cycle diagram, modified to illustrate how streams transport nutrient downstream, the "nutrient spiral" of stream ecology.
Stream ecology and the nutrient spiral. Digital illustration for my current book project, introducing the ecology of stream environments.🐡 🧪🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #iNat #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #nutrientspiral
Analysis of how nutrients flow in stream ecosystems is complicated by the constant movement of the major component of the system: water. Ecologists call this extended cycle a nutrient spiral, was water moves downstream.
The nutrient spiral in stream ecology. For a forthcoming book Streams: An Illustrated Guide, to be published by Yale University Press in 2026.
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A complex, multi-element diagram showing how the usual cycle of nutrients in a forest wetland is elongated by the flowing water of a stream into what ecologists call a "nutrient spiral."
The nutrient spiral in stream ecology. For a forthcoming book Streams: An Illustrated Guide, to be published by Yale University Press in 2026.
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Streams are an odd environment to analyze ecologically, because one major component of the environment—the water—is constantly changing. The "nutrient spiral" is science's attempt to analyze nutrient flows in streams and smaller rivers.
The nutrient spiral in stream ecology. For a forthcoming book Streams: An Illustrated Guide, to be published by Yale University Press in 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🪶 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #freshwater #NutrientSpiral
Stream ecology and the nutrient spiral. Digital illustration for my current book project, introducing the ecology of stream environments.
#sciart 🧪🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #iNat #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #nutrientspiral
