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in Deep, cold lakes in the mountains are usually teeming with life whereas warm lakes in the lowlands have difficulty supporting life. How would the properties of water  account for this phenomenon.
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9 years ago
Cold high pressure fluids can diffuse more gasses. Like when a can of soda is opened and allowed to warm it cannot hold as much gas (CO2 in this case).

The ability to hold more gasses allows aerobic respiration which is much more efficient for larger life than anaerobic.
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9 years ago
The amount of biodiversity in water depends on the amount of oxygen gas dissolved in the water. Water can hold more gas at lower temperatures, so the cold, mountain lakes have more oxygen than the warm lakes, making them able to support more life. This property of water is also the reason coke goes flat if it gets warm, as well as the reason factories dumping warm water into rivers is so harmful.
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9 years ago
The colder water is the more oxygen can be dissolved in it and thus the more life that can be supported in it. Warm water can't hold much oxygen and therefore can't support as much life.
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