The Lake as Microcosm.edited

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The Lake as Microcosm
Scientists have argued for some time of the interrelationship between water sources and their interdependence with animals living in and around them. However, Stephen Forbes in his paper, “The Lake as a Microcosm” delivered in 1887 clearly shows the kind of ecology that exists in such environments. He argues that in such an ecosystem where there exists both the natural resources and human beings, then there is likely to be conflicts that are related to insecurity by the animals living in the water as well as some effects such as floods.
Forbes’ reading plays a significant role at the heart of every scientist who is interested in understanding the ecological relationships of lakes even in the current times. The reading was important because it brought to light the kind of battles that exist mostly in the lake ecosystems that mainly affect the surrounding animals, especially human beings. “Forbes’s foundational paper “The Lake as a Microcosm” demonstrates the linkage between the science of ecology and environmental politics” (16). His paper is key to the modern researchers and scientists in understanding the manner in which breeding of the water animals happens and even the different reservoirs of life that result from the sediments that are left behind by the overflowing streams.
One important reason why I can recommend the reading to historians is the fact that the materials play a critical role in enabling them to understand the ancient evolution process of the organisms and their interaction within the ecosystem.

Therefore to get acquitted with the protozoa for instance, which most insects depend on for food, the paper helps in offering the prior knowledge of understanding the existence and form of life in the lake environment or instead of the water ecosystem at large. “In flowing water, without continuous replenishment, all of the plankton would eventually be washed downstream, leaving the river devoid of food” (21).
In summary, the reading is very relevant and applicable in its own time and influences most readers to get into the ancient history of understanding what exactly zoology entails and more specifically the lakes.
Work Cited
Forbes, Stephen Alfred. “The lake as a microcosm.” Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin; v. 015, no. 09 (1925).