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Spiral Length - Spiral length has been defined as the distance traveled by a substance in a stream before assimilation by attached organisms of the streambed.

Thus, if a nutrient is at limiting concentrations in a stream it may be possible that the nutrient will be rapidly recycled and hence it will have short spiral length.

On the other hand, if the nutrient is found abundant, it will be recycled less rapidly and hence will have a long spiral length.