Watts Branch (DC)

Student Training in Research, Environmental Action and Monitoring

STREAM Student data

 

Kenilworth Park March 1, 2014
  Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Average
Chemistry        
Dissolved Oxygen (ppm) 6 4 4 4.7
pH 8 7 7 7.3
Turbidity (JTU) 30 25 25 26.7
Nitrate (ppm) 5 5 5 5
Phosphate (ppm) 0 0 0 0
Benthic Macroinvertebrates        
Flatworms       3

 

Watts Branch near Leader Garden May 20, 2014
  Group 1 - 9:30 Group 2 - 10:30 Group 3 - 1:00 Group 4 - 2:00 Total
Benthic Macroinvertebrates          
Midges 6 7 15 12 40
Aquatic worms 3 3   2 8
Snail 1       1
Caddisfly 5 5 6 3 19
Mayfly 2 4 6 2 14
True fly larvae     1   1
Crayfish   carcass      

 

 

 

 

 

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