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H 2 O. Sheneika Smith Madeline Soto Jared Willock. Urban Ecology. Urban ecology is the subfield of ecology which deals with the interaction of plants, animals and humans with each other and with their environment in urban or urbanizing settings.

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  1. H2O Sheneika Smith Madeline Soto Jared Willock

  2. Urban Ecology • Urban ecology is the subfield of ecology which deals with the interaction of plants, animals and humans with each other and with their environment in urban or urbanizing settings. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_ecology

  3. Our Site • Our site is located in Brighton at Newton border. It is 38 acres and was developed around 1930. • The urban pond is a watering hole for swan, Canada geese, heron, and rabbits. A pleasant walk around two-thirds of the pond takes you through the small park and along Lake Shore Road.

  4. Research Question • How does Ph and Dissolved Oxygen vary in areas with low and high vegetation and animals in Chandler’s Pond? • Hypothesis: Areas with more animals will have more pH and Dissolved Oxygen and areas with less animals will have less pH and Dissolved Oxygen. • Our Variables are the levels of pH and Dissolved Oxygen.

  5. Data Collection

  6. Data Collection • We collected our data by getting water from Chandler’s Pond and testing it different time with the same test to make sure we had the right result. • We collected our data on July 27, 2008 and July 28,2008 • We used bottles, buckets, nitrogen and Dissolved Oxygen kits . • We followed the instructions that were given with the kits. • Some recorder data, some ran test

  7. Data Analysis • We tested the two sites and tried to find a difference in The dissolved oxygen. We Looked at our data from the different sites and realized that there was only a slight difference in the water from each site. The temperature of the water was the same and the Ph of the water was very similar.

  8. Results

  9. Results • We saw that the area with low vegetation tested the same both time on two different days areas. • The results show that there is no difference in pH and D.O. in areas with low and high vegetation

  10. Conclusions • We claim that there is no difference in the areas with low and high vegetation and animals. The data we collected proved our claim. • We tested on two different days and found the same results pH 7.5 and D.O. 8.

  11. Questions for future Research • Would the data we gathered change in the next few years? Why? • Would more trees and animals in Chandler’s pond increase the D.O. in the water?

  12. What we learned • 7.5 for pH is a good level that means the water is not acidic. • There are little macros that live in the soil at the bottom of the pond. • There are certain species of macros at certain areas of the pond.

  13. The End

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