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Upper Paint Creek

Upper Paint Creek. By Group 3 : Tina Liu, Elli Schwartz, Bailey Eckerle. Interesting Facts. Paint Creek is part of a State Park with many trails and caves If the Creek was 4 miles longer it would be a river Has bass, carp, catfish, sunfish, and many small animals like frogs and rabbits.

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Upper Paint Creek

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  1. Upper Paint Creek By Group 3 : Tina Liu, Elli Schwartz, Bailey Eckerle

  2. Interesting Facts • Paint Creek is part of a State Park with many trails and caves • If the Creek was 4 miles longer it would be a river • Has bass, carp, catfish, sunfish, and many small animals like frogs and rabbits. A watershed is an area of land that forms the drainage system for a stream, lake or river.

  3. Habitat’s Effect on the Diversity of Fish Hypothesis: By having a good habitat, the diversity of fish will increase and the riparian zone can act as a filter for the pollutants. There are lots of different things that can affect the habitat: • Agriculture • Run-off carries fertilizer • Stream is polluted with excess nutrients • Forest • Urban • Sediment/Siltation(sand, silt, clay) • Toxic Substances (heavy metals, oil and petroleum products)

  4. Comparison between the Habitat and the Diversity of Fish

  5. Hypothesis • The more urban land use around a stream, the lower the fish diversity score. • Helps show how healthy a stream is. Equals Equals

  6. Diversity Score Land Use

  7. There are a lot of factors that play a role in the quality of the substrate, like: • Food Supply • Shelter • Reproduction Substrate vs. ICI A substrate is the rocky bottom of a stream. • Hypothesis • Based on my information, as the quality of the substrate in the Upper Paint Watershed decreases, so does the macro-invertebrate community.

  8. Comparison between Macro-Invertebrates and ICI Substrate Score

  9. Final Conclusions Best Practices • The better the habitat, the more diversity of fish • Urban runoff results in areas with limited percolation. This runoff pollutes local streams and kills off the fish living there • A healthy substrate has food supply, shelter, and areas for reproduction for macro-invertebrates and fish • Keep plants in your yard to prevent erosion • Don’t litter or pollute—everything flows to the streams in some way • Farmers should leave a 10 meter area by the stream unplowed to prevent fertilizers from entering the stream Remember: we get our resources from these streams, so let’s keep them clean!

  10. And we would like to thank • The Ohio State University • The Ohio Supercomputer Center • The Ohio EPA • P&G • Battelle • AEP • And all of our wonderful chaperones, teachers and advisors.

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