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Clutch. Field Group: Hanna, Sarah, Sara, Melissa, Rob, Alex, Patrick, Vincent, Britta, Kayla, Fiona, Marie *** Instructors: Heidi, Carrie, Mike. Welcome To The Brook. Location: N 44° 28.85’ W 73° 10.80’ Dimensions: 1 m 22 cm across 21.25 cm at center Temperature:
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Clutch Field Group: Hanna, Sarah, Sara, Melissa, Rob, Alex, Patrick, Vincent, Britta, Kayla, Fiona, Marie *** Instructors: Heidi, Carrie, Mike
Welcome To The Brook Location: N 44° 28.85’ W 73° 10.80’ Dimensions: 1 m 22 cm across 21.25 cm at center Temperature: 62°F at 6 in deep Water pH: 6.8 Soil pH: 8 Light: 5621 lux Dissolved O2: 74% Salinity: 7.53 mg/L Conductivity: 3.45microS Average Water Speed: 7.15 cm/sec Carbon Capacity:476 lb/100 sq M
Wildlife Frogs Snails Crayfish Small Fish Ants Mosquitoes Eggs Vegetation Plot 1: 70% Grass 20% Jewelweed 30% Goldenrod Plot 2: 50% Grass 5% Ferns 20 % Unidentified Herbs 2% Goldenrod 2% Bedstraw 40% Jewel Weed Local Life
Soil Analysis Properties: • Presence of Clay, Silt, and some Sand • Wet • Iron • Oxidation • Reduction • Evidence of constant water (wetland) • Water table • 31 in near stream • 35 in on hill
Welcome To The Power Line Stream Location: • N 44° 28.794 • W 73 ° 11.060 Dimensions: 1 m 47 cm across 7.5 cm Deep Temperature: 65° at 3 in Water pH: 6.9 Soil pH: 8.2 Light: 147990 lux Dissolved O2: 74% Salinity: 7.04 mg/L Conductivity: 1.31 microS Average Water Speed: 5.2 cm/sec Carbon Capacity:0 lb/100 sq M
Local Organism Wildlife • Evidence of deer and moose • Frog • Small fish • Unidentified insects • Mosquitoes • Tadpoles • Vegetation • Plot 1: • Grass- 65% • Flowers- 25% • Other- 10% • Plot 2: • Grass 90% • Flower 2% • Other 8% • Plot 3: • Strawberries • Maple Seedlings • Goldenrod • Jewelweed • Other • Grass • Yellow water buttercup
Soil Analysis Properties: • Presence of sand clay and silt. • Layer of roots enclosed in B layer on hill • Little organic material • Wet • Constant, reduced color • Little or no oxidation
Welcome To The Beaver Pond Location: • N 44° 28.678 • W 73 ° 10.886 Dimensions: • 23 m 60 cm across • 49 cm Deep Temperature: • 68° Water pH: 7.1 Soil pH: 7.5 Light: 2300 lux Dissolved O2: 54.4% • Salinity: 4.94 mg/ L Conductivity: 1.325 milliS Average Water Speed: N/A- Stagnant Carbon Capacity:7392 lb/100 sq M
Wildlife Evidence of beavers Mosquitoes spiders Vegetation Plot 1: Ferns- 90% Grass- 4% Goldenrod- 3% Wood Sorrel- 1% Hemlock Sapling- 1% Japanese Barberry- 1% Plot 2: Cinnamon Fern- 90% False Helboar- 5% Oak Sapling- 5% Plot 3: N/A Local Organisms
Soil Analysis Properties on hill: • Presence of clay and silt • Small amounts of reduction but mostly oxidation • Distinct layers
Did you know… The total amount of gas used by the cars of Clutch members to drive to GIV was 34.5 gallons!!!