Fall 2005

Five Different Animals and Their Measurements

• Mummichog        8.5 cm

• Silverside          8 cm

• Sheepshead    9.5 cm

• Killifish                9 cm

• Killifish                6.5 cm

Water Observations

• Allows you to see the disk at about 350 inches

• Ph = 6.5

• Smells bad

• Rocky on bank

• Surface: 80° F, Bottom: 82°F

• Dissolved Oxygen = 7 ppm

Spring 2004

 Soil:  The soil that they collected smelled like rotten fish.  It was mushy and rocky.  It feels like wet sand.  It also has a light brown color.

 Water:  Water was dark and cold.  It looks like there are many species swimming in the water.  Water temperature was 66 degrees to 70 degrees F.  The water also smelled. 

PH of Water = 8.75

Dissolved Oxygen = 6.5 ppm

Fall 2004

 Water tests  Water was very cold.   It was cloudy and had a fishy smell.

pH = 7.5

Temperature at the surface= 60 °F.

 Temperature at the bottom=61°F.

Soil  It was brown and gray the soil smelled feels like rocks, sand and dirt the texture is mostly rocks.

 Animals  Crab (2cm), shrimp (2cm), tadpoles (1cm), clam (5cm), and a minnow (5cm)

Spring 2002

 Soil rough and rocky, blackish, brown, sepia, nasty, thick and weedy, not pleasant

Water  The water was green and brown. The water was cloudy because we got the sample from low tide. It had a gross smell.  Surface- 79°F Bottom- 76°F, Dissolved Oxygen 7 ppm, pH 8.5

Fall 2002

 Soil  It smells fishy and was a smoky color.  The soil was very dry, and rich.  It also was chunky looking. 

Dissolved Oxygen: 9 ppm 

Ph in water: 6 

Bottom: 73 degrees Fahrenheit Top: 67 degrees Fahrenheit

 The water color is a blue brown.  It was high tide and it smelled like fish. 

 Living Things  We found grass shrimp.

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