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Water and Animal Surveying of Deer Creek Watershed

Water and Animal Surveying of Deer Creek Watershed. Bryan Bowling. The Dam. The Lake. Map and Site Locations. I tested 5 locations for water samples and animal surveys Samples were taken from the Dam, Lake, Dry Run, Stone Run, and Opossum Run. What’s being measured in the water?. Turbidity.

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Water and Animal Surveying of Deer Creek Watershed

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  1. Water and Animal Surveying of Deer Creek Watershed Bryan Bowling

  2. The Dam

  3. The Lake

  4. Map and Site Locations I tested 5 locations for water samples and animal surveys Samples were taken from the Dam, Lake, Dry Run, Stone Run, and Opossum Run.

  5. What’s being measured in the water? Turbidity Flow Mirkyness of the water samples m/s Tested by placing apple in water and measuring how long it takes to go 2 meters. Then divide that time in half.

  6. What’s being measured in the water? pH Used litmus paper to test the pH of water samples collected.

  7. Deer Creek Dam and Lake Water Samples Dam Lake

  8. Dry and Stone Run Dry Run Sample Stone Run Sample

  9. Opossum Run Opossum Run Sample

  10. Results of Water Analysis Deer Creek Watershed

  11. Water conclusion • Overall, Deer Creek watershed continues to increase in terms of healthiness. • Water is clear enough with most containments removed it would be excellent drinking water. • In terms of flow the streams were moving at an exceptionally well pace, which could be do to the recent rain storms that hit. • pH was acidic in a few spots, which is fine due to some parts of the watershed being naturally acidic.

  12. The good water quality that I found in the Deer Creek watershed helps explain why the blue-breasted darters are making a comeback • They’re known to be associated with good water quality • Unfortunately I did not see any in my locations but doesn’ mean they’re not there.

  13. Deer Creek Animal Survey • This was done in the five spots where I took water samples: Lake, Dam, Opossum Run, Stone Run, and Dry Run • The areas were monitored on average for an 1.5-2 hours each looking for all species. • Results are horrible!!! • Results would improve though if I had another month to do the surveys, when animal life starts picking up.

  14. Survey Results Lake Dam

  15. Dry Run Stone Run

  16. Opossum Run

  17. Total Species Found • Lake-17; most diverse species region I found, probably in large part this was the biggest water body monitored. • Dam-9; mostly fish species were dominant here thanks to the many anglers. • Dry Run-11; dominated by mostly small tree dwelling mammals and birds. Biggest deer population seen here due to the vast number of pastures. • Stone Run-10; had very similar results to Dry Run, where it was dominated by small animal and bird species • Opossum Run-11; dominated by many field dwelling birds and small animals. This is due to that particular area not having a lot of tree coverage.

  18. Animal Survey Conclusion • The data was alright, but could have been significantly better if studied in the summer months. • That would boost the species number for each site to well over 100.-This is because you have to now add in insects, arachnids, and amphibians that will be spotted. • Overall for the area to have the number and volume of species it did for the winter months, I’ll account that to good biological stability in the Deer Creek Watershed.

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