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I used our sediment sampling project as an excuse to finally go to Tomoka State Park. We drove all the way to the back of the park and found a quiet area with no one else around. I might have disregarded a few signs about not collecting anything from the park, it's for science so that's allowed! I was telling my daughter that sometimes you can see
sea cows, better know as
manatees, and dolphins in the river. So what do we see as we approached the river? Five adorable manatees! I wanted to stay and watch them but it was very windy and started to sprinkle so I had to get on with the sediment sampling.
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| Vegetation Sample Site |
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The area by the river was covered in
biogenous material. Biogenous refers to the remains of something that was once living, such as shells and coral. My control sample was mostly broken up pieces of shells. I found a few patches nearby that had the 75% to100% vegetation coverage I was required to get. It was difficult to get in there with my scoop and only sample from the surface. I got as much as I could before it started raining. Looking at my samples, it's hard to tell the difference in the sediment size but the vegetation sample is much darker then the control. It will be interesting to see the results of this experiment!
"I might have disregarded a few signs about not collecting anything from the park, it's for science so that's allowed!"...hahaha...Rebecca!--I think you've taken far too many classes with me ;-)
ReplyDeleteI was thinking of that dinosaur print that followed you home!
DeleteI found that my control was also mostly biogenous pieces of broken shells, and that the soil near the vegetation was more fine grained. I can't wait to see our results after the sieving.
ReplyDeleteI collected both my samples from the same square meter. 0 to 25% vegetation. One sample from the zero side and the other from under the vegetation, (sea grape).
ReplyDeleteIt's awesome you got to see some manatees! Maybe I'll go check down that way for manatees for my project!
ReplyDeleteYea I was really excited! We're going back sometime to rent a canoe cause I want a closer look :)
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