Ryan Dail - Sediment Sampling/Project Update

           

                   Sediment sample number two
                 area

 

Sediment sample number one
area
 

Today I went out to the Halifax river to start my sediment sampling. I kayaked out to a few islands north of the Granada bridge where I knew had a lot of vegetation. I collected my first sample in an area with no vegetation as the control sample. I then went around to the another island where there was a great amount of vegetation. I proceeded to mark off my one by one meter area of 25-50% vegetation coverage and scooped my sample. After gathering my samples I noticed that sample one is dry and sample two is wet.

As far as my research project goes, I am going to call tomorrow to set up a meeting with a researcher from NOAA ( National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ) that I have previously spoken with. I will be able to post a follow up with new information on my project within a few days.