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| this be the Captain |
One Captain, one research vessel, seven cadet scientists, and the will to adventure. We departed the Tomoka Boat Club Friday morning; set off if you will, to gather data from 5 sites on the Tomoka River.
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| this be the Argosy |
Our first site was near the mouth of the river and each site after brought us closer to home port. It was a glorious adventure; we spent 5 hours on the river testing water samples and gathering data. At each site we used a variety of instrumentation; we collected data on current velocity, turbidity, salinity, diatomic oxygen, pH, and water temperature.
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| the crew and her Captain |
We tested for total phosphorous by titration; it was awesome. We also got to use a secchi disk.
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| First Mate Angela demonstrates |
I would like to thank the Captain and the crew for an awesome learning adventure. Now it's off to hone my excel skill and put this data in to a chart.
Entertaining post! Hope my boat trip tomorrow is an adventure as well!
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