We went out onto the Tomoka River and took some water samples at different locations along the river. The locations were important because out data directly related to whether it was extremely windy, not windy, high ph or high salinity. The instruments got me excited to say the least and I can't wait to get out and start researching.
For my project I have reached out to my hoa to try and am waiting for the lake blueprints for measurements of the two lakes. Many of the variables I will be measuring will be oxygen at the surface and deep by using the YSI, and measuring PH. The purpose of measuring the oxygen is to see if there is a correlation between a lake with a fountain or a lake that relies on the natural wind. I will also be measuring for an organic nutrient; copper. With the orange industry using this as a fungicide, I want to know how much is becoming runoff into these lakes. So my research question will be, Do lakes with fountains help to oxygenate the water, are they necessary over lakes that use natural wind? Are an abundance of nutrient causing low oxygen from algae blooms? I haven't nailed down my question just yet but hopefully I will get there soon.
I like to see you really thinking about this. I would also wonder if the presence (or absence) or oxygen impacts copper concentrations. You would need to know that because if it does--the 'form' of copper may change--showing up sometimes while not at others (some metals do this because they may oxidize with the presence of oxygen or become reduced with its absence). Do some research on the forms and impacts to the presence of copper.
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