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| USGS Map of known Water Hyacinth locations in FL |
This week I have been playing around with maps and the numerous locations of the Water Hyacinth. I began with a basic google maps search to locate rivers and lakes in my local area. While we have several rivers that span from Daytona Beach down, most of them are brackish and contain a certain amount of salt. This would not be a good place to test becasue Water Hyacinth only thrive in fresh water and any amount of salt can kill them. So I started looking inland, with the help of an interactive map from the USGS (United Sates Geological Survey) that shows all known locations of the weed I was able to narrow down the specific places I will be going to collect water samples.
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| The Expedition |
I will test 6 sites, 3 will have the weed and 3 will not.
These 3 sites will contain the weed.
1) St. Johns River
2) Lake Monroe
3) Lake Ashby
These 3 sites will not
1) Dupont Lake
2) Konomac Lake
3) Muck Lake
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| USGS known Water Hyacinth locations in the US |
I will be testing for the Turbidity, TSS and any
amount of Copper in the body of water. I will document the size of the lake/river, other plants in the vicinity and the amount of Water Hyacinths in the area.
The purpose of this test will be to see if there is a relationship between the growth of the weed and the amount of copper in the water, if any.
Citation
"Nonindigenous Aquatic Species." Nonindigenous Aquatic Species. USGS, n.d. Web. 02 Mar. 2017.
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