Holly Monroe(UR)- Turtles on Day 5

4-17-20 is day 5, while I was out testing I was visited by some of the pond locals. They were great company while testing the water.

Pond Locals (2 Turtles)

Time:

• Start Time: 2:05pm
• End Time: 2:45pm
• Performed outside today.

Weather Conditions:

• Air Temperature: 74 degrees Fahrenheit
• Water Temperature: 28 degrees Celsius
• Water Temperature 1km away: 27 degrees Celsius
• Winds: ESE12
• Cloudy
• 0% rain (at testing time).
• 20% rain at 4pm. 

  

  Cloudy Weather 4-17-20

Results:

• Turbidity: 40JTU
• pH: Approximately 7.5
• Nitrate: Approximately 3ppm
• Phosphate: Approximately 0.5
• Dissolved Oxygen: Approximately 6ppm
• BOD (4-13-20): 0ppm
• BOD (4-17-20): Will be ready 4-21-20 
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  BOD 0ppm (4-13-20)

  
  

  

  Dissolved Oxygen Approximately 6ppm

  
  

  

  Nitrate Approximately 3ppm

  
  

  

  pH Approximately 7.5

  
  

  

  Phosphate Approximately 0.5

  
  

  

  Turbidity 40JTU

Correlation(s)/ Difference(s):

• Turbidity has remained constant at 40 JTU.
• pH, Nitrate, and Phosphate are all the same as yesterday (4-16-20).
• Dissolved Oxygen appears to be higher today at 6ppm than yesterday at 4ppm.

Graphing:

I said yesterday that I would not post any graphs until I had collected all of the data, but I have decided to quickly construct a few to demonstrate the differences/ similarities between the days. On 4-13-20 I had said I would make a column graph to represent all of the data I have collected. I came into an issue when I tried to include pH and Turbidity on graph1 below, which includes; Nitrate, Phosphate, and Dissolved Oxygen. I could not include pH and Turbidity because they both measure differently.  As you can see in Graph1 the units in place is ppm, but that is not the case for turbidity (graph3), because of this I separated my graphing. 

Nitrate, Phosphate, and Dissolved Oxygen Graph1

pH Graph2

Turbidity Graph3

As of the BOD testing, I do not currently have a graph made- needs more data. However, I do have a simple chart I had begun creating. Like I Stated before I will most likely make a line graph to show a difference over the short period of time that I had been preforming those tests. I would also like to make a bar graph with this data to compare it to each individual day.

BOD Chart