Field Study #5
11. 13. 18
General 30 by 30 Plot Panorama
This picture shows the new snow on the ground and how the water level of the creek has grown because at the beginning of this field study there was rather large sand bar in the middle of the creek. The picture on the top is what this sandbar looked during my first field study and the picture on the bottom is what it looks like now.
The water eroding away at the hard sand.
Field Notebook:
- Date: November 13, 2018
- Time: 4:30
- Temperature: 26°
- Climate Conditions: light snow falling, mild wind, complete cloud cover
- Length of Day: 9 hours 47 minutes
- Interesting Observations: There is a mixture of snow and leaves that covers the ground. The water level of the creek that runs through my plot of land has got drastically deeper since I began this field study. The current of the creek gradually is eroding away that the side of what was once loose sand, but is now hard ground because of the cold temperatures (picture included above). Almost all of the leaves have totally fallen off the trees.
- What I heard: very little noise, there were not as many people walking the trails this time, the water moving along the stream
- Pace of the Creek: very slow
- Question: With this sudden drop in temperatures affect the phosphorus levels in the water sample I took this time? I know phosphorus often gets into Holland's bodies of water from run off the fertilizer when it rains. Now that it's snowing will the phosphorus levels in the water be very low?
Great pics! You are showing the differences really well. Don't forget the runoff of the SOIL is probably an even bigger influence on the phosphorus...would that make a difference?
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