Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/10/13 Data
(Salt Front RM 69.3)
RIVER MILE 138 – Henry Hudson Park
Mary Cosgrove, 2 faculty & 10 students, Mt. St. Rose College
Susan Schiavoni, Delaware Community School – 25, 3rd grade elementary students, 2
teachers,
Coordinates: 42.64 N, 73.74 W
Location: Waterfront of Henry Hudson Park Area: Park/Boat launch,
Surrounding Land Use: 100% parkland with 75% vegetated coverage – grassy, parking lot,
used for picnics, boating, fishing
Sampling Site: Banks altered, riprap, bulkheaded -rocky
Plants in area: Smartweed, ragweed, Joe-pye weed, jewelweed, purple loosestrife, grass
Water depth: River Bottom – Water -calm
ITEM
Physical
Air Temperature
Time
Time
Cloud Cover
Weather last 3 days
Water
Temperature
Turbidity Large
site tube
cloudy
Rainy, cool
Chlorophyll
10:50 AM
11:10 AM
10:30 AM
10:50 AM
10:50 AM
11:10 AM
Reading 1
Temp
50 cm
52 cm
52 cm
52 cm
0 .4
0.4
Reading 2
Wind Speed
Comments
Weather today
DO -Drop count
11:30 AM
10:50 AM
Time
10:50 AM
11:10 AM
11:30 AM
10:50 AM
pH
5 tests
Salinity -Test strip
Tides
Currents
Fish Catch
Group #
1
2
Time
10:40 AM
12:00 PM
Time
10:40 AM
Numbers
1
12
0.3
0.3
Mg/L
8
8
9
9
6
6.6
6
6
6.5
Quantab #
1.2
1.2
Height (cm)
190 cm
220 cm
500 cm/X sec
500cm/9 sec
500 cm/22 sec
500 cm/26 sec
500 cm/15 sec
Species
Blueback
Herring
Gizzard shad
Temp
16.1
15.9
16
15.9
% Saturation
85%
85%
90%
90%
Average 6.2
Cl28 ppm
28 ppm
Total Salinity
51 ppm
51 ppm
Rising
Cm/sec
55.56
2.27
19.23
33.33
Fish length
30 cm/80 min
5 cm
Diversity/Total
s
Div = 2
5 cm
Totals =13