A Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/4/12 Data
RIVER MILE East River 1 East – Empire Fulton Ferry
Kara Gilmour & Isa Del Bello, Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy
Giannina Zlatar, The Brooklyn Waldorf School, 17 - 5th graders
40.7°N - 74°W
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Surrounding Land Use: Pier, bulkhead,
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Sampling
Site:
Rocky,
sandy
shoreline
with
rip
rap,
bulkhead, banks altered, piping
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Checkall thot opply:
entering
river \. covered in
d' Beoch
vegetotion
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Rip Rop (lorge
Plantsrocks)
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area: no(with
plants
noted in
water
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wood timbers)
t"t, liping noted enteringthe
river
Water5. depth:
Describe the10%
wqter orec where you ore sompling:
RiverDepth_
Bottom –sandy,
muddy,
rocky
Bottorn sendyi
rnuddy
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TimesWoter:
– 6:30-8:30
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Name
ITEM
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mm
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thct you have identified ard percent of the totol oreo
they cover:
pfcnt
To
caves
Physical
Air Temperature
Ncne
Time
8:05 AM
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Wind Speed
Cloud Cover
Weather today
Weather last 3
Reading 1
%cover
20°C
64 °F
Mostly
cloudy
Damp, humid
Some rain, cloudy periods
Reading 2
Comments
days
Water Surface
Water Temp.
Turbidity - secchi
Chlorophyll
Chemical
DO
pH
Salinity –
hydrometer
Fish Catch – seine
20 ft.
Calm
22 °C
7:45 AM
40-46 cm
7:55 AM
25.5 ppt
22°C
1
1.5 inch
1
1
3 inch
3.5 inch
.25 inch
6:30 AM
8:00 AM
Atlantic
Silverside
Blue Fish
White Mullet
Periwinkle
Snails
0 cm
36 cm
Currents
Other Items
Core Description
Length
Abundant
Rare
No H2S smell
7:15 AM
13 cm
length
Sand and
gravel
Pebbles, brick
and coal
No oxidized
top,
6:35 AM
Red boat
Southbound
Loaded
6:50 AM
East River
Ferry –
white/black
Seastreak white
East river ferry
– blue roof
Policeboat –
black/white
Seastreak
again– blue
East river ferry
again
Pegasus – blue
Southbound
Light
Southbound
Light
Southbound
Loaded
Southbound
Light
Northbound
Light
Tides
Commercial
Shipping
6:30-8:30
AM
6:30 AM
2.0
6:55 AM
7:05 AM
7:10 AM
7:15 AM
7:15 AM
7:20 AM
Observations
rising
Northbound
Southbound
Loaded
No shells, saw buildings, parks, bridge, some crumbled pieces
of brick.
Big wave – shoe gone in water!