Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/20/15
HARLEM RIVER MILE 10
Ward’s Island on the Harlem River
Dinorah Hudson, High School for Math, Science and Engineering @ City College
60 -12th graders, 6 adults
40.79N and 73.92W
ITEM
Weather
Time
11:00 AM
Reading 1
Clear day
Water Temperature
Chemistry
Dissolved Oxygen
pH (color match test
11:05 AM
17 Degrees C
11:05 AM
12:10 PM
7 ppm
6
Reading 2
Fall
temperatures
Comments
17 Degrees C
70% saturated
strips)
Salinity – hydrometer
Phosphate test strips
Nitrate test Strips
Turbidity
Tides
Current
Fish Catch –
TOTAL CATCH 41
Macroinvertebrate
Catch
TOTAL CATCH 9
Sediment Core
11:50 AM
11:45 AM
10:47 AM
10:56 AM
11:42 AM
11:55 AM
Number
caught
41
DIV 1
1
4
4
DIV 3
Length
8 inch
22 ppt
0%
0%
12.93 cm
Ebbing
16.7 ft.min
Species
509 cm/60 sec
Length of
largest
8.48 cm/sec
Common
Mud
Gravel
Pebbles
Wood
Abundant
Sand
Atlantic
Silverside
Crangon
Shrimp
Jelly fish
Snails
Properties
No H2S smell
No oil
No oxidized
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