September 26
, 2008
Boone Creek was clear, slow moving, and lower than we had seen in past years. Students were able to find many organisms attached to the rocks, but had difficulty using the scane to catch them moving down stream.
Biological Monitoring:
| Intolerant | Moderately
Tolerant | Fairly
Tolerant | Very
Tolerant | Index
Rating |
Next to Hunt
Club | 143 | 9 | 1 | 14 | Excellent (38) |
Down Stream
| 446 | 14 | 1
| 3
| Excellent (37) |
Chemical
Tests:
| Location | Dissolved
Oxygen
(%) | pH | TDS
(mg/L) | Temp (C) | Turbity | Phosphate | Nitrogen | Flow
Rate
(m/s) | Q Value |
Next to
Hunt
Club | 100 | 7.5 | 325 | 14.1 | ~20 | 4 | 0 | .5 | Excellent (95.32)
|
| Down Stream | 100
| 8
| 324
| 16.6
| ~20
| 2
| 0
| .5 | Excellent (90.1)
|
To understand Q values read this webpage.
