Camp Robinson Sampling 2/24/12

Last Friday we visited the forested streams in Camp Robinson. The water quality group finished sampling Newton Creek and the unnamed tributary. We will have to go back soon to sample Winifree Creek. We measured temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, and specific conductivity. We also collected water samples to measure nitrates, ammonium, and phosphorous. We also collected leaf litter and algae to be weighed in the lab. We took 3 samples of everything at 2 randomly selected transects in both streams. Everything went really smoothly. We had no major complications. However, we will need to redo turbidity in the first transect of the unnamed tributary, because we have unusual results that we think are due to our stirring up a lot of sediment in that area.