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Clutch

Field Group: Hanna, Sarah, Sara, Melissa, Rob, Alex, Patrick, Vincent, Britta, Kayla,

Fiona, Marie***

Instructors: Heidi, Carrie, Mike

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Welcome To The BrookLocation:

N 44° 28.85’W 73° 10.80’

Dimensions:1 m 22 cm across21.25 cm at center

Temperature:62°F at 6 in deep

Water pH: 6.8Soil pH: 8Light: 5621 lux Dissolved O2: 74%

Salinity: 7.53 mg/LConductivity: 3.45microSAverage Water Speed: 7.15 cm/sec Carbon Capacity:476 lb/100 sq M

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Local Life

Wildlife– Frogs– Snails– Crayfish – Small Fish– Ants– Mosquitoes

• Eggs

Vegetation– Plot 1:

• 70% Grass

• 20% Jewelweed

• 30% Goldenrod

– Plot 2:• 50% Grass

• 5% Ferns

• 20 % Unidentified Herbs

• 2% Goldenrod

• 2% Bedstraw

• 40% Jewel Weed

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Properties:– Presence of Clay, Silt,

and some Sand– Wet– Iron

• Oxidation• Reduction

– Evidence of constant water (wetland)

– Water table• 31 in near stream• 35 in on hill

Soil Analysis

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Welcome To The Power Line Stream

Location:– N 44° 28.794– W 73 ° 11.060

Dimensions:1 m 47 cm across7.5 cm Deep

Temperature:65° at 3 in

Water pH: 6.9Soil pH: 8.2Light: 147990 lux Dissolved O2: 74%

Salinity: 7.04 mg/LConductivity: 1.31 microSAverage Water Speed: 5.2 cm/sec Carbon Capacity:0 lb/100 sq M

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Local Organism

Wildlife– Evidence of deer

and moose– Frog– Small fish– Unidentified

insects– Mosquitoes– Tadpoles

Vegetation•Plot 1:

•Grass- 65%•Flowers- 25%•Other- 10%

•Plot 2:•Grass 90%•Flower 2%•Other 8%

•Plot 3:•Strawberries•Maple Seedlings•Goldenrod•Jewelweed•Other•Grass•Yellow water buttercup

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Properties:– Presence of sand clay

and silt.– Layer of roots enclosed

in B layer on hill– Little organic material– Wet– Constant, reduced color

• Little or no oxidation

Soil Analysis

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Welcome To The Beaver PondLocation:

– N 44° 28.678– W 73 ° 10.886

Dimensions:– 23 m 60 cm across– 49 cm Deep

Temperature:– 68°

Water pH: 7.1Soil pH: 7.5 Light: 2300 lux Dissolved O2: 54.4%

– Salinity: 4.94 mg/ LConductivity: 1.325 milliSAverage Water Speed: N/A- Stagnant Carbon Capacity:7392 lb/100 sq M

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Local Organisms

Wildlife– Evidence of beavers– Mosquitoes– spiders

Vegetation– Plot 1:

• Ferns- 90%• Grass- 4%• Goldenrod- 3%• Wood Sorrel- 1%• Hemlock Sapling- 1%• Japanese Barberry- 1%

– Plot 2: • Cinnamon Fern- 90%• False Helboar- 5%• Oak Sapling- 5%• Plot 3:• N/A

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Soil Analysis

Properties on hill:– Presence of clay

and silt– Small amounts of

reduction but mostly oxidation

– Distinct layers

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Coring a Tree

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Did you know…The total amount of gas used by the cars of Clutch members to drive to GIV was

34.5 gallons!!!

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