Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/20/15 Data
RIVER MILE 28
Nyack Memorial Park
Kirsten Kleinman & Karl Mattesen, Nyack High School 2 APES Classes 60
students, 11-12th graders, 6 adults
Latitude 4005.243’N, Longitude 7354.988 ‘W
Location: Nyack Park where Nyack Brook feeds in
Area: Open and grassy, has a parking lot, used for picnics, fishing
Surrounding Land Use: 100% park
Sampling Site: beach, banks altered, riprap on shoreline, bulkhead
Plants in area: no water plants in area
Water depth: varied
River Bottom – sandy/muddy bottom , water calm
This year the Nyack students compared a high tide and a low tide sampling as well
as their normal transect that runs from Nyack Brook (Station #1) out towards the
Hudson River (Station #10)
ITEM
Time
Reading 1
Reading 2
Comments
Number
Caught
5
Species
Length of
longest
8 cm
Seine
Physical
Air Temperature
Fish Catch
Seine 12X4
10:10 AM
12
3
4
3
Atlantic
Silversides
Striped Bass
Northern
Pipefish
White Perch
Banded
Killifish
10 cm
15 cm
18 cm
10 cm
Sketch Map of Sampling Site
1
2
3
4
Nyack
Brook
5
6
7
8
9
10
Hudson River
Time: ___9:15 AM___ Tide: __Low_____ Depth: Surface Sample
Turbidity: Secchi
7 meters off new pier - 25 cm
Boat Launch – 20 cm
Station 7 – 14 cm
Statio Distan Depth Salinity
n#
ce (m)
cm
(ppt)
Cond
uctivit
y m/S
Temp
(ºC)
DO mg/L
pH
1
2
3
0
10
20
5.5
11
16
0.79
0.81
0.82
1.3
1.3
1.4
11.8
11.8
12
7.5
7.3
7.3
7.8
8.5
7.7
4
5
6
7
30
40
50
60
55
31.5
13
35
0.9
0.94
1.85
1.7
1.9
2.8
12.1
12.6
12.4
7.4
10
8.1
7.4
7.2
7.4
1.92
2.9
12.9
7.6
7.2
8
70
25
9
10
80
150
6.5
13.5
1.56
2.31
6.46
1.3
1.3
8.4
12.7
12.4
12.7
7.7
7.6
7.4
7.1
7.4
7.3
Nitr
ate
Phosph
ate
8,8
1
4.4
2
Data Table 2: Time _12:30 PM Tide ___High
Depth Surface Sample
Turbidity: Secchi
7 meters off new pier - 43 cm
Boat Launch – 20 cm
Station 7 – 25 cm
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Distanc
e (m)
0
10
20
30
40
50
Depth
(cm)
8
11
25
68
45
23
60
70
80
150
58
34
15
27
Salinity
(ppt)
0.75
0.75
0.76
0.72
1.23
1.31
Conduc
tivity
(mS)
1.3
1.3
1.4
2.1
2.1
5
Temp
(oC)
12.7
12.9
13.3
13.2
13.4
14.4
DO
(mg/L
)
7.7
8.2
8.3
10.2
7.2
8.2
pH
9
8
7.7
7.6
7.5
7.4
1.68
3.67
6.68
7.03
3.6
5.2
9.4
12.1
15.7
16
16.4
15.6
7.6
7.6
7.7
8
7.4
7.4
7.5
7.7
Nitrat
e
Phosphat
e
6.6
1.0
4.4
2.0