Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/4/12 Data
RIVER MILE 43
Riverfront Green, Peekskill, Westchester
Michael Billy, Walter Panas High School - 17 students, 12th graders
(younger student group shadowed the HS students)
Rebecca Schultz, Constitution Marsh Audubon Center & Sanctuary
Latitude N 4117’13” Longitude W 7355’.53.53"
Location: Riverfront Green, Peekskill, Westchester County
Area: Grassy park area with beachfront, pier, sandy beachfront, used for picnics, boating
and fishing
Surrounding Land Use: Recreational use 40%, beach 25%, Industrial/Commercial 25%,
forested 5%, Urban/residential 5%
Sampling Site: beach with sandy shoreline
Plants in area:
Water depth:
River Bottom – sandy, muddy, rocky.
Site Observations: brick, crab shells, glass, plastic, water chestnut pods, H20 bottles
ITEM
Time
Reading 1
Reading 2
Comments
Physical
Air Temperature
Wind Speed
Cloud Cover
Weather today
Weather recently
Water Surface
Water
Temperature –
Turbidity – longsite tube
9:10 AM
70F
22C
km/hr >1,
0 Beaufort
cloudy
cloudy
Lots of rain
Calm
9:20 AM
21C
AM
21 cm
12 cm
9:30 AM
knots/hr>1
72F
23C
North
Water 3 ft.
deep
Average
17.3cm
Chlorophyll
Chemical
DO
(drop kits)
pH
Salinity meter
Fish CatchNoon
20 ft net X 4ft–
9:30 AM
13 cm
1.0
9:20 AM
9:22 AM
11.1 mg/l
11.1 mg/l
21C
21C
126 % satur.
126% satur.
9:18 AM
9:18 AM
7.5
1.96 ppt
Number
Caught
1
1
Species
Length
White Perch
Pumpkinseed
Sunfish
Redbreast
Sunfish
Set stick
23 cm
Cm/60 sec
4 inch
4 inch
Diversity/
Totals
DIV = 3
Totals = 4
0
0
Common
Pebbles,
wood,
shells
8:51 AM
Rare
Gravel,
freshwater
mussel,
macroinvert.,
Barge
9:58 AM
Small boat
5
Tides
Currents
Core –
Noted H2S smell
and oxidized top
(but no
measurements)
Commercial
Traffic
Recreational
Traffic
Other Items
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
Time
9:10 AM
9:18 AM
9:25 AM
Length
Not given
5 inch
rising
Cm/sec
Red &
Black
White
Direction
still
still
still
Abundant
Mud, sand
North/loaded
North
Killdeer, geese, fishcrows, seagulls, blue crab, mallard
ducks, monarch butterfly