Snapshot Day 10/12/05 Data
(Salt Front RM 53.2)
RIVER MILE 103
Saugerties Light House, Saugerties, Ulster Co.
Location: Saugerties Light house & Cove north of lighthouse
Area: fishing, swimming beach, has a building with restrooms
Surrounding Land Use: urban/residential < 1%, Forested 50%, Beach 2%, fill for
lighthouse 48%
Sampling Site: beach, altered banks years ago, covered with vegetation, collected
wood/debris in area.
Chemical Samples – taken at end of land “spit” at end of Esopus Creek, seining done on
north side of spit/ south side of protected cove
Plants in area: 30% of water area covered with plants
Water celery
Water chestnut
Water plants
Dotted
Common reed
Yellow flag
Others but
Land plants
smartweed
10%
weather
prevented ID
Water depth: 1 m
River Bottom : sandy weedy bottom
ITEM
Time
Reading 1
Physical
Air Temperature
10:35 AM
12C
Wind Speed
Reading 2
Comments
5/6 on
North
Choppy water
beaufort
overcast
rainy
rain
heavy constant rain and cool temperatures
11:00 AM 15C
11:20
15C
Turbidity
11:00
0.5 meters
secchi
Chlorophyll
Chemical
DO
(drop count kit)
pH – pH pen
Phosphate
Nitrate
10:15
0.3
10:50
8.0 mg/L
15C
80%
11:00
10:30
11:15 AM
8.0
7.5
0. mg/L
0.5 mg/L
7.2
7.6 avg.
Cloud Cover
Weather today
Weather recently
Water
Temperature
0 mg/L
Alkalinity
Salinity
11:10
0.625 ppt
0.85 ppt
* Not experienced with this kit – may be error in reading
Fish Catch
Number
Species
CPUE
30’seineX30’ pull Caught
2
White Perch
1
Adult
Backswimmer
1
Zebra Mussel
Seine #1
Seine #2
2 fish
2 fish
Tides
10:30 am
Currents
10:40
22.22 cm/sec
Falling
1
cormorant
3 mallards
Traffic
Other Items
0.007
0.007
ebb
Drop count kit
Seine