Snapshot Day 10/12/05 Data
(Salt Front RM 53.2)
RIVER MILE 13
Swindler’s Cove Park on the Harlem River
Location: Beach at Swindler Cove Park, next to the north end of Harlem River Drive,
Manhattan
Area:
Surrounding Land Use: 100% Beach
Sampling Site: Beach area, covered with vegetation, banks altered with use of Rip Rap.
CSO pipe entering the river at the Northern area of the sampling site.
Plants in area: 100% saltwater cordgrass
Water depth: varied since working off the beach – tidal changes
River Bottom: Muddy
ITEM
Time
Reading 1
Reading 2
Comments
Physical
Air Temperature
Wind Speed
Cloud Cover
Weather today
Weather recently
Water
Temperature
Turbidity
No whitecaps
on the water
but active
currents
Intermittent heavy rain and drizzle
High volume of rain (but not constant). Quite a bit of wind
and always overcast. Temperatures seasonal but seemed cool
after unusually warm temps. Last week
11:27
11:53
19.63 C
18.10 C
67.30 F
65.70  F
11:30
10 JTU
Chlorophyll
Chemical
DO
11:45
3.5 mg/L*
Temp. 18.9 C
(digital titrator)
* DO levels very low possibly from run off from a nearby CSO
pH
11:40
7.5
Phosphate
Nitrate
Alkalinity
Salinity
11:45
21.6 ppt
40% saturated
Test tabs
hydrometer
Fish Catch
Tides
Currents
Number
Caught
1
13
Species
CPUE
# of seine pulls
Blue Crab
Atlantic
Silversides
Isopod
3 cm
5 cm
6.5 cm
7 cm
.063
.01
#1 (12 total)
#2 (2 total)
2404.6cm/
60 sec
40.1 cm/sec
North - ebb
0.779 knots
Noon
Circle Line
Northbound
Passengers
1
11:39 AM
11:44 Am
11:45 AM
11:50 AM
Minnow trap
Rising
Rising
Rising
Rising
Traffic