Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/4/12 Data
RIVER MILE 18
Vicki Garufi - Beczak Environmental Education Center
Harry Hall - Saunders Trade & Technical High School
Lisa Flaster, Riverdale Country School
th
th
(20 students) 10 -11 grade, 1 teacher, (28 students) 3rd graders, 1 teacher and 2
educators
Latitude – N 40.93813129121615 Latitude – W -73.90288889408111
Location: Habirshaw County Park, Seining beach, Beczak Center, Yonkers in
Westchester County
Area: 2 acre riverfront county park covered mostly by a grass lawn leading down to the
river where it meets a tidal wetland and sandy beach. Property used for fishing, boats,
seining, field trips and education programs - 60% grassy, 20% parking lot, 20% shore
Surrounding Land Use: urban/residential, beach uses
Sampling Site shoreline: sandy beach, tidal marsh area covered with vegetation, sandy
area, banks altered, large riprap on shoreline, collected wood/debris in area,
Plants in area: no plants in the water
Water depth – 3 feet
River Bottom – muddy (sticky), rocky, weedy
Plants
ITEM
Time
Physical
Air Temperature 10:20 AM –
10:33 AM –
10:50AM –
11:17 AM –
Reading 1
Reading 2
Comments
22C
75F
Beaufort 1
1-3 km/hr
1-3 kts South
22C
75F
Beaufort 1
1-3 km/hr
1-3 kts South
21C
72C
Beaufort 1
1-3 km/hr
1-3 kts South
22C
73C
Beaufort 1
1-3 km/hr
1-3 kts South
Cloud Cover
100% cloudy
Cloud Cover
100% cloudy
Cloud Cover
100% cloudy
Cloud Cover
100% cloudy
11:30 AM
Weather today
Weather
recently
Water calm
Water
Temperature –
Turbidity –
sight tube –
Salinity –
hydrometer (H)
& Quantab (Q)
Cloud Cover
100% cloudy
Just started to rain as the final group headed indoors (noonish)
Humid, some rain
calm
10:20 AM
20C
68 F
10:25 AM
20C
68 F
10:45 AM
20C
68 F
11:00 AM
20C
68 F
11:27 AM
21C
69.8 F
11:30 AM
21C
69.8 F
11:39 AM ft.
21C
69F
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
10:56 AM
Time
26 cm
30 cm
32 cm
33 cm
0.1
Temp
11:26 AM
DO
0.3
Saturated
20C
6 mg/L
65%
20C
7 mg/L
75%
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
10:15 AM
10:45 AM
11:24 AM
10:20 AM –
20C
20C
6
7
7
14 ppt (H)
3 mg/L
3 mg/L
10:17 AM
10:56 AM
11:39 AM
8 ppt (Q)
Chl
10:30 AM
8 ppt (H)
8 ppt (Q)
Chl
30%
30%
6
7
7
Converts to
14 ppt total
salinity
Converts to
14 ppt total
salinity
Chlorophyll
Chemical –
collected on the
bridge by marsh
DO Hach drop
10:30 AM
count
11:00 AM
pH – test strips
22C
71C
Beaufort 1
1-3 km/hr
1-3 kts South
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
11:20 AM
11:40 AM
Fish Catch
Number
Caught
Seine net 30 feet 40
X 4 ft., 1.4 inch
mesh
10:00 - noon
1
2
5
2
10:16 AM
Tides
10:34 AM
10:42 AM
11:02 AM
11:15 AM
11:25AM
11:30AM
Currents
10:20 AM.
10:34 AM
10:45AM
11:16 AM
11:26 AM
11:35 AM
Core Sample
Entire Length
Grabbed a
Group 1
handful from
River sample
the beach side
Group 2 Marsh 5 inch total 3 inch top
Sample
2 inch bottom
Other Items
7 ppt (H)
7 ppt (H)
8 ppt (H)
10 ppt (H)
Species
Size of
largest
Notes
Atlantic
Silverside
Banded Killifish
Blue Crab
Moon Jellies
Comb Jellies
19 cm
25 cm
30 cm
37 cm
41 cm
43 cm
44 cm
rising
rising
rising
rising
Grain Size
Large grain
flood
flood
flood
flood
flood
flood
Smell
No smell
Fine grain
Yes
Description
Mix of rock
and pebbles
Found a full
open clam!
Black in
color, feels
soft like clay,
small worms
and clams
found.
Monarch butterfly flew across sample area at 11:35 AM, Clam
found in marsh sediment, Rat swam across marsh to beach!
Canadian geese flying around park, Mallard ducks swim around
marsh.