Aquatic Habitats and Water Analysis

Data Reported from Various Areas of the Clermont Campus

Location	Five Falls Creek		Future Wetlands		S. Maple Creek		Ponds (Blackbird Fen, Dragonfly Marsh)	N. Maple Creek		Marshy Area	West Woods pond	pond up the hill
	riffle area	pool area	riffle area	pool area	riffle area	pool area	pond area	riffle area	pool area	pond area	pond area	pond area
Hardness
No. of Tests	13		2		1	1	9	3	8	2	1	5
(ppm CaCO3)	124.18		184.98		214.75	137.00	121.37	222.88	214.88	170.96	81.05	189.65
Acidity
No. of Tests	12				1		2	1	3		1	4
(pH)	7.60				7.10		6.85	7.80	7.13		8.11	7.48
Chloride
No. of Tests	13		2		1		6	3	7	2	1	5
(g Cl-/L H2O)	0.03		0.03		0.18		0.41	0.28	0.32	0.05	0.04	0.04
Dissolved Oxygen
No. of Tests	2		3		1		8	2	7	2
(mL O2/L H2O)	10.18		8.90		8.44		25.28	9.95	8.76	6.35
Turbidity
No. of Tests	2
(m H2O)	0.69
Bottom Depth
No. of Tests	2
(m H2O)	2.00

Location	Five Falls Creek		Future Wetlands		S. Maple Creek		Ponds (Blackbird Fen, Dragonfly Marsh)	N. Maple Creek		Marshy Area	West Woods pond	pond up the hill
	riffle area	pool area	riffle area	pool area	riffle area	pool area	pond area	riffle area	pool area	pond area	pond area	pond area
No. of Tests	3			3			3	2	2			2
Plankton (organisms/L)
Protists
Amoeba							0.33		6.50
Paramecium	1.33						1.33
Algae
Diatom	84.67							30.00
Euglena							6.67
Green Alga	0.67			8.00			27.33	155.00	4.50
Crustaceans
Scud	0.33						17.33
Pillbug								10.00	2.50
Daphnia				9.00			0.67					13.50
Cyclops							16.67	0.50				1.50
Seed Shrimp
Other Small Animals
Rotifer	1.33											1.50
Planaria								0.50				0.50
Hydra								1.00				5.00
Roundworm				1.00					0.50

Location	Five Falls Creek		Future Wetlands		S. Maple Creek		Ponds (Blackbird Fen, Dragonfly Marsh)	N. Maple Creek		Marshy Area	West Woods pond	pond up the hill
	riffle area	pool area	riffle area	pool area	riffle area	pool area	pond area	riffle area	pool area	pond area	pond area	pond area
No. of Tests	3						3	1			1	1
Macroscopic Organisms Observed
Alga	0.67						333.00					1.00
Leech, Earthworm
Snail, Slug	0.33											1.00
Arthropoda
Crayfish	1.33
Dragonfly, Damselfly	0.33						1.33					2.00
Water Strider	1.00						5.00				1.00
Pygmy Grasshopper	0.33
Tiger Beetle	0.33						3.33
Tiger Swallowtail	0.33						0.67	3.00
Grapevine Epimeris	0.33
Ant	0.33						0.33	1.00
Cranefly	0.67							1.00			1.00
Vertebrata
Fish	0.67						1.00
Tadpole	0.33						1833.67				1.00
Newt	0.33
Lower Plants
Moss								50.00
Christmas Fern
Other Ferns								9.00
Angiosperms
Rue Anemone	0.33
Celandine Poppy	0.33
Squirrel Corn, Dutchman’s Breeches	1.00
Fire Pink
Jewelweeds
Wild Stonecrop
Black Willow							85.33					1.00
Wild Ginger	0.33
Swamp Milkweed
Blue Phlox	0.33
Waterleaf
Sessile Trillium	0.67
Rushes							266.67
Blue-eyed Grass							17.33				1.00
Duckweed							66.67					1.00
Cattail							516.67				1.00	1.00