WEB RESOURCES FOR ACTIVITIES

ABOARD THE MELINDA ANN

(ver 06/29/11)

 

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WEB RESOURCES FOR MELINDA ANN ACTIVITIES

THE SECCHI DISC:

http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/research_methods/environ_sampling/turbidity.html presents good basic information on turbidity and how to use a Secchi Disc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secchi_disk Wikipedia's more technical explanation

http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/water/water-types-and-programs/surface-water/lakes/citizen-lake-monitoring-program/secchi-transparency-slideshow/secchi-transparency-slideshow.html?menuid=&redirect=1 check out the slide show of the Secchi Disc in different lakes

 

PLANKTON TOW:

Nice visual presentation of Great Lakes professional plankton tow including videos
http://www.cee.mtu.edu/great_lakes/images2/spotlight_plankton.html

Standard method for a vertical plankton tow. http://files.dep.state.pa.us/Water/Drinking%20Water%20and%20Facility%20Regulation/WaterQualityPortalFiles/Methodology/planktonsampling_2009am.pdf

A few picture of common lake zooplankton
http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/planktonweb/taxonomy.htm

A pictorial guide to freshwater algae. http://silicasecchidisk.conncoll.edu/LucidKeys/Carolina_Key/html/Group_List.html

Photo gallery of dominant Great Lakes phytoplankton. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/seagrant/GLWL/Algae/DominantAlgae.html

U. of Vermont's Pictorial Guide to algae. http://www.lcbp.org/PDFs/Phytoplankton-Pictorial-ID.pdf

 

A TEMPERATURE PROFILE:

 

Why is lake temperature important? http://www.lakeaccess.org/russ/temperature.htm

A good description of the causes of thermal stratification in lakes. Includes reverse stratification under ice.
Uses degrees Celsius only. 4 Celsius = 39 degrees Fahrenheit.
http://faculty.gvsu.edu/videticp/stratification.htm

A good lab activity for kids or adults after the data has been collected.
http://www.waterontheweb.org/curricula/bs/teacher/thermal/teaching.html

A very good description for the more technically inclined. (assumes some background in science).
http://www.esf.edu/efb/schulz/Limnology/mixing.html

 

A BENTHIC SAMPLE TAKEN WITH A DREDGE

Benthic Invertebrate stuff:

Wonderful, Wacky Water Critters a .pdf guide to the kinds of bottom crawlies found in rivers and ponds. (University of Wisconsin Extension Service) http://learningstore.uwex.edu/Assets/pdfs/GWQ023.pdf 

The following good keys from the University of Wisconsin extension service are recommended for kids and adults.       

 

USING THE REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE (ROV):

Video of a home-made ROV in McDonald Lake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49PYiPV4XZA

90 feet at Walden Pond, MA. Note color of bottom. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5iS6VzG-VY&feature=related

 

Novice?

Check out the RMB lake primer at http://www.rmbel.info/Reports/Static/Overview.aspx