By Emily, Veronica, and Shelby

(Group #1)

Assignment To develop a few hypothesis about the

Fourmile watershed, in order to demonstrate our knowledge of Watersheds and water quality issues

Methodology

Day 1- Chemical Test Water Samples, Watershed Lecture

Day 2- Visited Big Darby Watershed, Ran Chemical Tests, Measured ICI And IBI. Demonstration Of Electro Fishing By Ohio EPA

Day 3- Model It (Independent Vs. Dependent Variables)Excel SpreadsheetsGathered Information About The Fourmile Watershed

Day 4- Learned Power Point PresentationCompared Fourmile and Darby Watershed on SpreadsheetsMade Three Hypotheses by Comparing Data to Station LocationMakes Graphs of the Data

Day 5- Presentation SkillsPower Point ProjectCreate Web SiteWomen of Achievement Panel

Day 6- Practice PresentationsComplete Web SiteComplete Power Point Project

Methodology 2

Definition Page 1

IBI = Index biotic integrity

ICI = Invertebrate community index

QHEI = Qualitative habitat evaluation index

DO = Dissolved Oxygen

TSS = Total Suspended Solids

Station ID = Number representing where the tests were done

Point Source Pollution = A known source of pollution

Non Point Source Pollution = An unknown but suspected source of pollution

Riparian Zone = A type of habitat associated with lush vegetation

Meander = a natural curve or turn in a creek or river bed

BOD = Biochemical Oxygen Demand

Definitions page 2

Hypothesis

H1: When the QHEI (Qualitative Habitat

Evaluation Index) increases, the ICI (Invertebrate Community Index) and the IBI (Index

of Biotic Integrity) increase H2: The closer the creek is to the city

the lower the ICI and the IBI H3: The TSS (Total Suspended Solids)

increases in agricultural areas

Comparing I CI ,I BI , to Urban cover

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Hypothesis #1

Station I.D. vs ICI,IBI, QHEI

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TSSMAX vs Station I D

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Results

H1:The hypothesis is correct. When the QHEI increased the ICI and IBI increased.

H2: The hypothesis is correct. Due to the location of an urban setting the ICI and IBI levels decrease near the city and increase near the rural areas.

H3: The hypothesis is correct. This hypothesis was also based on location and the TSS level was higher if it was near a rural area, rather than an urban area.

Refer to map of Station I.D.(111-116)

Station ID and

Land use map

Conclusion

We tested our hypotheses and we concluded that, according to our research, our hypotheses were all correct.

All of our graphs based on our research showed that we came up with the correct hypotheses about our watershed.