Siders Pond

This was our last day out on the pond recording the data we found.  This is going to be my last blog for the summer. On my last day out at the pond we went on to the pond at about 10 am. It was a relatively nice day though it was a bit cloudy early in the morning and their was minimal wind. *Red is week 4* We made some very interesting discoveries this time out. We noticed that there are essentially 3 different sections of the pond. The pond is most likely not homogenous and there may be 3 different areas of the pond that don't mix with each other(the surface, mid pond, and deep pond. We do think that there could be another stream of water coming into the pond at around 8 meters. In the deep pond after about 8 meters we see a drop in almost everything including temperature, salinity, conductivity, and total dissolved solids. This shows us that the deep pond is not circulating with the rest of the pond further solidifying our thoughts and observations that the deep pond is not mixin

This was our third day out at Siders Pond collecting data from the pond. The data from this day shows similar trends as the past two days. Though we have been having slight issues with the sensor leading us to believe the dissolved oxygen of the pond may be a bit skewed. We had replaced the oxygen sensor on the meter to see if we would get more accurate readings compared to last week. The readings for oxygen stayed relatively similar, so we are thinking about changing the meter itself to see if that would change the oxygen readings that we have been getting lately.  Though unlikely the data could be true, but to be safe we will have to see the data from the fourth week to be completely sure.  *Green is week 3*  We have seen some interesting warming going on in the pond each time we go out. I suspect it's because of the raise in temperature during this time and circulation of the pond. I have alo notice with the data that the salinity, total dissolved solids, and conductivity are ve