“Early” June 2005 Data. Data taken by George Washington University students at and near the

“New Meadows Lake”. Data collection and analysis was supervised by Prof. Robert Knowlton

and Douglass Barr.

Dockside at a Marina

phosphate=0.07 mg/l; nitrogen= 1.0 mg/l;

BOD (1B)=Turb.-8 ftu; BOD (2BA)=Turb.-6 ftu;

“coli”counts = too numerous to count

Lower Lake (Near Bath Road)

Water Temp= 19 degrees C (submerged temp=16 degrees C); Air Temp= 7 degrees C; pH=7.7

Salinity=21 ppt; DO= 4 mg/l; phosphate=0.04 mg/l; nitrogen= 1.3 mg/l;

BOD (4A)=Turb.-9 ftu; BOD (SA)=Turb.-9 ftu;

Hydrogen Sulfide(interstitial) = 0.6; Hydrogen Sulfide(water) = 0.2

“coli”counts = none

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Fauna Observed that has not been previously documented in 2001 or 2003

Dyspanopeus sayi (Black-fingered mud crab) Haliclona oculata (Finger sponge)

Mercenaria mercenaria (Quohog) Crassostrea virginica (Common Oyster)

Semibalanus balanoides (Northern rock barnacle)

Acartia tonsa Podon polyphemoides Mysid Nauplius larvae

Gastropod veliger Eurytmore spp.

Petricola phaladiformis (False angel wing) Styela clava (Leathery tunicate) Sabella sp. (Fan worm)

Lissoclinum aureum (Orange tunicate) Diadumene lineate (Striped anemone)

Flora Observed that has not been previously documented in 2001 or 2003

Enteromorpha intestinalis (Hollow green weed)

Ascophyllum nodosum (Knotted wrack) Ulva lactuca (Sea leetuce) Juncus gerardi

Cladophora sp. Gracilaria tikvahiae (False aghardiella) Ceramium rubrum

Ectocarpus sp.

Middle Lake Site (Between RR Trestle and US Rte #1)

Water Temp= 17 degrees C ( submerged temp=16 degrees C); Air Temp= 8 degrees C; pH=8

Salinity=19 ppt; DO= 5 mg/l; phosphate=0.76 mg/l; nitrogen= 0.7 mg/l;

BOD (1A)=Turb.-22 ftu; BOD (A)=Turb.-20 ftu;

“coli”counts = none

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Fauna Observed that has not been previously documented in 2001 or 2003

Anguilla rostrata (American Eel) Aurelia aurita (Moon Jelly) Fundulus sp. (Killifish)

Limulus polyphemus (Horseshoe crab) Palaemonetes pugio Crangon septemspinosa (Sand shrimp)

Dyspanopenssayi (Mudcrab) Carcinus maenas (Little green crab) Nereis verens (Clam worm)

Gasterostew aculeatus (Stickleback) Mya arenaria (Soft shell clam)

Flora Observed that has not been previously documented in 2001 or 2003

Focus vesiculosus (Rockweed) Enteromorpha intestinalis (Hollow green weed)

Ascophyllum nodosum (Knotted wrack) Ulva lactuca (Sea leetuce) Juncus gerardi

Cladophora sp. Gracilaria tikvahiae (False aghardiella) Ceramium rubrum

Ectocarpus sp.

Upper Lake site (Near “Old” Bath Road)

Water Temp= 13 degrees C ( submerged temp=12 degrees C); Air Temp= 8 degrees C; pH=6.7

Salinity=1 ppt; DO= 5 mg/l; phosphate=0.04 mg/l; nitrogen= 0;

BOD (3BA)=Turb.-1752 ftu; BOD (C)=Turb.-180 ftu;

“coli”counts = 5000 coliform colonies/100c

Red water noted and established as Tanic Acid coloring.

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No fauna observed that has not been previously documented

Flora Observed that has not been previously documented in 2001 or 2003

Spiraea latifolia Oenothera bichnis Spartina alternaflora Juncus batica

Juncus greeni