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FieldStudy

ByJackDuffin56

MarkusDuffin
(415)5810500

Objective
TheobjectiveofthisprojectistoobserveanassignedsiteinOhairParkand
monitorthechangethathappenswithina4weekperiod.Wewillalsoobservethe
differentfoodchainsandfactorsinourdesignatedsite.

Observation

Thisfieldstudyisfocusedonstudyingtheplantsandchangesthroughoutthe
weeks.Thisunitwillalsofocusonhowdifferentanimalslearnedtosurviveinthis
biome.Iwanttoseethechangethathappensinanormalenvironmentandactually
seethechangethatIwouldusuallynotseeonahike.

Prediction

Mypredictionisthattherewillbelittlechangethroughouttheweeksunlessthere
israinfall.Therainfallwillincreasethedepthofthecreekandandthespeedthewater
willflow.Therainfallwouldalsoincreasethedevelopmentoftheplantsaroundthe
creek,wheremysiteis.

Data

Eachobservationwillinclude:

BioticData

Heightofdifferentplants
Percentcoverageoftheplants
Numberofanimals(differenttypesandnumbersforeachanimal)
Percentageofleavesonatree.

AbioticData
Averagedayandeveningtemperatures
Averagerainfall
LengthofdayonWednesday

SiteData

Measurement

Week1

Week2

Week3

Week4

Week5

Plant1Height

2ft

2.3ft

2.75ft

3ft

3.5ft

Plant2Height

0.5ft

0.75ft

1ft

1.25ft

1.5ft

Tree1%ofleaf
coverage

30%

35%

40%

40%

45%

%Ofspicyweed
coveringarea

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Estimationofflying
insectsseen

gnats,30

gnats,20

gnats,20

gnats,15

gnats,20

#Ofwormsunderrock
A

#Ofspidersorwebs
seen

5webs

6webs

8webs

8webs

11webs

#Ofdeerfootprintsor
droppings

Widthofcreek

10ft

10ft

10ft

10ft

10ft

Speedofcreek

almoststill

almoststill

almoststill

almoststill

almoststill

Averageday
temperature

70*

72*

72*

72*

73*

Averageevening
temperature

50*

51*

51*

51*

52*

AverageRainfall

0in

0in

0in

0in

0in

LengthofDayon
Wednesday

6amto8pm

6amto8pm

6amto8pm

6amto8pm

6amto8pm

PoisonOak

20ftSquared 20ftSquared 20ftSquared 21ftsquared

23ftsquared

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