The Effects of Urbanization on Local First-Order Streams: One Year Later
Kristen K. Cecala, Steven J. Price, William Ringle, and Michael E. Dorcas
Davidson College
Site # 1
Area surrounding site 1 prior to development.
Following disturbance. Pink indicates the watershed for this first order stream. Orange indicates where land clearing has occurred. Yellow points indicate our sampling points within the stream.
Site Details
| Watershed Area (m^2 ) | 370,825 |
| Area of Disturbance (m^2 ) | 132,475 |
| % of Disturbed Watershed | 35.72% |
| Minimum Distance of Disturbance (m) | 0 |
| Maximum Distance of Disturbance (m) | 31 |
| Δ Water Temperature (C ) | 0.22 |
| Δ Conductivity (μs) | 23.34 |
| Δ pH | 1.34 |
| Δ Dissolved Oxygen (%) | -1.77 |
| Δ % Sand | 7.50 |
| Δ % Detritus | 3.75 |
| Δ % Fine Sediments | -10.00 |
| Δ Stream Width (cm) | 4.28 |
| Δ Stream Depth (cm) | 3.20 |
* Δ is defined as the average change from 2005 to 2006 following disturbance.
Questions? Email me at Krcecala@davidson.edu