pH
By: natalh
Date: 12/8/04 7:57 PM
Why would the pH of Stream 1 (6) be lower than that of all the other pH samples? Excluding that one observation, the average pH was 7.75 (slightly basic). There aren't any other obvious differences between Stream 1 and the other recorded data points. With that in mind, would this one observation of pH be significant when making comparisons between the streams?
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Responses:
- Re: pH bwright (12/8/04 8:10 PM)
i think it would because it's part of the pond. The pH is the acidity or alkalinity of the streams. That's something that can't be discounted.[Reply]
- Re: pH cjervis (12/9/04 10:13 AM)
This may be a problem with any conclusions we draw....one observation might not be enough to make any reliable conclusion.
However, do we have more than one observation on pH values here? Are there any other data to consider? Where do the observations made on your field trip relate to those made in the past?[Reply]
- Re: Re: pH natalh (12/9/04 10:06 PM)
I used the data that was gathered with the WWMD Monitoring kit...although there was another set of data, we had to discount it because we decided the measurements were not accurate representations of the data.[Reply]