BaruchSummer Interns2014

Ashleigh HoughBiosystems Engineering

Ted AngermeierWildlife and

Fisheries Biology

Kyle PartenheimerWildlife and

Fisheries Biology

Internship Objectives • gain experience with field

work, lab work and analyses of data

• characterize baseline water quantity and water quality data for an engineered pond-wetland system and a “natural” wetland system

• deploy sampling and monitoring instruments for storm sampling

Lab to Field

we set up sample boxes with sondes and deployed them

strategically throughout DeBordieu and Strawberry

Samplingwe collected grab samples bi-weekly

along flow paths in eight different locations between DeBordieu (pond-wetland) and Strawberry (“natural”)

DeBordieu (Pond-Wetland)

Strawberry (“Natural”)

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Parameters Sampled in the

Field• pH• dissolved oxygen • water level• water temperature• specific

conductance• turbidity • oxygen reduction

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Levelogger Installation

installed Solinist leveloggers in Cary, NC to monitor the flow of storm

water throughout the city

Lab Work • water sampling

procedure/handling• filtration of TSS/VSS

(suspended solids)• bacteria processing/analysis• filtration for nutrient analysis • standard curve/reagent for

nutrient analysis– creating a work list/file

designation • digestions for TKN and TKP

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Extra Opportunities

14th Annual AEES Meeting Charleston, SC

phytoplankton and fish sampling with Paul Kenny

beekeeping with Leah at True Blue Nursery and on the property

seining with Jack at Weehaw

• Flume instillation with Ani• Sampling with Hutch

flume installation with Dr. J

sampling with Hutch

our sun has set for the summer...