The stream is a tributary of Loblochee Creek, north of Loachapoka, AL just off of Lee County Road 188.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>AU Ecological Engineering class participating in stream assessment<\/p><\/div>\n
The students learned about how geology and soils influence stream water quality as Reutebuch tested for pH, alkalinity and hardness. Alabama is a mosaic of geology and physiographic provinces which yield a mosaic of water quality patterns in the state\u2019s streams and rivers. Since Swingle Creek drains parts of the Piedmont Physiographic Province (which contains mica-schist-gneiss-granite parent rock and few calcareous formations), it\u2019s alkalinity and hardness typically runs in the 20-50 mg\/L range (whereas many streams draining through Limestone County and the Huntsville area typically run in the 100+<\/sup> mg\/L range).<\/p>\n Dr. Shrivastava determines stream’s pH with the aid of students<\/p><\/div>\n CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PICTURES<\/a><\/p>\n The students captured a fairly diverse group of stream critters (mayfly nymphs, stonefly nymphs, caddis fly larvae, aquatic snails, cranefly larvae, crayfish and clams) indicative of a healthy Piedmont stream. This is what one would expect from a well-forested, relatively \u2018pristine\u2019 stream with a minimal amount of development in its watershed.<\/p>\n The students enjoyed the stream assessment, and gathered some real-world experience and informative data in the process. Are you curious about what lives in your local stream, and whether or not it\u2019s a healthy ecosystem? Consider joining the army of citizen volunteer water monitors throughout Alabama who watch over this precious resource. See the many ways that you can get involved at www.alabamawaterwatch.org<\/a> (click on GET INVOLVED).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The AU Ecological Engineering class (BSEN 5510\/6510), taught by Dr. Puneet Shrivastava, met with Eric Reutebuch and Cliff Webber last November to learn about Alabama Water Watch(AWW) and to examine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7701,"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions\/7701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Dr.](\"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/01\/08.jpg\")
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