Susquehanna Salinity (ppt) 0.0 5.3 10.7 16.0 21.3 26.7 32.0 Center Transect Chesapeake Bay Salinity January 2018 Cruise - Jan 16, 2018-Jan 31, 2018 North 39⁰ Patuxent Potomac Rappahannock 38° York Atlantic James 37° 76⁰ 77° 50m EyesontheBay.net
You will be using the "Eyes on the Bay" website to explore the estuary. The red boxes have estuary data and graphs, the triangles give tide data, and the yellow plus signs are bouy data.
http://eyesonthebay.dnr.maryland.gov/eyesonthebay/index.cfm.
Eyes on the Bay of Maryland Department of Natural Resources : Your Home for Maryland Tidal Water Quality Data
1. Look at the "red box" data and describe how the water temperature changes throughout the year (make sure to give specific temperature values).
2. Look at the "red box" data and describe how dissolved oxygen changes throughout the year (make sure to give specific values).
3. Look at the "red box" data and describe how the salinity changes as you go from the ocean up the river (make sure to give specific salinity values).
4. Using the same data from question #3, and the salinity gif (attached )how does salinity change with seasons?
5. Similarly, find a location and describe how the salinity changes with depth (near the ocean or in the river)?
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