Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Stream Lovers: Sterling couple finds monitoring Loudoun’s water rewarding
Some couples like to play golf, see a movie or visit museums. Scott and Lee Meyer of Sterling would add stream monitoring to their favorite list of couple activities. For the Meyers, wading into a Loudoun County stream in hopes of finding aquatic insects—benthic macro invertebrates or animals without backbones—is a great date.
“We believe we’re [...]
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Stream Monitoring Videos!
Meg Findley, David Ward and Otto Gutenson have collaborated to put on a series of five stream monitoring videos demonstrating the protocol that we use.
Each video is fairly short (about 2-3 minutes long).
As these were our first attempt at making videos (we won’t give up the day jobs just yet…) the audio quality isn’t as [...]
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Stream Monitoring Video 1: Introduction
In this video, Meg Findley provides an overview of our stream monitoring protocol.
The summer cicadas were really loud when we recorded these videos but if you turn up the volume you should be able to hear Meg alright.
For more information about our stream monitoring program and to sign up as a monitor, visit our website at: [...]
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Stream Monitoring Video 2: The Equipment
In this video, Meg provides an overview of the equipment used in stream monitoring.
Remember to turn up the volume to hear Meg over the sounds of the cicadas.
For more information about our stream monitoring program and to sign up as a monitor, visit our website at: http://www.loudounwildlife.org/Stream_Monitoring.htm
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Stream Monitoring Video 3: Sampling the Stream
In this video, Otto Gutenson and David Ward demonstrate how the stream sampling is done while Meg describes what they are doing and why.
The audio in these videos could use improvement (summer cicadas were really loud when we recorded them). But if you turn up the volume you should be able to hear Meg alright.
For [...]
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Stream Monitoring Video 4: Examining the Net
In this video, Meg, Otto and David take a look at the creatures that were collected during the sampling and sort them into families.
Turn up the volume to hear Meg over the summer cicadas…
For more information about our stream monitoring program and to sign up as a monitor, visit our website at: http://www.loudounwildlife.org/Stream_Monitoring.htm
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Stream Monitoring Video 5: The Data
In this video, Meg talks about the data that we collect and what we do with it.
Remember to turn up the volume to be able to hear the audio in this better.
For more information about our stream monitoring program and to sign up as a monitor, visit our website at: http://www.loudounwildlife.org/Stream_Monitoring.htm
