#benthicmonitoring

Students from Birmingham Covington School & Novi Meadows Elementary got outdoors this week to study the quality of the Rouge River. The students broke up into three stations. Biological, Physical, and Chemical. In the biological station they collected samples from the river, then identified the macroinvertabrate species they found. In the physical station, they measured velocity, depth, and observed stream habitats. In the chemical station, they tested the stream’s dissolved oxygen, pH, fecal coliform, phosphates, and nitrates.