La Selva Biological Station,Costa Rica

Chemical & Biotic Analysis of

Water & Soil: "Going Bananas"

 

Materials
photos
Data
Copper
Nitrates
soil pH
References
rubrick
Classroom

 

types of

types of

Site

Sample

Sample

Distance

stream

stream

stream

stream

stream

Distance

soil

soil

soil

soil

Distance

Name

Date

Number

Upstream (m)

pH

copper

nitrate

phosphate

organisms

Upstream (m)

pH

nitrate

phosphate

organisms

Upstream (m)

banana 1a

17-Jul-01

1

0

6.0

0.425

1.5

1.0

1

0

5

trace

high

0

0

banana 1b

17-Jul-01

2

5

5.5

0.5

1

1.0

1

5

6

trace

high

0

5

banana 1c

17-Jul-01

3

10

5.5

0.5

1

1.0

0

10

6.5

trace

high

0

10

banana 2a

17-Jul-01

6

0

6.5

0.2

1

< 1.0

3

0

6

trace

high

1

0

banana 2b

17-Jul-01

5

5

6.5

0.2

1

< 1.0

0

5

6

trace

high

0

5

banana 2c

17-Jul-01

4

10

6.5

0.175

1

1.0

1

10

6.5

trace

high

1

10

SUR 950a

18-Jul-01

3

0

5.0

0

0.5

trace

0

0

6.5

none

medium

2

0

SUR 950b

18-Jul-01

2

5

5.0

0

0.5

trace

1

5

7

none

high

1

5

SUR 950c

18-Jul-01

1

10

5.0

0

0.5

trace

1

10

5

none

medium

0

10

CCC 1050a

18-Jul-01

6

0

6.0

0

0.5

trace

1

0

6

none

low

0

0

CCC 1050b

18-Jul-01

5

5

6.0

0

0.5

trace

0

5

7

none

medium

2

5

CCC 1050c

18-Jul-01

4

10

6.0

0

0.5

trace

3

10

6

none

medium

0

10