Miami University Data Buoy Represents the Future of Ecology
Acton Lake data buoy deployment
Acton Lake is a productive fisheries site and serves as the emergency drinking water supply for the city of Oxford. It is also the perfect training grounds for undergraduate and graduate students studying limnology. Rivers that flow into the lake can bring large concentrations of sediments and nutrients during storms, stimulating harmful algal blooms, hurting fisheries, and reducing the lake's water quality.
The system streams real-time data via cellular telemetry. The data buoy features a NexSens SDL500 data logger with a T-Node temperature string and a YSI 6600 V2-4 sonde measuring pH, ORP, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll, phycocyanin, and turbidity. A NexSens HydroMet station provides supplemental rain, wind, and light data for comprehensive research.
"The whole field of ecology is moving to more sensor driven, more high frequency, more large scale network based science," said Kevin Rose, a PhD candidate in Miami University's Department of Zoology. "This sort of training and research provides the opportunity to learn in an atmosphere that represents the future for ecology."
This project was funded by the National Science Foundation, using stimulus money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The system will contribute to a long-term lake monitoring program.
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