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River Pool, Alum Creek, Ohio
United States, Ohio, Columbus
Pool area of Alum Creek, Ohio. Alum Creek is a largely developed watershed in Ohio, with a land use that is majorly urban, for suburb housing or farmland. Like all streams, Alum Creek comprises ripple and pool areas. This deeper pool along the stream bank has exposed roots from the large sycamore trees. Pools serve as areas of depth, slow water, refuge during drought, and important habitat.
- Submitted by
- Vinny Anderson
- Approved by
- Fritz Rohde & Lawrence Kent
- GPS
- 40.0634193, -82.9231796
- Geographical region
- Northern America
- Drainage Basin
- Mississippi basin
- River catchment
- Ohio River
- Water body type
- Creek
- Water body name
- Alum
- Water body part
- Pool
- Water body course
- Middle course
- Water body: tributary of
- River
- Tributary name
- Ohio
Videos above and below water
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Water Chemistry
Water information
- Water type
- fresh-water
- Water color
- Clear water
- Water transparency
- Medium
- Concentration of sediments
- Medium
- Water temperature
- 19 °C
- Water flow/curent
- Slow
Chemical parameters
- pH
- 7.2
- Conductivity
- GH
- dGH
- KH
- dKH
- Dissolved Oxygen
Substrate in nature
- Sand
- Beige
- Pebble/Gravel
- Beige
- Stone
- Brown
- Stone form
- Roundish
- Silt/Mud
- Beige
- Leaves
- Few
- Driftwood
- Few
- Submerged terrestrial vegetation
- no
Aquatic Biotope
- Date of collecting
- 16/07/2021
- Collecting area
- River bank
- Water depth
- 0,5m
- Air temperature
- 25 °C
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
Environment
- Environment
- Affected by human activity
- Affected by human activity
- Pollution
- Pollution
- Moderate
- Surrounding area
The watershed as a whole is about 50% agricultural land, 25% urban and 25% forested. Close to the sampling area, land use is majorly residential housing, industrial parks and roadways. Minimal forest buffers exist along the river banks.
- Underwater landscape
Rocky sandstone river bottom, with high sediment deposits. Deeper pools are found along the river banks, where exposed roots provide overhead cover for fish.
Fish: specimens of the Lepisosteidae, Cyprinidae (spp. Cyprinus carpio, Notemigonus crysoleucas, Campostoma anomalum, Semotilus atromaculatus) Catostomidae (spp. Catostomus commersonii and Hypentelium nigricans), Centrarchidae and Percidae families.
Crustaceans: of the Cambaridae family.
Plants: Justicia americana.
- Threats to ecology
Sedimentation, eutrophication, road salt and roadway pollutants.
Riparian zone
- Trees near the aquatic habitat
-
Few - Platanus occidentalis
Comment by the expert
Fritz Rohde: More diversity than listed. Shiners and a bass also present. Could have used more colorful species. No bibliography.
Lawrence Kent: Wonderful re-creation of a great Ohio biotope. I visited this area last year. Great transition from the actual biotope to the aquarium biotope in the video, showing the consistency. Will those stonerollers eventually outgrow the tank? Would love to see more mature fish. Overally outstanding.
