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25 Jun 2017

Early results show increased N & P at sewage treatment works outfall Fornham All Saints

Hi

The uploading of these results have been delayed by the problems with FWW i-Phone App and so have been manually input through the website at a later date.

Two sites have now been surveyed above and below a major sewage treatment works outfall on the River Lark, although this is just a single survey; the sites were within 300m of each other and taken within an hour of each other.

The Upstream site had a result of N = 5-10 And P = 0.05-0.1

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17 Jun 2017

Excited! First sampling date.

Last Monday was a public holiday in the Netherlands, and none of us were able to sample at any of the other days, so we postponed our sampling with a week. 

The weather was excellent and when we arrived a lot of ducks were swimming on the pond. It was good we took a picture, since they left pretty soon after our arrival. I had hoped to hear any evidence of frogs or toads, but we didn't. 

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30 May 2017

Freshwater and Citizen Science: A Research Hackathon

It’s been a while since I wrote! For which I am quite ashamed. However, I’m pleased to say that for the most part it is with good reason as we have been extremely busy relaunching the FWW platform, carrying out research using the data the FWW community has collected (see: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00489697/vsi/10LXJ6J513J, and a second special issue on its way), and looking ahead to see how FWW can better meet user requirements amongst other things.

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26 May 2017

Why I love wetlands

Wetlands not wastelands.  

Wetlands are great and the foundation of life.  They also provide me with great enployement oppourtuities.

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05 May 2017

Are you thinking Bio-security when you FeshWater Watch sample? This free on line Leeds University course will help you

FreshWater Watch Citizen Scientists may visit only one site or could monitor several sites a day or a week, have you ever thought that you might be putting your site at risk by transferring Non Native Invasive Species between these sites?

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