P values

• Comparing Rocky creek data by year for each month(ex. September 2018 v.s September 2019 rocky) 15 significant, 3 insignificant differences

• Comparing buck mountain data by year for each month(ex. January 2019 v.s January 2020 Buck)19 significant, 5 insignificant differences

• Comparing Rocky vs Buck by month(ex. September 2019 Rocky vs September 2019 Buck) 10 significant, 4 insignificant differences

• Conclusion 1: When we compare Buck Mtn. and Rocky Creek between 2019 and 2020 there were 10 significant differences and 4 insignificant. The conclusion is that there has been a dramatic change in the chemical data over the course of the year.

• Conclusion 2: When we compare Buck Mtn between 2019 and 2020 there were 19 significant differences and 5 insignificant. The conclusion is that there has been a dramatic change in the chemical data over the course of the year.

• Conclusion 3: When we compare Rocky creek between 2019 and 2020 there were 15 significant differences and 3 insignificant. The conclusion is that there has been a dramatic change in the chemical data over the course of the year.

• Conclusion 4: We shouldn’t reintroduce the mussels into Buck Mtn due to the significant differences in chemical data between it and Rocky creek. However,the data is very spotty. We also had a dramatic weather issue with this fall's drought, which may have skewed the data.

• Conclusion 5: We recommend doing bimonthly testing on Buck Mtn next year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mussel Survey

We sampled Rocky Creek in August, September, October, and November of 2019 and April 2020. Our results were:    

New STUN 0  

New JRSM 32  

New VICO Males 30 

New VICO Female 27   

New VICO sex unknown 1   

 Recaptures  272   

 

Benthic Data:

• The number of Stoneflies was significantly higher than the number of Mayflies in every month except for February where the number of Mayflies was greater in Rocky compared to Buck

• Rocky has a greater number of worms compared to Buck

• In November Buck Mountain had significantly more organisms than did  Rocky; perhaps the effect of the drought.