Buffer West Marsh Boardwalk

West Marsh Boardwalk Site 1- Westminster Ponds ESA (adjacent to Wellington Road)

London, Ontario, Canada

This marsh lies just east of Wellington Road - a High Speed North - South Corridor road that experiences high rates of traffic throughout the day. There is a significant amount of wind blown garbage from surrounding businesses (Tim Hortons Cups...). Additionally in some areas there are also large items that have been dumped here as well as a consistent presence of transient camping activity & drug paraphernalia. Our students are concerned about the sensitivity of this wetland and wonder how the runoff of salt and all of this garbage & noise pollution might be influencing local aquatic and terrestrial life.
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Issues Summary

wildlife
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Observations summary

Bird
2
Insect
1
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Other Invasive
2
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Amphibian
1
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Phragmites
1
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Plant
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Observation tests summary

Air temperature °C
17.0 Latest
18.0 Average
Water temperature °C
15.8 Latest
16.8 Average
Alkalinity mg/L
120 Latest
180 Average
Hardness mg/L
100 Latest
230 Average
Dissolved oxygen mg/L
8.0 Latest
5.5 Average
Chlorine ppm
0.0 Latest
0.2 Average
Conductivity μS/cm
1159 Latest
1035 Average
Water depth m
0.1 Latest
0.7 Average
Dissolved oxygen %
7.0 Latest
7.0 Average
Turbidity JTU
1 Latest
1 Average
pH (0-14)
7.5 Latest
7.6 Average
Secchi depth m
0.0 Latest
0.0 Average