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Mina O, Gall HE, Chandler JW, et al. Continuous Hydrologic and Water Quality Monitoring of Vernal Ponds. J Vis Exp. 2017;(129)doi: 10.3791/56466.
Mina, O., Gall, H. E., Chandler, J. W., Harper, J., & Taylor, M. (2017). Continuous Hydrologic and Water Quality Monitoring of Vernal Ponds. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, (129), . https://doi.org/10.3791/56466
Mina, Odette, et al. "Continuous Hydrologic and Water Quality Monitoring of Vernal Ponds." Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE vol. ,129 (2017). doi: https://doi.org/10.3791/56466
Mina O, Gall HE, Chandler JW, Harper J, Taylor M. Continuous Hydrologic and Water Quality Monitoring of Vernal Ponds. J Vis Exp. 2017 Nov 13;(129). doi: 10.3791/56466. PMID: 29155765; PMCID: PMC5755370.
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J Vis Exp. 2017 Nov 13;(129). doi: 10.3791/56466.

Continuous Hydrologic and Water Quality Monitoring of Vernal Ponds.

Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE

Odette Mina, Heather E Gall, Joseph W Chandler, Jeremy Harper, Malcolm Taylor

Affiliations

  1. Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Pennsylvania State University; Energy and Environmental Sustainability Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University.
  2. Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Pennsylvania State University; [email protected].
  3. Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Pennsylvania State University.
  4. Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Pennsylvania State University.

PMID: 29155765 PMCID: PMC5755370 DOI: 10.3791/56466

Abstract

Vernal ponds, also referred to as vernal pools, provide critical ecosystem services and habitat for a variety of threatened and endangered species. However, they are vulnerable parts of the landscapes that are often poorly understood and understudied. Land use and management practices, as well as climate change are thought to be a contribution to the global amphibian decline. However, more research is needed to understand the extent of these impacts. Here, we present methodology for characterizing a vernal pond's morphology and detail a monitoring station that can be used to collect water quantity and quality data over the duration of a vernal pond's hydroperiod. We provide methodology for how to conduct field surveys to characterize the morphology and develop stage-storage curves for a vernal pond. Additionally, we provide methodology for monitoring the water level, temperature, pH, oxidation-reduction potential, dissolved oxygen, and electrical conductivity of water in a vernal pond, as well as monitoring rainfall data. This information can be used to better quantify the ecosystem services that vernal ponds provide and the impacts of anthropogenic activities on their ability to provide these services.

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