Observation

Rhodes Bayou - Pascagoula River Audubon Center

Rhodes Bayou

Wetland

January 16, 2026 at 1:36 PM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny
    • Sunny

Physical tests

  • Water depth

    Ruler (metric)

    0.5 m

Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Other thermometer

    16 °C

  • Water temperature

    Other thermometer

    11 °C

  • pH

    LaMotte (precision pH)

    7.5

    Regulatory

  • Oxygen

    LaMotte (dissolved oxygen)

    8.0 mg/L

    Regulatory

  • Hardness

    LaMotte (hardness)

    ≥ 200 ppm

  • Turbidity

    LaMotte (turbidity)

    15 JTU

  • Alkalinity

    LaMotte (alkalinity)

    115 ppm

  • Oxygen

    LaMotte (dissolved oxygen %)

    71 %

Biological tests

  • Incubation time

    Digital timer

    24 hours

  • Incubation temperature

    Digital thermometer

    35 °C

  • E. coli

    Roth R-Card ECC-A (E. coli, total coliform)

    300.0 CFU/100 mL

    average of 3 samples Regulatory

  • Other coliform

    Roth R-Card ECC-A (E. coli, total coliform)

    700.0 CFU/100 mL

    Average of 700, 700, 700

  • Total coliform

    Roth R-Card ECC-A (E. coli, total coliform)

    1000.0 CFU/100 mL

    Average of 1000, 1000, 1000

Notes

>200 mgl hardness