Fullerton College Cal State Fullerton

Fullerton College—Cal State Fullerton Research Project

Environmental Assessment of Fullerton Creek

and the CSUF Arboretum water system

FACULTY / Chemistry / Geological Sciences
Fullerton City College / Asim Ansari / Ted Chan / Rick Lozinsky / Sean Chamberlin / Marc Willis
Cal State / Hal Rogers / Mark Filowitz / Brandon Browne / Diane Clemens-Knott
GROUPS / Chemistry students / Geological Sciences students
Blue
Asim Ansari / Dane / Barbara Hloshko
Myy Nguyen / Dave Eusantos
Green
Sean Chamberlin / Yamam Almouradi / Krista Dickenson
Anh Lam / Tim Rumble
Orange
Ted Chan / Tiffany Macaranas / Brian Hirth
Chris Kim / Lucy Cortez
Red
Rick Lozinsky / Michelle Vasquez / Mike Prior
Ann Lee / Justin Scoltock

Saturday September 9th, 2006

time / Fullerton Creek / Arboretum
faculty / MF / HR / BB / MW / HR / MF / MW / BB
9:30-9:55 / red / orange / green / blue
9:55-10:20 / green / blue / red / orange
10:20-11:00 / Move to CSUF Arboretum
Tour (≈10:45)
11:00-11:15 / Site inspection; choice of sampling localities
11:15-11:40 / red / orange / green / blue
11:45-12:10 / green / blue / red / orange
12:15-12:45 / picnic lunch at student dorms
12:45-1:30 / move to Dan Black Hall science lab
Tour and instructions
Chemistry Labs / Geology Labs
faculty (room) / MF-HR (DBH-###) / BB (outside)
1:30-2:30 / Green--Blue / Red-Orange
2:40-3:40 / Red--Orange / Green--Blue
3:45-4:00 / Wrap-up: brainstorming/3 questions?? (DBH-203)

Saturday September 16th, 2006

9:00-9:30 / Presentation: Characteristics of Trout Habitats (DBH-203)
Chemistry Labs / Geology Labs
faculty (room) / MF-HR (DBH-###) / BB-DCK (MH-556/557)
9:30-10:30 / Red-Orange / Green--Blue
10:40-11:40 / Green--Blue / Red--Orange
11:45-12:45 / short campus tour and lunch
1:00-2:30 / group work (DBH-203; MH-263)
2:30-3:30 / Fullerton Creek presentation / Arboretum Creek presentation
Red--Orange / Green--Blue
3:30-4:00 / Draft recommendations and conclusions

Environmental Requirements for Trout

Temperature

ideal range = 58-64 ºF (14-18ºC)

ideal range = 7.5 – 9

Dissolved Oxygen

minimum threshold = 5 ppm

Water Chemistry

TDS generally high
high Ca good for forming fish eggs and bones
toxic metals (e.g. arsenic) should be low

Water Depth and Velocity

Spawning: good flow, but less than 0.5 m/sec
Rearing: mix of low flow pools and riffles (1:1 ratio)
0.18m minimum depth

Substrate

Spawning: clean gravel, 1-15 cm diameter; 20% fine sediment; low siltation

SCHEDULE

Saturday September 9th

Meet at Fullerton Creek

9-9:30 Introductions and instructions; site inspection

9:30-9:55 period 1

9:55-10:20 period 2

move to Arboretum

10:45-11:00 Arboretum tour

11:00-11:15 instructions and site inspection

11:15-11:40 period 3

11:45-12:10 period 4

move to dorms

12:15-12:45 lunch

move to DBH

1-1:30 DBH tour and instructions

1:30-2:30 period 5

2:40-3:40 period 6

3:40-4:00 wrap-up

Saturday September 16th

9-9:30 presentation re trout/hatchery needs

9:30-10:30 period 7

10:40-11:40 period 8

11:45-12:45short campus tour, and lunch at food court

1:00-2:30group work Fullerton Creek (red, orange)— DBH-203

Arboretum Creek (green, blue) — MH-263

2:30-3:30group presentations

compare/contrast discussion

3:30-4:00draft conclusions/recommendations for Fish and Game

FIELD/LAB Tasks

GEOLOGY
Task # / Task Description / Faculty / Location
Gt1 / measure/sketch cross section (depth/width)
measure stream velocity
identify boulders? / DCK; / field
Gt2 / determine GPS/air photo location
collect sediment samples
make observations re plants, inflow; take digital pictures / BB; / field
Gt3 / Chart stream profile;Calculate discharge
(DBH-203)start map/diagram? Transfer photos? / DCK; / DBH-203
Gt4 / Wet-sieve sediment samples / BB; / outside DBH
Gt5 / Binocular microscopy of coarse size fraction
Petrographic demonstration / DCK; / DBH-203
Gt6 / Weigh size fractions
Grain-size analysis of fine-grained fraction / BB; / MH-557
MH-556
CHEMISTRY
Task # / Task Description / Faculty / Location
Ct1 / field
Ct2 / field
Ct3
Ct4
Ct5
Ct6