The Effect of Carp on Overall Water Quality

By Erik Massey, Tim Richardson and Meredith Rusch

       Introduction

       Methods

       Results

       Conclusion

       The Effect of Carp - Final PDF

 

Abstract

          This project was done to study the effects of a carp exclosure on the overall water quality.  We decided to take on this endeavor because of the carp exclosure project and the interest we had on the carp’s effect of the water quality in Lake Wingra seeing as though it is a non-native species.  By collecting algae contents, chloride contents, and secchi disk readings, we found that the overall water quality inside the carp exclosure is better than the water outside of the carp exclosure based on those three variables.  Although there were few errors made while conducting the experiments, we are confident that these results shown are true and can be useful for future projects to determine the health of Lake Wingra in regards to the water quality.