Tyler Run Stream Case Study

Location of the stream was not the only factor that could have contributed to the abundance of algae abundance and macroinvertebrates diversity, the surroundings also contributed. Tyler Run stream is located on a college campus, this means that it bears the burden of college students trash, it has chemicals from the pesticides the college uses, and the fertilizer the college uses. All these things can affect the streams cleanliness and inhabitants. A lot of pollution ends up in the Tyler Run river and this can lead to an increase or decrease of algae and macroinvertebrates. Our data showed an opposite effect of our hypothesis, this results could be seen because of the riparian buffer having an effect on the stream. A riparian buffer helps