As more Ammonia is broken down, more Nitrite is produced, causing the levels of Nitrite to increase. As we can see by the data, Nitrite is still low, so the water column is still in the first stage of the cycle. But we can predict by the levels of Nitrite in the water column that stage two is about to begin. Nitrite should start to increase over time. To prove this theory we would have to test the water column over an extended period of time, and see if the trends in Nitrite levels and the theory correlate.
Salinity is an important part of the ocean s environment.
As we can see from our data salinity changes slightly, and seems to decrease as the day went on. Again, there can be many explanations for this, but one that we found plausible was that there were many waterfronts moving in and out while our testing was going on. It is possible that the fresh water from the runoff was pushing up the beach towards the pier, and the mixture of the two waters caused the decrease of salinity. There seems to be no connection with salinity and the levels of nutrients in the water. They both seem to act separate of each other.