Kayaking on the West Pearl River

Field work continued today by kayaking on the West Pearl River. The proposed idea was to travel down the river and find a radom spot along the shore to enter into the forest to collect data (caterpillar count and species diversity, vegetation types, leaf counts, and herbivory).

How do the rivers in Louisiana differ from the rivers in Florida?

This river was also at flood stage which made it very difficult to follow the plans for the day.

Compare the flow of the rivers in southern Louisiana with the Everglades. How can you account for the difference in the flows? What causes rivers to flow? How would a river's flow at flood stage compare to normal flow? How can you account for the difference? What impact do you think flooding would have on the ecosystems in regards to occurance of caterpillars?

Post your comments to the answers to the above questions. Feel free to ask other comments as well as you are researching thearea in which I am studying.