Water column profiles were conducted at seven locations in the Providence and Seekonk River estuaries on October 30, 2024 using a Seabird Electronics profiler. In the five days leading up to the survey, no precipitation was recorded at T.F. Green. Water column stratification varied between the sites this week from well-mixed at most sites to weakly stratified at Phillipsdale Landing.
Dissolved oxygen (DO) conditions were not observed to be below the hypoxia threshold (2.9 mg/L) at any site profiled this week. The highest fluorescence recorded this week was measured around 1 meter below the surface at Phillipsdale Landing.