This field experiment will be conducted at an island park called Zuckerberg Island Park, approximately 8 hectares large, found in the city of Castlegar, BC. Neighbourhood house are found from the north, south and west and the Kootenay river is found to the east. The river water also surround the island park. A large population of trees (majority of evergreen trees), shrubs, and small plants are found though-out the park. Centre of the park has a more dense population of trees. There are rocky beaches surrounded the edges of the park. Visited the park at 14:00 on November 4, 2017 and the the temperature was -1 C with cloudy weather and snow which had fallen a couple days prior to visit. Some questions that arose during the examination of the park where:
- What is the relationship of the proximity of the evergreen trees to the river water to the amount of evergreen trees found at those locations?
- What is the difference of survival and growth of green stems growing for evergreen trees found in the centre of the park (where population is dense) verse on evergreen trees found on the outskirts close to the river water (where population is sparse) when the temperature continues to drop during winter season?
- What is the relation of the amount of small plants growing for soil that is shelter from snow fall to the decrease of temperature, will the amount of small plants present decrease or stay constant?
Photos taken from cell phone when examining the park.
