{"id":298,"date":"2013-02-03T11:51:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-03T11:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectbaseline.nl\/2013\/02\/03\/2013-02-03-0954-hbos-viz-test-big-secchi\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T13:39:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:39:44","slug":"2013-02-03-0954-hbos-viz-test-big-secchi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectbaseline.nl\/?p=298","title":{"rendered":"2013-02-03 09:54 hbos Viz test big Secchi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Weather : Clouded \/ SW wind 5<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">&nbsp;bft \/ Rain 0&nbsp;mm \/ 1014<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">.7&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">hpa<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Divers : John, Patrick, Koos, Kacper, <span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Axel,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Goal : Visibility test Secchi 20 cm horizontal and vertical verus 10 Secchi and Dutchi \/&nbsp; SETL check<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Max depth :&nbsp;16.1 mtr<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Duration :&nbsp;41<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">&nbsp;<\/span>minutes<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Air temp : 5.0&nbsp;celsius<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Water temp : 4,6 celsius minimum<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Fish: &gt; 2 Perch<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Dutchi visibility: 3 mtr depth -&gt; 8 meters.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Secchi visibility:&nbsp; 3 meter depth -&gt; 11,5 mtr<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">Plants: Elodea only found in scattered small bushes at 10 mtr and deeper.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">Comment: Mussels at 3 meters and 6 meter now dislodged from measurement pile. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">A lot of copepods are swimming in the watercolumn from surface to 16 mtr depth.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">Visibility is amazing you can see the slopes at the bottom.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">SETL H136 Start 27-09-12 (grows very small mussels on it which are now bigger than the ones I had found on H135.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">SETL H106 Start 15-12-12 has some brown patches (diatoms) on it.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">AT both plates many shrimp use it as a savehaven.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>Secchi&nbsp;disk 20 cm&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">Vertical from surface using divemask. = 11,5 mtr<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">Horizontal at 3 mtr depth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = 11,5 mtr<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">Horizontal at&nbsp;6 mtr depth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = 11,5 mtr<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>Secchi plate test 10 cm <\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">Vertical from surface not possible&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = n\/a<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">Horizontal at 3 mtr depth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =&nbsp;11,5 mtr<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">Horizontal at&nbsp;6 mtr depth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = 11,5&nbsp;mtr<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>Dutchi plate test<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">Vertical from surface not possible <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">Horizontal at 3 mtr depth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =&nbsp;8 mtr<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">Horizontal at&nbsp;6 mtr depth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =&nbsp;8 mtr<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">Conclusion &nbsp;from this&nbsp;one-off test is that regardless the size both Secchi disk and plate give the same readings.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">There is no difference between horizontal and vertical reading&nbsp;when using divemask at surface. There will be a significant difference when you do not have a&nbsp;waterscope or divemask. Reflections \/ glare and waves at the watersurface have a negative affect on the reading.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-yUFFPEVGQCA\/UQ-m-sV8VAI\/AAAAAAAACmM\/cQU0f5BatsQ\/s1600\/IMG-20130202-WA0001.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-yUFFPEVGQCA\/UQ-m-sV8VAI\/AAAAAAAACmM\/cQU0f5BatsQ\/s320\/IMG-20130202-WA0001.jpg\" width=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather : Clouded \/ SW wind 5&nbsp;bft \/ Rain 0&nbsp;mm \/ 1014.7&nbsp;hpa Divers : John, Patrick, Koos, Kacper, Axel,Goal : Visibility test Secchi 20 cm horizontal and vertical verus 10 Secchi and Dutchi \/&nbsp; SETL checkMax depth :&nbsp;16.1 mtrDuration :&nbsp;41&nbsp;minutesAir temp : 5.0&nbsp;celsiusWater temp : 4,6 celsius minimumFish: &gt; 2 PerchDutchi visibility: 3 mtr depth &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projectbaseline.nl\/?p=298\" class=\"more-link\">Lees verder <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;2013-02-03 09:54 hbos Viz test big Secchi&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hbos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectbaseline.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectbaseline.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectbaseline.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectbaseline.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectbaseline.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projectbaseline.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5167,"href":"https:\/\/projectbaseline.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions\/5167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectbaseline.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectbaseline.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectbaseline.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}