Data from Lab 3 - Bioassay of Salinity, Collected Soil and Collected Water Samples

Data Table  #1: Soil Sample Bioassay (Groups 1-6)

Each of 6 groups conducted the Collected Soil Bioassay simultaneously, the mean growth of 4 seeds per sample is recorded below. 

Soil sample #	Location (planted on 11/29)	Group 1 Average	Group 2 Average	Group 3 Average	Group 4 Average	Group 5 Average	Group 6 Average
1	Burlington	0	74mm	0	0	0	38mm
2	Prairie	35mm	14mm	70mm	65mm	30mm	38mm
3	Nancy’s House	95mm	16mm	70mm	50mm	43mm	40mm
4	Raised Beds	0	0	60mm	46mm	0	4mm
5	Edgardo’s House	60mm	0	0	0	83mm	45mm
6	Lincoln Park	0	82mm	80mm	0	30mm	10mm
7	Commercial Soil	70mm	55mm	85mm	25mm	90mm	46mm

Data Table 2: Bioassay of Water Salinity

Water sample #	Salinity Level (Percent Salt Water  %SW)	12/5/11 Number of beet seeds sprouted	12/5/11 Lengths of sprouts in mm	12/7/11 Number of beet seeds sprouted	12/7/11 Lengths of sprouts in mm	12/9/11 Number of beet seeds sprouted	12/9/11 Lengths of sprouts in mm	Mean
1	0%	4	10 mm 90 mm 20 mm 90 mm	4	60 mm 45 mm 100 mm 9 mm	4	100mm 91mm 105mm 58mm	88mm
2	20%	0		0		2	4mm 2mm	3mm
3	40%	1	25mm	1	40mm	1	55 mm	55mm
4	60%	0		0		0		0
5	80%	0		0		0		0
5	100%	0		0		0		0

Data Table 3: Bioassay of Collected Water Samples 

Water sample #	Location of water sample collection	12/5/11 Number of beet seeds sprouted	12/5/11 Lengths of sprouts in mm	12/7/11 Number of beet seeds sprouted	12/7/11 Lengths of sprouts in mm	12/9/11 Number of beet seeds sprouted	12/9/11 Lengths of sprouts in mm
1	Pond	0		0		0	0
2	Tap Water	3	15mm 25mm 9mm	3	35mm 55mm 15mm	3	Dried out -- could not measure
3	Lake Water	0		1	10mm	2	27mm 12mm also dry
4	Puddle Water	0		0		1	8mm
5	Evian Water	4	60mm 65mm 45mm 50mm	4	85mm 50mm 34mm 40mm	4	Dried out – could not measure