I returned to the Niagara College lagoons on Thursday September 29/2022 at five different times between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm. I have continued to sample five different areas of the lagoons at five different times of the day. I am going to aim for three to five different sampling days before compiling my final data.
I have not come across any problems implementing my sampling design up to this point. I have noticed some patterns during my sampling that have made me reflect on my original hypothesis from the beginning of my project to now. I originally believed that more turtles would be present during the early hours of the day (7:00 am) and later hours (7:00 pm), however, the data has shown that they are much more active during midday. I will make note of these observations in my final report.