Apalachicola (APA) NERR Water Quality Metadata January - December 1999 Latest Update: March 25, 2000
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CDMO_apawq01-12.99m
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Summary
Abstract:
Water quality monitoring is conducted at 26 National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) at four locations within or adjacent to the reserve. The following parameters are collected at least every 30 minutes: water temperature, specific conductivity, salinity, percent saturation, dissolved oxygen concentration, water depth, pH and turbidity. All water quality data loggers will be deployed from a known depth from the bottom at each site.
Purpose:
Research objectives The East Bay station collects water quality data associated with runoff from the Tates Hell Swamp area. This area was ditched, diked, and altered back in the late 1960's and early 1970's by timber companies. It shortened the drainage period and allowed increased runoff with a concommittant increase in pH which had a drastic affect ... on the biological communities in East Bay. Because of this some plugs were put in to slow drainage, but little restoration work was done. A large section, approximately 36,000 acres, was purchased in 1994 by the Northwest Florida Water Management District. An EPA grant allowed them to begin restoration of the site in 1995 to reduce non-point source runoff. Positioning the dataloggers at the surface and bottom in East Bay will allow the Reserve to monitor changes in water quality during this restoration effort. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Associated researchers and projects APA NERR has been using Hydrolab Datasonde 3' s to monitor water quality at three stations in Apalachicola Bay since May of 1992. One of these stations was moved from the mid-bay area near the Intracoastal Waterway to the East Bay bottom site in January of 1993. The other two are located on two of the largest commercially important oyster bars in the bay. These stations, like East Bay, are intended to be long-term.Other associated researchers and projects which have or continue to utilize this water quality data are: Northwest Florida Water Management District Tate's Hell Restoration Project Apalachicola Bay Freshwater Needs Study Tamplin, M. L., et.al./ Univ. of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Association of Multiple-Antibiotic-Resistance Profiles with Point and Nonpoint Sources of Escherichia coli in Apalachicola Bay Iverson, R./ Florida State University, Department of Oceanography c-14 Primary Productivity Nutrient Enrichment Chanton, J./ Florida State University, Department of Oceanography Food Web Relationships Utilizing Stable Isotope Ratios Fisher, W.S./ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf Breeze, Florida Physiologic Variability of Eastern Oysters From Apalachicola Bay, Florida Niu, X./ Florida State University, Department of Statistics Edmiston, H.L., Bailey, G.O./ APA NERR Time Series Models for Salinity and Other Environmental Factors in the Apalachicola Estuarine System Other remarks/notes CURRENTNESS REFERENCE: Observed SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION INFORMATION: Indirect Spatial Reference: Site location and character The Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve is located in the northwestern part of Florida, generally called the panhandle. It is located adjacent to the City of Apalachicola, and encompasses most of the Apalachicola Bay system, including 52 miles of the lower Apalachicola River. Passes, both natural and manmade, connect Apalachicola Bay to the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. East Bay is separated from Apalachicola Bay by two bridges and a causeway and is located to the north of the bay proper. The bay is 8.2 km long, has an average depth of 1.0 m MHW, and an average width of 1.8 km. The tides in East Bay are mixed and range from 0.3 m to 1.0 m (average 0.5 m). The sampling site is located in the upper reaches of East Bay. The piling location is latitude 29 47.15' N and longitude 84 52.52' W. At the sampling site, the depth is 2.2 m MHW and the width of the bay is 1 km. At the East Bay bottom site the meter probes are 0.3 m above the bottom sediment. Salinity ranges from 0 to 30 ppt and the long term average salinity is approximately 8 ppt. At the East Bay surface site the meter probes are 1.7 m above the bottom sediment and salinity ranges from 0 ppt to 30 ppt with a long term average salinity of 6.3 ppt. The freshwater input is very tanic and usually dark colored. Flows vary with local rainfall and are not quantified due to the diverse sources of the runoff. The bottom type is soft sediment, primarily silt and clay, with no vegetation present. The dominant marsh vegetation near the sampling site is Juncus roemerianus and Cladium jamaicense. The dominant upland vegetation is primarily pineland forests which includes slash pine, saw palmetto, and sand pine. Upland land use near the sampling site includes conservation and silviculture uses with some single family residential in the lower East Bay area. The sampling site is influenced by local runoff from Tates Hell Swamp, the East Bay marshes, and distributary flow, some of which comes from the Apalachicola River via the East River. Tates Hell Swamp was ditched, diked, and altered back in the late 1960's and early 1970's by timber companies. These changes shortened the drainage period and allowed increased runoff with a concomitant increase in pH and color, which had a drastic affect on the biological communities in East Bay. Restoration of Tates Hell Swamp began in 1995 to reduce non-point source runoff.
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Spatial coordinates
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N: 30.22
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S: 29.59
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E: -84.69
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W: -85.22
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Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1981-01-01
Stop Date:
1994-06-30
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Publications/References
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University (2005), Poverty Mapping Project: Global Subnational Infant Mortality Rates, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Palisades, NY, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/povmap-global-subnational... Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University (2005), Poverty Mapping Project: Global Subnational Prevalence of Child Malnutritionn, Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR)/Columbia University, Palisades, NY, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/povmap-global-subnational... Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University (2005), Poverty Mapping Project: Poverty and Food Security Case Studies, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Palisades, NY, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/povmap-poverty-food-secur... Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University (2005), Poverty Mapping Project: Small Area Estimates of Poverty and Inequality, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Palisades, NY, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/povmap-small-area-estimat... Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University (2005), Poverty Mapping Project: Unsatisfied Basic Needs, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Palisades, NY, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/povmap-unsatisfied-basic-...
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2005-11-23
Last DIF Revision Date:
2013-02-14
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