Website

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/coastal/sites/apalachicola/info.htm

Region(s)

NW

Summary

Fish and benthic macroinverebrate abundance, water quality

Parameters

Species identification, counts, sex and size (mm) of juvenile and post larval fish and macroinvertebrates (shrimps, crabs, demersal, mud crabs, grass shrimp, squid), water quality parameters - depth (m), secchi depth (m), dissolved oxygen (%, mg/L), temperature (deg. C), salinity (ppt), pH, turbidity

Notes

they do not sample for contaminants; some sites are congruent with nutrient/water quality sampling sites

Application

Assess composition and growth impacts from reduced freshwater flow (river discharge)

Publications

Available upon request

Start

2000

End

Current

Frequency

Monthly

Method

modified trawl shrimp nets (5 tows at each site for 2 min), species identification (first 20 species; n=12 sites)

Discontinuity

stopped in Dec 2012; transitioned to quarterly sampling in 2013 or 2014

Data Location

ANERR

Data Format

GIS
Access

Habitats

Water Column

SEACAR Citation

Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection (RCP), Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve (ANERR). (2025). Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve Juvenile Fish and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring. Updated 03/03/2026. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/129

Alternative Citation

indicates priority attributes