Website

https://floridakeys.noaa.gov/wqpp/welcome.html http://seagrass.fiu.edu/fknms.htm

Region(s)

SE

Summary

Seagrass distribution and abundance, water quality, water clarity

Parameters

Current: Percent cover (braun-blanquet), density,  seagrass nutrient availability (C:N:P), seagrass carbon stable isotopes, seagrass nitrogen stable isotopes, water clarity, salinity, temperature, light attenuation, sediment characterization, seagrass morphometrics, epiphyte load   No longer current: leaf scarring, growth. Temperature data from data loggers at near-bottom (relative depth = "Bottom"), 25-50cm off the bottom (near the height of the seagrass canopy).

Notes

Level 1 Stations: Sampled quarterly, Level 2 Stations: Randomly selected , sampled annually, Level 3 Stations: Randomly selected , sampled annually. Temperature data in files "Temp_All..." are collected at near-bottom (relative depth = "Bottom"), 25-50cm off the bottom (near the height of the seagrass canopy). The water depth varies by site.

Application

To measure the status and trends of seagrass communities to evaluate progress toward protecting and restoring the living marine resources of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

Publications

Reports, website

Start

1995

End

Current

Frequency

Semiannual

Method

Fixed transect - (10) random .25m^2 quadrats http://seagrass.fiu.edu/data.htm. Data is reported at the transect level, the BB score is an average of all quadrats along the transect.

Discontinuity

Data Location

http://seagrass.fiu.edu/data.htm

Data Format

Habitats

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Water Column

SEACAR Citation

Florida International University (FIU); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. (2021). Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Seagrass Monitoring Project. Updated 01/13/2022. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/296

Alternative Citation

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