Website

https://floridadep.gov/fco/aquatic-preserve/locations/estero-bay-aquatic-preserve

Region(s)

SW

Summary

Estero Bay Tributary (Imperial, Spring, Hendry and Mullock) water quality sampling efforts.

Parameters

Biological oxygen demand (mg/L), Calcium (mg/L), Chloride (mg/L), Chlorophyll a (mg/m^3), Dissolved oxygen (DO; mg/L), Enterococcus Group Bacteria (cfu/100mL), Fecal Coliform (cfu/100mL), Hardness (Ca + Mg; mg/L CaCO3), Iron (mg/L), Magnesium (mg/L), Nitrogen ion (N; mg/L), Nitrogen (Kjeldahl; mg/L), Nitrogen (NO3 as N; mg/L), Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3; mg/L), Nitrogen (NO2; mg/L), Nitrogen (NH4; mg/L), Nitrogen (organic; mg/L). Pheophytin-a (mg/m^3), Phosphorus (mg/L), Phosphorus (orthophosphate; mg/L), Salinity (ppt, PSS), Secchi disk depth (m), Silica (mg/L), Specific conductance (mS/cm), Temperature (deg. C), Total Suspended Solids (TSS; mg/L), True Color (PCU), Turbidity (NTU), pH, Arsenic (ug/L), Boron (ug/L), Cadmium (ug/L), Copper (ug/L), Lead (ug/L), Antimony (ug/L), Nickel (ug/L), Molybdenum (ug/L), Manganese (mg/L), Chromium (ug/L), Magnesium (mg/L), Silica (mg/L), Vanadium (ug/L), Copper (ug/L), Aluminum (mg/L), Selenium (ug/L), Thallium (ug/L), Beryllium (ug/L), Zinc (ug/L)

Notes

Application

Publications

Start

2003

End

Current

Frequency

Monthly

Method

Grab samples

Discontinuity

Data Location

STORET/WIN

Data Format

Excel

Habitats

Water Column

SEACAR Citation

Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration (DEAR); Lee County, Natural Resources Department Environmental Lab; Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection (RCP), Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve. (2026). Estero Bay Tributary Monitoring. Updated 08/31/2026. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/4063

Alternative Citation

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