Website

https://floridadep.gov/fco/aquatic-preserve/locations/fort-pickens-aquatic-preserve

Region(s)

NW

Summary

seagrass survey

Parameters

species comp, abundance (Modified Braun-Blanquet), blade length (in.), epiphytes (light, moderate, heavy), sediment type, temperature (deg. C), salinity (ppt), DO (mg/L), PAR (mmol), secchi depth, depth (m)

Notes

Application

Publications

Start

2016

End

Current

Frequency

Semiannual

Method

25 fixed seagrass sites being monitored twice per growing season (late May to early October). Monitoring is conducted twice annually (late May to early October) during growing season and at each fixed site, a square meter quadrat is randomly thrown within the vicinity and submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) data is collected. Data for four random quadrats collected per site. This data includes Braun-Blanquet for SAV composition, by overall and by species. Within each quadrat, blade length for 4 random representations for each species is conducted. Site are assessed using a modified 6-point Braun-Blanquet scale (0-5): 0 - No SAV, 1 - < 5%, 2 - 5 to 25%, 3 - 25 to 50%, 4 - 50 to 75%, 5 - 75 to 100%.

Discontinuity

Data Location

By Request

Data Format

excel
excel

Habitats

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Water Column

Recommended Citation

Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection (RCP); Northwest Aquatic Preserves. (2016). Northwest Florida Aquatic Preserve Seagrass Survey. Updated 03/24/2021. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://dev.seacar.waterinstitute.usf.edu/programs/details/4065.

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