Website

https://floridadep.gov/rcp/aquatic-preserve/locations/yellow-river-marsh-aquatic-preserve

Region(s)

NW

Summary

Continuous water quality data are collected at one water quality station (Station ID: YRMAP1) located within the Yellow River Marsh Aquatic Preserve in 15-minute intervals for eight parameters using protocols established by the National Estuarine Research Reserve's System-Wide Monitoring Program. AP continuous WQ protocols and metadata: https://www.floridaapdata.org/

Parameters

water temperature (°C), specific conductivity (mS/cm), salinity (psu), dissolved oxygen (%), dissolved oxygen (mg/L), depth (m), pH and turbidity (NTU)

Notes

AP was closed for a couple of years around the 2011 timeframe. The AP manager couldn't confirm if WQ monitoring took place prior to it re-opening in January 2015.

Application

To measure changes in estuarine waters that help provide a better understanding of how human activities and natural events can affect coastal resources and to provide valuable data on the short-term variability and long-term changes in estuaries to researchers, natural resource managers and other coastal decision-makers.

Publications

presentations, meetings, reports, and online

Start

2015

End

Current

Frequency

Continuous

Method

15-minute data collections at fixed stations using YSI EXO-2 data sondes

Discontinuity

Data Location

Aquatic Preserve Data Portal - https://www.floridaapdata.org/

Data Format

Excel, .csv (yearly files)
https://www.floridaapdata.org/

Habitats

Water Column

SEACAR Citation

Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection (RCP); Northwest Florida Aquatic Preserves. (2024). Yellow River Marsh Aquatic Preserve Continuous Water Quality Monitoring. Updated 02/05/2025. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/467

Alternative Citation

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