Website

https://floridadep.gov/rcp/aquatic-preserve/locations/st-andrews-aquatic-preserve

Region(s)

NW

Summary

Water quality

Parameters

Alkalinity (carbonate as CaCO3, mg/L), apparent color (PCU), biochemical oxygen demand (mg/L), chlorophyll a (corrected and uncorrected, ug/L), chlorophyll/pheophytin ratio, cloud cover (%), depth (ft, m), dissolved oxygen (%, mg/L), Enterococcus group bacteria (cfu/100mL, #/100mL), fecal coliform (cfu/100mL, #/100mL), fluorides (mg/L), nitrogen (ammonia, mg/L), , NH4 Filtered_mg/L, nitrogen (kjeldahl, mg/L), nitrogen (NO2 + NO3, mg/L), pH, pheophytin a (ug/L), phosphorus (mg/L), orthophosphate (mg/L), precipitation (in), salinity (ppt), secchi depth (ft, m), specific conductance (umho/cm), air temperature (deg. C), water temperature (deg. C), total organic carbon (mg/L), total suspended solids (mg/L), true color (PCU), turbidity (NTU), wave height (in), wind direction (deg.), wind velocity (mph, knots), biotoxins (brevitoxin and domoic acid)

Notes

Combine with SEACAR ID 4053 - same STORET ID numbers Jenna Harper confirmed that the AP program doesn't monitor water quality in Apalachicola Bay. Aquatic Preserve staff collects samples for FDEPs DEAR - Data in STORET

Application

To provide scientists, resource managers, legislators, and other stakeholders a summary of the status of seagrasses in the southern Big Bend region of Florida.

Publications

Reports, monthly summaries from DEAR

Start

2007

End

Current

Frequency

Monthly

Method

Grab samples, secchi disk

Discontinuity

Sampling was done by St. Andrews Resource Management Association and other partners from 1990 until 2016 when CPAP absorbed sampling responsibilities.

Data Location

STORET/WIN

Data Format

STORET/WIN
STORET

Habitats

Water Column

SEACAR Citation

Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection (RCP); Central Panhandle Aquatic Preserves. (2024). St. Andrews Aquatic Preserve Water Quality Monitoring. Updated 11/15/2024. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/470

Alternative Citation

indicates priority attributes