Website

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/coastal/sites/terraceia/

Region(s)

SW

Summary

Continuous water quality data are collected at two water quality stations (Station ID's: TCBH, TCFC) located within the Terra Ceia Beach 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

Data were telemetered back to the AP office the sent via internet to USF St. Petersburg (Mark Luther's lab) where they were processed and also made available on the National Buoy Data Center Website. Office was closed July 2011 - December 2012.

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

2004

End

2011

Frequency

Continuous

Method

15-minute data collections at fixed stations using YSI 6600 data sondes

Discontinuity

2004-2007, 2010-2011

Data Location

Aquatic Preserve Data Portal - https://www.floridaapdata.org/ ; http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

Data Format

.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); Tampa Bay Aquatic Preserves; University of South Florida. (2009). Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve Continuous Water Quality Monitoring. Updated 08/06/2024. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/473

Alternative Citation

indicates priority attributes