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Region(s)

NE

Summary

The objective of this effort was to quantify spatial/temporal variability of selected water quality parameters within the Guana system. Water quality observations in this system have been very limited historically and this study aimed to develop a baseline survey of water quality conditions over a variety of seasonal conditions and a spatial gradient. Besides the spatial gradient objective, sites were selected at Mickler’s weir and either side of Guana dam to study hydrologic connections.

Parameters

Total nitrogen (mg/L), NO2 + NO3 (mg/L), NH4 (mg/L), dissolved organic nitrogen (mg/L), fecal coliform (CFU/100mL), total phosphorus (mg/L), PO4 (mg/L), chlorophyll a (ug/L), chlorophyll b (ug/L), chlorophyll c (ug/L), pheophytin (ug/L), total kjeldahl nitrogen (mg/L), total dissolved kjeldahl nitrogen (mg/L), Enterococcus (MPN/100mL), temperature (deg. C), specific conductance (uS/cm), pH, dissolved oxygen (% and mg/L)), salinity (ppt)

Notes

Future updates will be provided through WIN.

Application

Publications

Start

2017

End

Current

Frequency

Monthly

Method

Grab Samples

Discontinuity

Data Location

WIN, GTMNERR

Data Format

Excel
Excel

Habitats

Water Column

SEACAR Citation

Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection (RCP); Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTMNERR); Friends of GTM; Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). (2024). Guana River and Guana Lake 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/5014

Alternative Citation

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