Website

https://floridadep.gov/rcp/aquatic-preserve/locations/biscayne-bay-aquatic-preserves

Region(s)

SE

Summary

Continuous water quality data are collected at five water quality stations (Station IDs: BBBB14, BBJT71, BBLR03, BBMRSC, BBMRDW) located within the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserves in 15-minute intervals for eight parameters using protocols established by the National Estuarine Research Reserve's System-Wide Monitoring Program. This program is paired with the North Biscayne Bay Water Quality Program (5026) and relates to the benthic data collected in the North Biscayne Bay Seagrass Loss Monitoring Program (5027).

Parameters

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

Notes

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

2019

End

Current

Frequency

Continuous

Method

15-minute data collections at fixed stations currently using YSI EXO2 data sondes, with earlier data from YSI 6920 at BBLR03 and YSI 6600-V2 at BBBB14.

Discontinuity

Data Location

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

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), Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserves. (2026). Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserves Continuous Water Quality Monitoring. Updated 08/25/2026. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/5077

Alternative Citation

indicates priority attributes