Website

https://floridadep.gov/fco/aquatic-preserve/locations/matlacha-pass-aquatic-preserve

Region(s)

SW

Summary

Continuous water quality data are collected at three water quality stations (Station ID's: MP1A, MP2B, MP3C) located within the Matlacha Pass Aquatic Preserve and one station in Gasparilla Sound-Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserve (Station ID: CHWW1) 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 percent (%), dissolved oxygen (mg/L), depth (m), pH and turbidity (NTU-6600, FNU-EXO)

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

2005

End

Current

Frequency

Continuous

Method

15-minute data collections at fixed stations using YSI 6600 data sondes with a transition to EXO2's and EXO3's beginning in 2018

Discontinuity

Sampling began at MP3C in March 2009

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); Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves. (2022). Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves Continuous Water Quality Monitoring Program. Updated 08/22/2023. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/512

Alternative Citation

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