Website

https://myfwc.com/media/17704/simm3-standrewbay.pdf

Region(s)

NW

Summary

Linda Fitzhugh from Gulf Coast State College (GCSC) and the St. Andrew Bay Resource Monitoring Association (SABRMA) and volunteers from the community monitored almost every fall in St. Andrew Bay behind Shell Island (SAB), West Bay Bowl (WB-BOWL) and West Bay Arm (WB-ARM) from 2000–2009.

Parameters

Percent cover by species seagrass and macroalgae (% presence/absence), density, chlorophyll a (µg/L), color, turbidity (NTU), total suspended solids, total nitrogen (µg/l), and total phosphorus (µg/l), pH, salinity (ppt), dissolved oxygen (mg/L), secchi depth (m), light attenuation (m^-1)

Notes

Application

To provide scientists, resource managers, legislators, and other stakeholders a summary of the status of seagrasses in St. Andrew Bay, Florida.

Publications

Reports

Start

2000

End

2009

Frequency

Annual

Method

Percent cover by species seagrass and DA (1m^2 quadrat), fixed transects; DO, pH, and salinity were measured using a YSI 600 QS or a Hydrolab Quanta following protocols described by Florida Lakewatch.

Discontinuity

Data Location

Data Format

Habitats

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation

SEACAR Citation

St. Andrew Bay Resource Management Association. (2007). St. Andrew Bay Aquatic Preserve Seagrass Monitoring. Updated 06/30/2020. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/556

Alternative Citation

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