FY2001 Annual Report of the Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Water Quality Protection Program in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: This report serves as a summary of our efforts to date in the execution of the Water Quality Monitoring Project for the FKNMS as part of the Water Quality Protection Program.Since initiation we have added 4 sampling sites and adjusted 6 others to increase cover in the Sanctuary Preservation Areas and Ecological Reserves.We have received 33 requests for data by outside researchers working in the FKNMS; one of which has resulted in a master's thesis.Two scientific manuscripts have been published: one is a book chapter in The Everglades, Florida Bay, and the Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys: an Ecological Sourcebook.CRC Press.; the other is in special issue of Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science on visualization in coastal marine science.Two other manuscripts are being prepared; one in conjunction with the FKNMS seagrass monitoring program.We maintain a website (http://serc.fiu.edu/wqmnetwork/)wheredata from the FKNMS is integrated with the other parts of the SERC water quality network (Florida Bay, Whitewater Bay, Biscayne Bay, Ten Thousand Islands, and SW Florida Shelf) and displayed as downloadable contour maps, time series graphs, and interpretive reports.The period of record for this report is Mar.1995 -Sept.2001 and includes data from 25 quarterly sampling events at 154 stations within the FKNMS including the Dry Tortugas National Park.Field parameters at each station include salinity (practical salinity scale), temperature (ºC), dissolved oxygen (DO, mg l -1 ), turbidity (NTU), relative fluorescence, and light attenuation (K d , m -1 ).Water chemistry variables include the dissolved nutrients nitrate (NO 3 -), nitrite (NO 2 -), ammonium (NH 4 + ), dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), and soluble reactive phosphate (SRP).Total unfiltered concentrations of nitrogen (TN), organic nitrogen (TON), organic carbon (TOC), phosphorus (TP), and silicate (Si(OH) 4 ) were also measured.Biological parameters included chlorophyll a (CHLA, µg l -1 ) and alkaline phosphatase activity (APA, µM h -1 ).All concentrations are reported as µM unless noted otherwise.
Authors: R.A. Jones, Joseph N. Boyer
Language: English
Subfield: Oceanography
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2560378534