Estuarine Conditions as of
Feb 26, 2008
St. Lucie Estuary
Current Conditions:
There were no releases
through S-80 over the past week. No discharge occurred at S-97 on the
C-23 Canal or at S-49 on the C-24 canal. The current weekly average
salinities (in bold) at the four monitoring sites in the St. Lucie are given
below in parts per thousand (ppt), along with the previous week’s (in
parenthesis).
|
Weekly Average Salinity
(ppt) |
|
|
Sampling Site |
Surface |
Bottom |
Envelope |
|
10.6 (9.7)
|
13.1
(12.7) |
|
HR1 (N. Fork) |
15.9 (16.9) |
18.2
(18.2) |
|
|
21.3 (21.2) |
21.7
(22.0) |
8.0 – 25.0 |
A1A Bridge |
27.1 (27.6) |
28.5
(28.7) |
20.0 – 31.0 |
Average salinity changed very
little (< 1.0 ppt) throughout the estuary. Both the surface and
bottom salinity are in the preferred range at the
Caloosahatchee Estuary
Current Conditions:
Discharge at S-79 averaged 55
cfs for the week, down from previous week’s 150 cfs. The 30-day
average is 78 cfs. Freshwater flow back into the
|
Weekly Average Salinity
(ppt) |
|
Sampling Site |
Surface |
Bottom |
|
14.2 (16.7) |
14.5 (16.5) |
Rt. 31 Bridge |
15.1
(16.8) |
17.1 (19.0
) |
I-75 Bridge |
NA (NA) |
18.6 (20.2) |
|
22.5 (23.6) |
22.5 (23.8) |
|
27.1 (26.9) |
30.4 (30.7) |
Shell Point |
34.2
(34.2) |
35.6 (35.5) |
Salinity at the
In summary, conditions in the
upper estuary east of
FWRI
reports that no
Karenia brevis, the
To find this information on the web:
·
click on “Current
Week”
·
click on
“Technical Summary”
·
scroll to the
bottom and click on “Coastal Ecosystems”