Estuarine Conditions as of Feb 12, 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 |
|
12.9
(11.8) |
15.6 (15.5)
|
|
HR1 (N. Fork) |
16.4 (16.5) |
18.7
(19.0) |
|
|
22.0 (19.5) |
22.5
(20.5) |
8.0 – 25.0 |
A1A Bridge |
28.0 (25.7) |
28.9
(27.3) |
20.0 – 31.0 |
Average salinity increased
during the past week at most sites. Both the surface and bottom salinity are in
the preferred range at the
Caloosahatchee Estuary
Current Conditions:
No discharge occurred at S-79
last week. The concentration of chlorides at the Olga Plant is 175
mg/l. Average salinity changed little over the past week. Weekly average
salinities for specific sites are given below in parts per thousand (ppt).
Current weekly averages (in bold) may be compared to last week’s data (in
parenthesis).
|
Weekly Average Salinity
(ppt) |
|
Sampling Site |
Surface |
Bottom |
|
17.6 (17.0) |
17.7 (17.6) |
Rt. 31 Bridge |
18.1
(17.3) |
19.8 (20.1)
|
I-75 Bridge |
NA (NA) |
21.2 (21.1) |
|
23.9 (24.0) |
23.8 (24.2) |
|
27.1 (26.2) |
30.8 (30.8) |
Shell Point |
34.3
(34.5) |
35.4 (35.9) |
Salinity at the
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”