Estuarine Conditions as of Feb 5, 2008
St. Lucie Estuary
Current Conditions:
There were no releases
through S-80 from
|
Weekly Average Salinity
(ppt) |
|
|
Sampling Site |
Surface |
Bottom |
Envelope |
|
11.75 (11.2) |
15.53 (14.2) |
|
HR1 (N. Fork) |
16.53 (16.5) |
19.01 (18.27) |
|
|
19.51 (19.2) |
20.51 (20.2) |
8.0 – 25.0 |
A1A Bridge |
25.70 (27.3) |
27.27 (28.7) |
20.0 – 31.0 |
Except at the A1A Bridge,
average salinity increased slightly during the past week. Both the surface and
bottom salinity are in the preferred range at the
FWRI
reports that there were
no water samples were collected this week from the east coast of
Caloosahatchee Estuary
Current Conditions:
There were no releases
through S-79 from
|
Weekly Average Salinity
(ppt) |
|
Sampling Site |
Surface |
Bottom |
|
17.03 (16.9)
|
17.63 (17.8)
|
Rt. 31 Bridge |
17.29 (17.7) |
20.05 (19.5) |
I-75 Bridge |
NA |
21.10 (20.5) |
|
23.95 (23.6) |
24.24 (23.6) |
|
26.15 (25.3) |
30.82 (30.3) |
Shell Point |
34.48 (33.8) |
35.86 (35.3) |
The salinity at all the
recorders slightly increased with the exception of the bottom salinity at S79
and the surface salinity at Rt. 31 Bridge. The current surface salinity of
17.03 ppt at S-79 is 2.97 ppt below the maximum weekly average of 20.0 ppt achieved
in May 2001 during the 2000 – 2001 drought. Salinity at the
Based on submerged plants requirements,
conditions in the upper estuary, east of
FWRI
reports that water
samples collected along the shore between Pinellas and Collier counties
contained no Karenia brevis, the
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