Estuarine Conditions as of
April 8, 2008
St. Lucie Estuary
Current Conditions:
There were no releases
through S-80 over the past week. A discharge of 1.26 cfs occurred at S-49
on the C-24 canal and there were no discharges at S-97 on the C-23 canal.
The current weekly average salinities (in bold) at the four monitoring sites in
the St. Lucie Estuary are given below in parts per thousand (ppt).
Current weekly averages may be compared with the previous week’s data (in
parenthesis).
|
Weekly Average Salinity
(ppt) |
|
|
Sampling Site |
Surface |
Bottom |
Envelope |
|
11.55 (
11.77) |
12.64
(12.99) |
|
HR1 (N. Fork) |
12.09 (15.77)
|
13.45 (NR) |
|
|
16.22 (17.87) |
16.98 (18.55)
|
8.0 – 25.0 |
A1A Bridge |
25.35 (26.93) |
27.56
(29.10) |
20.0 – 31.0 |
In general, average salinity
decreased during the past week throughout the estuary. Both the surface and
bottom salinity are in the preferred range at the
Caloosahatchee Estuary
Current Conditions:
Weekly average discharge of
197 cfs occurred at S-79 last week. Discharge from S-77 into
|
Weekly Average Salinity
(ppt) |
|
Sampling Site |
Surface |
Bottom |
|
14.45 (15.05) |
14.50 (16.12)
|
Rt. 31 Bridge |
15.06
(14.19) |
16.15
(18.87) |
I-75 Bridge |
NA (14.71)
|
20.17 (19.52) |
|
23.19
(21.67) |
23.32 (23.94) |
|
28.06
(27.65) |
28.77 (29.00)
|
Shell Point |
34.33
(33.97) |
35.22 (34.93) |
Compared with last week,
average surface salinities decreased only at S79. Average bottom
salinities decreased for most sites in the estuary. Salinity at the
FWRI reports that no Karenia brevis, the
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