Fixed-station water quality monitoring at Fort Matanzas National Monument: 2011 data summary.
Gregory MB, Wright W , Rinehart A. 2012. Fixed-station water quality monitoring at Fort Matanzas National Monument: 2011 data summary.. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/SECN/NRDS—2012/391. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/2190459
In 2010 the National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Coast Network (SECN) Inventory and Monitoring Program began collecting water-quality data in the estuarine waters near Fort Matanzas National Monument (FOMA) as part the NPS Vital Signs monitoring program. The continuous-monitoring data station is located at the visitors center dock. This station collects pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, salinity, specific conductance, turbidity and water-level data every 30 minutes. Information collected by this monitoring program will be used to help managers make better-informed decisions by understanding trends and variability related to water-quality conditions in park waters. This report contains data from January through December 2011. Continuously-collected dissolved oxygen concentration data indicated good conditions, with the lowest monthly average levels occurring June through September. During these same months, there were several occurrences of the average daily value for dissolved oxygen dropping below 5 mg/L. Continuous turbidity data indicated turbidity levels below 50 NTUs for most of the year with levels between 50 and 150 NTUs common throughout the summer months. Salinity levels ranged from 31.94 to 37.78 parts per thousand (ppt) throughout the year, with monthly averages ranging from 32.69 in December to 36.7 in July. Mean monthly pH values ranged between 7.4 and 8.6.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Gregory, M.; Wright, Wendy; Rinehart, Aaron
- Date of Issue
- 2012-10
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- DOI
- 10.36967/2190459
- Units
- FOMA , NRSS , SECN
- Keywords
- chlorophyll a, Depth, Dissolved Oxygen, Fort Matanzas National Monument, Marine Water Quality Monitoring, pH, Salinity, Southeast Coast Network, specific conductance, Temperature, total dissolved nitrogen, total dissolved phosphorus, Turbidity, Water Quality
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry