Fixed-station water-quality monitoring at Fort Pulaski National Monument: 2013–2014 data summary
Wright W . 2017. Fixed-station water-quality monitoring at Fort Pulaski National Monument: 2013–2014 data summary. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/SECN/NRDS—2017/1137. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/2247639
In 2005 the National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Coast Network (SECN) Inventory and Monitoring Program began collecting water-quality data in the estuarine waters near Fort Pulaski National Monument (FOPU) as part of the NPS Vital Signs monitoring program. The continuous-monitoring data station is located at Lazaretto Creek. This station collects pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, salinity, conductivity, turbidity, and water level data every 30 minutes. Southeast Coast Network staff make additional water quality measurements, which include monthly measurements of water clarity conditions, nutrient concentrations, and chlorophyll a levels. Southeast Coast Network staff follow methods that were adapted from the water-quality monitoring program established by the National Estuarine Research Reserve Program (Wenner and Geist 2001). Data and results are compared to EPA criteria (EPA 2012) which rate conditions as good, fair, or poor. The Fort Pulaski National Monument fixed-station water-quality monitoring site is part of the SECN estuarine water- and sediment-quality monitoring effort, which routinely collects data in the vicinity of seven coastal park units located along the southeastern U.S. coast (DeVivo et al. 2008; Gregory et al. 2013). 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. Highlights from the 2013–2014 data record are summarized in this report.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wright, Wendy
- Date of Issue
- 2017-12
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- DOI
- 10.36967/2247639
- Units
- FOPU , NRSS , SECN
- Keywords
- Marine Water-Quality Monitoring; Fixed-station; Estuarine; FOPU