Fixed-station water-quality monitoring at Fort Matanzas National Monument: 2013–2014 data summary
Wright W . 2017. Fixed-station water-quality monitoring at Fort Matanzas National Monument: 2013–2014 data summary. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/SECN/NRDS—2017/1138. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/2247640
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 of 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. The FOMA fixed-station water-quality monitoring site is part of the SECN estuarine water-quality monitoring program, which routinely collects data in the vicinity of seven coastal parks located along the southeastern U.S. coast (DeVivo et al. 2008). Summary data are presented in annual data reports published by the network. 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. Summary findings below are based on continuous data and discrete sampling collected during 1 January 2013–31 December 2014.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wright, Wendy
- Date of Issue
- 2017-12
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- DOI
- 10.36967/2247640
- Units
- FOMA , NRSS , SECN
- Keywords
- Marine Water Quality Monitoring; Fixed-station; estuarine; FOMA