Mowry Canal (C-103): Water quality and discharge into Biscayne Bay, Florida, 1975-1981
Scheidt DJ and Flora MD. 1983. Mowry Canal (C-103): Water quality and discharge into Biscayne Bay, Florida, 1975-1981. National Park Service South Florida Research Center Report SFRC-83/06. National Park Service, South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park. Homestead, FL
The Mowry Canal, located approximately 25 miles south of Miami, FL, is of special interest to Biscayne National Park, FL because its annual discharge is generally the greatest of the three major water management canals that discharge into southern Biscayne Bay. The canal's water quality was assessed and its freshwater discharge into the bay was quantified. Water quality data from county and federal networks were analyzed for the period 1974-1981. The relationship between rainfall in the canal basin and discharge from the canal to Biscayne Bay is also discussed.