Jeff Woods Eduardo Patino; Mark Zucker 2007 digital images and text files http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/coastal_grads/salindex.html Ten monitoring stations were operated and maintained along the southwest coast of ENP, the Everglades wetlands, and along the coastlines of northeastern Florida Bay and northwest Barnes Sound. Data collected at these 10 stations includes water level, velocity, salinity, and temperature. These 10 stations will complement information currently being generated through an existing network of 20 hydrologic monitoring stations of on-going USGS projects. The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2000 authorized the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) as a framework for modifications and operational changes to the Central and Southern Florida Project needed to restore the south Florida ecosystem. Provisions within WRDA 2000 provide for specific authorization for an adaptive assessment and monitoring program. A Monitoring and Assessment Plan (MAP) has been developed as the primary tool to assess the system-wide performance of the CERP by the REstoration, COordination and VERification (RECOVER) program. The MAP presents the monitoring and supporting enhancement of scientific information and technology needed to measure the responses of the South Florida ecosystem. The MAP also presents the system-wide performance measures representative of the natural and human systems found in South Florida that will be evaluated to help determine the success of CERP. These system-wide performance measures address the responses of the South Florida ecosystem that the CERP is explicitly designed to improve, correct, or otherwise directly affect. A separate Performance Measure Documentation Report being prepared by RECOVER provides the scientific, technical, and legal basis for the performance measures. This project is intended to support the Greater Everglades (GE) Wetlands module of the MAP and is directly linked to the monitoring or supporting enhancement component In 2003, CERP MAP funding through the South Florida Water Management District established 10 monitoring stations as part of the Coastal Gradients Network. The purpose of this MAP project with the USACE is to continue operation of these 10 stations for the MAP activities. This project is being worked in cooperation with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and the U.S. Corps of Engineers (USACE) 20031211 20040331 20040602 20040808 20041014 20041201 20050310 20050520 20050720 20051110 20060406 20060628 ground condition In Work As needed -81 -80.38 25.57 25.16 none salinity hydrology chemistry mapping ISO 19115 Topic Category environment inlandWaters 007 012 imageryBaseMapsEarthCover 010 Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology United States US U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, DC, NIST Florida FL Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-3, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology Miami-Dade County Monroe County USGS Geographic Names Information System Lostmans River Broad River Harney River North River Manatee Bay Seven Palm Lake Everglades National Park Taylor Slough Card Sound Everglades City Barnes Sound Shark River McCormick Creek Taylor River Trout Creek Joe Bay none Central Everglades SW Big Cypress Bottle Creek (Rookery Branch) C-111 wetland Manatee Bay Creek Snag Bay none none Jeff Woods U.S. Geological Survey mailing and physical address

3110 SW 9th Avenue

Ft. Lauderdale FL 33315 USA 954 377-5950 954 377-5901 jwoods@usgs.gov http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/coastal_grads/salindex.html thumbnails of the salinity maps JPEG Project personnel include Shane Ploos, Lars Soderqvist, Craig Thompson, and Barclay Shoemaker Data are available as JPEG images and as ASCII text files in .csv format Hittle, Clinton Patino, Eduardo; Zucker, Mark 2004 fact sheet USGS Fact Sheet 2004-3129 Tallahassee, FL U.S. Geological Survey http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2004/3129 Rantz, S. E and others 1982 book USGS Water Supply Paper 2175, vol. 1 unknown U.S. Geological Survey http://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/wsp2175 Sauer, Vernon B. 2002 report USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4044 unknown U.S. Geological Survey http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri014044 Wagner, R. J. Boulger, Jr, R. W.; Oblinger, C. J.; Smith, B. A. 2006 report USGS Techniques and Methods 1-D3 unknown U.S. Geological Survey supersedes Water-Investigations Report 00-4252 http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/tm/tm1D3 Oberg, K. A. Morlock, S. E.; Caldwell, W. S. 2005 report USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5183 unknown U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U. S. Amy Corps of Engineers, Detroit District http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2005/5183 Simpson, M. R. 2002 report USGS Open-File Report 01-01 Sacramento, CA U.S. Geological Survey http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/ofr0101 Ruhl, C. A. Simpson, M. R. 2005 report USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5004 Sacramento, CA U.S. Geological Survey Prepared in cooperation with the Interagency Ecological Program available online only http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2005/5004 Salinity and temperature were measured along the same transects for each survey. These transects were measured using four separate boats over the span of one day and the data was then combined to create a salinity map of the coastline along Everglades National Park. Salinity maps are available for Water Year 2004 (December 2003, March, June, and August, 2004); Water Year 2005 (October and December 2004 and March, May, and July 2005); and Water Year 2006 (November 2005, and April and June 2006) The geographic coordinates were collected with a Garmon 76C handheld unit Salinity and temperaure data were collected every five seconds via a boat-mounted flow-through cell to a continuous water quality meter. Surveys were conducted along the southern coastline of Everglades National Park from Barnes Sound to Everglades City. All salinity and temperature meters were checked in known conductivity standards prior to and following all surveys. Survey data was plotted on a map of the study area to display the spatial temporal distribution of salinity across esturarine gradients over a large geographical area. 2006 Work planned for FY 2007: Salinity surveys will be performed using boat-mounted systems to collect information along the southwestern coast of ENP, northeastern coast of Florida Bay, and Manatee Bay/Barnes Sound. The information will include salinity and temperature data and geographic location in latitude and longitude for every data point. Four quarterly and two event-driven surveys will be completed on a yearly basis for a maximum of six per year. The salinity survey is performed on the same day across the study area and usually requires the use of 4 boats and 8 crew members to complete. The surveys will include these river/creek systems: Lostmans River to upstream Lostmans River; Broad River to upstream Broad River; Shark River/Harney River to Bottle Creek; North River to upstream North River; McCormick Creek to Seven Palm Lake; Taylor River mouth to upstream Taylor River; Trout Creek to Joe Bay/Snag Bay; and Barnes Sound to Manatee Bay/Card Sound Canal. Salinity surveys are performed using boat-mounted flow-through systems equipped with a YSI water quality monitor for collection of temperature and salinity. Position is determined using a GPS unit which interfaces with the YSI water quality monitor. Data collection occurs every 5 seconds and is stored in the YSI 650 data acquisition system. The accuracy of all instrumentation is verified in the USGS Ft. Lauderdale laboratory or in the field before and after the salinity survey. The temperature probe is verified using a digital NIST thermometer in the Ft. Lauderdale lab. Data collected from the four boats is combined in a spreadsheet and analyzed for erroneous data such as spikes and 0.0 values. Salinity data is then imported into a GIS package for map creation. Raw data and spatial maps will be posted on SOFIA or published in the final USGS Data Series Report to be published in 2010. Not complete Jeff Woods U.S. Geological Survey mailing and physical address

3110 SW 9th Avenue

Ft. Lauderdale FL 33315 USA 954 377-5950 954 377-5901 jwoods@usgs.gov 0.0001 0.0001 Decimal degrees North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137 298.257 North American Vertical Datum of 1988 0.01 feet Attribute values The salinity is parts per thousand (ppt). Salinity is shown in intervals of 5 ppt by color on the maps. The data files contain the following for each date: date of collection; temperature in degrees Celsius; specific conductance in microsiemens per centimeter; salinity in parts per thousand; and latitude and longitude in decimal degrees USGS personnel Heather S.Henkel U.S. Geological Survey mailing address

600 Fourth St. South

St. Petersburg FL 33701 USA 727 803-8747 ext 3028 727 803-2030 hhenkel@usgs.gov salinity surveys The maps are for informational purposes only and contain no implied accuracy of data points. The data are published a part of the MAP monitoring program in support of CERP restoration JPEG Each file contains the map for a specific date http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/coastal_grads/salindex.html Maps may be downloaded from the SOFIA website ASCII unknown comma separated values (.csv) Each file contains the data for a specific date 1 http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/coastal_grads/salindex.html Data may be downloaded from the SOFIA website none 20070921 Heather Henkel U.S. Geological Survey mailing and physical address

600 Fourth Street South

St. Petersburg FL 33701 USA 727 803-8747 ext 3028 727 803-2030 sofia-metadata@usgs.gov Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998