Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Michael Byrne Publication_Date: 2006 Title: Salinity and Turbidity Patterns within Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve, Lee County, Florida Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data Online_Linkage: http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/ebap/ Description: Abstract: To carry out the objectives of the study, a network of monitoring stations will be established and will include: (1) the monitoring of flow, water level, salinity, temperature, Acoustic Backscatter Strength (ABS), and turbidity near the mouth of three of four tributaries flowing into Estero Bay; (2) monitoring of water level, salinity, temperature, turbidity, wind speed and direction, and barometric pressure at one location inside the bay; (3) monitoring of water level, flow, salinity, temperature, and ABS at three of four tidal exchange points with the Gulf of Mexico along the barrier islands; (4) monitoring of water level (depth), salinity and temperature at one open-water location in the Gulf of Mexico. Purpose: Estero Bay is a shallow estuary, across which salinity gradients from freshwater to saltwater occur over short land-sea distances. Such gradient compressions can result in a highly variable salinity environment and affect a diverse range of estuarine flora and fauna when even a small change in watershed runoff occurs. Rapid development within the bay's watershed has a changing effect on the amount, timing, and quality of runoff into the bay. Currently there is no information available to assess the effect that these alterations of runoff may have on the bay and its biota, nor to define watershed runoff and loading limits that provide desirable ranges in salinity and water quality at historical, current, and potential locations for seagrass, oysters, and other species of concern. To manage and preserve the Estero Bay ecosystem, it is necessary to: (1) understand the salinity patterns of the bay in relation to freshwater inflow and water exchange with the Gulf of Mexico; (2) describe the mixing and freshwater residence times within the bay; and (3) study the effects on light penetration from increased Total Suspended-Solids (TSS) load and re-suspension. Results from this study will facilitate management decisions geared toward defining flow and sediment loading limits that provide desirable ranges in salinity and water quality by providing necessary hydrological information. To carry out the objectives of the study, a network of monitoring stations will be established and will include: (1) the monitoring of flow, water level, salinity, temperature, Acoustic Backscatter Strength (ABS), and turbidity near the mouth of three of four tributaries flowing into Estero Bay; (2) monitoring of water level, salinity, temperature, turbidity, wind speed and direction, and barometric pressure at one location inside the bay; (3) monitoring of water level, flow, salinity, temperature, and ABS at three of four tidal exchange points with the Gulf of Mexico along the barrier islands; (4) monitoring of water level (depth), salinity and temperature at one open-water location in the Gulf of Mexico. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 200110 Ending_Date: 20050930 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.96 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.83 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.47 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.33 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: stage Theme_Keyword: salinity Theme_Keyword: discharge Theme_Keyword: temperature Theme_Keyword: hydrology Theme_Keyword: chemistry Theme_Keyword: water quality Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters Theme_Keyword: 007 Theme_Keyword: 012 Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4, Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: US Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: 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, D. C., NIST Place_Keyword: Florida Place_Keyword: FL Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: 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 Place_Keyword: Lee County Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System Place_Keyword: Estero Bay Place_Keyword: Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve Place_Keyword: Cow Creek Place_Keyword: Estero River Place_Keyword: Horseshoe Keys Place_Keyword: Imperial River Place_Keyword: Mullock Creek Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Greater Lake Okeechobee Place_Keyword: Matanzas Pass Bridge Place_Keyword: Fishtrap Bay Place_Keyword: Big Carlos Place_Keyword: Big Hickory Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: none Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Michael Byrne Contact_Organization: U.S. Geologcial Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 1400 Colonial Blvd. Suite 70, Royal Palm Square City: Fort Myers State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33907 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 239 275-8448 ext. 10 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 239 275-6820 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mbyrne@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/ebap/estero_bayx.jpg Browse_Graphic_File_Description: image map of Estero Bay Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG Data_Set_Credit: Project personnel include Jessica Flanigin Native_Data_Set_Environment: Data are available as text or .pdf files Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Hittle, Clinton Patino, Eduardo; Zucker, Mark Publication_Date: 2001 Title: Freshwater flow from estuarine creeks into northeastern Florida Bay Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report Issue_Identification: 01-4164 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://fl.water.usgs.gov/Abstracts/wri01_4164_hittle.html Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Gray, J. R. Glysson, G. D.; Turcios, L. M.; Schwartz, G. E. Publication_Date: 2000 Title: Comparability of suspended-sediment concentration and total suspended solids data Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report Issue_Identification: 00-4191 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri004191 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Patino, Eduardo Publication_Date: 1996 Title: Feasibility of using acoustic velocity meters for estimating highly organic suspended-solids concentrations in streams Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 96-137 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr96137 Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: Salinity and temperature were collected for all stations. Stage, discharge, and wind information were collected in addition at some stations All monitoring was done according to USGS protocol, methods, and techniques. Flow monitoring stations were equipped with acoustic instrumentation for the measurement of water velocity and an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler was used for discharge calibrations during different hydrologic and tide conditions. Completeness_Report: Stage, discharge, salinity and temperature were collected at Big Carlos, Big Hickory, Estero River near mouth, Imperial River, and Matanzas Pass Bridge for 2002-2005. Salinity and temperature were collected at Cow Creek for 2003 and at Fishtrap Bay near Bonita Beach for 2002-2005. Stage, salinity, and temperature were collected at Boundary site-Matanzas Pass at Pass marker 1 for 2002-2004 and at Mullock Creek near mouth for 2002-2005. Stage, salinity, temperature, and wind speed and direction were collected at Estero Bay near Horseshoe Keys for 2002-2005. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: unknown Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: The description of salinity patterns for Estero Bay will be accomplished by determining freshwater residence times within the bay and by analyzing salinity data collected at the freshwater inflow points, the inner-bay, barrier islands boundary, and the open-water station. Analysis of turbidity data will be limited to inflow and inner-bay stations. Freshwater runoff residence times will be calculated by determining the period of time it takes for salinity to return to levels existing prior to storms or runoff events (managed releases at control structures). The significance of effects from hydrologic events on salinity patterns will be evaluated by measuring the extent of salinity variations prior, during, and after storms at all monitoring stations within the study area, and the effects on turbidity by measuring variations at inflow points due to increased flow and at the inner-bay by analyzing turbidity data in relation to wind speed and direction (sediment re-suspension). Freshwater flows from tributaries flowing into the bay will be determined from data currently collected and computed by the Fort Myers USGS Field office personnel in conjunction with calculated net flow data from tributary stations. Due to the location of the proposed sites and the availability of rainfall data from other agencies in areas nearby the study area, rainfall data will not be collected as part of the monitoring effort. Water samples for TSS and SSC analyses will be collected near the mouth of the three tributaries flowing into Estero Bay. Both laboratory analyses will be done with duplicate samples in order to address possible bias as described in WRI 00-4191. Continuous ABS and turbidity data will be collected at the three tributary sites and regression analyses will be used to determine if correlation can be obtained and time-series records of TSS concentrations produced. Process_Date: 2005 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Michael Byrne Contact_Organization: U.S. Geologcial Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 1400 Colonial Blvd. Suite 70, Royal Palm Square City: Fort Myers State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33907 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 239 275-8448 ext. 10 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 239 275-6820 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mbyrne@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 10 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 1 Longitude_Resolution: 1 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Degrees, minutes, and decimal seconds Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257 Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Altitude_System_Definition: Altitude_Datum_Name: National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 Altitude_Resolution: 0.01 Altitude_Distance_Units: feet Altitude_Encoding_Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Time is measured in 15 minute intervals Eastern Daylight Savings Time. Divide the minutes by 60 to convert to decimal hours. Stage (tide/gage) is measured in feet, discharge is measured in cubic feet per second (cfs), salinity is measured in parts per thousand (ppt), and temperature is measured in degrees Celcius. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: USGS Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Heather S.Henkel Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 600 Fourth St. South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 803-8747 ext 3028 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: hhenkel@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Hydrological Data Distribution_Liability: The data have no implied or explicit guarantees Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: text Format_Version_Number: unknown Format_Information_Content: The data are available as Data (.dat), comma-separated value (.csv), or text (.txt) files Transfer_Size: 4 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/estero_bay_ap Access_Instructions: Log onto the SOFIA website at http://sofia.usgs.gov Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: Adobe pdf Format_Version_Number: unknown Format_Information_Content: The pdf files are summary files for each collection station Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/estero_bay_ap Access_Instructions: Log onto the SOFIA website at http://sofia.usgs.gov Fees: none Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20070919 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Heather Henkel Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 600 Fourth Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 803-8747 ext 3028 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sofia-metadata@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998