Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Water Quality Monitoring Phases II & III
Type: Condition of habitat
and sources affecting habitat (i.e., the condition or functionality
of the habitat) and stressors affecting habitat (i.e.,
which sources have contributed to its degradation and whether
they are direct or indirect factors).
Category: Submerged
Cost: $ 125,333 (Phase II); $ 100,000 (Phase
III)
Description: The project is organized into three
phases. Phase I included development, design, and initial implementation
of a statistically powerful water quality monitoring plan through
the partnering efforts of state and federal agencies and stakeholders.
Phase II encompassed completion of the first year monitoring program
and analysis of monitoring results. Sampling included routine
field, chemical, and total and dissolved metal parameters. Phase
III will be the continuation of the water quality monitoring of
the project area, utilizing recommendations and conclusions obtained
through analysis of results of Phase I and II of this project
to design long term water quality monitoring areas and objectives.
In 1999 and 2000, Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries (CBBEP) supported
efforts to provide an intensive, targeted water quality monitoring
and assessment of Corpus Christi Bay, Nueces Bay, Corpus Christi
Inner Harbor, and Aransas Pass. In 2001, CBBEP will focus surface
water quality monitoring efforts in the Upper Laguna Madre and
Baffin Bay areas.
Outcome: Combining the sampling area of
the FY2000 and FY2001 water quality monitoring projects provides
statistically powerful data coverage from the entire coastal waters
of the CBBEP area. The data will provide sufficient baseline information
to adequately characterize and assess current water quality condition
of CBBEP estuarine systems and will provide a measurement for
determining the overall health of the ecosystem.
Contact: Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries,
(361) 885-6202.
Citation: Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries,
"Annual Work Plan: Fiscal Year 2000;" Coastal Bend Bays
& Estuaries, "Annual Work Plan: Fiscal Year 2001.
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