Tampa Bay
Dive Surveys
Type: Condition of habitat and sources
affecting habitat (i.e., the condition or functionality of the
habitat).
Category: Submerged
Cost: $20,000/participating agency -subtotal $ 120,000/year;
Data analysis $ 20,000/year; Labyrinthula assessment $ 20,000/year;
project total $ 160,000/year
Description: Seventy randomly selected sites (now
permanent) transects running from land out to the deep edges seagrass
beds were surveyed annually from 1998 to the present time. Information
collected includes seagrass species, relative abundance, density,
epiphytic growth, and presence of Labyrinthula on blades.
Outcome: The results of the study will be used to
estimate and track seagrass condition throughout the bay, including
bed extention or contraction, degree of coverage by epiphytes,
changes in species composition, and parasitism levels by Labyrinthula.
Contact: Walt Avery and Roger Johansson, City of
Tampa Bay Study Group: walt.avery@ci.tampa.fl.us and roger.johansson@ci.tampa.fl.us
Citation: Avery, W., 2000. Monitoring Submerged Aquatic
Vegetation in Hillsborough Bay, Florida, Seagrass: Monitoring,
Ecology, Physiology and Management, S.A. Borne, ed., CRC Press,
Boca Raton, FL.
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