Peconic Bay
Marine Monitoring Program, Suffolk County Department of Health
Services
Type: Condition
of habitat and sources affecting habitat (i.e., the condition or
functionality of the habitat).
Category: Submerged
Cost: Information not provided.
Description: Since the mid-1970s, the SCDHS has collected
surface water samples from various stations within the Peconic watershed;
over 12,000 samples have been taken to date. Currently, samples
re taken every other week at 35 stations located throughout the
estuary. Wter samples are analyzed for a suite of parameters including
nutrients (nitrate + nitrite, ammonia, total nitrogen, total dissolved
nitrogen, total phosphorus, total dissolved phosphorus, ortho-phosphate,
urea, silicate, total organic carbon, dissolved organic carbon),
chlorophyll-a (total and fractionated), brown tide (Aureococcus
anophagefferens), and total and fecal coliform bacteria.
Outcome: Trends analysis of various parameters and early
detection system of Brown Tide blooms.
Contact: robert.waters@co.suffolk.ny.us
Citations: Suffolk County Department of Health Services (April
2, 1998), Surface Water Quality Monitoring Report 1976-1996 Volume
I, Narrative.
Suffolk County Department of Health Services (March 31, 2000),
Surface Water Quality Monitoring Standard Operating Procedures.
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