Sarasota Bay
Pollutant Loading
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, Intertidal, Wetland, and Upland
Cost: $250,000
Description: The project would create a pollutant loading
model for nitrogen.
Outcome: The model was used to estimate that within the Sarasota
Bay estuary system, there has been a 47 percent reduction in nitrogen
since 1988.
Contact: Mike Hyel, Camp, Dresser & McKee, Sarasota,
Florida.
Citation: Sarasota Bay National Estuary Program Technical
Studies: Culter and Mote Marine Laboratories, "Mapping and Assessment
of Disturbed Bay Bottom and Seagrass Habitat," 1993; Tomasko, Southwest
Florida Water Management District, "Monitoring and Mapping Seagrass
Coverage in Sarasota Bay," 1998.
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