Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve hydrological data

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Michael Byrne

Publication_Date: 2006

Title: Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve hydrological data

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data

Online_Linkage: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/ebap/>

Description:

Abstract:

The data for each of the collection sites are available for fiscal years 2002-2005. The files are available in several formats. Salinity and temperature were collected for all stations. Stage, discharge, and wind speed and direction were also collected at some of the stations.

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_Keyword: Matanzas Pass

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: .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

U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Comments and suggestions? Contact: Heather Henkel - Webmaster
Generated by mp version 2.8.18 on Wed Sep 19 17:21:50 2007