Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park analysis of surface water-quality data

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Ronald L. Miller

Publication_Date: unpublished material

Title:

Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park analysis of surface water-quality data

Description:

Abstract:

The Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) and the Everglades National Park (EVER) are water-dominated ecosystems that are susceptible to water-quality impacts. A comprehensive analysis of historical water-quality and ancillary data is needed to direct the restoration of the Everglades and the adoption of water-quality standards in BICY and EVER because of their designations as Outstanding Florida Waters.

Purpose:

In 2000, a study was begun by the U.S. Geological Survey to gather, edit, and interpret selected water-quality data from a variety of sources to improve the understanding of changes in water-quality in areas impacted by human activities or in more remote and relatively unimpacted areas of the Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp. One purpose is to look for long-term trends and possibly relate the trends to human or natural influences on water quality such as agriculture, drought, hurricanes, changes in water management, etc. Another purpose is to interpret data from the most remote and unimpacted areas to discern, if possible, what the natural background concentrations are for water-quality constituents that have sufficient data. An attempt will be made to find correlations between available water-quality, physical, and meteorological parameters.

Such analyses of water-quality and ancillary data may assist in establishing water-quality standards appropriate for the designation as Outstanding Florida Waters in both the Everglades National Park and the Big Cypress National Preserve. Ancillary data such as precipitation, water-level, water flow, dates of major storms, and beginning and ending dates of water-control effects will be studied to relate their timing to any noticeable changes in water quality.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 190001

Ending_Date: 2001

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: in work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.72

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.33

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.67

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.35

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: water quality

Theme_Keyword: water level

Theme_Keyword: meteorological data

Theme_Keyword: correlation

Theme_Keyword: water-quality standards

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme_Keyword: hydrology

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: southern Florida

Place_Keyword: Everglades

Place_Keyword: Big Cypress Swamp

Place_Keyword: Everglades National Park

Place_Keyword: Big Cypress National Preserve

Place_Keyword: Water Conservation Area 3

Place_Keyword: Central Everglades

Place_Keyword: South East Coast

Place_Keyword: SW Big Cypress

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: Miami-Dade County

Place_Keyword: Palm Beach County

Access_Constraints: None.

Use_Constraints:

These data are subject to change and are not citeable until reviewed and approved for official publication.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Ronald L. Miller

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Project staff

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address:

The University Center for Business

10500 University Center Drive, Suite 215

City: Tampa

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33612-6427

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 813 975-8620

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 813 975-0839

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rmiller@usgs.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Data will be stored on the USGS Sun Workstation Unix system in Tampa, Florida.

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: not applicable

Completeness_Report: not applicable

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Water-quality and ancillary data will be collected from the files of the U.S. Geological Survey, South Florida Water Management District, Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, some southern Florida County agencies, State of Florida agencies, and possibly other sources of long-term water-quality and ancillary data. Whenever available data will be collected in electronic files from the original source. Some data may exist only on paper forms at the Big Cypress National Preserve. The intention is not to collect every available piece of data, but to collect data with the potential to detect long-term trends or lack thereof in chemical concentrations. Focus will be on chemicals of environmental importance.

Station location and description, and period of record data are stored for each sampling location in the USGS NWIS database. Station location and description, and period of record data are stored for each sampling location in the South Florida Water Management District DBHYDRO database. Station location and description, and period of record data are stored for each sampling location in the Big Cypress National Preserve's paper files. Other yet undetermined data sources may be used.

Data will be reformatted, if necessary, for storage in a database at the U.S. Geological Survey Subdistrict Office in Tampa, Florida. When feasible, data will be screened using chemical logic checks developed by Ronald Miller of the USGS in Tampa, Florida.

Various graphs and statistical evaluations will be used to detect correlations between variables and trends in concentration. Selected graphs and statistical results will be incorporated into a written report of the interpretations.

Process_Date: Not complete

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Ronald L. Miller

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Project staff

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address:

The University Center for Business

10500 University Center Drive, Suite 215

City: Tampa

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33612-6427

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 813 975-8620

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 813 975-0839

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rmiller@usgs.gov

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20011025

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Ronald L. Miller

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Project staff

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address:

The University Center for Business

10500 University Center Drive, Suite 215

City: Tampa

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33612-6427

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 813 975-8620

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 813 975-0839

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rmiller@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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