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Last updated: October 11, 2002
South Florida Restoration Science Forum

Our Coastal Ecosystems

The Southwest Florida Project Coordination Team:

How are we expanding the science needed for effective resource management?

Poster presented May 1999, at the South Florida Restoration Science Forum

By: Todd Hopkins, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and Joan Browder, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Part 1: Southwest Coast Regional Water Quality Consortium

Consortium Goals: 
  • Create a Centralized GIS System of Monitoring Sites and Parameters Measured.
  • Create Linkages Between Regional Monitoring Groups and Managers.
  • Inter-calibrate Regional Water Quality Monitoring Laboratories.
  • Share Nomenclature and Data Codes to Facilitate Data Dissemination.
  • Meet Quarterly to Discuss Inter-Lab Calibrations and Regional Issues.
  • Highlight Successful Management Applications of Water Quality Monitoring Data.

Regional Monitoring Sites

map of regional monitoring sites
(Click on map above for full-sized version.)

Consortium Philosophy 
  • Membership is voluntary and the Consortiums acts only by consensus.
  • Member goals may differ, but the ConsortiumĖs ultimate goal is to improve coastal management through informed decisonmaking.

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