Investigator: Robert B. Halley Proposals Data Metadata Publications Related Projects

Florida Bay Maps Florida Bay Bottom Types Florida Bay Salinity Maps

Summary

The goal of this project is to study sediment transport and its influence on water quality.

The objective of this research is to provide a better understanding of how and when sediments within Florida Bay are resuspended and deposited, to define the spatial distribution of the potential for resuspension, to delineate patterns of potential bathymetric change, and to predict the impacts of storms or seagrass die-off on bathymetry and circulation within the bay. By combining these results with the findings of other research being conducted in Florida Bay, we hope to quantify sediment export from the bay, better define the nutrient input during resuspension events, and assist in modeling circulation and water quality. Results will enable long-term sediment deposition and erosion in various regions of the bay to be integrated with data on the anticipated sea-level rise to predict future water depths and volumes. Results from this project, together with established sediment production rates, will provide the basis for a sediment budget for Florida Bay.

Proposals

• 1998
• 1999

Data

• Florida Bay Salinity Data (from the data exchage pages)
• Salinity Maps for Florida Bay
• Florida Bay Bottom Types
• Florida Bay Air:Sea Carbon Dioxide Exchange Maps
• Florida Bay Surface Maps

Metadata

• Sedimentation, Sea-Level Rise, and Circulation in Florida Bay (document will open in a new browser window)
• Florida Bay Bottom Salinity maps (document will open in a new browser window)
• Florida Bay Bottom Types map (document will open in a new browser window)
• Florida Bay Salinity Data (document will open in a new browser window)
• Florida Bay Surface Salinity Maps 1994-2001 (document will open in a new browser window)

Publications

Abstracts:

• Florida Bay Bottom Type Map (abstract is from the Florida Bay Conference Proceedings, 1998)
• Florida Bay Mudbanks: Relatively New Piles of Mostly Old Sediment
• Florida Bay Salinity: Fragile Links Between Sediments, Sea Level, and Onshore Water Management (abstract is from the Florida Bay Conference Proceedings, 1995)
• Increased Salinity of Florida Bay and Saltwater Intrusion of the Biscayne Aquifer during the Early 20th Century: Simultaneous Consequences of Falling Water Tables along the Margins of the Everglades (abstract is from the Florida Bay Conference Proceedings, 1998)
• Sea-Level Rise and the Future of Florida Bay in the Next Century (from the South Florida Restoration Science Forum, May 1999)
• Sea-Level Rise and the Future of Florida Bay in the Next Century (abstract is from the GEER Conference, December, 2000)
• Sediment Resuspension in Florida Bay (abstract is from the Florida Bay Conference Proceedings, 1998)
• Sediment Transport Processes and Sea-Floor Mapping in Florida Bay (abstract is from the Florida Bay Conference Proceedings, 1996)
• Sedimentation, Sea-Level Rise, and Circulation in Florida Bay
• West Everglades Winter Freshets During the Current Wet Period and Seasonal Phase Shifts in Salinity Cycles Across Florida Bay (abstract is from the Florida Bay Conference Proceedings, 1998)

  Fact Sheet:

• Sedimentation, Sea-Level Rise, and Circulation in Florida Bay

  Open File Report:

• Florida Bay Bottom Types

Related Projects

• Geochemical Monitoring of Restoration Progress