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Titre :	Seasonal and long-term trends in the water quality of Florida Bay (1989-1997)
Auteurs :	J. N. Boyer, Auteur ; J. W. Fourqurean, Auteur ; R. D. Jones, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Estuaries (22(2B) JUN 1999)
Article en page(s) :	417-430
Résumé :	Analysis of 6 yr of monthly water quality data was performed on three distinct zones of Florida Bay: the eastern bay, central bay, and western bay. Each zone was analyzed for trends at intra-annual (seasonal), interannual (oscillation), and long-term (monotonic) scales. The variables TON, TOC, temperature, and TN:TP ratio had seasonal maxima in the summer rainy season; APA and Chi a, indicators of the size and activity of the microplankton tended to have maxima in the fall. In contrast, NO(3)(-), NO(2)(-), NH(4)(+), turbidity, and DO(sat). were highest in the winter dry season. There were large changes in some of the water quality variables of Florida Bay over the study period. Salinity and TP concentrations declined baywide while turbidity increased dramatically. Salinity declined in the eastern, central, and western Florida Bay by 13.6 parts per thousand, 11.6 parts per thousand, and 5.6 parts per thousand, respectively. Some of the decrease in the eastern bay could be accounted for by increased freshwater flows from the Everglades. In contrast to most other estuarine systems, increased runoff may have been partially responsible for the decrease in TP concentrations as input concentrations were 0.3-0.5 mu M. Turbidity in the eastern bay increased twofold from 1991 to 1996, while in the central and western bays it increased by factors of 20 and 4, respectively. Chi a concentrations were particularly dynamic and spatially heterogeneous. In the eastern bay, which makes up roughly half of the surface area of Florida Bay, Chi a declined by 0.9 mu g 1(-1) (63%). The hydrographically isolated central bay zone underwent a fivefold increase in phytoplankton biomass from 1989 to 1994, then rapidly declined to previous levels by 1996. In western Florida Bq there was a significant increase in Chi a, yet median concentrations of Chi a in the water column remained modest (similar to 2 mu g 1(-1)) by most estuarine standards. Only in the central bay did the DIN pool increase substantially (threefold to sixfold). Notably, these changes in turbidity and phytoplankton biomass occurred after the poorly-understood seagrass die-off in 1987. It is likely the death and decomposition of large amounts of seagrass biomass can at least partially explain some of the changes in water quality of Florida Bay, but the connections are temporally disjoint and the processes indirect and not well understood.

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