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NOAA Miami
Regional Library
NOAA/Atlantic
Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Coastal and Estuarine
Data Archaeology and Rescue "CEDAR"
List
of Rescued Documents:
- Allin,
R. W. (196?). The case for Biscayne. Unpublished report. University
of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: This report is a justification
for the creation of Biscayne National Monument. The major purpose of
the monument would be to protect and make available for public use a
rare combination of marine life in a tropical setting.
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- Aman,
M. R.
(1995). A Recent Review of Retroviral Diseases of Fish and Suggestions
for Future Research.
Summary: The
diseases discussed in this paper will be presented based on the data
for retroviral etiology. Diseases that have an established retroviral
etiology and those in which C- type viral particles have been found
and transmission experiments have been successful, will be presented
as: Confirmed or Strong Evidence for Retroviral Etiology. The remaining
diseases will be presented as: Suspected Retroviral Etiology.
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- Bartsch,
P. (1936 - 1937). An ecological cross-section
of the lower part of Florida based largely upon its molluscan fauna.
Excerpt from the Report of the COMMITTEE ON PALEOECOLCOY 1936 - 1937,
pp. 11 - 25. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University
of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: The
ecosystems and associated mollusks found from dry areas of the Everglades
south and east to Biscayne Bay, Florida Bay, the Florida Keys and the
Shelf are described.
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- Bein,
S. J. (1956). Red Tide investigations. 56-26. Progress Report to
the Florida State Board of Conservation. The Marine Laboratory, University
of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Summary: This
document is a progress report of the 1956 investigations of Red Tide
outbreaks.
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- Bein,
S. J. (1955). Red Tide bacterial studies. ML 9441. Red Tide
Project, Florida State Board of Conservation. The Marine Laboratory,
University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: Cell free extracts of bacterial
cultures are capable of killing fish under laboratory conditions. One
of those organisms was isolated and is undoubtedly the cause of a "Red
Tide" condition found at Whitewater Bay on the southwest tip of Florida.
Many dead and dying fish were reported at this occurrence with the characteristic
discoloration of water. The second bacterium was isolated from Tampa
Bay in April of 1954 and appears to be a strain or closely related species
of the original isolate. At least nineteen other pigmented bacteria
have been isolated from time to time in areas at which, "Red Tide" has
been known to occur. All of these organisms appear to be closely related
strains of the original isolate. All of these organisms will give the
characteristic "Red Tide" color to the medium in which it is grown.
Of the pigmented bacteria tested from these areas all are capable of
killing fish rapidly.
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- Bello,
M. J. (1997). Species composition and seasonality of recruitment
of penaeoid shrimps at Bear Cut, Biscayne Bay, Florida.
Summary:Penaeoid
shrimps were collected at Bear Cut, a tidal pass between the Atlantic
and Biscayne Bay, Florida from January to December 1994. One surface
net (0-1 m depth) and one moored subsurface net (1.0-3 m depth) each
with 2 mm mesh were set to capture shrimp during the night-time flood
tides of the new moon period monthly. These nets sampled from postlarvae
(1.2 mm Carapace Length, CL) to subadult (34 mm CL). Species composition
was 34.7% were Metapenaeopsis spp., 32.4% Penaeus spp. postlarvae, 8.9%
Penaeus spp. juveniles, 19% Penaeus spp. subadult, 4.3% Sicyonia spp.,
and 1.2%Trachypenaeus constrictus. Five species of Metapenaeopsis were
found at Bear Cut (M. martinella, M. goodei, M. hobssi, M. gerardoi,
M. smithi ) of which M. martinella and M. hobbsi constitued new records
for Florida coast. The genus Penaeus was represented by P. duorarum
and P. brasiliensis , ocurred in a proportion of 2:1. Three species
of Sicyonia represented by S. typica, S. laevigata, and S. Parri,, were
captured. Total catches of juveniles and subadult for the different
species were higher during winter months than any other season. Influx
of Penaeus spp. postlarvae to Biscayne Bay showed recruitment pulses
during the fall in November (135 postlarvae/100 m3). Postlarvae recruited
from stages two to five, with an average size of 1.9 mm CL. The highest
concentrations of Penaeus spp. postlarvae were found at flood tides
and were most abundant in the subsurface net. Postlarvae of Metapenaeopsis
spp., Sicyonia spp. and Trachypenaeus constrictus were not captured
at this tidal pass. Juveniles of Penaeus spp. and subadult P. duorarum
and P. brasiliensis were most abundant at ebb/flow on the surface net.
The average carapace length for P. duorarum males was 16.7 mm and 13.2
mm for females. For P. brasiliensis a greater average carapace length
was found, 18. 5 mm for males and 17 mm for females . Predominant size
class frequency of CL for Penaeus spp. juveniles was 10 mm. For P. duorarum
subadult were 10 and 15 mm, and for P. brasiliensis were 15.2 and 25
mm. M. goodei range from 2 mm CL to 12 mm CL and M. martinella from
2.7 mm CL to 13.7 mm CL. Environmental conditionsincluding rainfall,
salinity, water temperature and winds were analyzed. No strong relation
was found between these factors and migration movements in or out of
Biscayne Bay, except for a postlarvae recruitment pulse and a consistent
wind pattern in November.
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- Berberian,
G. A., and A. Y. Cantillo (1999). Oceanographic Conditions in the
Gulf of Mexico and Straits of Florida: Fall 1976. NOAA Data Report OAR
AOML-36. NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL. 64 pp.
Summary: Physical and chemical data
of the water column were collected as part of the OTEC Project in the
Gulf of Mexico and the Straits of Florida. The oceanographic conditions,
and nutrients and trace metal levels in seawater during September and
October 1976. The primary objectives of the study were: (1) to define
the circulation pattern and to determine the pathways of water transfer
from the eastern to western Gulf and visa versa; (2) to determine the
distribution and concentration of nutrients, trace metals, dissolved
oxygen and salinity in these areas; and (3) to obtain data suitable
for input into a numerical model of the Gulf of Mexico.
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- Berkeley,
S. A. (1983).
Fisheries Assessment in Biscayne Bay
.
Summary: Creel and trawl surveys
of Biscayne Bay were carried out in 1982 - 1983 to assess commercial
fish and macro-invertebrate habitats and fisheries. Dredged and/or barren
bottom was dramatically less productive than seagrass, algae or hard
bottom areas. Low fish abundance and diversity in north Biscayne Bay
appeared to be correlated with high turbidity and low seagrass abundance.
Substantive increases in fish and crustacean productivity in north Biscayne
Bay will occur only if seagrass communities can be re-established. Deeper
dredged areas in North Bay will not likely become recolonized with seagrass
even if turbidity levels are reduced. Hard bottom areas in South Bay
are associated with high diversity of fish fauna and serve as nursery
areas for several highly desirable species (e.g. hogfish, yellowtail
snapper, lane snapper). The area between Julia Tuttle and 79th Street
Causeways, which had very dense seagrass abundance, was the richest
area on either North or South Biscayne Bay for juvenile fish and shrimp.
This basin can serve as a model for the potential of the remainder of
North Bay.
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BerkelyI, BerkelyII,
Berkely III
- Bohnsack,
J. A., A. Y. Cantillo, and M. J. Bello (Eds.) (2002).
Resource Survey of Looe Key National Marine
Sanctuary 1983
Summary:
Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary ( LKNMS) was designated in 1981 to
protect and promote the study, teaching, and wise use of the resources
of Looe Key Sanctuary. A quantitative resource inventory was funded
in 1983 by NOAA in cooperation with the University of Miami, the United
States Geological Survey, and the Florida Department of Natural Resources.
The objective of the study was to quantitatively inventory selected
resources of LKNMS in order to allow future monitoring of changes in
the Sanctuary as a result of human or natural processes. This study,
referred to as Phase I, gives a brief summary of past and present uses
of the Sanctuary; and describes general habitat types, geology and sediment
distribution, coral abundance and distribution, the growth history of
the coral Montastraea annularis, reef fish abundance and distribution,
and status of selected resources. An interpretation of the results of
the survey are provided for management consideration. The results are
expected to provide fundamental information for applied management,
natural history interpretation, and scientific research.
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Introduction and uses,
Habitat, Sediment, Montastraea
annularis growth and Sanctuary survey, Fish
survey part I, Fish survey part II,
Status of corals resources and Management, Taxonomy,
Complete document (41.2
MB)
- Bowen,
O. E. (1998).
Analysis of Scientific Programs and Management Plans Affecting Nutrient
Loading and Algal Blooms in Florida Bay. Internship
Report M. A. Marine Affairs and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine
and Atmosphreric Science, University of Miami.
Summary:
Florida Bay is a 2200 km2 shallow coastal lagoon lying between the southern
tip of mainland Florida and the Florida Keys. It is under the management
of the National Park Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Changes in Florida Bay, particularly nutrient loading and nuisance algal
blooms, have led to the creation of the Florida Bay Scientific Review
Panel. This Panel is charged with submitting reports to the Interagency
Working Group on Florida Bay. Research among several agencies is coordinated
by the Interagency Program Management Committee (PMC). This Committee
created the Florida Bay Strategic Plan, which charts progress made.Although
there is no standardization in reporting, findings are presented at
different workshops and conferences (e.g., the Florida Bay Science Conference)
and are written into the NOAA Implementation Plan. This Plan is used
to guide future research and funding levels. In order to better advise
the PMC, the Florida Bay Science Oversight Panel evaluates ongoing projects
and makes further recommendations for future research. Due to the level
of interaction among so many agencies, coordination has been difficult,
and therefore comprehensive recommendations for future research have
been limited.
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- Brand,
L.
Date?. Assessment of Plankton Resources and Their Environmental Interactions
in Biscayne Bay, Florida.
Summary: Plankton resources of the
bay were assessed at 24 stations distributed throughou, covering the
entire range of environmental conditions found in Biscayne Bay.
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- Caballero,
R. (1999).
Preliminary Report on the Recruitment of Penaeid Shrimp Postlarvae in
Florida Bay.
Summary:
Penaeid
shrimp postlarvae were collected in two tidal channels in the FloridaKeys,Whale
Harbor Channel and Long Key Channel,from July 1997 to October 1998 as
part of the ongoing NOAA-Florida Bay Recruitment Project. Two channel
nets (1 mm and 2 mm) per sample site were used for the collection of
pink shrimp postlarvae for three consecutive days in each new moon period
.The nets were suspended about 0.5 m below the water surface .Nets were
deployed late in the afternoon and retrieved early the next morning
.Twenty postlarvae were selected at random from each sample for measurement.
The number of spines in the rostrum for all postlarvae was counted.
Farfantepenaeus spp.postlarvae were found all year round in Whale
Harbor, with higher abundance between May and September,and a peak in
July (39.47 postlarvae /1,000 m3).In Long Key postlarvae were caught
from May to October with a peak in August (36.5 postlarvae/1,000 m3).
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- Campos
W. L and S. A. Berkeley. (1986). Impact of the Commercial Fishery
on the Population of Bait Shrimp (Penaeus spp.) in Biscayne
Bay.
NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS CCMA 164. University
of Miami RSMAS TR 2003-02
Summary:
Monthly population size of bait shrimp in the Bay was estimated from
December 1984 to July 1985. Growth rates for male and female P. duorarum
showed that pink shrimp exhibit a mean residence time in the nursery
area (Biscayne Bay) of approximately 21 weeks. Monthly mortality rates
were determined for each sex of pink shrimp. It was estimated that 23%
and 26% of the male and female monthly population size, respectively,
was absorbed by both the fishery and ecosystem monthly. Monthly proportion
of the standing stock expected to die exclusively through fishing was
6.5% and 6.0% for males and females respectively. Estimates of emigration
rates showed that approximately 4.0% of the population was lost from
the Bay system each month. This surplus production was about 50% of
the average monthly catch by the fleet. Fishing mortality represents
only 8 - 9% of the losses to the shrimp population. The biggest source
of loss is emigration, suggesting that most shrimp beyond the size at
recruitment (to the fishery) are not utilized for food while in the
Bay. Thus, it appears that the direct impact of the fishery on the bait
shrimp population is relatively small.
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- Cantillo
A. Y., and G. A. Berberian (1997). MESA New York Bight Project water
column chemistry data, cruises #6-12 of the NOAA Ship FERREL. NOAA tech.
memo. ERL AOML-92. NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL. 62 pp.
Summary: During the period April
- November 1974, seven oceanographic cruises, denoted WCC 6-12, were
conducted by NOAA Ship FERREL to obtain samples of sea water and suspended
particulates from the New York Bight Apex for chemical analyses This
report presents the chemical data obtained from these samples.
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- Cantillo
A. Y., Hale, K., Collins, E., Pikula, L., & Caballero, R. (2000). Biscayne Bay: environmental
history and annotated bibliography. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS CCMA 145.
Summary: An annotated collection of publications that
correspond with environmental studies of Biscayne Bay, Florida.
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- Cantillo
A. Y.; E. Collins , and E. Clark (Eds.)
(2001). Charles
M. Breder Jr.: Dry Tortugas 1929.
Summary:
During
the summer of 1929, Dr. Charles M. Breder, Jr., employed at that time
by the New York Aquarium and American Museum of Natural History, visited
the Carnegie Laboratory in the Dry Tortugas to study the development
and habits of flying fishes and their allies. The diary of the trip
was donated to the Mote Marine Laboratory Library by his family. Dr.
Breder's meticulous handwritten account gives us the opportunity to
see the simple yet great details of his observations and field experiments.
His notes reveal the findings and thoughts of one of the world's greatest
ichthyologists. The diary was transcribed as part of the Coastal Estuarine
Data/Document Rescue and Archeology effort for South Florida
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- Cantillo
A. Y.; E. Collins , and E. D. Estevez (Eds.)
(2002). Charles M. Breder, Jr.:Palmetto Key, 1942.
Summary:
Charles
M. Breder and his wife Ethel spent part of the summer of 1942 at the
Palmetto Key field station, known today as Cabbage Key, on the west
coast of Florida south of Charlotte Harbor. The Palmetto Key field station
began in 1938 and ended in 1942 because of World War II. His Palmetto
Key diary ran for 95 pages of notes, tables, diagrams, drawings, lists,
and business records and this report presents a variety of fascinating
entries. Diaries from other years all bear Breder's style of discipline,
curiosity, humor, and speculations on nature. The diary was transcribed
as part of the Coastal Estuarine Data/Document Rescue and Archeology
effort for South Florida.
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| Diary
- Cantillo
A. Y.; E. Collins , and S. Stover
(Eds.) (2002). Charles M. Breder: Hypothetical Considerations, 1931
- 1937
Summary: Charles
M. Breder Jr. "hypothesis" diary is a deviation from the field
diaries that form part of the Breder collection housed at the Arthur
Vining Davis Library, Mote Marine Laboratory. There are no notes or
observations from specific scientific expeditions in the document. Instead,
the contents provide an insight into the early meticulous scientific
thoughts of this biologist, and how he examines and develops these ideas.
It is apparent that among Dr. Breder's passions was his continual search
for knowledge about questions that still besieged many scientists .
Topics discussed include symmetry, origin of the atmosphere, origin
of life, mechanical analogies of organisms, aquaria as an organism,
astrobiology, entropy, evolution of species, and other topics. The diary
was transcribed as part of the Coastal Estuarine Data/Document Rescue
and Archeology effort for South Florida.
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- Cantillo
A. Y.; E. Collins , S. Stover, and
K. Hale (Eds.)
(2003).
Charles M. Breder, Jr.: Bahamas and Florida
Summary:Dr.
Charles M. Breder, a well known ichthyologist, kept meticulous field
diaries throughout his career. This publication is a transcription of
field notes recorded during the Bacon-Miner Andros Expeditions, and
trips to Florida, Ohio and Illinois during the 1930s. Breder's work
in Andros included exploration of a "blue hole", inland ecosystems,
and collection of marine and terrestrial specimens. Annecdotes include
descriptions camping on the beach, the "filly-mingoes" (flamingos)
of Andros Island, the Marine Studios of Jacksonville, FL, a trip to
Havana, and the birth of seahorses. This publication is part of a series
of transcriptions of Dr. Breder's diaries.
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- Cantillo
A. Y. and S. M. Stover
(Eds) (2004). Charles M. Breder Jr.: Drawings
Summary:
Among
the papers of Dr. Charles M. Breder bequeathed to the Mote Marine Laboratory
by the Breder family are a series of drawings of larval fish and eggs
done from 1917through 1929. The drawings were made with pencil on half
and full sheets of buffcolored paper. The half sheet drawings are of
larval fish, most of which are not identified. The full sheet drawings
often contain comments and notes related to laboratory work on fish
egg development, and made during the summer of 1929 when Breder was
working in the Dry Tortugas.
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Drawings I, Drawings II, Drawings
III, Small Drawings I, Small
Drawings II, Small Drawings III, Small
Drawings IV, Small
Drawings V
- Cantillo
A. Y.; E. Collins , S. Stover, and
K. Hale (Eds.) (2004).
Charles M. Breder, Jr.: Key West, 1928
Summary: Ch arles Breder, Jr. kept a detailed account of his
excursion to Key West to collect tropical fish specimens for the New
York Aquarium in 1928. Breder's observations includes data on flying
fish, fish species around Key West (relative abundance, sizes and colors
of individuals, sizes of schools, stomach contents, and an occasional
opinion of how they tasted), weather, development and testing of equipment,
contamination of the Key West Harbor, and daily life in the town. Also
included in this diary, but not transcribed, are accounts of work in
North Carolina, Interstate Park, and Lakehurst.
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Diary
- Cantillo
A. Y.; E. Collins , K. M. Leber and, S. Stover (Eds.)
(2004). Charles
M. Breder, Jr.: Atlantis, 1934
Summary:
Dr.
Charles M. Breder participated on the 1934 expedition of the Atlantis
from Woods Hole, Massachusetts to Panama and back and kept a field diary
of daily activities. The Atlantis expedition of 1934, led by Prof. A.
E. Parr, was a milestone in the history of scientific discovery in the
Sargasso Sea and the West Indies. Although naturalists had visited the
Sargasso Sea for many years, the Atlantis voyage was the first attempt
to investigate in detailed quantitative manner biological problems about
this varying, intermittent ‘false’ bottom of living, floating
plants and associated fauna. In addition to Dr. Breder, the party also
consisted of Dr. Alexander Forbes, Harvard University and Trustee of
the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI); T. S. Greenwood, WHOI
hydrographer; M. D. Burkenroad, Yale University’s Bingham Laboratory,
carcinology and Sargasso epizoa; M. Bishop, Peabody Museum of Natural
History, Zoology Dept., collections and preparations and H. Sears, WHOI
ichthyologist. The itinerary included the following waypoints: Woods
Hole, the Bermudas, Turks Islands, Kingston, Colon, along the Mosquito
Bank off of Nicaragua, off the north coast of Jamaica, along the south
coast of Cuba, Bartlett Deep, to off the Isle of Pines, through the
Yucatan Channel, off Havana, off Key West, to Miami, to New York City,
and then the return to Woods Hole. During the expedition, Breder collected
rare and little-known flying fish species and developed a method for
hatching and growing flying fish larvae.
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- Cantillo,
A.Y., & Lauenstein, G.G. (2004). Extent and toxicity of contaminated marine sediments in Southeastern Florida. NOAA
Technical Memorandum NOS-NCCOS 4.
Summary: Thirty sites were sampled in southern Biscayne Bay and Manatee Bay in December
1999 to determine the extent of toxicity in sediments. Analyses and assays included:
pesticides and phenols in seawater; chemical contaminants in sediment; amphipod
mortality, HRGS P450, sea urchin sperm fertilization and embryology, MicrotoxTM,
MutatoxTM, grass shrimp AChE and juvenile clam mortality assays; sea urchin sperm,
amphipod and oyster DNA damage; and benthic community assessment. Sediment sites
near the mouth of canals showed evidence of contamination. Contaminant plumes and
associated toxicity do not appear to extend seaward of the mouth of the canals in an
appreciable manner. Concentrations of contaminants in the sediments in open areas of
Biscayne and Manatee Bays are generally low.
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- Cohen,
I. J. (1953). Summary of Florida commercial marine fish landings
for 1952. 53-12. ML 5757. Report to the Florida State Board of Conservation.
The Marine Laboratory, University of Miami, Miami FL.
Summary: This is the third summary
of commercial marine fish landings in Florida.
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- Cohen , K. A. (1999).
Efforts to Create a Sustainable Environment within the Florida Keys;
Requirements for the Future.
Internship Report M. A. Marine Affairs and Policy,
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmosphreric Science, University of
Miami.
Summary: The
natural environment of South Florida has been affected by many anthropogenic
disturbances, such as nutrient enrichment, soil erosion, pesticide contamination,
and algal blooms. Efforts to divert freshwater resources to sustain
the more populated areas have had devastating effects on the state's
wetland areas. Coastal and benthic ecosystems have also been subject
to many stressors as a result of runoff and groundwater contamination.
Legislators have begun to consider the impact of ecosystem destruction
not only ecologically but economically and have responded with increased
funding and protective legislation designed to preserve the area. In
the last decade, several baseline studies and long-term monitoring projects
have been conducted to ensure that conservation and restoration projects
are patterned specifically to the needs of the South Florida ecosystem.
The Florida Keys have been designated as an area in need of protection
and, as such, has been the subject of many of these research/conservation
projects. My internship consisted required that I participate in one
such project designed to characterize the sedimentation and nutrient
patterns within the Florida Keys reef tract. Modelers will then use
this data as one parameter which will can combined with concurrent biological,
physical, and chemical data for an accurate estimation of system health.
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- Corcoran
E. F. (1983?) Report on the analyses of five (5) Biscayne Bay sediments.
Unpublished manuscript. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric
Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: Five sediment samples collected
in Biscayne Bay were analyzed for hydrocarbons, pesticides and trace
metals.
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- Corcoran
E. F., M. S. Brown, and A. D. Freay (1984). The study of trace metals,
chlorinated pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls and phthalic acid
esters in sediments of Biscayne Bay. In-house report. Prepared for Metropolitan
Dade County Environmental Resources Management. Rosenstiel School of
Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: The
purpose of this study was to establish baseline data regarding levels
of synthetic organic materials and trace metals in Biscayne Bay sediments.
The sediments analyzed were collected as part of the study described
in Corcoran et al. (1983). In general, highest levels of the organic
compounds and metals analyzed were found in the northern Bay.
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- Corcoran,
E.F., Brown, M.S., Baddour, F.R., Chasens, S.A., & Freay, A.D. (1983).
1983 Biscayne Bay
hydrocarbon study.
history and annotated bibliography. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS
9.
Summary: A two year, comprehensive, quantitative investigation was conducted to analyze and identify
the spatial distribution of petrogenic and biogenic hydrocarbons in sediments, surface waters,
fish and shellfish of Biscayne Bay, Florida.
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- Dann
R., and M. Kronengold (1964).
Ambient noise measurements at Bimini. ML 64357. B8839. Technical report
bubmitted to Bureau of Ships (Code 1622B). Dept. of the Navy. The Marine
Laboratory, University of Miami,
Summary: Long term investigation
of undersea ambient noise is in progress near Bimini, Bahamas. One of
the major problems encountered in this investigation has been in the
aspects of ocean engineering, i.e., the establishment of buoys and environmental
sensors which are capable of continuous service. Design and construction
of sensors and equipment have been necessitated by the lack of commercially
available units. Preliminary analysis of the characteristics of sound
pressure spectrum levels were obtained by autocorrelation and by analysis
of variance calculations. The autocorrelation analysis indicated possible
periodicities in the noise at 25 cps and 16 cps. Analysis of variance
of limited data showed that above 200 cps the highest percenta of variability
was associated with weeks (or months) and the variability of levels
between 40s were equally divided between hours and minutes. Mathematical
relationships were derived for the statistics between a forceit area
measure of pressure and a dB measure of pressure.
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- Davis,
A. G. (1998). Recollections of Environmental Change in the Ten Thousand
Islands, Florida Bay and the Everglades: The Oral History and Social
Issues of User Groups in Southwest Florida and the Everglades. Internship
Report M. A. Marine Affairs and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine
and Atmosphreric Science, University of Miami.
Summary:
Several trips to the Ten Thousand Islands were made to gather this collection
of oral histories. Most interviewees reside in Everglades City, Marco
Island and Goodland. The interviewing was a one to one discussion about
life and work histories. I asked open-ended questions regarding environmental
observations and social and political impacts on the locals. This material
is compiled with historical information to form a broad perspective,
both environmentally and politically, of southwest Florida. General
conclusions indicate that since the turn of the century, radical ecological
changes have occurred. Some of the ecological changes in the Everglades
and Ten Thousand Island backwaters have taken place within the last
ten years.
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- Delgado-Arias,
J. (1994).
A single antibody enzime-linked inmunoassay for the detection of Florida
Red Tide brevetoxins. Internship
Report M. A. Marine Affairs and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine
and Atmosphreric Science, University of Miami.
Summary: Marine
biotoxins cause significant health, managerial, and economic problems.
The present situation demands the prompt implementation of the recently
conceived management plan which recognizes the absolute need for scientific
research to elucidate the intricacies of the toxic agents and the toxins
they produce. Most importantly, the need for a quick, reliable, field-worthy,
easy to operate means of toxin detection has been emphasized. After
reviewing available literature, and practically comparing detection
assays, it was concluded that an immunoassay, based on the use of toxin-specific
antibodies, provided the greatest benefit. This research modified an
existing enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), in order to expedite
reaction times, and to optimize by diminishing the number of steps involved.
The modified assay utilizes only one enzyme labeled antibody. The conjugation
of this antibody to the indicator enzyme, horseradish peroxidase (HRP),
was achieved at concentrations ranging from 50 to 163 gg/ml. Affinity
chromatography purification of the antibody necessary for conjugation,
from multi-species anti-serum to brevetoxin specific IgG, were also
successfully performed, and can be routinely employed as means of antibody
preparation for conjugates and labels much in demand for current biotoxin
research. Presently, the single antibody ELISA approach to biotoxin
detection suffers from a high cost of implementation. Research continues
seeking cost effective means and variations to enhance signal and improve
recognition, in order to make this convenient assay a routine monitoring
and field tool.
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- Dugger,
A.
(1987) . The
Relative Sport Value of Various Types of Fishing in the Charter Boat
Fishery of the Florida Key. Internship
Report M. A. Marine Affairs and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine
and Atmosphreric Science, University of Miami.
Summary:
Fishing types and methods are defined in terms actually used in the
charter boat fishery. The fishing records of three volunteer Florida
Keys charter boat captains were analyzed for trends in Fratio and CPUE
by season, month, boat type, target type, and catch type. Sources of
uncertainty which might be introduced by not distinguishing target type
or tackle type subdivisions in fishing methods, and bay, estuarine or
other specialty fishing targets within effort categories are discussed.
A number of behavior variables which could affect management Policies
are brought out. The decision making process, as performed by Florida
Keys captains, is summarized in 2 parts: the decisions regarding daily
targeting of effort, and the decisions regarding the disposition of
caught fish.
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- Feinstein
A., A. R. Ceurvels, R. F. Hutton, and E. Snoek (1955).
Red Tide outbreaks off the Florida West coast. ML 9491. 55-15. Report
to the Florida State Board of Conservation. The Marine Laboratory, University
of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Summary:
A compilation of reports of Red Tide on the west coast of Florida
from 1844 to January 1955 is given. Also included are two working diagrams
of incidence of Red Tide, suggesting that 1) Red Tide occurs more frequently
in the months of August through January, 2) the individual Red Tide
outbreaks are part of larger outbreaks which seem to move from south
to north, and 3) summer outbreaks appear to originate mostly north of
Venice, winter and spring outbreaks further south. Further data are
required to give complete support to 2). If this is substantiated, it
is pointed out that control may be exerted by action in a limited focal
area or areas of origin. Otherwise the problem of control may be of
the greatest difficulty since it will require action over a much wider
area or areas.
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- Finley,
J. P. (1884). Report on the character of six hundred tornadoes.
Prof. Papers of the Signal Service no. VII. Second edition. Corrected
copy. Published by the authority of the Secretary of War. Signal Office,
Washington City.
Summary:
The tabulated records of tornadoes from 1794 to 1881, as given in the
opening pages of this paper, were derived from various sources of information,
some of which were more successfully employed than others. The list
of tornadoes is arranged chronologically with respect to years only.
Other points of comparison are set forth in the text under the head
of deductions and also in the accompanying charts. The principal aim
of the tabulated record is to show the prominence. of certain characteristics
and their striking invariability.
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- Fink, E. P.
(1999).
High Time for the "Soft" Sciences to Play Hard Ball: Incorporating
the Social Sciences into South Florida Ecosystem Restoration. Internship
Report M. A. Marine Affairs and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine
and Atmosphreric Science, University of Miami.
Summary:
Two
and a half years of preparation yielded what was perceived as a highly
successful Social Science Symposium with numerous social system recommendation/
project strategies having been produced.
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Flik,
J. M. (1993). Documenting work from May 1992 to August 1992 with
the Division of Resource Management at Biscayne National Park. Internship
Report M. A. Marine Affairs and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine
and Atmosphreric Science, University of Miami.
Summary:
This
report is an introduction to Biscayne National Park and its marine
affairs. It closely examines BNP's obligations and policies for the
protection and stewardship of submerged cultural resources and documents.
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- Forrester,
A L.
(1994). An Investigation of Nutrification in the Florida Reef Tract
and the Management of Water Quality in the Florida Keys. Internship
Report M. A. Marine Affairs and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine
and Atmosphreric Science, University of Miami.
Summary: The first part of my research
internship was fulfilled with Dr. Alina Szmant of the University of
Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS).
We conducted nutrient studies as part of the SEAKEYS (Sustained Ecological
Research Related to Management of the Florida Keys Seascape) program.
The SEAKEYS program began in 1989 through a grant from the John D. &
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to the Florida Institute of Oceanography.
In the Summer and Fall of 1992, our study was expanded to conduct intensive
weekly nutrient sampling throughout the Keys with additional support
from The Nature Conservancy (TNC). Our investigation was carried out
at Long Key, with the assistance of the Keys Marine Laboratory. Sampling
was also conducted simultaneously at Key Largo by the National Undersea
Research Center (NURC), and at Looe Key by the Harbor Branch Oceanographic
Institute on Big Pine Key. The goal of this investigation was to provide
a short, but intense database on the concentrations of nitrogen and
phosphorus macronutrients and chlorophyll to compare nutrient conditions
in different areas of the Florida reef tract. This data will help scientists
and resource managers gain insight into the question of whether nutrification
of the Florida Reef Tract occurs at present.
My role in this project was that of research assistant to Dr. Szmant.
My responsibilities included field sampling, sample processing, and
data analysis, in addition to those duties involved with managing the
laboratory. For the second portion of my internship, I was contracted
by TNC to prepare the final report of the weekly nutrient sampling project.
The following document is a modification of that final report as presented
to TNC in April 1994, which includes the findings from this project,
as well as a study of the management of water quality in the Florida
Keys.
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- Greer,
B. F. (1954). Summary of Florida commercial marine fish landings
for 1953. 55-15. ML 7885. Report to the Florida State Board of Conservation.
The Marine Laboratory, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: This is the fourth summary
of commercial marine fish landings in Florida. The total catch for 1953
amounted to 206,887,362 pounds and was valued at $31,523,056. This was
a decrease from 1952 of nearly 50 million pounds, caused primarily by
the drop in menhaden production. Catches of food fish dropped slightly
from 1952. Members of the fishing industry attributed this decrease
to poor market demands, not to the lack of fish.
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- Griffin,
G. M. (1974).
Case history of a typicalL Dredge- fill project in the Northen Florida
Keys effects on water clarity, sedimentation rates and biota.
Summary:
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- Hoover,
H. W. (1969). Results of the Coliform sampling program for Biscayne
Bay. Press Conference by H. W. Hoover at the DuPont Plaza Hotel, December
16, 1969. Report includes data provided by Dr. William Fogarty. Hoover
Environmental Legal Defense Fund, Miami, FL.
Summary:
The results of the Hoover Environmental Legal Defense Fund's coliform
sampling of Biscayne Bay, on December 1969 are discussed. The fecal
coliform count at Matheson Hammock wading beach was four times that
considered safe for swimming. The highest coliform counts were found
at the entrance to the Miami River.
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- Idyll,
C. P. (1968) Economically important marine organisms in Biscayne
Bay. Unpublished manuscript. Institute of Marine Sciences, University
of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: This
report describes the economically important marine organisms of Biscayne
Bay and include landing statistics.
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- Idyll,
C. P. (1968?). In defense of the Islandia National Monument. Unpublished
manuscript. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Miami, Miami,
FL.
Summary: This report discusses the
advantages of creating a national monument in what is now the Biscayne
National Park.
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- Idyll,
C. P., D. C. Tabb, B. Yokel, R. A. Wade, and D. R. Moore (1965).
Conservation in Biscayne Bay. Faculty file. Institute of Marine Sciences,
University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: This
report discusses conservation issues related to Biscayne Bay and contains
a description of the Bay ecosystem.
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- Idyll,
C. P., J. B. Higman, and J. B. Siebenaler (1952). Experiments on
the holding of fresh shrimp in refrigerated seawater. ML 2738. Report
to the Florida State Board of Conservation. The Marine Laboratory, University
of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: In the present experiment
samples of Key West shrimp were held in seawater at approximately 0
°C (32 °F). The quality of these shrimp compared to samples held in
crushed ice was evaluated by a taste panel, on the basis of flavor,
odor and the amount of black spot. Iced samples and seawater-held samples
scored approximately the same up to ten days of preservation. Samples
in seawater scored higher than those in ice from twelve days on. One
seawater sample was edible after 24 days. Headed shrimp kept better
than those with heads on. Shrimp in the same seawater throughout the
experiment kept somewhat better than those on which part of the seawater
was changed daily.Black spotting can be completely avoided by holding
the shrimp in refrigerated seawater There appears to be an advantage
in holding the shrimp as cold as possible, the best sample being that
held just above the freezing point of seawater, -1 °C.
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- Idyll,
C. P. (1951). Black discoloration in shrimp. ML 1570. Special Services
Bulletin No. 4. Florida State Board of Conservation. The Marine Laboratory,
University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: In
April, 1950, the first sample of discolored shrimp was sent to the Marine
Laboratory from Key West. These were the pink grooved shrimp, Penaeus
duorarum, the only species caught in the area. Other specimens have
been received at various times since then. The dark color appears most
often at the outer edge of the segments of the abdomen, or "tail," giving
the shrimp a striped appearance when discoloration is severe. In unheaded
shrimp the gill chambers, legs and other parts of the cephalothorax
or "head" are also darkened. Unheaded shrimp tend to show more discoloration
than those headed on the grounds. The black discoloration is not a normal
pigment. It is usually restricted to the exoskeleton, or shell, and
to the membranes connecting the shell segments. Erosion of the exoskeleton
is common, and in extreme cases breakdown of the underlying muscle has
been observed. The damage is apparently not due to mechanical action.
It is possible that the color is due to a breakdown of the blood of
the shrimp. Freshly caught shrimp rarely, if ever, exhibit the discoloration.
It is only after holding, in ice or frozen, that the black color appears
on the shrimp.
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- Ingle,
R. M. (1954). Irritant Gases Associated with Red Tide. Special Services
Bull. No. 9 to the Red Tide Project, Florida State Board of Conservation.
ML 6860. The Marine Laboratory, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Summary: Irritant effects to the
nose and throat associated with Red Tides are temporary. No after-effects
have been reported. Irritant effects are present only when Red Tide
occurs and even then do not appear unless wind-related waves with associated
water vapor and droplets exist. Irritant gas does not usually go far
inland beyond the beaches. There is not evidence that the irritating
effects are caused by a military gas or any other man-made product.
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- Iversen,
E. S., and G. L. Beardsley (1974). Impact of sand dredging on the
fauna of a submerged bar south of Key Biscayne, Florida. Unpublished
manuscript. Report to the Des Rocher Sand Co., Inc. Rosenstiel School
of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: This
study examined the site of a dredging operation south of Cape Florida
and evaluated the impact on the biota.
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- Iversen,
E. S. (1969). Preliminary description of the biological zones of
Card Sound, lower Biscayne Bay, Florida. Preliminary report to Florida
Power and Light Company. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of
Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: This
citation is a preliminary study of the ecology of Card Sound based on
diving observations and aerial photographs. Based on the estimates of
number of species present and abundance of individuals, Card Sound appeared
to be an area of relatively low productivity compared to other Florida
ecosystems. Five major ecological zones were identified and described.
- Iversen
E. S., and M. A. Roessler (1969). Survey of the biota of Card Sound.
Report to the Florida Power and Light Company. Institute of Marine and
Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: This
citation is a preliminary study of the ecology of Card Sound based on
diving observations and aerial photographs. Based on the estimates of
number of species present and abundance of individuals, Card Sound appeared
to be an area of relatively low productivity compared to other Florida
ecosystems. Five major ecological zones were identified and described.
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- Jacobsen,
T., & Browder, J.A. (1987). The ecological basis of fishery yield of the Puerto Rico-
Virgin Islands insular shelf. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS-NCCOS 26.
Summary: A
literature review was conducted to locate information on the flow of
energy from primary
producers to the fishery stocks of the Puerto Rican-Virgin Islands insular shelf.
This report uses site-specific information to describe the major ecological
subsystems, or habitats, of the region, to
identify the more common species and the subsystems in which they occur, to quantify
productivity and biomass, and to outline trophic relationships. Discussions
on each topic and subsystem vary in
substance and detail, being limited by the availability and accessibility of
information. Seven distinct subsystems are described: mangrove estuary,
seagrass bed, coral reef, algal plain,
sand/mud bottom, shelf break, and overlying pelagic. Over 50 tables provide lists
of species found in each habitat on various surveys dating back to
1956. Estimates of density, relative abundance,
and productivity are provided when possible.
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- Jang,
Dosoo (1995). Policy, Liability, and Management Assessment of the
Three Most Active Counties' (Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach) Artificial
Reef Programs Under National and State Guidance.
Summary: Despite the national and states' eagerness to support
artificial reef development, local governments lack scientific, systematic,
and practical information regarding artificial reef construction. Especially,
due to the shortage of funds for research and monitoring, political
expediency for attracting tourist divers and fishermen, disposal of
"materials of opportunity," many of the artificial reefs sunk
in the United States have been haphazardly procured. In this review,
four future priorities are recommended to help solve proper contemporary
reef management issues. First, a master plan for each specific-site-reef
project must be developed to be anticipated how it could be now and
in the future. Second, a more centralized artificial reef development
system is needed to achieve the state-wide reef objectives of control
and regulation. Third, a reef complex generated by accumulation of reef
groups are encoureged because it provides more independent ecological
functions than an individual reef. Finally, establishment of local or
regional artificial reef advisory committees are strongly recommended
to provide input and expertise by their members.
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- Judge,
R. M., and F. W. Curtis (1977). Heavy metal accumulation in mid-Biscayne
Bay, Dade County, Florida. Report. June 7, 1977. Grant number 1E-5642
from the FAU-FIU Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems.
Florida International University, Miami, FL.
Summary: Sediment samples were collected
in Biscayne Bay and analyzed for Cd, Pb, Hg and Zn. These conclusions
were drawn: 1) the heavy metal concentration for Cd, Pb, Hg and Zn in
the north and south study areas are the same; 2) Fisher Island appears
slightly lower in the concentrations of these heavy metals; 3) the area
south of the mouth of the Miami River and north of the Rickenbacker
Causeway may be a trap for heavy metals; and, 4) south bay areas may
be as high in the studied metals as north bay areas.
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- Lutz, S. (1998). An assessment of unreported
boat grounding damage to shallow-water corals in the Florida Keys. Internship
Report M. A. Marine Affairs and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine
and Atmosphreric Science, University of Miami.
Summary: The serious physical damage to corals from
the occasional large ship grounding is a highly visible and major impact
to coral reefs in the Florida Keys. However, smaller vessels continuously
damage corals. Unreported damage caused by small vessels that are able
to leave a grounding incident under their own power is underestimated.
In this study 315 shallow-water massive coral colonies from 49 reef
sites within the northern Florida reef tract were examined for signs
of boat grounding damage (propeller scars and boat hull scrapes). Boat
grounding damage was found throughout the range but it appears that
the extent of damage is not currently a threat to the overall health
of corals in the northern Florida reef tract. However, shallow-water
massive corals in two much-visited reef areas did show high signs of
impact. If visits by small vessels continue to expand, the associated
damage to localized reef areas could become serious.
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- McFadden, K. J.
(1998). An internship with the village of Key Biscayne: Working with
Environmental Issues of Beach Nourishment and Invasive Exotic Plant
Removal. Internship Report M. A. Marine
Affairs and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmosphreric Science,
University of Miami. 370 pgs.
Summary:
This report includes beach surveys, involvement
with the village's Beach Resources and Management Task Force, and development
of a plan for the removal of invasive exotic species
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- McKinley,
E.
(1995). Temporal and spatial variability in the abundance of Penaeid
shrimp in Biscayne Bay: Environmental and anthropogenic influences.
Internship
Report M. A. Marine Affairs and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine
and Atmosphreric Science, University of Miami.
Summary:The
purpose of this study was to investigate the temporal and spatial variability
in the distribution of Penaeid shrimp in Biscayne Bay and to correlate
abundance and distribution with environmental factors including water
quality (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen), vegetation quantity
and quality, canal discharge, and rainfall. The data set is unique because
samples were collected over a 14 month period covering both wet and
dry seasons. Also, the entire length of the bay was sampled, rather
than only the southern basin, used by the commercial fishery and which
has been studied previously.
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- McNulty,
J. K. (1957). Pollution studies in Biscayne Bay during 1956. 57-8
Progress Report, February, 1957. Federal Security Agency, Public Health
Service, National Institutes of Health grant RG3). ML 15711. The Marine
Laboratory, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Summary: A method for the Warburg
BOD analysis of sediments is described. Preliminary analysis of the
3OD data shows: maxima in areas of highest pollution; minima in areas
isolated by hydrography from pollution centers, with the important exceptions
that low values occurred an shallow bars in highly polluted areas where
current velocities are high; and intermediate values indicating that
substantial organic deposition has occurred in central parts of the
bay where currents are weakest. Data on specific gravity, moisture content,
appearance and particle size distributions were obtained. Values below
1.30 occurred under two conditions: (a) at scattered points, usually
in natural settings adjacent to the Miami shoreline; and (b) in a midbay
area between and adjacent to the MacArthur and Venetian Causeways. The
data show that these areas constitute zones of degradation due to the
combined effects of dredging, island building and pollution. Abundance
of bottom plants and macroinvertebrates indicate: (a) sharply limited
abundance of algae within formerly heavily polluted areas adjacent to
the Miami shoreline and in the midbay degradation area, plus comparatively
great abundance of phanerogams in a north midbay area which received
comparatively large amounts of organic materials; (b) minimal abundance
of macroinvertebrates in degradation zones adjacent to the Miami shoreline
and in a midbay degradation area, plus maximal abundance adjacent to
the most polluted parts of the bay where water movement is rapid. Results
of biofouling studies indicated an: association of tube-building amphipods
with the most highly polluted parts of the bay; (b) association of green
and bluealgae with cleaner waters of the bay; and (c) association of
barnacles with neither polluted nor clean waters selectively.
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- MacVicar,
P. and T. VanLent (1984). Evaluation Report. A Thirty Day Field
Experiment of Water Deliveries to Northeast Shark River Slough April-May,
1984.
Summary:
From April 19th through May 18,1984 the South Florida Water Management
District (District) conducted a 30 day field test to introduce surface
waterflow into Northeast Shark River Slough (NESRS) via the S-333 spillway.The
test included an extensive data collection effort both in the slough
and in the residential and agricultural areas adjacent to the L-31 N
levee. Weather conditions were very dry prior to and during the test,allowing
a very large discharge (on the order of 61,000 acre feet) to be put
into the slough during the 30 days. The water passed into the slough
where it was held in surface storage,as indicated by the rise in the
water level at the slough recording stations. A large percentage was
probably lost due to evapotranspiration and a small amount seeped into
the Biscayne aquifer and began to slowly move east. There was no measurable
increase in the water table outside of NESRS related to the opening
of S-333.Water levels in the northern portion of Everglades National
Park and in the south end of Water Conservation Area 3A fell during
the test as a result of the S-333 operation. The L-31 N canal system
was shown to have a very large area of influence west of the levee,exerting
the dominant man-made influence on water conditions in the residential
and agricultural areas of the East Everglades north of C-111.
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- Meyers,
D. (1970). A synoptic calibration of electrical potential difference
for transport measurements in Bear Cut.
Summary: A calibration of electrical
potential difference was undertaken in order to examine the relationship
of the electrical potential to the actual transport in Bear Cut. This
was accomplished by taking current measurements over a full tidal cycle.
The calculated transport and the measured potential were compared with
the theoretical relation between transport and potential. The calibration
of electrical potential in Bear Cut showed that variations in tidal
height, a shift in the flow axis over an asymmetric bottom contour,
and the presence of a rather large potential gradient resulted in an
unclear picture of transport.
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- Michel,
J. F. (1968). A study of tidal transport and diffusion in Bear Cut,
Dade County, Florida. Report to Department of the Army, Jacksonville
District, Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL. Institute of Marine
Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: This study was designed
to determine the disposition of suspended solids resulting from the
deposition of hydraulic fill along the shore of Virginia Key. This fill
was to be used in the proposed beach nourishment program undertaken
by the Corps of Engineers. Attention wa paid to the effect on salt water
intakes at the NOAA and University of Miami facilities. It was indicated
that heavy concentrations of suspended material at these intakes might
result in the death of many scientific valuable specimens.
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- Moore,
H. B. (1970). Miami sea temperatures and salinities. Technical report
70038. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University
of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: This report contains salinities
and water temperatures in Biscayne Bay.
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- Moore,
H. B. (1967). Miami sea temperatures. Technical report ML 67269.
Institute of Marine Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: This report containes tables
of sea temperatures in Biscayne Bay.
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- Moore,
H. B. (1962). Behaviour of plankton in relation to hydrographic
factors. Final report. Contract Nonr. 840 (12) NIR 104iology Branch,
Office of Naval Research, U. S. Department of the Navy. The Marine Laboratory,
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Summary: The propagation of sound
in the sea is significantly affected by planktonic and nectonic organisms;
this is particularly marked in the case of the deep scattering layer.
This is a report of preliminary work on the vertical distribution of
the copepods under natural conditions in the sea, the environmental
conditions associated with the distribution, and analysis using statistical
methods. Plankton collections made at different times were available
from the National Geographic Society, the National Science Foundation,
and the Office of Naval Research providing full 24et sampling on about
twelve occasions at a number of stations between Miami and Bimini. Not
all species were present in sufficient numbers on all occasions to allow
the full series of stations to be employed in the statistical analysis.
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- Moore
H. B., and D. M. Moore (1950). Key to the common gastropods of the
Miami area. Technical report ML 06940. Rosenstiel School of Marine and
Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL. 14 pp.
Summary: This report is a key to
common gastropods found in Biscayne Bay.
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- Murdock,
J. F. (1954). A preliminary survey of the effects of releasing water
from Lake Okeechobee through the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries.
ML 7745. 54-14, Final Report, Contract No. DA-08-123-ENG-1376, Corps
of Engineers, U. S. Army, June, 1954. The Marine Laboratory, University
of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Summary: The results and conclusions
here reported are based upon a preliminary survey of the periodic release
of water from Lake Okeechobee through the Caloosahatchee River and the
St. Lucie Canal and its effects upon the marine life of the estuaries.
Stations are listed and observations presented, with notes on conditions
encountered. Anecdotal evidence is included which notes some of the
complaints lodged by people in these areas. The release of lake water
westward through the Caloosahatchee River and eastward discharge through
the St. Lucie Canal are discussed.
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- Norton,
Grady (1948). Some Notes of Forecasting Jacksonville District.
Summary: General weather and temperature
forecasting in the South Atlantic States presents many problems not
readily solved by the voluminous writings of recent years by meteorologists
who have applied the frontal analysis system, isentropic analysis, and
various theories and formulas of thermodynamics, etc., in an effort
to answer the forecaster prayers for better interpretation and prognostic
methods. After some years, we find it just as difficult to forecast
a cold wave, a snow storm, a hurricane, or even local thundershowers
as before the newer methods came into use. In fact, I believe the evidence
is unmistakable that we are not doing as good a job all along the line.
The problem has been confused by too much theoretical considerations.
For this reason, the following is written in an effort to get back to
earth and set down a few practical rules for forecasting in this district
based on observed behavior of pressure patterns, with only descriptive
reference to air masses, fronts, isentrophy, thermodynamics. In dealing
with the Jacksonville District, it soon becomes apparent that the weather
situations differ widely from north to south. There is no sharp line
of demarcation, but generally we will be compelled to think of Florida
in a separate category from Georgia and the Carolinas. Although considerable
difference exist in various portions of Georgia and the Carolinas, north
to south and west to east, we will not attempt to separate treatment
as between these states. Florida will therefore be treated as one unit,
while Georgia and the Carolinas will constitute another, for these purposes.
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- Norton,
Grady (1947). Hurricane Forecasting (A Soliloquy)
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- Patton,
G. W., and L. K. Dixon (1981). Water quality sampling and analysis
at St. Lucie estuary. Final Report to the South Florida Water Management
District. Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL.
Summary: A temporally-intensive
sampling and analysis of selected water quality parameters was conducted
at four locations in St. Lucie Estuary during the period July 12 through
July 17, 1981. The work was performed according to the guidelines and
under the direction of the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD)
to provide baseline data for calibration of a hydrodynamic, simulative
model.
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- Rhian,
E., and R. Dann (1960) Surface layer transmission in the Tongue
of the Ocean. Technical report. Contract Nonr 840-14. Acoustics Branch,
Office of Naval Research. Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: Signals from a series of
explosive shots are analyzed in order to determine the effect of the
surface channel sound duct in the Tongue of the Ocean. A simple technique
is described for determining sound arrivals via this channel. The frequency
spectrum of the sound transmitted through the surface channel is in
good agreement with that predicted by normal mode theory.
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- Robins,
C. R.
(1957). The inshore fish fauna of the Florida Keys. Grant report to
the National Science Foundation. Grant Grant No. Ghe Marine Laboratory,
University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: This is a short report
describing preliminary results of a study of fishes of the Florida Keys.
This study with similar work in the Bahamas. The fauna of the two regions
was found to be quite distinctive. This is a short report describing
preliminary results of a study of fishes of the Florida Keys. This study
with similar work in the Bahamas. The fauna of the two regions was found
to be quite distinctive.
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- Roessler,
M., G. L. Beardsley, and R. Smith
(1973). Benthic communities of Biscayne Bay, Florida. Report. University
of Miami Sea Grant Program, Miami, FL.
Summary: The objectives of this
report were: (1) to develop and make available a chart identifying the
major bottom communities from Card Bank (south Card Sound) to Venetian
Causeway (north Biscayne Bay); (2) to briefly discuss their relative
biological value; and (3) to recommend which communities could be altered
by dredging and filling with least impact on the ecosystem.
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- Roessler
M. A., A. Y. Cantillo and J. García-Gómez
(2002).
Biodiversity Study of Southern Biscayne Bay and Card Sound 1968 - 1973.
Summary:
A multi-disciplinary investigation
was conducted in southern Biscayne Bay and Card Sound from 1968 to 1973.
The purpose of the investigation was to conduct an integrated study
of the ecology of southern Biscayne Bay with special emphasis on the
effects of the heated effluent from the Turkey Point fossil fuel power
plant, and to predict the impact of additional effluent from the planned
conversion of the plant to nuclear fuel. The results of this investigation
have been discussed in numerous publications. This report contains the
unpublished biology data that resulted from the investigation.
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- Schmidt,
T. W.
(2002). 1979 Ecological study of fishes and the water quality characteristics
of Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, Florida. NOAA/National Park
Service Joint Publication. NOAA Tech. Mem. NOS NCCOS CCMA 154. NPS Special
Report 01-02. NOAA/NOS/NCCOS. 107 pgs.
Summary: An ecological study conducted
in Florida Bay from May 1973 to October 1976 was developed from a need
to understand the distribution of Florida Bay fishes in relation to
changing environmental conditions.
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- Schmidt,
T. W, Coleman R. A., Hernance R.E., Rose P.W., Patty P.C. and Robertson
W.B. Jr.
(1977). Some
Hydrographic Aspects of the Estuarine Area from Northeastern Florida
Bay to BarnesSound, especially in re Restoring Historical Water Connections.
Summary: In as much as this report is somewhat after the
fact, we have elected to treat all the information we could find on
the hidrography of the area, past and present, rather than limiting
comment to the question of connections across U.S. Route 1. In this
way, we hope at least to provide a firm point of departure for the next
Everglades NP biologist or hydrologist who may have this matter to consider.
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- Schroeder,
P. B. (2003) Benthic Sampling Program in Biscayne Bay 1981-1982
. A. Y. Cantillo (2003 ed.). NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS
CCMA 164. NOAA/NOS/NCCOS, Silver Spring, MD.485 pp.
Summary:
The Biscayne Bay Benthic Sampling Program was divided into two phases.
In Phase I, sixty sampling stations were established in Biscayne Bay
(including Dumfoundling Bay and Card Sound). The stations were visited
in the wet season (late fall of 1981) and in the dry season (midwinterof
1982). At each station abiotic conditions were measured or estimatedincluding
depth, sources of freshwater inflow and pollution, bottom characteristics,
current direction and speed, surface and bottom temperature, salinity
and dissolved oxygen, and water clarity. Seagrass blades and macroalgae
were counted. Underwater 35-mm photographs were made of the bottom using
flash apparatus. Benthic samples were collected using a petite Ponar
dredge, washed, fixed in formalin, and later sorted and identified to
a pre-agreed taxonomic level. During the wet season sampling period,
a nonquantitative one-meter wide trawl was made of the epibenthic community.
These samples were washed, fixed, sorted and identified. During the
dry season sampling period, sediment cores were collected at each station
not located on bare rock and analyzed for sediment size and organic
composition. In Phase II of the program, fifteen stations were selected
from among the sixty of Phase I and sampled quarterly. In Phase II,
polychaete specimens collected for analysis to the species level.
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Appendices
- Seba,
D. B. (1969). Some occurrences of pesticides in the marine environment.
Report. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University
of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: The purpose of this work
was to explore the occurrence of organochlorine pesticides. Samples
of airborne dust collected in Barbados, hurricane and trade winds rainwater,
and Biscayne Bay and Florida Current surface slicks were analyzed for
dieldrin, 4,4'-DDT, 4,4'-DDE and 2,4'-DDT.
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- Shinn,
E. A., and E. F. Corcoran (1987). Contamination by landfill leachate,
South Biscayne Bay, Florida. Unpublished report. Miami, FL.
Summary: This report describes the
results of water sampling in wells drilled at a saniraty landfill near
southern Biscayne Bay. Water samples were analyzed for pesticides.
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- Smith,
F. G. W. (1948). Sponge cultivation. Special Services Bulletin No.
3. The Marine Laboratory, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: Surveys carried on in the
Gulf of Mexico indicate that there is very little possibility of extending
the natural sponge fishery in United States waters and that full recovery
of the beds is not likely to take place for a considerable time. It
is, therefore, strongly urged that sponge cultivation be started, either
by government or private enterprise, for the dual purpose of increasing
the available supply of sponges and also to make possible an experimental
re-seeding of the middle and deep ground of the Gulf sponge fishery.
Attempts to start a sponge farming industry are reviewed. Cost estimates
for private and government sponge cultivation were presented.
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- Smith,
F. G. W. (1945). Preliminary report on the Florida crawfish investigation.
Report. The Marine Laboratory, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: During the winter of 1944
the South Florida crawfish or spiny lobster fishery was the subject
of a considerable amount of discussion among commercial fishermen, anglers
and others, with one faction contending that over-fishing had seriously
reduced the natural supply and that stricter regulations should be enacted.
A scientific investigation of the fishery in Florida was carried out.
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- Smith,
J. W. T.
(1997). Full Cost Accounting:An Economic Evaluation Framework For Decision-Making
In Everglades Restoration Efforts.
Summary: Everglades ecosystem restoration
will require more than twenty years of commitment and will likely cost
several billion dollars. The United States Army Corps of Engineers,
a federal agency, and the South Florida Water Management District, a
state agency, are the two primary parties responsible for its success.
As the two agencies design and construct restoration projects, both
attempt to adequately reflect in their decision process the benefits
and costs derived from the implementation of their respective policies.
However, many environmental and social benefits and costs are overlooked
or not adequately addressed in their decision-making processes. Full
cost accounting is an economic evaluation approach which attempts to
identify, quantify, and, where possible, monetize these overlooked benefits
and costs. The implementation of full cost accounting by both these
agencies would enhance the amount of information available to them for
policy decisions and would likely result in more informed and better
quality decisions and policy for Everglades restoration.
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- Schroeder,
P. B. (2003) Benthic Sampling Program in Biscayne Bay 1981-1982
. A. Y. Cantillo (2003 ed.). NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS
CCMA 164. NOAA/NOS/NCCOS, Silver Spring, MD.485 pp.
Summary:
The Biscayne Bay Benthic Sampling Program was divided into two phases.
In Phase I, sixty sampling stations were established in Biscayne Bay
(including Dumfoundling Bay and Card Sound). The stations were visited
in the wet season (late fall of 1981) and in the dry season (midwinterof
1982). At each station abiotic conditions were measured or estimatedincluding
depth, sources of freshwater inflow and pollution, bottom characteristics,
current direction and speed, surface and bottom temperature, salinity
and dissolved oxygen, and water clarity. Seagrass blades and macroalgae
were counted. Underwater 35-mm photographs were made of the bottom using
flash apparatus. Benthic samples were collected using a petite Ponar
dredge, washed, fixed in formalin, and later sorted and identified to
a pre-agreed taxonomic level. During the wet season sampling period,
a nonquantitative one-meter wide trawl was made of the epibenthic community.
These samples were washed, fixed, sorted and identified. During the
dry season sampling period, sediment cores were collected at each station
not located on bare rock and analyzed for sediment size and organic
composition. In Phase II of the program, fifteen stations were selected
from among the sixty of Phase I and sampled quarterly. In Phase II,
polychaete specimens collected for analysis to the species level.
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- Steinberg
J. C. (1961). Studies of Underwater Noise. ML 62163. 8886. Final
report to Bell Telephone Laboratories, Purchase Order, D, based on Prime
Contract Nobsr 57093, Sonar Branch, Bureau of Ships, U. S. Department
of the Navy. The Marine Laboratory, University of Miami, Coral Gables,
FL.
Summary: Several underwater noise
pulses believed to be of marine animal origin, have been observed at
a number of the U. S. Navy Oceanographic Stations. Based on the observations,
a pair of hydrophones were installed off the west coast of Bimini, Bahamas,
with the objective of identifying the sound sources. One hydrophone
is in water 100 feet deep, at the edge of the Gulf Stream about one
NM off shore. The other one is a mile further out in 1200 feet of water.
Three types of pulses that have been observed at Bimini, designated
as Types 1, 2 and 3 are of interest in this connection. Type 1 sounds
are short pulses of approximately single frequency tone in the range
from 20 to 30 cps. The pulses occur randomly in time and in this respect,
differ from trains of similar pulses observed at Oceanographic Stations.
Type 2 sounds are pulse trains of about one minute duration that correspond
to trains observed at Oceanographic Stations. Type 3 sounds are somewhat
similar to Type 2, but occur irregularly in trains of varying duration.
Types 1 and 3 sounds occur at the shallow hydrophone site. With the
aid of two additional hydrophones that have been installed and an underwater
video camera in process of installation, the probabilities appear to
be good, of tracking and identifying the soniferous animals. Type 2
sounds occur at the deep hydrophone site and identifying the animals
poses difficult problems. If the animals become active for periods of
several days or more, identification may become possible with the aid
of a Vare Industries, tethered, underwater video vehicle which is capable
of working to depths of 1200 feet.
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- Stewart,
H.B. (1951). Northern Holiday Expedition, 1951. NOAA
OAR AOML Special Publication 2004-001.
Summary: Intensive exploration of the seas using modern technology began in the 1950s, when the
US Navy funded research to increase knowledge about the oceans. Harris B. Stewart,
who eventually became the first director of the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and
Meteorological Laboratory in Miami, FL, joined the 1951 Northern Holiday Expedition of
the Scripps Institution of Oceanography when he arrived at the Institute to attend
graduate school. The main goal of the expedition was to survey unexplored sections of
nautical charts and perform a complete survey of the Mid-Pacific Mountains. Dr.
Stewart's papers were donated to NOAA by his family upon his passing in 2000
including the field diaries written during his career. The field diary written during the
Northern Holiday Expedition contains descriptions of day-to-day ship activities
including the retrieval of a 100-pound manganese nodule and the charting of the Scripps
Seamount..
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T. D. (1995). Water Quality and Biological Monitoring of Northeast
Florida Bay.
Summary: Due to the construction and operation of Canal C-
111, in association with other canals and canal structures, the natural
hydrology of South Dade County, Florida has been considerably altered.
This flood control project dramatically reduced the historical sheetwater
and groundwater flow from the wetlands of Taylor Slough into northeast
Florida Bay. Everglades National Park ( ENP) indicatedthat C- 111had
decreased hydraulic gradients and shortened period of flow through Taylor
Slough to downstream estuaries contributing to hypersaline conditions,
abrupt salinity changes and a general decline in the natural resources
of the wetland and coastal areas of northeast and central areas of the
Park. Through the request of ENP, an experimental test program wouldbe
initiatedbytheSouth FloridaWaterManagementDistrict( SFWMD) to provide
a mechanism to field test increased freshwater delivery to the area.
As part of the environmental monitoring to be conducted under conditions
of the proposed test, the Metro Dade County Department of Environmental
Resources Management ( DERM), under contract to the SFWMD, began a water
quality and biological monitoring project to document any dowstream
effects from the changes in water delivery to northeast Florida Bay.
This project is the first year in a longterm effort, and DERM's future
monitoring techniques will expand on this baseline information. I also
include a discussion regarding the approach to future restoration of
Florida Bay.
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- Tabb
D. C. , Dubrow D. L. and Manning R. (1959). Hydrographic
Data From the Inshore Bays and Estuaries of Everglades National Park
Florida, 1957 1959.
Summary: During the course of this
study, a large amount of hydrographic data was accumulated from the
area, which lies at the southern extremity of the Florida penninsula.
In response to many requests for information on the hydrography of this
relatively unknown area, the accompanying tables of data from selected
stations have been prepared.
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- Tabb
D. C. and Dubrow D. L. (1962). Biological Data on pink shrimp "Penaeus
dourarum" of North Florida Bay and adjacnt estuaries in Monroe
County, Florida, September 1957 - March 1962.
Summary: A study of the ecology
of northern Florida Bay and adjacent estuaries in Everglades National
Park, Monroe County, Florida, was conducted during July, 1957 through
May, 1962. The results of the studies on shrimp biology have been presented.
However, during the course of the study a large amount of field data
pertaining to meteorology, tide stage, salinity and temperature of the
water at sampling, and comments on shrimp behavior, were collected.
We believe that these data plus the data on size and sex would be useful
to other workers.
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- Tabb,
D., D. Dubrow, and R. Manning (1959). Hydrographic data from the
inshore bays and estuaries of Everglades National Park, Florida, 1957
- 1959s. ML 59253 .8912. Report to the Florida State Board of Conservation.
The Marine Laboratory, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: This report contains hydrographic
data collected at stations in Whitewater Bay, Cape Sable, Florida Bay
and Buttonwood Canal during 1957 - 1959. Salinity, temperature, dissolved
oxygen and pH were determined.
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- Tabb,
D. C. (1958). Investigation of possible effects on the marine environment
of dredging and filling of the Ragged Keys. Report to the Florida State
Board of Conservation. The Marine Laboratory, University of Miami, Miami,
FL.
Summary: An investigation of the
site of a proposed bulkhead and fill project that would consolidate
the Ragged Keys in southern Biscayne Bay was carried out. New observations
were made and results of past biological surveys of the area compiled.
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- Thorhaug,
A., and J. Garcia-Gomez (1972). Ecological investigations of the
macroalgae in Biscayne Bay and Card Sound, Florida. I. Preliminary results
of the red algal complex. Unpublished manuscript. Rosenstiel School
of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary: This is a preliminary report
on the Laurencia complex in Biscayne Bay and Card Sound.
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Udey, L., Cantillo A., Kandrashoff W. and
J. Browder (2002). Results
of a fish health survey of north Biscayne Bay: June 1976 - June 1977.
NOAA/University of Miami Joint Publication. NOAA Technical Memorandum
NOS NCCOS CCMA 157. RSMAS TR 2002-02. NOAA/NOS/NCCOS, Silver Spring,
MD. 31 pp.
Summary: Fish were collected weekly in Biscayne Bay using
a monofilament gill net set from a small skiff during 20-30 minute
intervals. Although weekly sampling took place for 2.5 years, only
the data from samples collected from June 1976 to June 1977 were used
in this document. Abnormal external conditions of fins and body were
observed on each fish and recorded. Fish were returned immediately
to their habitats. Fish collected in the time period for this study
numbered 3,765 and included 32 species. Of these, 16 species, totaling
3,556 fish, were caught in sufficient numbers (20 or more) to warrant
data analysis. Only 3 of the 16 species could be considered relatively
unafflicted: Aetobatus narinari (spotted eagle ray), Diodon
hystrix (porcupinefish), and Selene vomer (lookdown). More
than 80% of the examined specimens of these three species were unaffected.
Less than 20% of the specimens of Diapterus plumieri (striped
mojarra), Micropogonias undulatus (Atlantic croaker), and Pogonias
cromis (black drum) displayed normal conditions. The three most
afflicted species were Diapterus plumieri, striped mojarra;
Micropogonias undulatus, Atlantic croaker; and Pogonias
cromis, black drum. Only 7, 3, and 7% respectively showed no external
evidence of disease. Data described in this document were originally
tabulated in the mid-1970s, remained unpublished, and are no longer
available. This document was based on archived unpublished text, a
data summary table, and figures. Most of the text and cited references
were the ones used in the original manuscript and no attempt was made
to update them.
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- University
of Miami (1962). Ambient noise and sound transmission in tropical
waters. ML 62144. 8882. Final report to U. S. Department of the Navy,
Bureau of Ships. Contract Nobsr 72626. The Marine Laboratory, University
of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Summary: Measurements of ambient
noise were carried out in the Tongue of the Ocean during cruises of
the R/V GERDA in 1958 and 1959. Data were obtained on the spectrum levels
of ambient noise in relation to windspeed, sea state and water depth
at various locations. In 1960 and 1961, exploratory studies of the contributions
of surface waves to ambient noise were made at the Bimini Hydrophone
Installation. In 1959, sound propagation tests in the Tongue of the
Ocean employing a series of explosive charges, showed the existence
of a surface channel and indicated the possibilities using such tests
to determine its properties. Other work under contract included the
measurement of noise radiated by the oceanographic vessel USNS GIBBS
and the ultrasonic absorption of natural suspensions of calcium carbonate
and other substances.
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- University
of Miami (1958). Investigation of possible effects of dredging and
filling Elliott and Old Rhodes Key. Report to Florida State Board of
Conservation. University of Miami, Marine Laboratory, Miami, FL.
Summary:Observations were conducted
to determine the probable effects of bulkheading and filling bahind
the bulkhead, and the probably biological consequences of obtaining
fill from the Caesar Creek delta.
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- University
of Miami (1957). Level sea bottom communities. 57-2(?)7. Annual
report. Grant No. G-3938. National Science Foundation The Marine Laboratory,
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Summary: The purpose of this research
is to obtain detailed information about tropical level bottom communities
in the Miami area so that a comparison may be made with the much better
known communities of temperate waters.
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- University
of Miami (1954). Emergency report on the Florida Red Tide. ML 6438.
54-2. Report to the Florida State Board of Conservation. The Marine
Laboratory, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Summary: This report reviews knowledge
on Red Tides and makes recommendations on research needed to prevent
outbreaks. Serious Red Tides were noted in1844, 1854, 1878, 1880, 1882,
1863, 1865, 1908, 1916. Outbreaks studied in the field by The Marine
Laboratory occurred in 1946, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1953-4.
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- University
of Miami (1954). Fish catch statistics in relation to water release
from the St. Lucie canal.
Summary: A study of commercial fish
landing statistics does not indicate any serious reduction in commercial
activity due to the discharge of water through the St. Lucie Canal.
It is believed, however, that the sports fishing business, insofar as
inshore and estuarine species are concerned is quite seriously harmed,
although no permanent damage way be done to the fish stocks themselves
by the freshwater influx. The effects of sediment cannot be fully appraised
without a detailed investigation.
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- University
of Miami (1952). Recapitulation of 1951 fish census. ML 3026. 52-11.
Report to the Florida State Board of Conservation. The Marine Laboratory,
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Summary: This report lists catch
of food, non-food , shellfish, crustaceans, turtles, squid, and sponges
(limited data) per Florida county as well as totals.
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- University
of Miami (1952). Study of oceanic ambient noise and scattering layer
effects. ML 2784. 52-7. Quaterly contract report number Nobsr-57146.
U. S. Navy Department, Bureau of Ships. The Marine Laboratory, University
of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Summary: This is a preliminary report
of the investigation of oceanic ambient noise in tropical waters for
the purpose of supplementing existing cold water ambient sound data
affecting underwater sound transmission. The investigation includes
the deep scattering layer with the aim of predicting the occurrence
and behavior of layers.
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- University
of Miami (1949). Shrimping in Tampa Bay. 49-3. Preliminary report
to the Florida State Board of Conservation. The Marine Laboratory, University
of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Summary: This report discusses the
pros and cons of shrimp trawling in Tampa Bay and recommends a change
in regulations to permit trawling in the Bay. Effects of trawling on
benthic communities is discussed. Field investigations were done by
C. Idyll and other staff from the Marine Laboratory.
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- University
of Miami (1948). Recommended program of conservation for Florida
marine resources. Report. The Marine Laboratory, University of Miami,
Miami, FL.
Summary: Recommendations were made
for the restoration and managements of the oyster, sponge, fish and
turtle industries.
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- Vander
Linden, K. (1996).
The Miami River: Past, Present and Future. Internship
Report M. A. Marine Affairs and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine
and Atmosphreric Science, University of Miami.
Summary:This
paper records the "ins and outs" of the Miami River to which
I was exposed. It describes the past, present, and future of the river.
The problems plaguing the river and their potential solutions are explored.
Emphasis is also placed upon the individuals and groups involved in
river activities. The future awaiting the river is contemplated as different
opinions exist as to the projected role of the river. Finally, my role
in the river is defined. I was immersed in all that the river is and
has to offer, from touring the waterway via a tug boat to attending
regulatory meetings to promoting manatee protection and awareness.
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- Voss,
G. L. (2002) An environmental assessment of the John Pennekamp Coral
Reef State Park and the Key Largo Coral Reef Marine Sanctuary (Unpublished
1983 Report). N. Voss, A. Y. Cantillo and M. J. Bello (2002 eds.).
Joint NOAA/UMiami report. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS CCMA 161.
NOAA LISD Current References 2002-6. University of Miami RSMAS TR 2002-03.
452 pp.
Summary:
The
Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park was established in 1960 and the Key
Largo National Marine Sanctuary in 1975. Studies were conducted in 1983
to determine the state of the coral reefs and surrounding areas in relation
to changing environmental conditions and resource management cover a
time span of approximately ten years. Seventeen sites were designated
to be studied qualitatively and quantitatively within the Sanctuary
and Park. At each site three parallel transects not less than 400 m
long were run perpendicular to the reef or shore, each 300 m apart.
Observations, data collecting and sampling were done by two teams of
divers. Approximately 75 percent of the bottom within the 18- m isobath
was covered by marine grasses, predominantly turtle grass. The general
health of the seagrasses appeared good. Several other areas showed heavy
concentrations of sand mounds probably caused by large populations of
a callianasid shrimp. The hardbottom of the Sanctuary and Park includes
rubble Sound. The North Channel hardbottom bar at present has only moderate
boat traffic over it. Changes have taken place over the last thirty
years most obvious of which has been the loss of most of the extensive
beds of Sargassum weed, one of the most extensive beds of this alga
in the keys. The hardbottom at South Channel and the surrounding grass
beds showed signs of stress. This area bears the heaviest boat traffic
within the Park waters causing continuous turbidity from boat wakes.
The offshore hardbottom and rubble areas in the Sanctuary appeared to
be in good health and showed no visible indications of deterioration.
Damage by boat groundings and anchors was negligible in the areas surveyed.
The outer reefs in general appear to be healthy. Corals have a surprising
resiliency to detrimental factors and, when conditions again become
favorable, recover quickly from even severe damage. It is, therefore,
a cause for concern that by 1983, Grecian Rocks had yet to recover from
die- off in 1978. The slow recovery, if it is occurring, may be due
to the lower quality of the inshore waters. The patch reefs, more adapted
to inshore waters, do not show obvious stress signs, at least those
surveyed in this study. It is apparent, however, that water quality
is changing in the keys. Water clarity over much of the reef tract today
is much reduced from former years and undoubtedly plays an important
part in the stresses seen today over the Sanctuary and Park.
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A-C, Appendix D Assessement of fish communities
by Bannerot and Schmale, Appendix E Field
Photographs Appendix E, Appendix F Taxonomic
information
- Wakefield,
J. W. (1939). Pollution studies in Biscayne Bay. Report. Florida
State Board of Health, Bureau of Engineering, Jacksonville, FL.
Summary: This report describes the
results of a sanitary survey of Biscayne Bay. The author concluded that
the waters of the Bay wre polluted by discharge of the Miami River and
numerous sewer outfalls but that it is contained and does spread far
into the Bay.
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- Wang,
J. D., E. Daddio, and M. D. Horwitz (1978). Canal discharges into
south Biscayne Bay. Report to the Department of Environmental Resources
Management Metropolitan Dade County. Rosenstiel School of Marine and
Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Summary:Three major canals discharge
into south Biscayne Bay. Dye dispersion studies were carried out to
determine the zone of influence of the canal discharges.
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- Woodburn,
K. D. (1962). Proposed dredge and fill area, south Biscayne Bay,
Dade County, Florida (SAKSP Permits 62-278). ML 13497. Unpublished report.
FSBCML No: 60-17. BL No. 62-10. Florida State Board of Conservation
Marine Laboratory Maritime Base, Bayboro Harbor, St. Petersburg, FL.
Summary: This report describes a
proposed dredge and fill plan in the Featherbed Bank area.
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- Woodburn,
K. D. (1960). Spoil disposal recommendations for proposed dredging
and fill by Sea-Dade Corporation in lower Biscayne Bay, Dade County,
Florida. ML 13528. Unpublished report. FSBCML No: 60-14. BL No. 60-2.
Florida State Board of Conservation Marine Laboratory Maritime Base,
Bayboro Harbor, St. Petersburg, FL.
Summary: This report describes a
proposed dredge and fill plan in the Featherbed Bank area.
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- Yokel,
B.J. (1973). A comparison of animal abundance and distribution in similar habitats
in Rookery Bay, Marco Island, and Fakahatchee on the Southwest coast of Florida. NOAA
Technical Memorandum NOS-NCCOS 35.
Summary: The three areas in Rookery Bay, near Marco Island and Fakahatchee Bay were sampled
from July 1971 through July 1972, and 1,006,640 individual animals were collected,
of which the majority (55%) came from the Marco area. The large disparity between
the catches at Marco and the remaining study areas was due mainly to the appearance
of high numbers of species of polychaetes and echinoderms that were of very minor
importance or absent from the catches in Rookery Bay and Fakahatchee Bay. When only
the major classes of animals in the catch are considered (i.e., crustaceans, fish and
mollusks) the total counts for Fakahatchee (298,830) and Marco (275,075) are quite
comparable but both exceed Rookery Bay (119,388) by a considerable margin. The
effects of the red tide outbreak in the summer of 1971 were apparently restricted to
the Rookery Bay Sanctuary and may account for some of the observed differences. For
the purposes of making controlled comparisons between the study areas, three common
habitats were selected in each area so that a mud bottom habitat, a sand-shell bottom
habitat and a vegetated bottom habitat were located in each of the study areas. Total
catches by habitat types for crustaceans, fish and mollusks and certain of the more
abundant species show clearly the overwhelming importance of the vegetated bottom as
a habitat for animals. By habitat the vegetated areas had the most "indicator species"
with five, the mud habitat was next with three and the sand-shell habitat third with
two. Thus the vegetated habitat would be the best choice if a single habitat were to be
used to detect environmental changes between study areas..
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