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USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate)
Nutrients, monitoring, stormwater, urban impacts, surface water
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Seasonal Water Quality Trends In Bayboro Harbor, A Humid Subtropical Urban Estuary In Tampa Bay, Florida, Stephanie Asher-Leonard
Seasonal Water Quality Trends In Bayboro Harbor, A Humid Subtropical Urban Estuary In Tampa Bay, Florida, Stephanie Asher-Leonard
USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate)
The goal of this study was to track water quality in Bayboro Harbor through the transition from dry season to rainy season and to determine if there was a sharp decline in water quality as precipitation increased. Secondary goals were to examine the influence of several points of urban runoff that discharged to the harbor, and analyze those sites along with several open water sites to detect any trends in changing water quality parameters or nutrients and to establish the baseline water quality data for a continuous monitoring program of Bayboro Harbor.
To accomplish these goals, a monitoring program was …