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Collection and analysis of water-quality samples at LOX was done under cooperative agreements with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). Under these agreements, the Park Service collects the samples in the field and the SFWMD provides sampling equipment and laboratory analyses. Water-quality data have been collected at 10 internal marsh sites in LOX by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for over 10 years. These samples have been analyzed by SFWMD laboratory.
In 2000, a study was begun by the U.S. Geological Survey to gather, edit, and interpret selected water-quality data from a variety of sources to improve the understanding of changes in water-quality in areas impacted by human activities or in more remote and relatively unimpacted areas of the Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp. The study area was extended into LOX in 2003.
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Halley, Robert
Southern Florida NAWQA Program publication
Miller, Ronald L.; Haag, Kim H.; Bradner, Anne
McPherson, Benjamin F.
originally published in Florida Scientist, vol. 64, Winter, 2001, Number 1
McPherson, B. F.
Field Parameters and Nutrients are available for stations LOX3, LOX4, LOX5, LOX6, LOX7, LOX 8, LOX9, LOX10, LOX11, LOX12, LOX13, LOX14, LOX16, LOX16 from September 1993 to September 2002 and for stations S-10A, S-10C, S-10D, S-5A, and S6 from June, 1974 to November 2002.
Major Ions and Trace Minerals are available for stations LOX3, LOX4, LOX5, LOX6, LOX7, LOX 8, LOX9, LOX10, LOX11, LOX12, LOX13, LOX14, LOX16, LOX16 from June 1994 to September 2002 and for stations S-10A, S-10C, S-10D, S-5A, and S6 from June 1974 to October 2002.
Pesticides in Sediments are available only for stations LOX8, LOX10, S-5A and S6 from August 1984 to June 2001.
Pesticides in Water are available only for stations S-5A and S6 from August 1984 to April 2002.
Not all stations have data for each set of parameters from the same starting date to the same ending date .
Water-quality and ancillary data were collected from the files of the U.S. Geological Survey, South Florida Water Management District, Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, some southern Florida County agencies, State of Florida agencies, and other sources of long-term water-quality and ancillary data. Available data was collected in electronic files from the original source. The intention was not to collect every available piece of data, but to collect data with the potential to detect long-term trends or lack thereof in chemical concentrations. Focus was on chemicals of environmental importance.
Station location and description, and period of record data are stored for each sampling location in the USGS NWIS database and in the South Florida Water Management District DBHYDRO database.
Data were reformatted, if necessary, for storage in a database at the U.S. Geological Survey Subdistrict Office in Tampa, Florida. When feasible, data was screened using chemical logic checks developed by Ronald Miller of the USGS in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Various graphs and statistical evaluations were used to detect correlations between variables and trends in concentration. Selected graphs and statistical results will be incorporated into a written report of the interpretations.
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There are five spreadsheets for the data: Site and Parameter Information, Field Parameters and Nutrients, Major Ions and Trace Metals, Pesticides in Sediment, and Pesticides in Water. The Site and Parameter Information defines the parameters and lists the reporting units.
The parameters for Field parameters and Nutrients include: Water temp Celsius; Fld spec cond, uS/cm; Diss oxygen, mg/L; Field pH; Turbidity, NTU; Color, Pt-Co units; NH4, mg/L; NO2, mg/L; Nitrogen Nitrate Dissolved (mg/L as N); NH4+orgN diss., mg/L; NH4+orgN total, mg/L; NO2+NO3,mg/L; total nitrogen, mg/L; Total phosphorus, mg/L; Diss. Phosphorus, mg/L; dissolved PO4, mg/L; Diss Org C, mg/L; and Suspended solids, mg/L.
The parameters for Major Ions and Trace Metals include; Magnesium, mg/L; Sodium, mg/L; Potassium, mg/L; Chloride, mg/L; Sulfate, mg/L; Silica, mg/L as SiO2; Arsenic Total, ug/L as AS; Cadmium total, ug/L as CD, Copper total, ug/L as CU; Iron total, ug/L as FE; Lead total, ug/L as PB; Zinc total, ug/L as ZN; and Mercury, total recov., ug/L.
The parameters for Pesticides in Sediment include: Metribuzin, sediment, bottom material, recoverable, ug/L; Metolachlor, sediment, bottom material, recoverable, ug/kg; Endosulfan Sulfate bottom material, ug/kg; Endosulfan Beta bottom material, ug/kg; Endosulfan Alpha bottom material, ug/kg; Endrin Aldehyde bottom material, ug/kg; Simazine in bottom material, ug/kg dry solids, P,P' DDD in bottom material, ug/kg dry solids; Aldrin in bottom material, ug/kg dry solids; Chlordane, technical, in bottom material, ug/kg dry solid; P,P'-DDE, sediment, bed material, dry weight, recoverable, ug/kg; P,P'-DDT, sediment, bed material, dry weight, recoverable, ug/kg; Dieldrin in bottom material, ug/kg dry solids; Endrin in bottom material, ug/kg dry solids; Ethion in bottom material, ug/kg dry solids; Toxaphene in bottom material, ug/kg dry solids; Heptachlor in bottom material, ug/kg dry solids; Heptachlor Epoxide in bottom material, ug/kg dry solids; Methoxychlor in bottom material, ug/kg dry solids; Diazinon in bottom material, ug/kg dry solids; Methyl Parathion in bottom material, ug/kg dry solids; Atrazine in bottom material, ug/kg dry solids; 2,4-D in bottom material, ug/kg dry solids; 2,4,5-T in bottom material, ug/kg dry solids; Chlorothalonil, sed, bmws,<2mmdw, rec, ug/kg; Ethoprop, bed material, rec, ug/kg; Disulfoton sulfone, bed material, rec, ug/kg; btm sed ametryn, ug/kg; Prometryn, sediment, bottom material, dry wht, recoverable, ug/kg; Phorate, bed material, rec, ug/kg; and Fonofos, bed material, rec, ug/kg.
The parameters for Pesticides in Water include: Bromacil, water, whole, recoverable, ug/L; Butylate, water, whole, recoverable, ug/L; Methiocarb, water whole, ug/L; Propoxur, whole water, ug/L; Endosulfan Sulfate total, ug/L; Endrin Aldehyde total, ug/L; Linuron, water, whole, recoverable, ug/L; Naled, water, whole, total, ug/L; Oxamyl, water, whole, recoverable, ug/L; Fenamiphos, water, whole, recoverable, ug/L; chlorpyrifos, ug/L; Dimethoate, water, whole, total, ug/L; Trifluralin, total recoverable, ug/L; perthane, ug/L; Methomyl, total, ug/L; Simazine, total, ug/L; Prometryn, total, ug/L; aldrin, ug/L; Alpha BHC total, ug/L; chlordane, ug/L; Metolachlor, water, unfiltered, recoverable, ug/L; p,p'-DDE, ug/l; dieldrin, ug/L; endrin, ug/L; ethion, ug/L; toxaphene, ug/L; heptachlor, ug/L; methoxychlor, ug/L; malathion, ug/L; parathion, ug/L; Demetron, water, whole, recoverable, ug/L; methylparathion, ug/L; diazinon, ug/L; atrazine unfiltered, ug/L; Diuron, water, whole, recoverable, ug/L; 2,4-D, total, ug/L; 2.4.5-T total, ug/L; Carbaryl, unfiltered recoverable, ug/L; Silvex, total, ug/L; Dicofol, total, ug/L; trithion, ug/L; Glyphosate, water, unfiltered, recoverable, ug/L; Chlorothalonil, water, whole, recoverable, ug/L; Norflurazon, water, whole, recoverable, ug/L; Metribuzin, whole water, ug/L; Ethoprop, water, whole, recoverable, ug/L; Acephate, water, whole, recoverable, ug/L; 2,4-DP total, ug/L; Aldicard Sulfoxide, whole water, ug/L; Aldicarb Sulfone, whole water, ug/L; fonofos dyfonate, ug/L; Carbofuran, whole water, ug/L; Disulfoton, water, whole, total recoverable, ug/L; and Aldicarb , whole water, ug/L.
ug/L = microgram per liter
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