The Condition of South Carolina’s Estuarine and Coastal Habitats During 2003-2004
Below is the Table of Contents for the 2003-2004 SCECAP Report (Adobe PDF - file size 3.3MB). Adobe® Reader® is required to open this file and is available as a free download from the Adobe® Web site.
Table of Contents
| Section | Page |
|---|---|
| 1. INTRODUCTION | 1 |
| 2. METHODS | 2 |
| 2.1. Sampling Design | 2 |
| 2.2. Water Quality Measurements | 2 |
| 2.3. Biological and Sediment Sampling | 3 |
| 2.4. Habitat Evaluation | 5 |
| 2.5. Quality Assurance | 5 |
| 2.6. Data Analyses | 5 |
| 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 5 |
| 3.1. Station Array | 5 |
| 3.2. Water Quality | 6 |
| Salinity | 9 |
| Dissolved Oxygen | 10 |
| pH | 13 |
| Nutrients | 14 |
| Chlorophyll-a | 16 |
| Fecal Coliform Bacteria | 16 |
| Turbidity | 20 |
| Integrated Assessment of Water Quality | 20 |
| 3.3. Sediment Quality | 22 |
| Sediment Composition | 22 |
| Sediment Total Organic Carbon | 22 |
| Porewater Ammonia | 22 |
| Contaminants | 24 |
| Toxicity Bioassays | 26 |
| Integrated Assessment of Sediment Quality | 27 |
| 3.4. Biological Condition | 28 |
| Phytoplankton | 28 |
| Benthic Communities | 33 |
| Finfish and Crustacean Communities | 37 |
| 3.5. Incidence of Litter | 44 |
| 3.6. Integrated Measures of South Carolina’s Estuarine Habitat Quality | 44 |
| 3.7. Future Program Activities | 49 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 51 |
| LITERATURE CITED | 52 |
| APPENDIX 1 | 57 |
| APPENDIX 2 | 62 |
Data from this survey period can also be found on the Data Tables page.