The Condition of South Carolina’s Estuarine and Coastal Habitats During 2005-2006
Below is the Table of Contents for the 2005-2006 SCECAP Report (Adobe PDF - file size 6.1MB). 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 |
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1. INTRODUCTION | 1 |
2. METHODS | 2 |
2.1. Sampling Design | 2 |
2.2. Water Quality Measurements | 2 |
2.3. Sediment Quality Measurements | 3 |
2.4. Biological Condition Measurements | 3 |
2.5. Integrated Indices of Estuarine Habitat Condition | 4 |
2.6. Revisions to Thresholds and Integrated Measures | 5 |
Changes in the Scoring Process | 5 |
Water Quality Index | 6 |
Sediment Quality Index | 10 |
Biological Condition Index | 11 |
Habitat Quality Index | 11 |
2.7. Data Analysis | 12 |
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 12 |
3.1. Water Quality | 12 |
3.2. Sediment Quality | 19 |
3.3. Biological Condition | 25 |
Benthic Communities | 25 |
Fish and Large Invertebrate Communities | 30 |
Phytoplankton Community | 30 |
3.4. Incidence of Litter | 33 |
3.5. Overall Habitat Quality | 34 |
3.6. Future Program Activities | 38 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 39 |
LITERATURE CITED | 40 |
APPENDICES | 44 |
Appendix 1 | 44 |
Appendix 2 | 49 |
Appendix 3a | 54 |
Appendix 3b | 58 |
Appendix 3c | 62 |
Appendix 3d | 66 |
Data from this survey period can also be found on the Data Tables page.