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.

Section	Page
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.