The Condition of South Carolina’s Estuarine and Coastal Habitats During 2007-2008
Below is the Table of Contents for the 2007-2008 SCECAP Report (PDF 12MB). 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 | 4 | |
2.5. Integrated Indices of Estuarine Habitat Condition | 4 | |
2.6. The Presence Of Litter | 5 | |
2.7. Data Analysis | 5 | |
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 6 | |
3.1. Water Quality | 6 | |
3.2. Sediment Quality | 12 | |
3.3. Biological Condition | 18 | |
Benthic Communities | 18 | |
Fish and Large Invertebrate Communities | 21 | |
3.4. Incidence of Litter | 25 | |
3.5. Overall Habitat Quality | 26 | |
3.6. Future Program Activities | 30 | |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 31 | |
LITERATURE CITED | 32 | |
APPENDICES | 36 | |
Appendix 1. | Summary of station locations and dates sampled in 2007 and 2008 | 36 |
Appendix 2. | Summary of the amount of open water and tidal creek habitat scoring as good, fair or poor for each SCECAP parameter and index for the 2007-2008 survey period | 40 |
Appendix 3. | Summary of the Water Quality, Sediment Quality, Biological Condition and Habitat Quality Index scores and their component measure scores by station for 2007 and 2008 | 42 |
Appendix 4a. | Maps showing the distribution of stations with good, fair or poor Water Quality Index scores within the northern, central and southern regions of South Carolina during 2007-2008 | 45 |
Appendix 4b. | Maps showing the distribution of stations with good, fair or poor Sediment Quality Index scores within the northern, central and southern regions of South Carolina during 2007-2008 | 49 |
Appendix 4c. | Maps showing the distribution of stations with good, fair or poor Biological Condition Index scores within the northern, central and southern regions of South Carolina during 2007-2008 | 53 |
Appendix 4d. | Maps showing the distribution of stations with good, fair or poor Habitat Quality Index scores within the northern, central and southern regions of South Carolina during 2007-2008 | 57 |
Data from this survey period can also be found on the Data Tables page.