The Condition of South Carolina’s Estuarine and Coastal Habitats During 2009-2010
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Table of Contents
Section | Page | |
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1. INTRODUCTION | 1 | |
2. METHODS | 3 | |
2.1. Sampling Design | 3 | |
2.2. Water Quality Measurements | 3 | |
2.3. Sediment Quality Measurements | 4 | |
2.4. Biological Condition Measurements | 5 | |
2.5. Integrated Indices of Estuarine Habitat Condition | 5 | |
2.6. The Presence Of Litter | 6 | |
2.7. Data Analysis | 6 | |
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 7 | |
3.1. Water Quality | 7 | |
3.2. Sediment Quality | 14 | |
3.3. Biological Condition | 20 | |
Benthic Communities | 20 | |
Fish and Large Invertebrate Communities | 23 | |
3.4. Incidence of Litter | 23 | |
3.5. Overall Habitat Quality | 28 | |
3.6. Program Uses and Activities | 34 | |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 35 | |
LITERATURE CITED | 36 | |
APPENDICES | 39 | |
Appendix 1. | Summary of station locations and dates sampled in 2009 and 2010 | 39 |
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 2009-2010 survey period | 44 |
Appendix 3. | Summary of the Water Quality, Sediment Quality, Biological Condition and Habitat Quality Index scores and their component measure scores by station for 2009 and 2010 | 46 |