Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Water-Quality Surveys for Indian River Lagoon, near Titusville, Florida, August 2016-November 2017
Dates
Publication Date
2018-06-13
Time Period
2016-08-15
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2016-08-16
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2016-08-17
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2016-08-18
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2017-05-15
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2017-05-16
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2017-05-17
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2017-05-18
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2017-05-19
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2017-10-31
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2017-11-01
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2017-11-02
Citation
Conrads, P.A., Clark, J.M., and Pedraza, D.E., 2018, Data Release for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Water-Quality Surveys for Indian River Lagoon, near Titusville, Florida, August 2016-November 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7NG4PJ9.
Summary
The Indian River Lagoon (IRL) extends for 160 miles along Florida's east coast and is a complex system of three estuaries - Mosquito Lagoon, Banana River Lagoon, and Indian River Lagoon. Two concurrent phytoplankton blooms occurred in the IRL in 2011 that had detrimental ecological effects on the estuarine system. St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) is participating in a multi-agency effort to better characterize and understand the factors effecting algal dynamics of the IRL. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) worked in cooperation with the SJRWMD to study the spatial variability of water-quality conditions, especially conditions related to potential algal blooms, between sampling sites and the spatial extent of the influence [...]
Summary
The Indian River Lagoon (IRL) extends for 160 miles along Florida's east coast and is a complex system of three estuaries - Mosquito Lagoon, Banana River Lagoon, and Indian River Lagoon. Two concurrent phytoplankton blooms occurred in the IRL in 2011 that had detrimental ecological effects on the estuarine system. St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) is participating in a multi-agency effort to better characterize and understand the factors effecting algal dynamics of the IRL. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) worked in cooperation with the SJRWMD to study the spatial variability of water-quality conditions, especially conditions related to potential algal blooms, between sampling sites and the spatial extent of the influence of tributaries to IRL. To collect spatially dense water-quality data, the USGS used an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that is capable of measuring water-quality data and bathymetric and side-scan sonar data in a spatially dense fashion - approximately once a second or every 3 feet. The AUV has a multi-parameter water-quality monitor equipped to collect water temperature, specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, total chlorophyll fluorescence, and phycocyanin (freshwater blue-green algae) fluorescence. This data release is for the fourteen water-quality surveys collected over the period from August of 2016 to November of 2017 - three in Banana River Lagoon, three in Mosquito Lagoon, and eight in Indian River Lagoon.
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Metadata_AUV_Surveys.xml “Metadata” Original FGDC Metadata
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20170515_083121_Mosquito_Lagoon_AUV.txt “AUV data in Mosquito Lagoon”
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20170516_072514_BananaRiver_SCC_AUV.txt “AUV data in Banana River south of Cape Canaveral”
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20170517_IndianRiver_Titusville_AUV.txt “AUV data in Indian River near Titusville”
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20170518_Eau Gallie_AUV.txt “AUV data in Indian River near Eau Gallie River”
1.15 MB
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20170518_Sebastian_AUV.txt “AUV data in Indian River near Sabastian Inlet”
1.13 MB
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20170519_073742_IndianRiver_PSJ_AUV.txt “AUV data in Indian River near Port St. John”
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20160815_135743_Mosquito_Lagoon_AUV.txt “AUV data in Mosquito Lagoon”
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20160816_IndianRiver_Titusville_AUV.txt “AUV data in Indian River near Titusville”
1.94 MB
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20160817_IndianRiver_PSJ_AUV.txt “AUV data in Indian River near Port St. John”
1.97 MB
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20160818_092848_Sebastian_AUV.txt “AUV data in Indian River near Sabastian Inlet”
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20171031_BananaRiv.txt “AUV data in Banana River south of Cape Canaveral”
1.91 MB
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20171101_Rockledge_ComparisonArea.txt “AUV data”
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20171101_Sebastian.txt “AUV data in Indian River near Sabastian Inlet”
1.13 MB
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20171102_Mosquito.txt “AUV data in Mosquito Lagoon”
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00ReadMe_IRL.txt “IRL ReadMe”
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AUV_Field_Photo.jpg “AUV in Sebastian Inlet, FL. (Photo by J.M. Clark, USGS, Nov. 1, 2017)”
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IRL_Map_Figures.zip “IRL Map Figures”
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Purpose
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) worked in cooperation with the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) to study the spatial variability of water-quality conditions, especially conditions related to potential algal blooms, between sampling sites and the spatial extent of the influence of tributaries to Indian River Lagoon.
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AUV in Sebastian Inlet, FL. (Photo by J.M. Clark, USGS, Nov. 1, 2017)