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Seagrass And Caulerpa Monitoring In Hillsborough Bay Third Annual Report, City Of Tampa Department Of Sanitary Sewers

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This is the third annual report to FDER to satisfy the requirements set forth in specific condition #6 of FDER construction permit DC29-152790.

The City of Tampa, Bay Study Group (BSG), has monitored the effects of sewage pollution abatement in Hillsborough Bay since 1976. Within the last decade, water quality improvements and evidence of minor seagrass revegetation in Hillsborough Bay prompted the BSG to initiate a seagrass study to compliment other programs assessing the environmental status of Hillsborough Bay.

Master Plan- Management Of Environmentally Sensitive Lands Within The Port Manatee Planning Area, Roy R. Lewis, Gene Bauer

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In Apri11989, Tampa Electric Company established a Corporate Stewardship Program to review and make recommendations concerning environmentally sensitive lands owned by Tampa Electric Company lying outside of the then EPFG-designated area At the request of Mr. Rick Hager, Corporate Stewardship Program Director, Lewis Environmental Services, Inc. has prepared this master plan to assist the volunteer members of the Corporate Stewardship Citizens Committee with directing Tampa Electric Company's management of the environmentally sensitive lands that the company owns at this site.

Status Of The Major Oyster Diseases In Virginia 1991 A Summary Of The Annual Monitoring Program, Eugene M. Burreson

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No abstract provided.

Field Testing The Proposed Federal Wetlands Delineation Manual, James E. Perry, Julie G. Bradshaw, Kirk J. Havens, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science, Wetlands Program

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No abstract provided.

Recent Improvements Of Water Quality And Biological Indicators In Hillsborough Bay, A Highly Impacted Subdivision Of Tampa Bay, Florida, J.O. R. Johansson, R. R. Lewis Iii

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Hillsborough Bay, the eastern uppermost section of the Tampa Bay system, is surrounded by a large metropolitan complex, supports extensive industrial activity, and serves as a major shipping port of fertilizer products. The Bay was determined to be highly eutrophic during the late 1960s. The City of Tampa's primary sewage treatment plant and runoff from fertilizer industry activities were considered as the major sources of excessive nutrient loading. Loadings form both these sources have been reduced during the last 10 years, which has probably been the leading cause of improved water quality parameters such as water clarity, dissolved oxygen, and …

Composting Of Explosives Contaminated Soil Using The White Rot Fungus Phanerochaete Chrysosporium, Michael J. Mcfarland, Shashi Kalaskar, Eric Baiden

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Bioaugmentation using the white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium was found to be effective in enhancing TNT removal in lightly (i.e., below 100 mg/kg) contaminated soil. The percent reduction in TNT increased from 15% to 53% when soils were treated with fungal inoculated organic material. Maximum removal rates improved from 0.33 mg TNT/kg-day to 0.76 mg TNT/kg-day during the same treatment. Neither fungal inoculation nor organic amendment addition resulted in improving TNT removal kinetics in highly contaminated soils (i.e., above 1000 mg/kg). Executive Summary: Laboratory scale compost studies were conducted to evaluate the effect of bioaugmentation with the white rot fungus,

A Spatially Distributed Water Balance Based On Physical, Isotropic And Airborne Remotely Sensed Data, C. M.U. Neale, David G. Tarboton, J. J. Mcdonnell

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Introduction: The objective of this research to develop a spatially distributed water balance model based on the integration of spatially distributed data. Progress this year has consisted of model development, instrument acquisition, installation and development of experimental procedures, and baseline data collection. The original research plan called for detailed observations related to the water balance over the year September 1991 to August 1992. The detailed measurements were to start with accumulation of the snowpack followed by melt and evapotranspiration measurements from March to August. The objective was to measure the energy balance parameters starting with the peak accumulation, through the …

Evaluation Of Mechanisms Of Alteration And Humification Of Pahs For Water Quality Management, Ronald C. Sims, Carolyn K. Abbott

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Introduction: Creosote-pentachlorophenol (PCP) is a mixture commonly used as a wood preservative in the U.S. (1). A 1988 survey (2) indicated that 1,397 wood preserving waste contaminated sites exist in the United States consisting of 555 active wood treatment plants and 842 inactive plants. Stinson (3) indentifed 58 wood preserving sites on the National Priorities List, of which 51 have PCP and/or creosote or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contamination. Principal classes of organic constituents present in creosote waste are PAHs (~85% by weight) and phenolics. PAHs with less than three fused benzene rings comprise 69% (i.e., naphthalene, anthracene and phenanthrene); …

Nonparametric Stratigraphic Interpretation From Drill Log Data, Upmanu Lall, A. I. Ali

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Near surface groundwater contamination is a widespread problem. The potential for contamination of deep aquifers in such areas depends on the vertical hydraulic gradient as well as the extent and location of interconnection between the upper and lower aquifers. In alluvial, sedimentary environment, the geologic units are typically weakly connected lenses or layers of high or low conductivity with variable size, geometry and orientation. Drill logs provide qualitative, local information on such aquifer heterogeneities. A binary (high or low conductivity) indicator function is used to describe the aquifer system. A nonparametric statistical methodology for assessing the probability that a particular …

Bioengineering For Water Cleanup: State-Of-The-Art Assessment, Judith L. Sims, Ronald C. Sims, Jon S. Ginn

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No abstract provided.

Sediment Inventory And Characterization Summary For The Desk-Top Information System (Compas), Maynard M. Nichols, Caroline Brouwer-Riel, Et Al

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In this report sediment maps are compiled together with basic data on the morphology and hydrology as well as sediment sources, pathways and sinks for 21 estuarine systems In the Virginia Province (Figure 1). Additionally, It provides a processoriented characterization summary. Supportive details, documentation and references are provided In companion characterization reports.

Oyster Spatfall In Virginia Waters: 1991 Annual Summary, Bruce J. Barber

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The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) conducts surveys of oyster spatfall (or "setting") in Virginia waters throughout the summer reproductive period. This survey provides an estimate of the potential of a particular area for receiving a "strike" or set of oysters on the bottom and helps define the timing of setting events. Information obtained from this effort is valuable to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) for its shell repletion program, and to private oyster growers, both of which are interested in maximizing the timing of shell planting. In addition, by maintaining a long-term data base, trends in spatfall …

Sediment Characterization Of Coastal Lagoons And Bays, Mid-Atlantic Region, Maynard N. Nichols, C. M. Brouwer-Riel

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Sediment characterizations for the following lagoons and bays:

• Great South Bay
• Barnegat Bay
• New Jersey Inland Bays, Great Sound
• Delaware Inland Bays
• Chincoteague Bay

Sediment Characterization Of Chesaapeake Bay And Its Tributaries, Maynard M. Nichols, S. C. Kim, C. M. Brouwer

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Sediment characterizations for the following estuaries and rivers:

• Chesapeake Bay
• Potomac River
• Rappahannock River
• York River
• James River
• Chester River
• Choptank River

Water Quality In Chesapeake Bay : Virginia Portion, Water Year 1990 : A Report To The Virginia Water Control Board, Kevin Curling, Bruce Neilson

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The purpose of this report is to characterize water quality conditions during the 1990 water year, October 1989 through September 1990. For the most part, the information is provided in graphical format. Only data for the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay is included. No data analysis or interpretation is included, since this is the stated purpose of a number of other reports. This report will be useful to both scientists and managers who need ready access to some portion of the data on a regular basis. With this report it is possible to quickly examine seasonal patterns, compare conditions at …

Public Beach Assessment Report Aqua-Po Stafford County, Virginia, Deborah Linden, Donna Radcliffe, C. Scott Hardaway Jr., Suzette Kimball

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The Aqua-Po Public Beach report is the first in a series of reports on the public beaches in the Commonwealth of Virginia. There are 14 localities with public beaches totaling about 23 miles of shoreline. The public beach reports are an assessment of the history of each public beach and their current status in terms of loss of beach fill and maintenance needed. This is measured by the beach monitoring program sponsored by the Virginia Board on the Conservation and Development of Public Beaches.

Draft Seagrass Bibliography Data Base, Jay R. Leverone, L. Kellie Dixon, M. Grey Valenti

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The following report describes in detail the elements of a literature search performed for the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), Department of Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM). The work was performed in accordance with the agreement between the District and Mote Marine Laboratory (MML), and comprises Task 3.0 (Literature Search) of the project entitled, "Tampa Bay Water Quality Assessment- Determination of Environmental Requirements of Selected Populations."

Nontidal Wetland Functions And Values, Maryann Wohlgemuth, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science, Wetlands Program

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No abstract provided.

Radiochemistry And Sedimentology Of Surficial Mud-Dominated Deposits, Hillborough Bay, Florida, Gregg R. Brooks, Hepsi D. Zsoldos, Robert H. Byrne, Larry J. Doyle

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Hillsborough Bay is the northeast lobe of Tampa Bay, the largest open water estuary on Florida's west coast. For a complete description of the setting and previous works, the reader is referred to Doyle, et al. (1989). The Phase I study of fine-grained sediments in Hillsborough Bay (Brooks and Doyle, 1989) established distribution patterns and average accumulation rates of mud-dominated sediments at selected sites within the Bay over the past several thousand years. Phase II of the study, the focus of this investigation concentrates on the uppermost 50-100 cm. of the sediment column, or those sediments believed to have been …

State Of Tampa Bay 1990, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council (Tbrpc), Agency On Bay Management

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To identify activities and actions that have occurred over the past year, the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council's Agency on Bay Management annually develops a status report on the condition of the Tampa Bay estuary. This document represents the fifth annual "State of Tampa Bay" report pursuant to the adopted rules of the Council's Agency on Bay Management. The purpose of the "State of Tampa Bay" report is to: • serve as a reference for projects, programs and organizations that influence the bay and its watershed, • identify the condition of Tampa Bay over the past year, and • depict …

Primary Producers And Decomposers Of Intertidal Flats, Maryann Wohlgemuth, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science, Wetlands Program

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No abstract provided.

Seagrass And Caulerpa Monitoring In Hillsborough Bay Second Annual Report, City Of Tampa Department Of Sanitary Sewers

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This is the second annual report to FDER to satisfy the requirements set forth in specific condition #6 of FDER construction permit DC29-152790.

The City of Tampa, Bay Study Group (BSG), has monitored the effects of sewage pollution abatement in Hillsborough Bay since 1976. Within the last decade, water quality improvements and evidence of minor seagrass revegetation in Hillsborough Bay prompted the BSG to initiate a seagrass study to compliment other programs assessing the environmental status of Hillsborough Bay.

Long-Term Trends Of Nitrogen Loading, Water Quality And Biological Indicators In Hillsborough Bay, Florida, J.O. R. Johansson

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This report addresses general background information on Hillsborough Bay water quality, compares long-term nitrogen loading trends to water quality indicators, and recommends management options for improving bay conditions.

Water Quality In Chesapeake Bay : Virginia Portion, Water Year 1989 : A Report To The Virginia Water Control Board, Kevin Curling, Bruce Neilson

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The purpose of this report is to characterize water quality conditions during the 1909 water year, October 1988 through September 1989. For the most part, the information is provided in graphical format. Only data for the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay is included. No data analysis or interpretation i:s included, since this is the stated purpose of a number of other reports a. We believe that the report will be useful to both scientists and managers who need ready access to some portion of the data on a regular basis. With this report one could, for example, quickly examine seasonal …

Water Quality In Chesapeake Bay : Virginia Portion, Water Year 1985 : A Report To The Virginia Water Control Board, Kevin Curling, Bruce Neilson

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The purpose of this report is to characterize water quality conditions during the 1985 water year, October 1984 through September 1985. For the most part, the information is provided in graphical format. Only data for the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay is included. No data analysis or interpretation is included, since this is the stated purpose of a number of other reports. We believe that the report will be useful to both scientists and managers who need ready access to some portion of the data on a regular basis. With this report one could, for example, quickly examine seasonal patterns, …

Long-Term Monitoring Of Water Quality And Biological Indicators In Hillsborough Bay, Tampa Bay, Florida, Bay Study Group, J. O. R. Johansson

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The Bay . study Group of the City of Tampa has conducted an extensive monitoring program of water quality and various biological indicator organisms in Hillsborough Bay and Middle Tampa Bay since 1978 (Figure 1). Hillsborough Bay has generally had the poorest water quality of the Tampa Bay subsections. The monitoring program started as a comprehensive study of phytoplankton productivity and standing crop to evaluate anticipated future effects of domestic wastewater pollution abatement as the City of Tampa converted its wastewater treatment process from primary to state of the art nitro~en removal. The Bay stud¥ Group is the only organization …

Oyster Spatfall In Virginia Waters: 1990 Annual Summary, Bruce J. Barber

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The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) conducts surveys ofoyster spatfall (or "setting") in Virginia waters throughout the summer reproductive period. This survey provides an estimate of the potential of a particular area for receiving a "strike" or set of oysters on the bottom and helps define the timing of setting events. Information obtained from this effort is valuable to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) for its shell repletion program, and to private oyster growers, both of which are interested in maximizing the timing of shell planting. In addition, by maintaining a long-term data base, trends in spatfall throughout …

Status Of The Major Oyster Diseases In Virginia 1990 A Summary Of The Annual Monitoring Program, Eugene M. Burreson

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No abstract provided.

Coastal Resources And The Permit Process: Definitions And Jurisdictions, Julie G. Bradshaw, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science, Wetlands Program

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No abstract provided.

Calibration Of A Parametric-Stochastic Model, Zhida Song, L. Douglas James

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Conceptually, stochastic parametric modeling offers a powerful tool to select a scale for expressing catchment variability for hydrologic simulation and relating model parameters to catchment characteristics. Practically, success depends on having an efficient method for model calibration. The calibration of a stochastic model is much more difficult than a deterministic one because simulation shifts from using fixed parameters to simulate of flows as deterministic values to taking multiple combinations of paramter values randomly from distributions to simulate flows as stochastic variables. The proposed method calibrates the first two moments of each parameter distribution to represent the average and the variability …