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» Myakka River Water Quality Degradation: 

Water Quality Degradation (Eutrophication/Nutrient Enrichment, Hypoxia,  Anoxia, Sedimentation)

Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program.  (1999).  Data management, analysis, and exchange strategy.  79 pp.  North Fort Myers, FL: The Program.

(The document describes data management strategy for the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program.  It identifies data gaps and needs, and suggests actions to fill information gaps and encourage data exchange.  It includes information on web sites, geographical information systems, CD-ROM data, newsletters and reports.)

Daltry, W. E. and David Y. Burr.  (1998).  Base Program Analysis: Volume 1: Description of the existing laws, policy and resource management structures in the Greater Charlotte Harbor watershed.  Charlotte Harbor National Estuaries Program Technical Report No. 98-01.  162pp.  North Fort Myers, FL: Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program.

(The purpose of the base programs analysis is to recognize the current public and private environmental regulatory programs, provide an assessment of the overall programs that are in place, and identify the gaps in the existing institutional framework for resource management.  Provides a snapshot of the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program's socioeconomic conditions.  It reviews the current institutional management of the natural resources in the greater Charlotte Harbor watershed.  This analysis is performed within an outline of the three major priority problems: hydrologic alterations; water quality degradation; and fish and wildlife habitat loss.)

Dragovich, A. and J. A. Kelly, Jr.  (1968).  Hydrological and biological characteristics of Florida's west coast tributaries.  Fisheries Bulletin,  66(3): 463-477.
(The study examined the variations in temperature, salinity, chlorophyll a, dissolved oxygen, total phosphorus, inorganic phosphate-phosphorus, copper, and iron in the  Hillsborough, Alafia, Little Manatee, Manatee, Myakka, Peace, and Caloosahatchee Rivers and the The possible relation between the mean input of various materials by the tributaries, and the presence Gymnodinium breve was tested.  A correlation between iron and G. breve was significant at the 80-percent level.(DBO).)

Fraser, T. H. and W. H. Wilcox.  (1981).  Enrichment of a subtropical estuary with nitrogen, phosphorus and silica.  In B. J. Neilson and L. E. Cronin (Eds.).  Estuaries and Nurtrients (pp. 481-498).  [Clifton, NJ:] Humana Press.

Fraser, Thomas H. and Ralph T. Montgomery.  (1997).  Compendium of existing monitoring programs in the greater Charlotte Harbor watershed.  187 pp.  North Fort Myers, FL: Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program.

(This report describes monitoring programs for the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program study area.(including the Myakka River).The objectives of this report are to: 1) identify and describe all existing land, air, terrestrial and aquatic wildlife and vegetation, and water monitoring programs that pertain to the study area; 2) provide a summary of those programs both temporally and geographically; 3) help identify areas where monitoring is lacking or where protocols are inconsistent; and 4) assist existing programs in coordinating their efforts and increase understanding of programs across organizations.)

Grace, S. R.  (1978).  Phosphate in bottom sediments in Myakka and Peace River estuaries, Charlotte Harbor, Florida.  AAPG Bulletin, 62(3): 518.

Grace, Scott R.  (1977).  Sedimentary phosphorus in the Myakka and Peace River estuaries, Charlotte Harbor, Florida.  Unpublished master's thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa.

Germain, Guy J. and Jonathan E. Shaw.  (1994).  Surface water quality monitoring network, South Florida Water Management District.  Technical publication 88-3.  1 vol.  West Palm Beach, FL: Water Quality Division, Resource Planning Dept., South Florida Water Management District.
(This 1988 report describes the South Florida Water Management District's eleven active surface water quality monitoring programs.  It presents the objectives and purposes of each program; the location of the sampling sites; the parametric coverage; the period of record; and the frequency of sampling.)

Hammett, H. T.  (1988).  Land use, water use, streamflow, and water quality characteristics of the Charlotte Harbor inflow area, Florida.  104 pp.  Tallahassee, FL: U. S. Dept. of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey.  213 pp.  Tallahassee, FL: U. S. Geological Survey.
(The report discusses land use, water use, streamflow, and river water quality in the Charlotte Harbor inflow area.  Previously published studies were reviewed.  Graphical techniques and statistical procedures were used to evaluate and interpret the data.  The compilation and analyses of data are based on the following time frames: land use (1972-73 and 1984); water use (1975 and 1980); streamflow (through 1984); and water quality (through 1985).)

Hart, Robin L. (Ed.).  (1993).  Management guidelines and goals for the Myakka River basin.  1 vol.  Sarasota, FL:: Sarasota County Natural Resources Dept..
(A GIS based computer model was developed for estimating relative contributions of runoff and chemical loadings by sub-basin to the Myakka River.  The model can be used as a management tool as new monitoring data and land use data become available for updating.  It can be used to project cumulative impacts of human activities in the basin.  Recommendations for management of water quality and freshwater flow, land use, and land acquisition are provided.)

Huang, Ter-Chien.  (1966).  Sedimentologic study of Charlotte Harbor, southern Florida.  97 pp.  Unpublished master's thesis, Florida State University Tallahassee.

Joyner, B. F. and H. Sutcliffe.  (1976).  Water resources of the Myakka River basin area, Southwest Florida.  93 pp.  Tallahassee, FL: U. S. Geological Survey, Water Resources.
(The purpose of the report was to describe the occurrence and quality of surface and ground water in the Myakka River Basin area, to report the amount of ground water used as of 1965, and to define current and potential water-resources problems.  The major emphasis is on ground-water resources.  Stage and discharge records from 54 streamflow stations and records of about 400 wells were collected during 1963-66.  The well data include records of water levels, discharge, well construction, and driller and geophysical logs.  21 test wells were drilled as part of the investigation in cooperation with Sarasota County.  Water samples were collected for chemical analysis from streams, lakes, and wells.  Information on water used for agricultural, industrial, and public supply purposes was obtained from an inventory made in 1965.)

Levesque, V. A. and K. M. Hammett.  (1997).  Comparison of two methods for estimating discharge and nutrient loads from tidally affected reaches of the Myakka and Peace rivers, west-central Florida.  27 pp.  Tallahassee, FL: U. S. Geological Survey.

(The purpose of this report is to describe and compare two methods (the tidal-estimation and basin-ratio methods) that were used for estimating discharge and nutrient loads for the tidal reaches of the Myakka and Peace River Basins.  Data were collected during four separate 30-day periods during 1994 and 1995; two of the periods represented low-flow conditions and two represented high-flow conditions.  Both methods were used to compute discharge and nutrient loads for the data-collection periods, and the results were then compared.)

Lincer, J. L., et al.  (1990).  Myakka River Basin Project: a report on physical and chemical processes affecting the management of the Myakka River Basin.  Sarasota, FL: Sarasota County Natural Resources Dept., Ecological Monitoring Division.
(The study represents the first system-wide examination of the Myakka River Basin.  The major objective of this three-year study was to provide a technical basis for holistic, basin-wide management for the Myakka River Basin.  The first year (1989) focused on data collection and compilation, Information was collected on the physical and chemical processes within the watershed, including rainfall, stream-flow, water chemistry and biological communities.  Additional work during the first year accurately characterized the river's shoreline and advanced the development of a predictive flow model for the river.)

Lipp, E. K., et al.  (2001).  Effects of seasonal variability and weather on microbial fecal pollution and enteric pathogens in a subtropical estuary.  Estuaries, 24(2): 266-276.
(In this study, Charlotte Harbor estuary was sampled monthly for one year at twelve stations, in the lower reaches of the Myakka and Peace Rivers.)

Lowrey, Susan S.  (1990?).  Myakka River Basin project: A report on physical and chemical processes affecting the management of the Myakka River Basin: provisional results from January 1989-December 1989.
(This study represents the first system-wide examination of the Myakka River Basin.  The major objective of this three-year study was to provide a technical basis for holistic, basin-wide management for the Myakka River Basin.  The first year (1989) focused on data collection and compilation, Information was collected on the physical and chemical processes within the watershed, including rainfall, stream-flow, water chemistry and biological communities.  Additional work during the first year accurately characterized the river's shoreline and advanced the development of a predictive flow model for the river.)

Miller, R. L., T. F. Kraemer and B. F. McPherson.  (1990).  Radium and radon in Charlotte Harbor Estuary, Florida.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 31(4): 439-457.
(Radium-226 and super(222)Rn activities are greater in the estuarine waters of northern Charlotte Harbor and the lower tidal Peace and Myakka Rivers, Florida, than in either the freshwater reaches of the rivers or waters of the lower estuary and the Gulf of Mexico.)

 Post, Buckley, Schuh and Jernigan.  (1999).  Synthesis of technical information.  Charlotte Harbor Estuaries Program.  Technical Report No. 99-02.  2 vols.  North Fort Myers, FL: Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program.

Vol. 1.  Characterization of water quality, hydrologic alterations, and fish and wildlife habitat

(This document comprises the characterization element of the National Estuary Program process.  It synthesizes available information about the water quality, hydrologic alterations, and fish and wildlife habitat in the Greater Charlotte Harbor watershed.  It covers the Caloosahatchee River, Charlotte Harbor, Estero Bay, Lemon Bay, Myakka River, Peace River,  Pine Island Sound and  Coastal Venice.)

Pribble, J. Raymond, et al. (1997).  Mechanistic water quality model for the tidal Peace and Myakka Rivers.  In Sally Treat, (Ed.).  Proceedings of the 1997 Charlotte Harbor Public Conference and Technical Symposium (pp. 241-258).
Full text: http://library.fgcu.edu/chnep/9802-26.pdf

Quality assurance plan for the Myakka River Basin project: Task 6.  (1989).  Sarasota County Ecological Monitoring Division.  37pp.  Sarasota, FL: Mote Marine Laboratory.
http://www.mote.org/techreps/140/140.pdf
(Involves collection and lab analysis of water samples from a network of basin stations)

Sarasota County Natural Resources Dept..  (1992).  Myakka River basin project.  Management guidelines and goals for the Myakka River basin.  77 pp.  Sarasota, FL: The Department. 
(A GIS based computer model was developed for estimating relative contributions of runoff and chemical loadings by sub-basin to the Myakka River.  The model can be used as a management tool as new monitoring data and land use data become available for updating.  It can be used to project cumulative impacts of human activities in the basin.  Recommendations for management of water quality and freshwater flow, land use, and land acquisition are provided.)

Seaman, William and Richard McLean.  (1977).  Freshwater and the Florida Coast: Southwest Florida.  Proceedings of a seminar for the Southwest Florida Water Management District, May 26-27, 1977, Tampa, Florida.  Gainesville, FL: State University System of Florida, Sea Grant College Program.
(The seminar was used to illustrate scientifically sound methods for determining the amount, quality, and temporal distribution of runoff an estuary needs in order to be maintained in a productive state.)