No WQ issues to speak of this week – water temperatures warming.
RED TIDE
Still persists in SW FL with fish kills and irritating eyes – but all clear in panhandle.
FISH KILLS for Escambia and Santa Rosa counties
We had 1 fish kill logged for February so far – a single dead redfish was logged from somewhere in the Pensacola Bay area – location unknown. Cause of death was parasites.
HEALTH ADVISORIES
No advisories this week – we can take a break from that
WATER TEMPERATURES
All waters are reaching the lower ‘60’s °F
SALINITY
Normal
DISSOLVED OXYGEN
Normal for this time of year.
NUTRIENTS
No updates on nutrients this week. You can read about nutrients from 2015 from local waters in the 2015 Water Quality Report. Again, just let me know if you would like a copy. Roc1@ufl.edu
UWF INSHORE LIONFISH SURVEY:
UWF has not begun their lionfish surveys yet
Here are the numbers…
FDEP
Water Body Temp (F) Salinity (ppt) DO(mg/L) ENT bacteria count (colonies/100ml)
Texar 61 4.8 10.0 34
Chico –
Grande –
Low Perdido 60 12.1 10.3 6
Up Perdido 62 2.3 10.7 44 (fecal coliform/freshwater)
Gulf Breeze 58 10.1 10.9 8
ECHD
Bayou Texar – Good
Sanders Beach / Bayou Chico – Good
EMSE – MARINE SCIENCE ACADEMY – TEXAR (Jan 15, 2016)
Station Total Nitrogen Total Phosphate Chlorophyll Turbidity (FIU
12th Ave – 1600 0.2 5
Hyde Park – 2600 4.2 0
Boat Ramp East – 1900 3.9 11
Dog Beach – 3000 7.1 17
FLORIDA MICROPLASTICS AWARENESS PROGRAM
Station Number of pieces of microplastic recorded Total
Chimney Park (14), (7) 21
Wayside Park @
Bayou Texar (17), (10) 27
Navy Point (20), (3), (5) 28
Mouth of Escambia
River (6) 6
Bay Fishing Bridge (3) 3
For more information on local water visit:
http://escambia.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/environmental-health/beaches/index.html