| ROOK |
Monitoring Stations in Rookery Bay |
Steve Kelly |
WQM |
wpdavis |
26-JAN-1999 |
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Project Description: Project ROOK represents an integrated surface water quality monitoring network (WQMN) for the estuarine and coastal ecosystems of Lee and Collier counties in southwest Florida. The study area extends northward from Cape Romano to Pine Island Sound. The overall purpose of this WQMN is to address concerns in regional water quality that cross and overlap separate political boundaries. This network consists of 28 sites to be sampled monthly by FIU for a variety of physical, chemical and biological water quality parameters. The data collected from this program will be incorporated and integrated into the existing reporting procedure for the south Florida estuarine WQMN. This will include quarterly progress reports and annual interpretive data summary reports submitted to the District in both a written and digital form. Quarterly reports will
1) identify activities undertaken during the reporting period,
2) state any problems encountered,
3) attest to the validity of the data,
4) include all quality assurance statistics and reports (i.e. the results of field blanks, equipment blanks and precision as percent relative standard deviation), and
5) briefly summarize quarterly water quality conditions in the network. Additionally, FIU will produce a statistical summary of the quarterly data in a logical format based on the segmentation scheme and station design. The statistical summary will include calculated averages, sample variances,
ranges, and number of samples. When appropriate, summaries will also be provided in a graphical format. FIU will evaluate the data in accordance with the data quality objectives stated in the QAPP. |
