Sedimentation, Sea-Level Rise and Circulation in Florida Bay

Project Investigators: Robert B. Halley, Dave Rudnick Project Start Date: 1994 End Date: 2001 Proposals Data Metadata Publications Related Links Project Location Map

The objective of this research is to provide a better understanding of how and when sediments within Florida Bay are resuspended and deposited, to define the spatial distribution of the potential for resuspension, to delineate patterns of potential bathymetric change, and to predict the impacts of storms or seagrass die-off on bathymetry and circulation within the bay. By combining these results with the findings of other research being conducted in Florida Bay, we hope to quantify sediment export from the bay, better define the nutrient input during resuspension events, and assist in modeling circulation and water quality. Results will enable long-term sediment deposition and erosion in various regions of the bay to be integrated with data on the anticipated sea-level rise to predict future water depths and volumes. Results from this project, together with established sediment production rates, will provide the basis for a sediment budget for Florida Bay.

Florida Bay Maps
Florida Bay Bottom Types	Florida Bay Salinity Maps

Proposals

• 1998
• 1999

Data

Metadata

• Sedimentation, Sea-Level Rise, and Circulation in Florida Bay (project metadata)
• Florida Bay Air:Sea CO2 Exchange Maps (data set metadata)
• Florida Bay Bottom Types map (data set metadata)
• Florida Bay Salinity Data (data set metadata)
• Florida Bay Surface Maps (data set metadata)

Publications

Abstracts

• Florida Bay Bottom Type Map (from the Florida Bay Conference Proceedings, 1998)
• Florida Bay Mudbanks: Relatively New Piles of Mostly Old Sediment
• Florida Bay Salinity: Fragile Links Between Sediments, Sea Level, and Onshore Water Management (from the Florida Bay Conference Proceedings, 1995)
• Increased Salinity of Florida Bay and Saltwater Intrusion of the Biscayne Aquifer during the Early 20th Century: Simultaneous Consequences of Falling Water Tables along the Margins of the Everglades (from the Florida Bay Conference Proceedings, 1998)
• Sea-Level Rise and the Future of Florida Bay in the Next Century (from the South Florida Restoration Science Forum, May 1999)
• Sea-Level Rise and the Future of Florida Bay in the Next Century (from the GEER Conference, December, 2000)
• Sediment Resuspension in Florida Bay (from the Florida Bay Conference Proceedings, 1998)
• Sediment Transport Processes and Sea-Floor Mapping in Florida Bay (from the Florida Bay Conference Proceedings, 1996)
• Sedimentation, Sea-Level Rise, and Circulation in Florida Bay
• West Everglades Winter Freshets During the Current Wet Period and Seasonal Phase Shifts in Salinity Cycles Across Florida Bay (from the Florida Bay Conference Proceedings, 1998)

Fact Sheets

• Sedimentation, Sea-Level Rise, and Circulation in Florida Bay

Open File Reports

• Florida Bay Bottom Types
• Florida Bay Surface Salinities
• Surface Salinity of Florida Bay
• U. S. Geological Survey Program on the South Florida Ecosystem - Proceedings of the Technical Symposium in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (Open File Report 97-385, available from the U.S. Geological Survey website)

Related Links

• Geochemical Monitoring of Restoration Progress