Abstract |
Contents: 1. Progress Towards Goals of the Tampa Bay CCMP 1998-2001; 2. Monitoring Programs in Tampa Bay; 3. Bay Characteristics; 4. Salinity and Freshwater Inflow; 5. Freshwater Inflow and Nutrient Loading; 6. Atmospheric Deposition; 7. Water Quality; 8. Tampa Bay Water's HBMP; 9. Seagrass Monitoring: Aerial Photography; 10. Assessing Tampa Bay Seagrass Using Fixed Transects; 11. Effects of Labyrinthula on Seagrass; 12. Artificial Reefs; 13. Benthic Quality; 14. Sediment Contaminants and Benthic Assemblages in the Lower Hillsborough, Palm, and Manatee Rivers; 15. Fisheries; 16. Marine Mammals; 17. Bird Populations; 18. Sea Turtles in Tampa Bay, Florida; and 19. Summary and Conclusions. |