Abstract |
The Tampa Bay Estuary Program (TBEP) has established a comprehensive and long-term monitoring program to assess benthic habitat and biota conditions in Tampa Bay. This program has collected annual data from 1993 to present, and the data provide a comprehensive baseline dataset. Recently, the TBEP has completed a redesign assessment to re-evaluate the objectives and approach for the monitoring program. This Technical Memorandum summarizes the results and recommendations of this redesign assessment to date. Section 1.0 presents the details of the new Tampa Bay Benthic Monitoring Design, and Section 2.0 presents the background, rational and recommendations lead-ing to these changes. |