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FWCC - Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
FDEP - Florida Department of Enviromental Protection

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Visit the following links to view historical information on this water resource:

• 1879 Nautical Chart of Tampa Bay - The chart includes historic shoreline, depth soundings, and bathymetric contour lines.
• Florida Gulf Coast Red Tide - A 1955 report discussing Red Tide along Florida's west coast.
• Historical and Prehistorical Record of Tampa Bay Environments
• Historical Longshore Bar Mapping, Tampa Bay, Florida
• Impact of Dredging in the Tampa Bay Estuary, 1876-1976 - A document supporting the Longshore Bars working group
• Impact of Hurricanes on Pinellas County, Florida 1985
• Mining of Submerged Shell Deposits: History and Status of Regulation and Production...
• Report on Flood of 20-21 September 1962 Southwest Florida
• Some Historical Accounts of the Natural Conditions in Tampa Bay and Hillsborough County
• Stormwater Research: Summary of SWFWMD Research Projects 1989-2002

• 2008 Tampa Bay Water Quality Assessment
• 2009 Tampa Bay Water Quality Assessment
• 2010 Tampa Bay Water Quality Assessment
• 2011 Tampa Bay Water Quality Assessment
• 2013 Tampa Bay Water Quality Assessment
• 2014 Tampa Bay Water Quality Assessment
• 2015 Tampa Bay Water Quality Assessment
• 2016 Southwest Florida Water Management District Seagrass Mapping Results
• Alafia River Oyster Bar Restoration Demonstration Project Final Monitoring Report September 1995 through December 1998
• Bioassays of Seminole Fertilizer Ammonia Terminal
• Discharge, Water-Quality Characteristics, and Nutrient Loads from McKay Bay, Delaney Creek, and East - This paper, "Discharge, Water-Quality Characteristics, and Nutrient Loads from McKay Bay, Delaney Creek, and East Bay, Tampa, Florida, 1991-1993." by Yvonne E. Stoker, Victor A. Levesque, Eric M. Fritz, USGS, discusses wastewater impacts.
• Effects of Changes in Freshwater Inflows on Biological Resources of Tampa Bay Tributaries (#06-04)
• FAC 62-302.532 Estuary-Specific Numeric Interpretations of the Narrative Nutrient Criterion
• Hydrobiological Comparison of the Alafia River, Hillsborough River, and Tampa Bypass Canal, A
• Near-term Forecasting of Surface Water Supplies from the Hillsborough River and Tampa Bypass Canal System
• Pilot Study to Evaluate Impacts to Water Quality and Seagrass Meadows from the Green Mussel (#04-04)
• Proposed Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Tampa Bay
• Seagrass Integrated Mapping and Monitoring Report (2013)
• Seagrass Management: It's Not Just Nutrients! Proceedings of a Symposium, August 22-24, 2000, St. Petersburg, Florida
• Status of Wading Bird Populations of the Hillsborough River Watershed (#05-03)
• Tampa Bay Benthic Interpretive Report: 1993-2004 Bay Wide Report (#05-08)
• Tampa Bay Benthic Monitoring Program: Status of Hillsborough Bay: 1993 - 1998 (#11-02)
• Tampa Bay Blue Carbon Assessment: Summary of Findings - Climate mitigation benefits, ongoing/potential habitat restoration/conservation efforts, ecosystem management opportunities
• Tampa Bay Dredged Hole Habitat Assessment Project (#04-05)
• Tampa Bay Numeric Nutrient Criteria: Task 1 - TN and TP Concentrations
• Tampa Bay Numeric Nutrient Criteria: Task 3 - Dissolved Oxygen
• Using the Surface Reflectance MODIS Terra Product to Estimate Turbidity in Tampa Bay, Florida