located within the following watersheds: Middle Tampa Bay Watershed, Hillsborough Bay Watershed
Explore general as well as scientific information about the movement, chemistry and biology of area surface water environments.
This interactive map shows seagrass extents as they existed between 2002 and 2010. Use the slider to toggle the year being displayed to demonstrate how seagrass coverage has changed over time.
Source(s): Southwest Florida Water Management District
| Reef Site | Latitude | Longitude | Depth (feet) |
Deploy Date |
Number of Structures |
Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALLAST POINT PIER REEF | 27º 53.268' |
82º 28.746' |
8 | 12/31/1987 | 2 | CONCRETE PILINGS, CONCRETE RUBBLE |
| WHISKEY STUMP KEY | 27º 48.888' |
82º 24.114' |
3 | 4/23/2005 | 1 | FOSSILIZED LOCALLY MINED SHELL BAGS (,) |
Source(s): Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Vegetation sampling is the identification and quantification of plant species and communities. Vegetation sampling is a tool used in environmental assessments and can inform a myriad of assessment goals including biomass availability, water quality concerns, management benchmarks, and determining the introduction and establishment of invasive species. Sampling can be conducted via destructive or non-destructive methods. Learn more about vegetation sampling from the links and documents listed below.
Continuous Seagrass
Patchy Seagrass