Dataset title: Monthly monitoring fluorescence data for Florida Bay, Ten Thousand Islands, and Whitewater Bay, in southwest coast of Everglades National Park (FCE) for February 2001 to December 2002 Dataset ID: LT_ND_Jaffe_003 Research type: Long-Term Dataset Creator Name: Dr. Rudolf Jaffe Position: Lead Principal Investigator Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Address: Florida International University University Park Miami, Florida 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-2456 Email: jaffer@fiu.edu URL: http://serc.fiu.edu/sercindex/index.htm Metadata Provider Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-6054 Email: fcelter@fiu.edu URL: https://fcelter.fiu.edu Dataset Abstract Dissolved organic matter plays an important role in biogeochemical processes in aquatic environments such as elemental cycling, microbial loop energetics, and the transport of materials across landscapes. Since most of N (Greater than 90%) and P (around 90%) is in the organic form in the oligotrophic subtropical Florida Coastal Estuaries (FCES), study of the source and dynamics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the ecosystem is crucial for the better understanding of the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients. FCES are composed of estuaries with distinct regions with different biogeochemical processes. Florida Bay (FB) is a wedge-shaped shallow oligotrophic estuary which lays south of the Everglades, the bottom of which is covered with a dense biomass of seagrass. Whitewater bay (WWB) is a semi-enclosed mangrove estuary with a relatively long residence time, which receives overland freshwater input from the Everglades marshes. Ten thousand Islands (TTI) covers the southwest margin of the Florida Coastal Everglades, which are highly compartmentalized by local geomorphology. The sources of both freshwater and nutrients in FCES are difficult to quantify, owing to the non-point source nature of runoff from the Everglades and the dendritic cross channels in the mangroves. Furthermore, the combination of multiple DOM sources (freshwater marsh vegetation, mangroves, phytoplankton, seagrass, etc.), and the potential seasonal variability of their relative contribution, along with the history of (photo)chemical and microbial diagenetic processing, and complex advective circulation, makes the study of DOM dynamics in FCES particularly difficult using standard schemes of estuarine ecology. Quantitative information of DOM is very useful to investigate the biogeochemical cycling of DOM to a certain degree, however, qualitative information is necessary to better understand the source and dynamics of DOM. Since fluorescence spectroscopic techniques are very sensitive, quick and simple, they have been applied to investigate the fate of DOM in estuaries. Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description The Study Extent of this dataset includes the southwest FCE and Florida Bay research sites within Everglades National Park, South Florida Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: Card Sound Bridge West bounding coordinate: -80.375 East bounding coordinate: -80.375 North bounding coordinate: 25.274 South bounding coordinate: 25.274 Geographic description: Middle Bay West bounding coordinate: -80.395 East bounding coordinate: -80.395 North bounding coordinate: 25.285 South bounding coordinate: 25.285 Geographic description: Manatee Bay West bounding coordinate: -80.415 East bounding coordinate: -80.415 North bounding coordinate: 25.251 South bounding coordinate: 25.251 Geographic description: Barnes Sound West bounding coordinate: -80.388 East bounding coordinate: -80.388 North bounding coordinate: 25.222 South bounding coordinate: 25.222 Geographic description: Blackwater Sound West bounding coordinate: -80.423 East bounding coordinate: -80.423 North bounding coordinate: 25.174 South bounding coordinate: 25.174 Geographic description: L. Blackwater Sound West bounding coordinate: -80.440 East bounding coordinate: -80.440 North bounding coordinate: 25.207 South bounding coordinate: 25.207 Geographic description: Highway Creek West bounding coordinate: -80.444 East bounding coordinate: -80.444 North bounding coordinate: 25.254 South bounding coordinate: 25.254 Geographic description: Long Sound West bounding coordinate: -80.462 East bounding coordinate: -80.462 North bounding coordinate: 25.227 South bounding coordinate: 25.227 Geographic description: Duck Key West bounding coordinate: -80.492 East bounding coordinate: -80.492 North bounding coordinate: 25.177 South bounding coordinate: 25.177 Geographic description: Joe Bay West bounding coordinate: -80.537 East bounding coordinate: -80.537 North bounding coordinate: 25.224 South bounding coordinate: 25.224 Geographic description: L. Madeira Bay West bounding coordinate: -80.627 East bounding coordinate: -80.627 North bounding coordinate: 25.175 South bounding coordinate: 25.175 Geographic description: Terrapin Bay West bounding coordinate: -80.716 East bounding coordinate: -80.716 North bounding coordinate: 25.140 South bounding coordinate: 25.140 Geographic description: Whipray Basin West bounding coordinate: -80.755 East bounding coordinate: -80.755 North bounding coordinate: 25.091 South bounding coordinate: 25.091 Geographic description: Garfield Bight West bounding coordinate: -80.809 East bounding coordinate: -80.809 North bounding coordinate: 25.150 South bounding coordinate: 25.150 Geographic description: Rankin Lake West bounding coordinate: -80.803 East bounding coordinate: -80.803 North bounding coordinate: 25.121 South bounding coordinate: 25.121 Geographic description: Murray Key West bounding coordinate: -80.940 East bounding coordinate: -80.940 North bounding coordinate: 25.118 South bounding coordinate: 25.118 Geographic description: Johnson Key Basin West bounding coordinate: -80.915 East bounding coordinate: -80.915 North bounding coordinate: 25.042 South bounding coordinate: 25.042 Geographic description: Rabbit Key Basin West bounding coordinate: -80.900 East bounding coordinate: -80.900 North bounding coordinate: 25.002 South bounding coordinate: 25.002 Geographic description: Twin Key Basin West bounding coordinate: -80.954 East bounding coordinate: -80.954 North bounding coordinate: 24.978 South bounding coordinate: 24.978 Geographic description: Peterson Key West bounding coordinate: -80.750 East bounding coordinate: -80.750 North bounding coordinate: 24.930 South bounding coordinate: 24.930 Geographic description: Porpoise Lake West bounding coordinate: -80.681 East bounding coordinate: -80.681 North bounding coordinate: 25.007 South bounding coordinate: 25.007 Geographic description: Captain's Key West bounding coordinate: -80.614 East bounding coordinate: -80.614 North bounding coordinate: 25.040 South bounding coordinate: 25.040 Geographic description: Park Key West bounding coordinate: -80.600 East bounding coordinate: -80.600 North bounding coordinate: 25.118 South bounding coordinate: 25.118 Geographic description: Butternut Key West bounding coordinate: -80.531 East bounding coordinate: -80.531 North bounding coordinate: 25.102 South bounding coordinate: 25.102 Geographic description: East Cape West bounding coordinate: -81.081 East bounding coordinate: -81.081 North bounding coordinate: 25.084 South bounding coordinate: 25.084 Geographic description: Oxfoot Bank West bounding coordinate: -81.002 East bounding coordinate: -81.002 North bounding coordinate: 24.981 South bounding coordinate: 24.981 Geographic description: Sprigger Bank West bounding coordinate: -80.935 East bounding coordinate: -80.935 North bounding coordinate: 24.919 South bounding coordinate: 24.919 Geographic description: Old Dan Bank West bounding coordinate: -80.807 East bounding coordinate: -80.807 North bounding coordinate: 24.867 South bounding coordinate: 24.867 Geographic description: First Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.184 East bounding coordinate: -81.184 North bounding coordinate: 25.555 South bounding coordinate: 25.555 Geographic description: Third Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.121 East bounding coordinate: -81.121 North bounding coordinate: 25.580 South bounding coordinate: 25.580 Geographic description: Big Lostman's Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.071 East bounding coordinate: -81.071 North bounding coordinate: 25.568 South bounding coordinate: 25.568 Geographic description: Cabbage Island West bounding coordinate: -81.043 East bounding coordinate: -81.043 North bounding coordinate: 25.529 South bounding coordinate: 25.529 Geographic description: Broad River Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.049 East bounding coordinate: -81.049 North bounding coordinate: 25.500 South bounding coordinate: 25.500 Geographic description: Middle Broad River West bounding coordinate: -81.111 East bounding coordinate: -81.111 North bounding coordinate: 25.486 South bounding coordinate: 25.486 Geographic description: Mouth Broad River West bounding coordinate: -81.153 East bounding coordinate: -81.153 North bounding coordinate: 25.475 South bounding coordinate: 25.475 Geographic description: S.Mouth Harney River West bounding coordinate: -81.141 East bounding coordinate: -81.141 North bounding coordinate: 25.412 South bounding coordinate: 25.412 Geographic description: Harney River Junction West bounding coordinate: -81.082 East bounding coordinate: -81.082 North bounding coordinate: 25.432 South bounding coordinate: 25.432 Geographic description: Tarpon Bay West bounding coordinate: -80.998 East bounding coordinate: -80.998 North bounding coordinate: 25.417 South bounding coordinate: 25.417 Geographic description: Gunboat Island West bounding coordinate: -81.031 East bounding coordinate: -81.031 North bounding coordinate: 25.379 South bounding coordinate: 25.379 Geographic description: Ponce de Leon Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.125 East bounding coordinate: -81.125 North bounding coordinate: 25.350 South bounding coordinate: 25.350 Geographic description: Oyster Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.073 East bounding coordinate: -81.073 North bounding coordinate: 25.331 South bounding coordinate: 25.331 Geographic description: N.of Marker 36 West bounding coordinate: -81.015 East bounding coordinate: -81.015 North bounding coordinate: 25.326 South bounding coordinate: 25.326 Geographic description: W.of Marker 34 West bounding coordinate: -81.024 East bounding coordinate: -81.024 North bounding coordinate: 25.286 South bounding coordinate: 25.286 Geographic description: Watson R.Chickee West bounding coordinate: -80.984 East bounding coordinate: -80.984 North bounding coordinate: 25.332 South bounding coordinate: 25.332 Geographic description: Mouth North River West bounding coordinate: -80.960 East bounding coordinate: -80.960 North bounding coordinate: 25.301 South bounding coordinate: 25.301 Geographic description: Midway Keys West bounding coordinate: -80.976 East bounding coordinate: -80.976 North bounding coordinate: 25.285 South bounding coordinate: 25.285 Geographic description: Mouth of Roberts R. West bounding coordinate: -80.931 East bounding coordinate: -80.931 North bounding coordinate: 25.280 South bounding coordinate: 25.280 Geographic description: W.of Marker 18 West bounding coordinate: -80.958 East bounding coordinate: -80.958 North bounding coordinate: 25.241 South bounding coordinate: 25.241 Geographic description: SE of Marker 12 West bounding coordinate: -80.933 East bounding coordinate: -80.933 North bounding coordinate: 25.228 South bounding coordinate: 25.228 Geographic description: Coot Bay West bounding coordinate: -80.914 East bounding coordinate: -80.914 North bounding coordinate: 25.191 South bounding coordinate: 25.191 Geographic description: Chokoloskee West bounding coordinate: -81.350 East bounding coordinate: -81.350 North bounding coordinate: 25.808 South bounding coordinate: 25.808 Geographic description: Rabbit Key Pass West bounding coordinate: -81.383 East bounding coordinate: -81.383 North bounding coordinate: 25.770 South bounding coordinate: 25.770 Geographic description: Lopez Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.332 East bounding coordinate: -81.332 North bounding coordinate: 25.784 South bounding coordinate: 25.784 Geographic description: Lopez River West bounding coordinate: -81.309 East bounding coordinate: -81.309 North bounding coordinate: 25.785 South bounding coordinate: 25.785 Geographic description: Sunday Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.280 East bounding coordinate: -81.280 North bounding coordinate: 25.796 South bounding coordinate: 25.796 Geographic description: Huston Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.255 East bounding coordinate: -81.255 North bounding coordinate: 25.753 South bounding coordinate: 25.753 Geographic description: Upper Chatham R. West bounding coordinate: -81.231 East bounding coordinate: -81.231 North bounding coordinate: 25.718 South bounding coordinate: 25.718 Geographic description: Middle Chatham R. West bounding coordinate: -81.252 East bounding coordinate: -81.252 North bounding coordinate: 25.708 South bounding coordinate: 25.708 Geographic description: Gun Rock Pt. West bounding coordinate: -81.299 East bounding coordinate: -81.299 North bounding coordinate: 25.692 South bounding coordinate: 25.692 Geographic description: Oyster Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.285 East bounding coordinate: -81.285 North bounding coordinate: 25.731 South bounding coordinate: 25.731 Geographic description: Chevelier Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.207 East bounding coordinate: -81.207 North bounding coordinate: 25.712 South bounding coordinate: 25.712 Geographic description: Alligator Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.169 East bounding coordinate: -81.169 North bounding coordinate: 25.670 South bounding coordinate: 25.670 Geographic description: Lostman's Five Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.145 East bounding coordinate: -81.145 North bounding coordinate: 25.633 South bounding coordinate: 25.633 Geographic description: Barron River West bounding coordinate: -81.393 East bounding coordinate: -81.393 North bounding coordinate: 25.853 South bounding coordinate: 25.853 Geographic description: Indian Key Pass West bounding coordinate: -81.441 East bounding coordinate: -81.441 North bounding coordinate: 25.827 South bounding coordinate: 25.827 Geographic description: Indian Key West bounding coordinate: -81.463 East bounding coordinate: -81.463 North bounding coordinate: 25.805 South bounding coordinate: 25.805 Geographic description: West Pass West bounding coordinate: -81.503 East bounding coordinate: -81.503 North bounding coordinate: 25.830 South bounding coordinate: 25.830 Geographic description: Panther Key West bounding coordinate: -81.542 East bounding coordinate: -81.542 North bounding coordinate: 25.849 South bounding coordinate: 25.849 Geographic description: Faka Union Pass West bounding coordinate: -81.516 East bounding coordinate: -81.516 North bounding coordinate: 25.874 South bounding coordinate: 25.874 Geographic description: Faka Union River West bounding coordinate: -81.516 East bounding coordinate: -81.516 North bounding coordinate: 25.900 South bounding coordinate: 25.900 Geographic description: White Horse Key West bounding coordinate: -81.575 East bounding coordinate: -81.575 North bounding coordinate: 25.867 South bounding coordinate: 25.867 Geographic description: Dismal Key West bounding coordinate: -81.559 East bounding coordinate: -81.559 North bounding coordinate: 25.894 South bounding coordinate: 25.894 Geographic description: Gullivan Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.606 East bounding coordinate: -81.606 North bounding coordinate: 25.882 South bounding coordinate: 25.882 Geographic description: Shell Key West bounding coordinate: -81.615 East bounding coordinate: -81.615 North bounding coordinate: 25.911 South bounding coordinate: 25.911 Geographic description: Blackwater River West bounding coordinate: -81.600 East bounding coordinate: -81.600 North bounding coordinate: 25.930 South bounding coordinate: 25.930 FCE LTER Sites: SRS4,SRS5,TS/Ph9 and TS/Ph11 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 2001-02-20 End Date: 2002-12-17 Data Table Entity Name: LT_ND_Jaffe_003 Entity Description: Monthly monitoring fluorescence data for Florida Bay, Ten Thousand Islands, and Whitewater Bay, in southwest coast of Everglades National Park for February 2001-December 2002. Object Name: LT_ND_Jaffe_003.csv Data Format Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: Attributes Attribute Name: SITENAME Attribute Label: sitename Attribute Definition: Name of LTER site Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Date Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Collection date Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Max_WL Attribute Label: Maximum Wavelength Attribute Definition: Emission wavelength that gives maximum emission intensity at a fixed excitation wavelength of 313nm. Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: nanometer Precision: 1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Max_I Attribute Label: Maximum Intensity Attribute Definition: Maximum emission intensity at a fixed excitation wavelength of 313nm. Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: QSU Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: FI Attribute Label: Fluorescence Index Attribute Definition: Ratio of emission intensities at 450 and 500 nm obtained at a fixed excitation of 370 nm. Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: dimensionless Precision: 0.001 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.000 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: %Peak_1 Attribute Label: Percent Peak 1 Attribute Definition: Percentage of the maximum emission intensity of the first peak of the sychronous scan. Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded) Methods Sampling Description Water samples were collected monthly during February 2001 to December 2002 from a total of 73 sampling stations located in the coastal estuaries of the southern tip of the Florida Peninsula, USA. These stations were established for an on-going water quality monitoring program (http://www.serc.fiu.edu/wqmnetwork). Sampling stations can be largely grouped into 3 distinct districts based on the geomorphological features, that is, Florida Bay (FB, 27 sampling stations), Ten Thousands Islands (TTI, 39 sampling stations), and Whitewater Bay (WWB, 8 sampling stations). Surface water samples were taken from the southwest coast of Florida. The samples were collected using pre-washed, brown Nalgen polyethylene bottles (Nalge Nunc International). Salinity of the water samples was measured in the field using an Orion salinity meter. The samples were stored on ice and returned to the laboratory within 8 h for analysis. Subsamples for spectroscopic analysis were filtered through precombusted Whatman GF/F glass fiber filters once received in the laboratory and analyzed immediately. Method Step Description Total organic carbon (TOC) concentrations were analyzed by a high-temperature combustion method with a Shimadzu TOC_5000A TOC analyzer. In advance to the analysis, samples were acidified with 3M HCl and purged with N2 gas to remove inorganic C. Ancillary physical and chemical parameters were measured using standard methods as a part of on-going estuarine water quality monitoring program htt://www.serc.fiu.edu/wqmnetwork. Detailed methods will be found elsewhere. Fluorescence emission spectra were recorded at room temperature (20 degrees C) using a Perkin Elmer LS50B spectrofluorometer equipped with a 150-W Xenon arc lamp as the light source. Two fluorescence indices were obtained by single emission scan measurements at excitation wavelengths of 313 nm and 370 nm. For each scan, fluorescence intensity was measured at emission wavelengths ranging from 330 to 550 nm and from 385 to 550 nm, respectively with a 10nm bandpass for excitation and emission wavelengths. From the 313 nm scan the maximum intensity and maximum wavelength were determined (Donard, et al.,1989; De Souza Sierra et al., 1997). From the 370 nm scan a flurescence index (FI) was calculated (McKnight et al., 2001). Scan speed was set at 400 nm/min. Milli_Q water was used as a reference for all fluorescence analysis. Total maximum fluorescence intensity (Max I) and the fluorescence index, (FI) were determined at an excitation wavelength of 370 nm (Battin, 1998; McKnight et al., 2001). The maximum fluorescence emission wavelength (Max WL) was determined using an excitation wavelength of 313 nm (De Souza Sierra et al., 1997). In order to facilitate comparisons with other studies, the Max I was expressed in quinine sulfate units (QSU; 1 ng L-1 of quinine sulface monohydroxide). Synchronous excitation emission flurescence spectra of the water samples were obtained at constant offset value between excitation and emission wavelengths (delta lamda = lamda em - lamda ex). All spectra were recorded at an offset value of 30 nm with a slit width of 10 nm (Lu and Jaffe, 2001; Lu et al., 2003). The intensities of the four main peaks in the spectrum, namely at 275-286 nm (Peak I), 350nm (Peak II), 385 nm (Peak III) and 460 nm (Peak IV) were determined and the relative intensity of Peak I within this group was reported as %PeakI. All the fluorescence spectra were corrected for inner-filter effect according to McKnight et al. (2001) using UV-Vis absorption spectra. UV visible measurements of the water samples were carried out with 1 cm quartz UV visible cells at room temperature (20 degrees C), using a Shimadzu UV-visible double beam spectrophotometer. Milli-Q water was used as the reference. Instrument bias related to wavelength dependent efficiencies of the specific instrument's optical component was not corrected in this experiment, therefore, comparison of optical variables with other researcher's data was not conducted, instead limited the use to investigate our data set. References: Battin, T J 1998. Dissolved organic matter and its optical properties in a blackwater tributary of the upper Orinoco river, Venezuela. Organic Geochemistry, 28: 561-569. De Souza Sierra, M M 1997. Spectral identification and behavior of dissolved organic fluorescence material during estuarine mixing processes. Marine Chemistry, 58: 51-58. Donard, O F 1989. High-sensitivity fluorescence spectroscopy of Mediterranean waters using a conventional or a pulsed laser excitation source. Marine Chemistry, 27: 117-136. Lu, X Q 2003. Molecular characterization of dissolved organic matter in freshwater wetlands of the Florida Everglades. Water Research, 37: 2599-2606. McKnight, Donard M 2001. Spectrofluorometric characterization of dissolved organic matter for indication of precursor organic material and aromaticity. Limnology and Oceanography, 46: 38-48. Instrumentation Whatman 0.7um glass fiber filers, Shimadzu TOC-5000A Analyzer, Perkin Elmer LS50B Spectrofluorometer, Shimadzu UV-2101PC UV-VIS Spectrophotometer Quality Control Statistical analysis. Box plots were plotted using SigmaPlot 2001 software (SPSS Inc.). Graph data as a box representing statistical values. The center horizontal line within the box is the median of the data, the top and bottom of the box are the 25th and 75th percentiles (quartiles), and the ends of the whiskers are the 10th and 90th percentiles. Outliers (Less than 10th and greater than 90th percentiles) were excluded from the graphs to reduce visual compression. Some quantitative and qualitative TOC and DOC variables were grouped into dry (November-May) and wet (June-October) season, and their seasonal and geomophological variations were analyzed by Student's T-test using JMP 5.0.1 software (SAS Institute Inc.). Distribution Online distribution: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-fce/1101/5/332486395ce04bfca6d5e11646fbe606 Intellectual Rights This information is released under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The consumer of these data ("Data User" herein) is required to cite it appropriately in any publication that results from its use. The Data User should realize that these data may be actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplicate publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. 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Dataset Keywords organic matter FCE Florida Coastal Everglades LTER ecological research long-term monitoring Everglades National Park Florida Bay Ten Thousand Islands Whitewater Bay Dissolved organic matter Florida Coastal Estuaries (FCES) biogeochemical processes fluorescence emissions freshwater mangroves estuaries organisms water Data Submission Date: 2005-09-29 Maintenance knb-lter-fce.1101.5: Updated metadata to EML 2.2.0, added creator ORCID and organization ROR ids, added project awards, changed file extension to .csv (no changes to data) Dataset Contact Name: Rudolf Jaffe Position: Project Collaborator Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Address: Florida International University University Park OE 148 Miami, Florida 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-2456 Fax: 305-348-4096 Email: jaffer@fiu.edu URL: http://serc.fiu.edu/sercindex/index.htm Position: Information Manager Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Email: fcelter@fiu.edu URL: https://fcelter.fiu.edu Dataset Submission Date 2005-09-29 Data Submission Notes Dataset contains data from numerous non-LTER sites. These sites are part of the Water Quality Monitoring Network Sites listed as follows: Alligator Bay,Barnes Sound,Barron River,Big Lostman's Bay,Blackwater Sound,Broad River Bay,Butternut Key,Cabbage Island,Captain's Key,Card Sound Bridge,Chevelier Bay,Chokoloskee,Coot Bay,Dismal Key,Duck Key,East Cape,Faka Union Pass,Faka Union River,First Bay,Garfield Bight,Gullivan Bay,Gun Rock Pt.,Gunboat Island,Harney River Junction,Highway Creek,Huston Bay,Indian Key,Indian Key Pass,Joe Bay,Johnson Key Basin,L. Blackwater Snd,L. Madeira Bay,Long Sound,Lopez Bay,Lopez River,Lostman's Five Bay,Manatee Bay,Middle Bay,Middle Broad River,Middle Chatham R.,Midway Keys,Mouth Broad River,Mouth North River,Mouth of Roberts R.,Murray Key ,N of Marker 36,Old Dan Bank,Oxfoot Bank,Oyster Bay,Panther Key,Park Key,Peterson Key,Ponce De Leon Bay,Porpoise Lake,Rabbit Key Basin,Rabbit Key Pass,Rankin Lake,S. Mouth Harney R.,SE of Marker 12,Shell Key,Sprigger Bank,Sunday Bay,Tarpon Bay,Terrapin Bay,Third Bay,Twin Key Basin,Upper Chatham R.,W of Marker 18,W of marker 34,Watson R. Chickee,West Pass,Whipray Basin,White Horse Key Information Management Notes This is a long-term DOM dataset and subsequent data will be appended. This dataset replaces the original version of LT_ND_Jaffe_003. The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.