Title :
Measuring chemical loadings through inlets: hillsboro and Boca Raton inlets (Florida, USA)
Author :
Stamates, S. Jack ; Carsey, Thomas P.
Author_Institution :
Ocean Chem. & Ecosyst. Div., NOAA/Atlantic Oceanogr. & Meteorol. Lab., Miami, FL, USA
Abstract :
We describe a cost-effective methodology for obtaining loadings for the environmentally significant chemical species (silicate, nitrate, nitrite, ammonium, and orthophosphate) through coastal inlets (Hillsboro and Boca Raton, Florida, USA). Loadings were computed from field measurements obtained during an 18-month period, including four ebb tide intensive sampling efforts and biweekly water-grab samples.
Keywords :
marine pollution; Boca Raton inlet; Florida; Hillsboro inlet; USA; biweekly water-grab samples; chemical loadings; coastal inlets; cost-effective methodology; ebb tide intensive sampling; environmentally significant chemical species; Irrigation; Loading; Sea measurements; Tides; Time series analysis; US Government agencies; coral health; inlets; land-based sources of pollution;
Conference_Titel :
Current, Waves and Turbulence Measurement (CWTM), 2015 IEEE/OES Eleventh
Conference_Location :
St. Petersburg, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8418-3
DOI :
10.1109/CWTM.2015.7098118
