Station: 300

Sub Area: WCA2

BioChem Date: 2014-09-18
BioChem Crew: JCR/MGR

Location
Latitude	26.32233061
Longitude	-80.34683003

NOTES: This station fell within a treated plot of the South Florida Water Management District's Cattail Habitat Improvement Project. The plot had been treated with Clearcast herbicide (April 2011, January 2013, December 2014) and fire (January 2012) to remove cattail in an attempt to rehabilitate slough habitat. More information can be found in Chapter 6 of the South Florida Water Management District's 2016 South Florida Environment Report.

Basic

Item	Value	Description
AIR_DEP	N	Mercury air deposition water sample field blank site (Y/N)
BIOVOLUME	50	Periphyton within water column (floating and sweaters) harvested from 0.25 square meter quadrat, measured in graduated cylinder, mL
CAMERA_A	S49549	EPA property number of digital camera used for field documentation of habitat and soil core
CAMERA_B	S15995	EPA property number of digital camera used for field documentation of habitat and soil core
CATTAIL	Y	Cattail present at the station, based on visual observation, Y/N
CHAMBER	2	EPA unit number for the surface water sampling chamber
CHOPPER	N31AT	number of helicopter and associated sampling equipment and supply cache
COND	498	in situ surface water specific conductance, YSI sonde, umhos/cm
CYCLE	11	sampling cycle number
DEVICE	T	Device used for biovolume estimate, trash can T (area 0.062 square meters) or quadrat Q (area 0.25 square meters)
DO	2.4	in situ surface water dissolved oxygen, YSI sonde, mg/L
DOCSWEA	19	Dissolved organic carbon in surface water, mg/L (EPA SESD)
DOMINANT_MACRO	cattail	Dominant macrophyte at station based on visual observation
DUPE	N	Field duplicate station (Y/N)
FISHNUM	20	number of mosquitofish collected for Hg analysis
FLOC_or_FILM	N	biofilm or floc presence within 0.25 square meter quadrat (Y/N)
FLOCCOLPOR	ALL	Portion of floc collected from core; none, part or all
FLOCCONTB	1	number of storemore bottles used for floc collection
FLOCCONTT	0	number of tubs used for floc collection
FLOW	1	description of surface water flow at sampling site, based on visual observation: 1=sheetflow, 2=isolated pool (no flow), 3=uncertain
GARMIN	S49552	Garmin Global Positioning System EPA property number, used for navigation to the station
GREEN_AL	Y	green algae presence in 0.25 square meter quadrat (Y/N)
LOCATION	NOMINAL	sampled within 5 meters of GPS coordinates = nominal; 5-20 meters = shifted; >20 meters = station rejected;
LOGBOOK	6	Field logbook number
OMSDFS	89	organic matter in soil, %, calculated as 100-ASHSDFS % (FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Lab)
ORP	5.7	Redox potential from YSI sonde, mV
PB_PERISM	N	benthic periphyton (soil mat) presence in 0.25 square meter quadrat (Y/N)
PE_PERISW	Y	epiphytic (sweaters) periphyton presence in 0.25 square meter quadrat (Y/N)
PERI	10	Total percent cover of periphyton within 0.25 square meter quadrat, covered by all periphyton (PE, PB, PF) if 3-dimensional quadrat volume was compressed into a 2-dimensional plane
PF_PERIF	Y	floating periphyton presence in 0.25 square meter quadrat (Y/N)
pH	7.00	in situ surface water pH, YSI sonde, std units
PILOT	CARLOS LUQUE	Helicopter pilot
PLANT_COLL	Y	whole sawgrass plant collected for mercury analysis? (Y/N)
SOILTYPE	1	soil type categories, by visual observation of core: 1=peat, 2=peat layers, 3=marl, 4=marl layers, 5=sand, 6=other, 7=peat over marl, 8=marl over peat, 9=marl+peat mixed
TIME_LANDING	10:30:00	Helicopter landing time at station
TIME_SAMPLE	10:45:00	Water sample collection time
TIME_TAKE_OFF	12:05:00	Helicopter departure time from station
TRIMBLE	A77112	Trimble Global Positioning System EPA property number, used to determine final station coordinates, taken at the centroid of the soil core collection locations
TRIMBLE_FILE_NAME	2091811A	File name logged at the station by the Trimble unit
TRIMBLE_LONG	80.34683003	Longitude, decimal degrees, from Trimble, post-processed
TURB	0.5	in situ surface water turbidity, YSI sonde, NTU
VEGTYPE	8	plant community observed at sampling site: 1=wet prairie, 2=sawgrass marsh, 3=pond/gator hole, 4=cattail, 5=willow, 6=cypress, 7=brush, 8=other, 9=slough
WEATHER	2	weather conditions: 1=clear, 2=slightly overcast, 3=medium overcast, 4=very overcast, 5=drizzle, 6=rain
YSI_DEPTH	6	depth of deployment of probe array in surface water, inches
YSI_ID	12	EPA unit number for the YSI sonde

Item	Value 1	Value 2	Value 3	Average	Units	Description
DEPBEDR	7	7.5	7.8	7.43	FEET	depth to bedrock, point of refusal with metal probe, feet
FLOCTH	0.5	5	2.5	2.67	CM	vertical extent (length) of floc layer in core, cm
PB	0	0	0	0	CM	field data: benthic periphyton, or cookie, thickness, cm, collected from 3-inch inner diameter clear polycarbonate core
SOILCTH	10.5	9.5	10	10	CM	vertical extent (length) of soil sample, from soil surface to bottom of core, centimeters
SOILTHI	5.3	5.8	5.9	5.67	FEET	soil thickness, feet, metal probe to point of refusal, calculated as difference between WATDEPTH and DEPBEDR
WATDEPTH	1.7	1.7	1.9	1.77	FEET	water depth, measured with probe, feet

BioChemistry

Item	Value	Units	Q	Protocol	Description
ASHPCFS	130000	mg/kg		FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory	Ash in dry samples, composite epiphytic and floating periphyton, after ashing at 550 C, mg/kg, (FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Lab)
ASHSDFS	110000	mg/kg		FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory	Ash in dry samples, soil, after ashing at 550 C, mg/kg, (FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Lab)
ASHSDFSP	11	%		FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory	Ash in dry samples, soil, after ashing at 550 C, percent, (FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Lab)
BDPCFS	0.02	g/cc		FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory	Bulk Density of composite floating and epiphytic periphyton, g/cc dry weight (FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory)
BDSDFS	0.07	g/cc		FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory	Bulk Density of soil, g/cc dry weight (FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory)
CHLAPCFB	4.5	mg/kg		FIU nutrient analysis laboratory	Chlorophyll a in composite epiphytic and floating periphyton, mg/kg, dry weight (FIU Nutrient Analysis Lab)
CHLASWFB	3.2	ug/L		FIU nutrient analysis laboratory	Chlorophyll a in surface water, ug/L (FIU Nutrient Analysis Lab); MRL= 0.1 ug/L
CHLAVOL	140	ML			volume of surface water filtered for chlorophyll-a analysis, ml
CLSWEA	73	mg/L			Chloride in surface water, mg/L (EPA SESD); MRL=0.1 mg/L
FNH4SWFB	0.014	mg/L		FIU nutrient analysis laboratory	Filtered Ammonia in surface water, mg/L (FIU Nutrient Analysis Lab); MRL = 0.0031mg/L; PQL = 0.0140 mg/L
FNNSWFB	0.0023	mg/L	J,Q-2	FIU nutrient analysis laboratory	Filtered Nitrite + Nitrate in surface water, mg/L (FIU Nutrient Analysis Lab)
FNO2SWFB	0.0016	mg/L	J,Q-2	FIU nutrient analysis laboratory	Filtered Nitrite in surface water, mg/L (FIU Nutrient Analysis Lab)
FNO3SWFB	0.0006	mg/L	J, CV	FIU nutrient analysis laboratory	Filtered Nitrate in surface water, mg/L (FIU Nutrient Analysis Lab)
H2OPCFS	99	%		FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory	Water content of composite epiphytic and floating periphyton as percentage of wet weight (FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Lab)
H2OSDFS	93	%			Water content of soil as percentage of wet weight (FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Lab)
H2SBWEE	0.021	mg/L			Bottom water sulfide, mg/L, HACH method 8131 (EPA SESD Contractor)
LEAF_COLL	Y	Y/N			sawgrass leaves collected for carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus analysis (Y/N)
MEHGFCFC	0.59	ng/g		FIU mercury analytical laboratory	Methyl Mercury in floc, ng/g (FIU Mercury Lab); 2014 MDL=0.04 ng/g; MRL = 0.12 ng/g; results reported as dry weight
MEHGPCFC	6	ng/g		FIU mercury analytical laboratory	Methyl Mercury in composite epiphytic and floating periphyton, ng/g (FIU Mercury Lab)
MEHGSDFC	0.38	ng/g		FIU mercury analytical laboratory	Methyl Mercury in soil, ng/g (FIU Mercury Lab); 2014 MDL=0.04 ng/g; MRL= 0.12 ng/g; results reported as dry weight
MEHGSGAFC	0.24	ng/g		FIU mercury analytical laboratory	Methyl Mercury in sawgrass aerial (above-ground) parts, ng/g as dry weight. (FIU mercury lab)
MEHGSGBFC	0.98	ng/g			Methyl Mercury in sawgrass below ground parts (roots and rhizomes), ng/g as dry weight. (FIU mercury lab)
MEHGSWFC	0.19	ng/L		FIU mercury analytical laboratory	Methyl Mercury in surface water, ng/L (FIU Mercury Lab); MDL=0.02 ng/L; PQL=0.06 ng/L
ORPDEPTH	1.6	FEET			Depth of the YSI sonde redox potential probe, feet
pHPCFS	8.43	std units		FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory	pH in composite epiphytic and floating periphyton as measured in 1:1 (gram wet soil: g de-ionized distilled water) soil slurry (FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Lab)
pHSDFS	7.84	std units		FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory	ex situ soil pH, std units, as measured in 1:1 (gram wet weight soil:gram de-ionized distilled water) soil slurry (FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory)
SO4SWEA	11	mg/L			Sulfate in surface water, mg/L (EPA SESD); MRL=0.02 mg/L
SRPSWFB	1.7	ug/L	J,Q-2	FIU nutrient analysis laboratory	Soluble Reactive Phosphorus in surface water,ug/L (FIU Nutrient Analysis Lab)
TCPCFS	380	mg/g		FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory	Total Carbon in combined floating and epiphytic periphyton, mg per gram, dry weight (FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory)
TCSDFS	470	mg/g		FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory	Total Carbon in soil, mg per gram dry weight (FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory)
TCVGFS	460	mg/g		FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory	Total Carbon in vegetation (sawgrass leaf clippings), mg per gram dry weight (FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory)
TEMP	26.32	C			in situ surface water temperature, YSI sonde, degrees C
THGFCFC	110	ng/g		FIU mercury analytical laboratory	Total Mercury in floc, ng/g (FIU Mercury Lab)
THGFSFC	23	ng/g		FIU mercury analytical laboratory	Total Mercury in mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis), ug/kg (FIU Mercury Lab); MDL = 3.2 ug/kg; MRL = 9.6 ug/kg; reported as wet weight, composite of up to seven fish
THGPCFC	110	ng/g		FIU mercury analytical laboratory	Total Mercury in composite epiphytic and floating periphyton, ng/g (FIU Mercury Lab)
THGSDFC	140	ng/g		FIU mercury analytical laboratory	Total Mercury in soil, ng/g (FIU Mercury Lab), MDL = 2.4 ng/g, MRL = 7.2 ng/g
THGSGAFC	4.6	ng/g	J,Q-2	FIU mercury analytical laboratory	Total Mercury in sawgrass aerial (above-ground) parts, ng/g as dry weight. (FIU mercury lab)
THGSGBFC	8.1	ng/g		FIU mercury analytical laboratory	Total Mercury in sawgrass below ground parts (roots and rhizomes), ng/g as dry weight. (FIU mercury lab)
THGSWFC	1.5	ng/L	U,B-4	FIU mercury analytical laboratory	Total Mercury in surface water, ng/L (FIU Mercury Lab); MDL = 0.2 ng/L; PQL = 0.5 ng/L
TNPCFS	34	mg/g		FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory	Total Nitrogen in composite floating and epiphytic periphyton, mg per g, dry weight (FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory)
TNSDFS	29	mg/g		FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory	Total Nitrogen in soil, mg per g dry weight (FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory)
TNSWFB	0.61	mg/L		FIU nutrient analysis laboratory	Total Nitrogen in surface water, mg/L (FIU Nutrient Analysis Lab)
TNVGFS	11	mg/g		FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory	Total Nitrogen in sawgrass leaf clippings, mg/g, dry weight (FIU Soil/Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratory)
TOCSWEA	19	mg/L			Total organic carbon in surface water, mg/L (EPA SESD)
TPPCFB	900	ug/g		FIU nutrient analysis laboratory	Total Phosphorus in composite floating and epiphytic periphyton, ug/g dry weight (FIU Nutrient Analysis Lab)
TPSDFB	950	ug/g		FIU nutrient analysis laboratory	Total Phosphorus in soil, ug/g (FIU Nutrient Analysis Lab)
TPSWFB	12	ug/L		FIU nutrient analysis laboratory	Total Phosphorus in surface water, ug/L (FIU Nutrient Analysis Laboratory)
TPVGFB	520	ug/g		FIU nutrient analysis laboratory	Total Phosphorus in sawgrass leaf clippings, ug/g dry weight (FIU Nutrient Analysis Lab)

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