Nutrients Data (Lietz)

This project attempted to quantify nitrogen and phosphorus loads to Biscayne Bay based upon models developed from ordinary least squares regression techniques. It also examined which historical methods of sampling accurately represent nutrient concentrations in the water column of south Florida canals and can be used to calculate past nutrient loading. Also, water-quality trend analysis was conducted on data from two former National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) sites that have a direct impact on the south Florida ecosystem.

The data contain measurements for nitrogen organic total, nitrogen ammonia total, nitrogen AMM+ORG total, nitrogen nitrite total, nitrogen nitrate total, nitrogen nitrite+nitrate total, phosphorus total, and orthophosphorus total from 15 sites in Miami-Dade County. Data are available as separate files for each site or as data for all sites in one file in either Excel spreadsheets or tab-delimited text files.