RECOVER MAP 3.3.3.4 SAV Monitoring for Caloosahatchee Estuary 2008-2009 4600001349

This is a continuation of a part of the Monitoring and Assessment Plan (MAP), to provide a long-term program for monitoring submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the Caloosahatchee Estuary while examining the effects of variation in salinity. The premise is that RECOVER will ultimately determine if the restoration of beneficial patterns of freshwater inflow, salinity and water quality to the Caloosahatchee Estuary will improve the spatial and structural characteristics of SAV communities.

This long-term monitoring network has been successful in providing the start of a baseline dataset of existing SAV beds in the Caloosahatchee River and Estuary. A five-year continuation of the SAV Monitoring Network in the Caloosahatchee is recommended to ensure that an accurate evaluation is made of the effects of the C-43 Basin project storage facilities

During the next five years of this project, additional data will be collected to understand and predict the effect of restoration activities influencing hydrologic changes and freshwater releases as the result of the implementation of the C-43 Basin project.

本数据集为监测与评估计划（Monitoring and Assessment Plan, MAP）部分内容的延续，旨在为卡洛萨奇河口（Caloosahatchee Estuary）的沉水水生植被（submerged aquatic vegetation, SAV）搭建长期监测框架，同时探究盐度变化带来的影响。本项目的核心前提是，RECOVER项目最终将验证：向卡洛萨奇河口恢复有益的淡水输入、盐度及水质模式，是否能够改善沉水水生植被群落的空间分布与结构特征。

该长期监测网络已成功建立起卡洛萨奇河与河口现存沉水水生植被床的基线数据集雏形。建议对卡洛萨奇河口的沉水水生植被监测网络开展为期五年的延续性工作，以确保能够精准评估C-43流域项目（C-43 Basin project）储水设施的影响效应。

在本项目后续的五年周期内，研究团队将采集补充数据，以解析并预测由C-43流域项目实施所引发的水文变化与淡水排放相关修复活动的影响。