Surface Water Quality Monitoring Data collected in South Florida Coastal Waters from June 1989 to May 2011

The Southeastern Environmental Research Center at Florida International University operates a network of 331 fixed sampling sites distributed throughout the estuarine and coastal ecosystems of south Florida. The purpose of this network is to address concerns in regional water quality which cross and overlap separate political boundaries. Funding has come from different sources with individual programs being added as funding became available. Biscayne Bay, Florida Bay, Whitewater Bay, Ten Thousand Islands, Rookery Bay, Estero Bay, andPine Island Sound are sampled monthly while the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) and the southwest shelf are sampled quarterly. Variables currently being measured include surface and bottom temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, nitrite, ammonium, total nitrogen, total organic nitrogen, total phosphorus, soluble reactive phosphorus, total organic carbon, total silicate, chlorophyll a, alkaline phosphatase activity, turbidity, and light extinction. The purpose of this network is to address concerns in regional water quality which cross and overlap separate political boundaries. One of the products is a quasi-synoptic big picture of nutrient and phytoplankton biomass distributions over the South Florida Coastal Waters. The SERC network will, in time, provide us with the data necessary to determine whether conditions within the estuaries and sanctuary are improving or declining.

佛罗里达国际大学（Florida International University）的东南环境研究中心运营着一套由331个固定采样站点组成的监测网络，站点覆盖佛罗里达州南部的河口与沿海生态系统全域。该网络旨在解决跨越并重叠不同行政边界的区域水质问题。项目资金来自多个渠道，且随着可获得资金的到位陆续新增相关研究项目。比斯坎湾、佛罗里达湾、白水湾、万岛群岛、罗克里湾、埃斯特罗湾及松岛湾每月开展一次采样，而佛罗里达群岛国家海洋保护区（Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, FKNMS）与西南大陆架则按季度进行采样。当前监测的参数包括表层与底层水温、盐度、溶解氧、硝酸盐、亚硝酸盐、铵态氮、总氮、总有机氮、总磷、可溶性活性磷、总有机碳、总硅酸盐、叶绿素a、碱性磷酸酶活性、浊度及光消光系数。该网络旨在解决跨越并重叠不同行政边界的区域水质问题。该网络的一项产出是呈现南佛罗里达近海水域营养盐与浮游植物生物量分布的准同步整体图景。随着时间推移，SERC监测网络将为我们提供必要的数据，以判断河口与保护区内的环境状况是趋于改善还是恶化。