Nutrient Loading in Tampa Bay

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

OTHER COASTAL WATERS ISSUES Gulf of Mexico HypoxiaHarmful Algae Blooms.

Advertisements

William Reese & Noah D’Antonio. Intro: Noah and Bill Course: Chesapeake Bay and the Science of Land Use Change. (Dr. Claire Jantz) Course overview: The.

The Dead Zone: The Dead Zone: Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.

NCCOS Centers Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Silver Spring, MD CCEHBR - Cooperative Oxford Laboratory Branch, Oxford, MD Center for Sponsored.

Cyanobacteria Blooms in Upper Klamath Lake

What caused these whales to die and wash ashore?

All about “Dead Zones”. Zones of Oxygen Depletion.

Visual Environmental Education Guide Eutrophication Tracing Nutrient Pollution Back to Penns Creek.

Coastal Zones The Coastal Region.

Types of Water Pollution Sewage Disease-causing agents Sediment pollution Inorganic plant and algal nutrients Organic compounds Inorganic chemicals Thermal.

Kathleen A. Garland EIH Envirothon Teacher Workshop February 18, 2012.

Designing, Teaching and Learning, and Assessment Cycle

Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Largest estuary in the United States.

KATLYND REESE AQUATIC ECOLOGY 9 NOVEMBER 2011 Hypoxia or “Dead Zones” in Aquatic Systems.

Coasts Characteristics of US coastlines. Coastal Waters Classification of coastal waters Adjacent to land (to edge of continental shelf) Influenced by.

MODIFIED BY J.SHANNON The Coast: Dead Zones. Dead zones are regions in fresh and marine aquatic environments in which dissolved oxygen concentrations.

The Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Zone:. Mississippi River Basin.

DEAD ZONE Hypoxic Zone in the Gulf of Mexico. What is it? The hypoxic zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico refers to an area along the Louisiana- Texas.

Mississippi River Delta By Rudra and Monsi. Physical Geography ● Location-The Mississippi River Delta region is a 3-million-acre area of land that stretches.

Agricultural Pollutants and Fertilizers A farm is a high contributor to water pollution…why??? Rain typically washes nutrients and fertilizers off of.

Freshwater Pollution Tuesday 2/4/2014. Warm-up  Define a point and nonpoint source of pollution.  Label if the below examples are point or nonpoint.

Emily Schweiss, Alex Birkley, Petr Carter, and Eric Hempelmen.

© 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.. Primary Productivity Rate at which energy is stored in organic matter –Photosynthesis uses solar radiation. –Chemosynthesis.

If there is pollution in the Chesapeake Bay then the Blue Crabs will decrease.

Chesapeake Bay.

Columnaris Disease in Susquehanna Smallmouths. Columnaris Bacterial infection caused by Flavobacterium columnare It is a long Gram-negative rod in the.

What are Estuaries? An estuary is a body of water along the coast where freshwater from rivers and streams meet and mix with salt water from the ocean.

The Gulf of Mexico’s Dead Zone Kristi Hannam, SUNY-Geneseo Fishing for Answers in.

Ecosystem Interactions. Esturay Ecosystem Photo by CBF Member Steve Aprile,

A transition (over time) in a body of water. EUTROPHICATION.

There are several different physical parameters, or measurable factors, that affect water quality. The first is temperature. In general, the cooler the.

Introduction to Nutrient Management, Nutrient Cycling and Regional Nutrient Balance Issues Tom Basden Ag. and Natural Resources WVU Extension Service,

Eutrophication. Paper Setup Eutrophication Not es : My Definit ion : Date ________ pg. ___ Video.

Fresh Water Systems: Evaluating Water System’s Health You will be able to determine the health of a fresh water system using bio and physical indicators.

 Decreasing Nutrient Runoff from Iowa Farms to Improve Water Quality Everywhere from Local Sources in Iowa to the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico.

Eutrophication What is it?. Eutrophication begins when nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates run off into a body of water.

Watersheds & Groundwater Vocabulary.

INTERNATIONAL WATERS:

Chesapeake Bay: US Coast Guard

Hypoxia Forecasts as a Tool for Chesapeake Bay Fisheries

EUTROPHICATION By: Annette Miles.

EVALUATING WATER SYSTEM HEALTH

Watersheds Review Science 8 SOL.

Tuesday, September 13, :00-12:00 noon DeBartolo Hall

JACOB WILKIE,BEN MEAD, BEN CLAHANE, AND REID MACQUEEN

A. low levels of salt B. low levels of arsenic

Primary Production and Satellite Remote Sensing

A. carbon dioxide B. oxygen C. nitrogen

Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy - NLRS

Chesapeake Bay: US Coast Guard

Chesapeake Bay: US Coast Guard

Plant Nutrients Diego and lorenzo.

Nitrogen and Phosphorus

OCEANS ON THE EDGE 3 Unsustainable use of marine ecosystems

The Four Regions of Texas

Nutrients, Blooms, & Dead Zones: Abiotic Factors

ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

Eutrophication.

Chesapeake Bay: US Coast Guard

Neuse River Algae Blooms

Dugong foraging & shark density

Bodies of Water LT: I can identify and describe bodies of water.

Environmental Systems

Water Pollution 8.E.1.4 Conclude that the good health of humans requires: Monitoring of the hydrosphere Water quality standards Methods of water treatment.

Bodies of Water LT: I can identify and describe bodies of water.

The future is now: How climate change has altered coastal ecosystem function and what can be done to make these systems more resilient Christopher J.

Nutrients, Blooms, & Dead Zones: Abiotic Factors

Chesapeake Bay: US Coast Guard

Question: Why should we monitor the quality of our rivers, lakes and streams? Water Quality A measure of the physical, chemical and biological factors.

Presentation transcript:

Nutrient Loading in Tampa Bay Elena Chavarría Gordienko http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=4745

Gulf of Mexico Eleventh largest body of water in the world US coastline: 2700 km, water from 33 major rivers Hypoxia (dead zone) an important problem, especially from Texas to Louisiana Florida region: Frequent red-tide algal blooms, that kills fish. Affects people near coast, respiratory issues. Algal blooms are linked to nutrient loadings, and high water temperatures. Goal: see if there is a connection between nutrient loading, DO in water, and water temperature. Future work: relate land use to nutrient loadings. Predict where algae could be a problem based on the many factors. http://www.geo365.no/sfiles/34/61/2/picture/gulfofmexico_lav.jpg

Algal Blooms Water Temperature Nutrient Loading pH Dissolved Oxygen Phosphates Nitrates pH Dissolved Oxygen Alagae grows best at pH 7.5-8.4 https://www.e-education.psu.edu/files/earth540/image/Lesson7/redtideBuckner_serc_carleton_edu.jpg

Tampa Bay Wathershed HUC 8 Tampa Bay: Green and Blue (ocean water, the bay itself) Other watersheds: contribute to some the measurements made on Tampa Bay based on USGS studies.

Water Temperature

pH Added for completion, but not really important, since algae grow better at pHs 7.5-8.4.

Nitrate Loading

Phosphate Loading

Dissolved Oxygen

Questions?

References USGS Florida Science Centers USGS Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science Tampa Bay Study National Coastal Data Development Center NHDPlus Natural Resources Conservation Center Watershed Boundary Data Set