The Condition of South Carolina’s Estuarine and Coastal Habitats During 2009-2010
Below is the Table of Contents for the 2009-2010 SCECAP Report (PDF 5MB). Adobe® Reader® is required to open this file and is available as a free download from the Adobe® Web site.
Table of Contents
| Section | Page | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. INTRODUCTION | 1 | |
| 2. METHODS | 3 | |
| 2.1. Sampling Design | 3 | |
| 2.2. Water Quality Measurements | 3 | |
| 2.3. Sediment Quality Measurements | 4 | |
| 2.4. Biological Condition Measurements | 5 | |
| 2.5. Integrated Indices of Estuarine Habitat Condition | 5 | |
| 2.6. The Presence Of Litter | 6 | |
| 2.7. Data Analysis | 6 | |
| 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 7 | |
| 3.1. Water Quality | 7 | |
| 3.2. Sediment Quality | 14 | |
| 3.3. Biological Condition | 20 | |
| Benthic Communities | 20 | |
| Fish and Large Invertebrate Communities | 23 | |
| 3.4. Incidence of Litter | 23 | |
| 3.5. Overall Habitat Quality | 28 | |
| 3.6. Program Uses and Activities | 34 | |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 35 | |
| LITERATURE CITED | 36 | |
| APPENDICES | 39 | |
| Appendix 1. | Summary of station locations and dates sampled in 2009 and 2010 | 39 |
| Appendix 2. | Summary of the amount of open water and tidal creek habitat scoring as good, fair or poor for each SCECAP parameter and index for the 2009-2010 survey period | 44 |
| Appendix 3. | Summary of the Water Quality, Sediment Quality, Biological Condition and Habitat Quality Index scores and their component measure scores by station for 2009 and 2010 | 46 |