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For additional information on this project, you may either contact the person(s) listed or e-mail FWRI at seagrass@MyFWC.com. Updates and corrections to this project may be made on the Seagrass Project Update Form. View the article titled Field Descriptions for examples and information on field meanings.

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Project Information

  Project Name: 2004 Florida Bay Aerial Photography Acquisition and Benthic Habitat Mapping
  Project Code: SW-04
  Agency: Everglades National Park, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), South Florida Water Management District
  Project Type: Mapping
  Technique: Aerial photography and field verification
  Project Status: Active
  Date of First Project Activity: 2004
  Date of Most Recent Project Activity: 2004
  Region: South
  County: Dade, Monroe
  Water Body: Florida Bay
  Locality (Area/Type): entire Florida Bay
  Information Last Updated: 8/6/04
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Contact Information
 Kevin Madley
  Title:Coastal and Marine Research Scientist
  Agency:Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
  Section:Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
  Address:100 8th Ave. SE 
   St. Petersburg, Florida 33701-5020
  E-mail:kevin.madley@MyFWC.com
  Phone:(727) 896-8626


Project Summary

The overall goals of this project are to 1) assess current seagrass distribution, abundance, and spatial patterns in Florida Bay and 2) provide current benchmarks against which the effects of hydrologic restoration activities can be measured. To those ends, this project has two principal objectives: 1. Construct a map of seagrass distribution from 1:24,000 scale, natural color aerial photography flown in 2003; and 2. Develop and test a series of spatial metrics for use in measuring historic and future patterns in seagrass distribution and patchiness.

Aerial photography will be flown, rectified, geo-referenced, and photointerpreted. Resulting maps will be ground-truthed, and a post-mapping accuracy assessment will be performed. The utility of spatial statistics and metrics for the analysis of changes in seagrass distribution and patchiness will be tested.


Reason for Project

Map SAV locations and other benthic habitats if possible from aerial photography.


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