Design Workgroup• Jeffrey L. Armstrong Orange County Sanitation

Distric• Tyler Baker TVA• Jerad Bales USGS• David Bayne Auburn University• Joe Boyer Florida International University• Charles Dvorsky Texas • Don Dycus Tennessee Valley Authority• Art Garceau Indiana• George Harman Maryland• Mike Hemsley Ocean.US• Steven R. Johnston Galveston Bay Estuary Program• Steve Jordan EPA• Ron Klein Alaska • Chris Knopp U.S. Forest Service

Design Workgroup• Alfred Korndoerfer, Jr. New Jersey• Gail Mallard FED-U.S. Geological Survey• Thomas C. Malone IOOS• Dan McKenzie EPA• Brian D. Melzian, Ph.D. EPA• Tony Olsen EPA• Steven G. Paulsen, Ph.D. EPA• Robert P. Schreiber ASCE• Gene Lynn Sisk Alabama• GeneTurner & Eric Swenson Louisiana State University• Robert Ward Colorado State University• Dave Whitall, Ph.D. NOAA

Management Issues

• Oxygen depletion• Nutrient enrichment• Toxic contamination• Sedimentation• Harmful algal blooms• Habitat degradation• Invasions by exotic

species

• Status of coastal habitats

• Sources and quantities of marine debris

• Coral communities

Components of These Issues

• Defined in some (often tacit) conceptual model

SourcesCauses

Primary Effects

Secondary Effects

Issue

Example: Excess Nutrients

• Harmful Algal Blooms conceptual model

SourcesCauses: Excess Nutrients

Primary Effects HABsElevated Temperatures

Secondary Effects:A.Benthic MortalitiesB.Fish Kills C.Human Health Effects

Excess Nutrients

Exclusive Economic Zones

National Estuary Programs

NERR: small blue in Delaware Bay

NCA Estuary and Marine

NPS: Assateague Island (pink)

HUC Regions

HUC Subregions (4-digit): coastal

HUC 6-digit: coastal

HUC 8-digit: Gulf Coast

HUC 8-digit: rivers in one

Matrix Coverage

• Exclusive Economic Zone• Estuaries• Ocean- State & Territorial• Rivers

– Level 1– Level 2– Level 3– Level 4

Resource Parameter Frequency Spatial DensityVertical

resolution Comments

Estuaries

Water temp. Continuous Define longitudinal and transverse gradients

Surface, mid-depth, bottom. May only need short term checks for vertical startification then change to single depth if possible

Fixed buoys or platfroms. Spatial gradients measured using monthly discrete data at dense sampling grid compared to fixed stations which define the backbone gradient

  DO Continuous with probe? There are calibratuion issues

Define longitudinal and transverse gradients

Surface, mid-depth, bottom. May only need short term checks for vertical startification then change to single depth if possible

Fixed buoys or platfroms. Spatial gradients measured using monthly discrete data at dense sampling grid compared to fixed stations which define the backbone gradient

  Turbidity Continuous with fluorescence probe? There are calibratuion issues

Define longitudinal and transverse gradients

Surface, mid-depth, bottom. May only need short term checks for vertical startification then change to single depth if possible

Fixed buoys or platfroms. Satellite sensors (calibration issues). Spatial gradients measured using monthly discrete data at dense sampling grid compared to fixed stations which define the backbone gradient

  Nutrients Monthly at first to establish seasonal patterns

Define longitudinal and transverse gradients

Surface, mid-depth, bottom. May only need short term checks for vertical startification then change to single depth if possible

 

NATIONAL MONITORING NETWORK DESIGN MATRIX E. M. Swenson 4/8/2005

Resource Parameter Frequency Spatial DensityVertical

resolution Comments

Estuaries

Water temp. Continuous Define longitudinal and transverse gradients

Surface, mid-depth, bottom. May only need short term checks for vertical startification then change to single depth if possible

Fixed buoys or platfroms. Spatial gradients measured using monthly discrete data at dense sampling grid compared to fixed stations which define the backbone gradient

 

Salinity Continuous Define longitudinal and transverse gradients

Surface, mid-depth, bottom. May only need short term checks for vertical startification then change to single depth if possible

Fixed buoys or platfroms. Spatial gradients measured using monthly discrete data at dense sampling grid compared to fixed stations which define the backbone gradient

  DO Continuous with probe? There are calibratuion issues

Define longitudinal and transverse gradients

Surface, mid-depth, bottom. May only need short term checks for vertical startification then change to single depth if possible

Fixed buoys or platfroms. Spatial gradients measured using monthly discrete data at dense sampling grid compared to fixed stations which define the backbone gradient

Resource Parameter Frequency Spatial DensityVertical

resolution Comments

  Contaminants   Define longitudinal and transverse gradients

   

  Benthos   Define longitudinal and transverse gradients

  Probabilistic

  Chlorophyll a Continuous with probe? There are calibratuion issues

Define longitudinal and transverse gradients

Surface, mid-depth, bottom. May only need short term checks for vertical startification then change to single depth if possible

Fixed buoys or platfroms. Satellite sensors (calibration issues). Spatial gradients measured using monthly discrete data at dense sampling grid compared to fixed stations which define the backbone gradient

  Phytoplankton        

  Zooplankton        

Resource Parameter Frequency Spatial DensityVertical

resolution Comments

         

           

  Shellfish       Target harvest areas

  Fish community        

  Pathogens       Recreational areas

  Invasive species        

  Currents Continuous Define longitudinal and transverse gradients, major flow routes

Upward looking ADCP or side looking ADCP in channels

Fixed buoys or platfroms.

  Water level Continuous     Fixed buoys or platforms.

  Met station, winds, precipitation, pressure, PAR

Continuous Fill in gaps in existing networks. Provide better data for model boundary conditions

  Fixed buoys or platfroms.