ecological characteristics and forcing functions of the suwannee river estuary randy e. edwards 1...
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Ecological Characteristics and Forcing Functions of the
Suwannee River Estuary Randy E. EdwardsRandy E. Edwards11 and Ellen A. Raabe and Ellen A. Raabe22
1 – University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL1 – University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL
2 – U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies, Florida Integrated 2 – U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies, Florida Integrated
Science Center, St. Petersburg, FLScience Center, St. Petersburg, FL
1/14/04
AGR
MARSH SURFACE
-2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
0 100 200 300 400 500
Distance (ft)
Elev
atio
n (f
t NG
VD)
E3.5 E2 DM MLLW MHW MHHW 3.5 ft (chart datum)
Marsh Elevations from Clewell, et al. (2000)
Vallisneria americanaVallisneria americanaTape Grass Tape Grass or Wildceleryor Wildcelery
-2.00
-1.00
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Tide
Lev
el (f
t M
LLW
)
-2.00
-1.00
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Tide
Lev
el (f
t M
LLW
)
SuwanneeSuwannee Tampa BayTampa Bay
-2.00
-1.00
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Tide
Lev
el (f
t M
LLW
)
PredictedPredicted ObservedObserved
Suwannee Monthly Mean Flow (1930-2000) at WIL(Source: USGS Monthly Streamflow Statistics for Florida)
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Month
Flow
(ft
3 se
c-1
)
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Month
Rai
nfal
l (m
m)
020004000600080001000012000140001600018000
Flow
(CFS
)
Tampa Bay Cedar Key Cross CityJacksonville IA Everglades City Folkston, GAWilcox Flow
