Weeki Wachee River System Recommended Minimum Flows and ...

Figure 3-2 Location of Bathymetric Survey Transects…………………………………….38
Figure 3-3 Cumulative Upstream Volume and Area vs. River Kilometer………………..39
Figure 3-4 Weeki Wachee and Mud River Segmentation Scheme………………………40
Figure 3-5 Dominant SAV and Median Bottom Salinity 1984-2005……………………...42
Figure 3-6 Sediment Characteristics – Weeki Wachee and Mud Rivers………………..44
Figure 3-7 Shoreline/Buffer Vegetation – Weeki Wachee and Mud Rivers…………….46
Figure 3-8 Aerial Photograph Illustrating Marsh Edge – Weeki Wachee and Mud
Rivers………..…………………………………………………………………………………47
Figure 4-1 Weeki Wachee Water Level at Mouth (green) and 3.7 km Upstream (red
trace)………………..………………………………………………………………………….49
Figure 4-2 Seasonal Variation in Mean Tide Level (NOAA 2001)………………………..50
Figure 4-3 Observed and Predicted Deviations from MTL. Cedar Key, FL……………..50
Figure 4-4 Bayport Tide, Observed and Predicted May 2001…………………………….51
Figure 4-5 Median Bottom Salinity at Fixed Stations (2003-2005) and Segment
Midpoints (1984-2005)………………………………………………………………………...52
Figure 4-6 Number of Salinity Measurements (1984-2005) by River Kilometer………..53
Figure 4-7 Salinity Range (1984-2005) by Segment Mid-Point…………………………..54
Figure 4-8 Median Bottom Salinity (2003-2005) Red Trace………………………………56
Figure 4-9 Isohaline Locations for Various Monitoring Programs (1984-2005)…………62
Figure 4-10 Nitrate Concentration as Function of Salinity (1984-2005)…………………68
Figure 4-11 Nitrate Concentration 1984-2005 for Salinity