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<strong>Bolsa</strong> <strong>Chica</strong> Lowlands Restoration <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

<strong>2008</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />

Table 1-3. Soils monitoring results (September <strong>2008</strong>).<br />

RABBIT ISLAND<br />

northwest portion of FTB,<br />

lower portions intertidal<br />

FULL TIDAL BASIN<br />

open to ocean<br />

WEST MUTED TIDAL<br />

BASIN<br />

open to FTB<br />

CENTRAL MUTED TIDAL<br />

BASIN<br />

closed to FTB but flooded by<br />

leaked seawater<br />

EAST MUTED TIDAL BASIN<br />

closed to FTB, but water in low<br />

areas<br />

MUTED POCKET MARSH<br />

intertidal through culverts to<br />

Outer <strong>Bolsa</strong> Bay (not FTB)<br />

Transect Rep<br />

Total Organic<br />

Carbon<br />

(mg/kg)<br />

Mean Grain<br />

Size Description<br />

Pore Water<br />

pH<br />

5cm deep<br />

Pore Water<br />

pH<br />

15cm deep<br />

Pore Water<br />

Salinity (ppt)<br />

5cm deep<br />

Pore Water<br />

Salinity (ppt)<br />

15cm deep<br />

Notes<br />

RI1 A 4,400 Fine Sand N/M N/M N/M N/M dry, Sarcocornia, iceplant<br />

B 1,400 Fine Sand N/M N/M N/M N/M dry, Distichlis, Sarcocornia<br />

C 14,000 Fine Sand 7.98 7.98 35 35 underwater, algal mat<br />

RI2 A 9,400 Fine Sand 6.75 6.75 45 40 Sarcocornia<br />

B 16,000 Fine Sand N/M N/M N/M N/M dry<br />

C 16,000 Fine Sand 6.92 7.17 50 49 mudflat<br />

RI3 A 15,000 Fine Sand N/M N/M 35 42<br />

B 26,000 Fine Sand N/M N/M N/M N/M Sarc, Distichlis, high point sand dune<br />

C 15,000 Fine Sand N/M N/M 39 N/M<br />

FTB North A 3,400 Fine Sand N/M N/M N/M N/M bare, fluffy levee dirt<br />

B 1,700 Silt N/M N/M N/M N/M no veg, in clay layer<br />

C 2,100 Fine Sand N/M N/M 65 65 on mudflat in pickleweed<br />

FTB E1 A 2,900 Fine Sand 8.34 8.34 35 35 underwater, water measured<br />

B 4,200 Fine Sand 8.34 8.34 35 35 underwater, water measured<br />

C 5,800 Fine Sand 8.34 8.34 35 35 underwater, water measured<br />

FTB E2 A 3,400 Fine Sand 8.29 8.29 35 35 underwater, water measured<br />

B 3,300 Fine Sand 8.29 8.29 35 35 underwater, water measured<br />

C 2,000 Fine Sand 8.29 8.29 35 35 underwater, water measured<br />

FTB E3 A 3,500 Fine Sand 8.27 8.27 35 35 underwater, water measured<br />

B 8,200 Fine Sand 8.27 8.27 35 35 underwater, water measured<br />

C 2,300 Fine Sand 8.27 8.27 35 35 underwater, water measured<br />

WMTB 1 A 15,000 Silt N/M N/M > 100 > 100 damp, iceplants<br />

B 12,000 Silt 8.17 8.17 50 50 all Distichlis, underwater, water measured<br />

C 18,000 Silt 6.64 6.64 60 55 saturated<br />

WMTB 2 A 22,000 Fine Sand 8.43 8.43 40 40 underwater, water meas, submerged Sarc<br />

B 33,000 Fine Sand 8.37 8.37 40 40 underwater, water meas, submerged Sarc<br />

C 13,000 Silt 8.40 8.40 40 40 underwater, water meas, submerged Sarc<br />

WMTB 3 A 19,000 Fine Sand 7.85 7.85 39 39 underwater<br />

B 21,000 Silt 8.82 8.82 35 35 underwater in Distichlis<br />

C 13,000 Silt 8.67 8.67 36 36 underwater in Distichlis<br />

CMTB 1 A 11,000 Fine Sand 7.38 6.66 100 80 saturated, sampled water pooled in holes<br />

B 29,000 Fine Sand N/M 6.86 70 65 very damp marsh<br />

C 18,000 Silt 7.88 7.88 72 72 underwater, water meas, submerged Sarc<br />

CMTB 2 A 19,000 Silt 6.65 6.53 50 50 no veg<br />

B 23,000 Fine Sand 6.79 6.79 52 52 underwater, water meas, submerged Sarc<br />

C 20,000 Silt 6.20 6.23 72 58 dead iceplant<br />

CMTB 3 A 3,200 Fine Sand 5.47 5.33 > 100 > 100 Red iron in H20<br />

B 4,100 Fine Sand N/M N/M N/M N/M Totally dry, no pore water<br />

C 6,400 Fine Sand N/M N/M > 100 N/M deep dry clay, poreH20 at surface<br />

EMTB 1 A 5,900 Silt N/M N/M 59 59 damp but no pooled water, syringed salin<br />

B 12,000 Silt N/M N/M N/M N/M dry, no pore water<br />

C 3,600 Silt 8.63 8.63 54 54 underwater, water measured<br />

EMTB 2 A 100,000 Silt N/M N/M N/M N/M dry, no pore water<br />

B 95,000 Silt N/M N/M N/M N/M damp but not wet enough to get water<br />

C 5,800 Silt 8.60 8.60 61 61 underwater, water measured<br />

EMTB 3 A 6,900 Silt N/M N/M N/M N/M dry, no pore water<br />

B 61,000 Silt N/M N/M N/M N/M dry, no pore water<br />

C 7,200 Silt 8.90 8.90 60 60 underwater, water measured<br />

PM1 A 12,000 Fine Sand N/M N/M 50 50<br />

B 23,000 Silt 6.87 N/M 40 38<br />

C 48,000 Silt N/M N/M 49 42<br />

PM2 A 44,000 Fine Sand N/M N/M 50 50<br />

B 60,000 Fine Sand 6.64 N/M 45 55<br />

C 62,000 Silt 7.54 7.54 35 35 underwater, water measured<br />

PM3 A 36,000 Fine Sand N/M 6.65 40 40<br />

B 51,000 Silt 6.82 6.82 40 40<br />

C 20,000 Silt 7.58 7.58 35 35 underwater, water measured<br />

N/M – not measured because soil was too dry to extract pore water.<br />

Merkel & Associates, Inc. 35

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