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Prepared in Cooperation with The UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LITERATURE ASSESSMENT OF THE CHARLOTTE HARBOR ESTUARINE SYSTEM AND SURROUNDING AREA, SOUTHWEST FLORIDA By Yvonne E. Stoker and George A. Karavitis Open-File Report 83-127 Prepared in cooperation with the FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, and SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TOE INTERIOR JAMES G. WATT, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Dallas L. Peck, Director For additional information Copies of this report can be write to: purchased from: District Chief Open-File Services Section U.S. Geological Survey Western Distribution Branch 325 John Knox Road U.S. Geological Survey Suite F-240 Box 25425, Federal Center Tallahassee, Florida 32303 Denver, Colorado 80225 CONTENTS Page ..____.«...* * ..._._..* __«__.____.««.._._._..«.»«*"" _.__._____«.__._.___._«__._*.. ._._.__.* «.* «.* ._.._*...... ^0 Report organization 3 Bibliography 1-A Subject index 1-B /\ J. 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CCfc ____________ ....... .. ..,..,..____,.. ............ ........ .... ^ ___ » » J-MJLlJLl LjmmmmWl TU-MnjLl - « -. « J*^..Tl J_J Coastal and marine resources 3-B Coastal vegetation 3-B Coastal zone development 4-B De So to County 4-B Dredge and fill 4-B «-t/. __ TJ Estuaries (general) 5-B Fisheries 5-B Flood ing 5-B Flora and fauna (general study area) . 5-B Gasparilla Island 6-B Geology of Charlotte Harbor 6-B Geology of general study area 6-B Ground water 6-B Hardee County 6-B Hendry County 6-B Hydrology 7-B Impact studies 7-B Inventory studies 7-B Lake Okeechobee 8-B Land and water resources 8-B Land use 8-B Lee County 8-B Management 9-B Manatee County 9-B Mangroves 9-B Miscellaneous 9-B Modeling 1Q-B Myakka River basin 10-R iii CONTENTS - Continued Page Subject index continued mV_/J.J_ i _____________________________________ ____________________________________ ___ ___ ______UJ____ _ _____________________ _ _____________i ______________________________ _______________ J_V/ n_w D Peace River basin 10-B Phosphate mining 10-B Plankton 11-B Polk County 11-B Population 11-B Remote sensing 11-B Salinity 11-B Saltwater intrusion 11-B Sanibel Island 11-B Sarasota County 12-B Sediments 12-B Submerged vegetation 12-B Terrestrial animals 12-B Tides 12-B Urban runoff 12-B Waste disposal r 13-B Waste loading 13-B Water supply and needs 13-B Water quality (general area) 13-B iv LITERATURE ASSESSMENT OF THE CHARLOTTE HARBOR ESTUARINE SYSTEM AND SURROUNDING AREA, SOUTHWEST FLORIDA By Yvonne E. Stoker and George A. Karavitis ABSTRACT The Governor of Florida established the Charlotte Harbor Resource Planning and Management Committee to recommend the course of action Florida should take in planning for potential growth in the rapidly growing areas surrounding Charlotte Harbor. In May 1981, the U.S. Geological Survey began a planning study to determine detailed hydrologic study needs of the Charlotte Harbor area, A literature search of available data and reports pertaining to the Charlotte Harbor estuarine system and surrounding area resulted in 1,288 references. An automated bibliographic system was developed for storage, editing, and publica­ tion. This report contains all references collected during this search. The report contains two principal sections. The first section lists the references alphabetically by author; these references are assigned sequential numbers from 1 to 1,288. The second section is an index listing 68 subjects. Listed under each subject are those references, by assigned number, that deal with that particular subject. INTRODUCTION The Governor of Florida established the Charlotte Harbor Resource Planning and Management Committee for the purpose of recommending the course of action that Florida should take in planning for potential growth in the rapidly grow­ ing areas surrounding Charlotte Harbor. This committee was composed of members of local, regional, and State agencies. In June 1980, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Technical Advisory Committee of the Charlotte Harbor Resource Planning and Management Committee, prepared a proposal for a comprehensive environmental assessment study of the Charlotte Harbor area. In May 1981, a planning study was initiated by the U.S. Geological Survey to deter­ mine detailed hydrologic study needs of the Charlotte Harbor area. The approxi­ mate study area is shown below. (pS ' | »Mt*OH \ 1 ?S I dX*"o||A"«K 0 10 20 30 MILES flit EXPLANATION BOUNDARY OF TOTAL AREA~CONTR!BUTING FLOW, PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY, TO CHARLOTTE HARBOR STUDY AREA APPROXIMATE BOUNDARY OF THE CHARLOTTE HARBOR STUDY Specific water-resources problems and the objectives, approach, data col­ lection and analysis, methodologies, personnel needs, and costs for the proposed comprehensive study of the harbor were evaluated. The results of this study were outlined in the unpublished draft report, "Plan of Study Environmental Assessment of the Charlotte Harbor Estuarine System and Surrounding Area, South­ west Florida," by J. F. Turner and Y. E. Stoker. The committee included the proposed comprehensive study as part of their recommendations to the Governor in the fall cf 1981. Some minor changes and refinements to the study plans have been made since the comprehensive study was approved by the Governor and included in the State budget for fiscal year 1982-83. The plan of study has been a flexible tool in guiding the first year of reconnaissance data assessment and collection on Charlotte Harbor. A literature search of available data and reports pertaining to the Charlotte Harbor area was made to assess what is currently known about the harbor and its contributing drainage basins. This bibliography, which lists 1,288 references, is the result of that effort. Several published bibliographies were major sources of information. Bib­ liographies by Morris and Miller (1975) and Estevez (1981), sequence numbers 0781 and 0277, respectively, on publications pertaining to the Charlotte Harbor estuarine system and surrounding coastal areas supplied the most information and greatly aided this effort. The report by Estevez also included information on the Peace River basin. A literature assessment of the Peace River basin by the Southwest Florida Water Management District (1981), sequence number 1013, and a report "U.S. Geological Survey reports on tjie water-resources of Florida, 1886-1980" by Hoy, Simmons, and Claiborne (1981), U.S. Geological Survey Open- File Report 81-816, also provided literature on the contributing drainage basins into Charlotte Harbor. In addition to these sources, local, state, and regional agencies and the University of South Florida library were searched for reference material. The abstract services of the Water Resources Scientific Information Center and the University of South Florida were contacted for background reports, documents, and data. This list of references is a preliminary assessment of literature pertinent to Charlotte Harbor and its drainage system. During the course of the study, it likely will be found that all of the listed literature is not pertinent and that additional literature may be found pertinent to the study. Included in this listing are selected studies on other estuaries that may aid in determining methodologies of study and procedures of analysis for the Charlotte Harbor comprehensive study. REPORT ORGANIZATION This report contains two major sections a bibliography, listed alphabet­ ically by author, and a subject index, listed alphabetically by subject. The subject index lists 68 subject keywords, from air quality through wetlands. Listed under each subject category are those references, by assigned number, that deal with that particular subject. Some reports or abstracts were not available for subject indexing. In those cases, assignment of keywords was based on the title. Many reports were not easily classified or were not relevant to the proposed comprehensive study but pertained to Charlotte Harbor. These reports are listed under "Miscellaneous." The type of report typically found in the "Miscellaneous" category includes historic expeditions; archeology; critiques and reviews of .other reports; newspaper and magazine articles; animal behavior; indexes to ainage basins, ports, springs, fish, animals, and data sites; turtle and bird- nesting sites; and bibliographies and literature reviews. Each reference in the bibliographic section (pages 1-A to 120-A) is assigned a sequence number that corresponds to the number found in the Subject Index. To use this bibliography by subject, refer to the Subject Index (pages 1-B to 14-B) to find the sequence number of references listed under that particular subject. For example, to find a report with information on the water quality of Charlotte Harbor, consult page 3-B in the Subject Index for the list of reference sequence numbers under "Charlotte Harbor Water
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