education Links

• Fishing Cultures of Southwest Florida
• Greater Charlotte Harbor Watershed Guide - An Educational Guide to Ecological Explorations...

fish and Wildlife Links

• CHEC Bird Sighting Data from Cedar Point Environmental Park
• Fishes of the Lemon Bay estuary and a comparison of fish community structure to nearby estuaries...
• Lemon Bay Shellfish Harvesting Map
• Sarasota County Manatee Protection Plan (2011 Update)
• Sealife in Southwest Florida Estuaries
• Tarpon Tagging Project Brochure
• Thornton Key Preserve

general Links

• A History of the Sarasota County Gun Range Site
• Final Report on the Development of a Tidal Creek Condition Index for Sarasota County
• Gottfried Creek Reconnaissance Report
• Lemon Bay Water Quality Data Collected by Englewood Jaycees (1991-92)
• Lemon Bay Watershed Management Plan (outline with links to chapters)
• Lemon Bay Watershed Management Plan--Summary Presentation
• Linkages between tidal creek ecosystems and the landscape and demographic attributes
• Ponds of Southwest Florida: Ticking Time Bombs
• Progress Toward a Tidal Creek Condition Index for Sarasota County, Florida
• Reconnaissance of listed water bodies on Roberts Bay, Little Sarasota Bay, Blackburn Bay...
• Report on Bocilla Pass
• Report on Graphical Data Analysis for the 2007 Implementation of the Sarasota Tidal Creek Index
• Report on Preparatory Tasks 1-4 for Implementation of the Sarasota Tidal Creek Condition Index
• State of the Southwest Florida Aquatic Preserves, Lemon Bay to Estero Bay
• Tangerine Woods: A Brazilian Pepper Success Story
• Walk the WBID Exercise for Gottfried Creek (WBID 2049), October 2015 (Appendices A, B, C, D, E)
• Walk the WBID Exercise for Gottfried Creek (WBID 2049), October 2015 (Appendices F, G)
• Walk the WBID Exercise for Gottfried Creek (WBID 2049), October 2015 (Main Report)

habitats and Ecology Links

• 2012 Bay Scallop Summary: Lemon Bay and Gasparilla Sound
• 2021 Florida Macroalgae Workshops
• A Fresh Look at Ecological Condition Indices for Southwest Florida's Urbanizing Tidal Streams
• An Assessment of Florida Red Tide: Causes, Consequences and Management Strategies
• Appendices to Identifying Pot. Drivers of Change in Seagrass/Algal Community Composition in SWFL APs
• Bay scallop data for Lemon Bay and Gasparilla Sound, 2009-2015
• Charlotte Harbor Benthic Biodiversity Report
• Coastal Scrub Restoration: A Case Study for the Urban Interface
• Common Macrobenthic invertebrates of Charlotte Harbor
• Counts of Red Tide Organisms 1954-57
• Drift Rhodophyte Blooms Emerge in Lee County, FL: Evidence of Escalating Coastal Eutrophication
• Florida Bay Scallop 2015 Annual Report
• Identifying Potential Drivers of Change in Seagrass & Algal Community Composition in SWFL APs
• Lemon Bay Hydric Soils 1970s
• Lemon Bay Preserve Ecosystem Restoration Phase I
• Lemon Bay Preserve Habitat Improvement Projects
• Lemon Bay Preserve Prescribed Burn
• Lemon Bay Seagrass Map
• Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve
• Map: Lemon Bay Preserve Burn Zones and Hydrologic Restoration
• Red Tide Report, 1954
• Report on Benthic Sampling for the 2007 Implementation of the Sarasota Tidal Creek Condition Index
• Results of the FDEP, Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves' Seagrass Monitoring Program from 1999-2009
• Sarasota County Red Tide Maps 1953 to 2020
• Sarasota County Seagrass Target Assessment, July 2013
• Scallop Monitoring Program: 2016 Reporting and Assessment of Monitoring Results
• Seagrass Communities of the Gulf Coast of Florida: Status and Ecology (#03-04)
• Seagrass in Lemon Bay
• The effects of Hurricane Irma on seagrass meadows in previously eutrophic estuaries in Southwest FL
• Versions 1-6 of an Ecological Condition Index for Sarasota County's Urbanizing Tidal Streams
• Widespread recovery of seagrass coverage in Southwest Florida (USA)

programs & Projects Links

• About the Charlotte Harbor Estuaries Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program (CHEVWQMN)
• Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserve Map
• Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves Management Plan (2016)
• Charlotte Harbor Estuaries Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Network (CHEVWQMN) Metadata
• Englewood Water District
• FYI / Lemon Bay Park Volunteers
• Lemon Bay Aquatic Preserve
• Lemon Bay Aquatic Preserve Brochure
• Lemon Bay Conservancy
• Lemon Bay League, Inc.
• Proposed Designation of Sarasota Bay and Lemon Bay as Outstanding Florida Waters
• South Venice Civic Association 1955-2016
• South Venice Civic Association Newsletter - Oct. 2017
• South Venice Civic Association Waterway Rehabilitation Project
• South Venice Waterway Restoration Project Final Report
• Through Group's Efforts, Life Rises from the Muck

recreation Links

• (Charlotte County) Blueways Trails: A guide for the canoe/kayak enthusiast.
• Amberjack Environmental Park
• Ann and Chuck Dever Regional Park
• Bill Coy/Buck Creek Preserve
• Boating and Seagrasses (video)
• Cedar Point Environmental Park
• Charlotte County Environmental Parks & Preserves
• Fishing, Boat Ramps, Kayak Launches
• Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail Segment 10: Sarasota/Venice
• Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail Segment 11: Charlotte Harbor
• Florida Coastal Access Guide: Sarasota
• Maps of Charlotte County General Permit Trafficshed Channels and Secondary Channels
• Maps of Charlotte County Manatee Protection Zones
• Maps of Sarasota County and Manatee County Manatee Protection Zones
• NOAA BookletCharts™
• Recreational Boating Characterization for the Greater Charlotte Harbor
• Regional Waterway Management System for South Sarasota County (1998)
• Sarasota County Blueways Paddling Guide
• Sarasota County Natural Areas Story Map
• Stump Pass Beach State Park

stormwater Links

• Alligator Creek Stormwater Treatment Project Fact Sheet
• Briarwood Stormwater Treatment Facility - Schematic diagram
• Rethinking altered drainage systems: giving the river what it needs
• South County Alligator Creek Stormwater Treatment System Presentation
• Stormwater Capital Improvement Program Lemon Bay Watershed
• Stormwater: A Mixed Blessing

water Levels and Flows Links

• Coastal Fringe Phase 2 Lemon Bay Watershed Management Plan Final Report
• Lemon Bay Preserve Weir Project Location
• Myakka River Watershed Management Plan Phase 1 -- Flood Study Update
• Sarasota Bay Estuary Program’s Sea Level Rise (SLR) Brochure 2014
• Tidal Flux in Northern Lemon Bay - graph of observations 1970s.

water Quality Links

• A Spectral Optical Model and a Water Clarity Reporting Tool for Seagrasses
• A spectral optical model and updated water clarity reporting tool for Charlotte Harbor seagrasses
• Alligator Creek FDEP 319(h) Water Quality Monitoring Program Final Report
• Alligator Creek WBID 2030 TMDL Implementation Plan
• Assessment of Present and Future Nitrogen Loads, Water Quality, and Seagrass... in Lemon Bay
• Charlotte Harbor & Estero Bay Aquatic Preserves Water Quality Status & Trends for 1998-2005
• Charlotte Harbor Numeric Nutrient Criteria: Task 11 – Implementation Issues
• Charlotte Harbor Numeric Nutrient Criteria: Task 8, TN & TP Loading & Concentration Based Criteria
• Charlotte Harbor Numeric Nutrient Criteria: Task 9, Downstream Protection Values
• Charlotte Harbor Numeric Nutrient Criteria: Tidal Creeks
• Coastal Charlotte Harbor Monitoring Network (CCHMN) SOPs Updates Adopted: 11/2019
• Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) Workshop summary
• Correspondence between FDEP/Sarasota County re Gottfried Creek 'Walk the Watershed' plan
• Establishing Water Clarity Benchmarks for Sarasota County Estuarine Waters
• Establishment of Estuarine Water Clarity Targets for Sarasota County
• Estuary Nutrient Region Maps: Crystal River to Lemon Bay
• FAC 62-302.532 Estuary-Specific Numeric Interpretations of the Narrative Nutrient Criterion
• Fecal Coliform TMDL for Gottfried Creek, WBID 2049
• Final Report: Mercury TMDL for the State of Florida
• Gottfried Creek Basin Master Plan--Appendices
• Gottfried Creek Basin Master Plan--Main Report
• Healthy Beaches Sampling Locations: Charlotte County
• Healthy Beaches Sampling Locations: Sarasota County
• Lemon Bay 208 Program Water Quality Study Appendices
• Lemon Bay 208 Program Water Quality Study, Part I
• Lemon Bay 208 Water Quality Study, Executive Summary
• Lemon Bay Trends 1995-2002 (Appendix)
• Letter: TMDL for Nutrients, Dissolved Oxygen & Coliforms in Sarasota/Charlotte Harbor Basin Groups
• Nonpoint Source Model Development and Basin Management Strategies for Lemon Bay Part 1 of 2, Ch1-4.
• Nonpoint Source Model Development and Basin Management Strategies for Lemon Bay Part 2 of 2, Ch5-7.
• Numeric Water Quality Targets for Charlotte Harbor and Lemon and Estero Bays, Florida
• Optical Model Spectral Validation and Annual Water Clarity Reporting Tool: Final Report
• Proposed Numeric Nutrient Criteria for the CHNEP Estuarine System (Draft)
• Protecting Florida Together: Blue Green Algae
• Responsiveness Summary TMDL Development for Sarasota Bay / Charlotte Harbor.....
• Sarasota Bay Tributary Study
• TMDL for Dissolved Oxygen In Gottfried Creek in Sarasota Bay (WBID 2049)
• TMDL for Nutrients, Dissolved Oxygen, and Coliforms in Sarasota Bay/Charlotte Harbor (10 WBIDs)
• Water Quality Assessment Report for the Charlotte Harbor Basin