Refuge Monitoring and Modeling Reports

This page was originally hosted by the USGS on their South Florida SOFIA web domain. It is now archived at https://loxahatcheemonitormodel.blogspot.com/p/reports.html

Reporting Information

Quarterly reports are the primary mechanism to present information on the implementation status of the program. When applicable, results from data analyses and/or event characterization may be presented in quarterly reports. The Refuge made regular updates to the Technical Oversight Committee.

Annual reports analyzed data from the previous year. The first annual report (2005 Interim Report, see below) characterized data from June 2004 - February 2005. The last annual report characterized data through 2015.

Data from the monthly grab samples are available on request from the Refuge. Data from the conductivity sondes are housed at the Refuge and are available upon request.

Water Quality Program Reports

Work Plans:

• Final Work Plan
• LOXA Sampling Locations - Coordinates and metadata -  in pdf or jpg format (See also: map of the monitoring network in other reports)
• Canal WQ Projects
• Quality Manual
  Note: this is a Refuge-specific frontispiece for the SFWMD Quality Manual for water quality sampling. Controlled copies of the SFWMD document are distributed by the SFWMD ERA department.

Quarterly Updates:

• August 2004
• November 2004
• February 2005
• September 2005
• January 2006
• April 2006
• July 2006
• October 2006
• January 2007
• April 2007
• July 2007
• October 2007
• January 2008
• April 2008
• July 2008
• October 2008
• January 2009
• April 2009
• July 2009
• October 2009
• January 2010
• April 2010
• July 2010
• October 2010
• January 2011
• April 2011
• June 2011
• September 2011
• December 2011
• March 2012
• June 2012
• September 2012
• December 2012
• March 2013
• June 2013
• September 2013
• December 2013
• March 2014
• June 2014
• September 2014
• December 2014
• March 2015
• June 2015
• September 2015
• December 2015
• March 2016
• April 2016
• These reports may alternatively be accessed through this shared folder.

Annual Reports:

• Interim Report 2005
  • FDEP comments on 2005 Interim Report
  • SFWMD comments on 2005 Interim Report
  • Refuge response letter to comments
• 2nd Annual Report (February 2007; covering data from 2004 and 2005)
  • Refuge response matrix to External Peer Review comments
• 3rd Annual Report (October 2007; covering data through 2006)
• 4th Annual Report (data through 2007)
• 5th Annual Report (data through 2008)
• 6th Annual Report (data through 2009)
• 7th Annual Report (data through 2010)
• 8th Annual Report (data through 2011)
• 9th Annual Report (data through 2012)
• 10th Annual Report (data through 2013)
• 11th Annual Report (data through 2014)
• 12th Annual Report (data through 2015)
• These reports may alternatively be accessed through this shared folder.

Modeling Reports:

• Refuge Model Update (June 2009)
• Spatially Explicit Modeling of Hydrodynamics and Constituent Transport within the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Northern Everglades, Florida (September 2010)

Other Reports:

2006 A.R.M. Loxahatchee Science Workshop Poster (author: Tiffany Trent)
L-40 Canal Sediment Elevation Study: Initial Report
LOXA Parameter Reduction Report - Note: Review comments on an earlier draft of this report and response to those comments are included as appendices to this report
S5A-Cell Canal Cross-Section Study

Page last updated: 03 August, 2016 @ 12:03 PM, and transferred with minor edits to this site in April 2021