Andrews State Park; transect 3 is located offshore of the intersection 

 of Lookout Street and Spyglass Street; transect 4 is located offshore 

 of the Fountainbleau Terrace Motel; transect 5 is located offshore 

 of the Fiesta Motel; transect 6 is located offshore of the Holiday Inn 

 West; transect 7 is located offshore of the Seagate Villas; transect 

 8 is located offshore of the Roundtowner Motel; and transect 9 is 

 located offshore of Pinnacle Port. 



5. Sampling Frequency . 



Hydrographic data, sediments, and benthic animals were obtained 

 from November 1974 to October 1975. Sampling was conducted monthly 

 at station 1 of each transect; sampling at the remaining stations of 

 each transect was conducted quarterly (November 1974, February, May, 

 and August 1975) . 



II. HYDROLOGY 



1 . Introduction . 



The hydrology of the nearshore area off Panama City Beach has 

 been studied by several investigators. Efforts in the past have 

 been primarily in the area seaward of the present study area (Tolbert 

 and Austin, 1956, 1959;" Ichiye, 1962; Salsman, 1962a, 1962b; Tolbert 

 and Salsman, 1964; Gaul, 1966; Gaul, Boykin, and Letzring, 1966; 

 Kirst and McMath, 1966a, 1966b; and Bennet and Olsen, 1971). The 

 hydrology of St. Andrew Bay has been reported on mainly by Jones 

 and Ichiye (1960) and the Environmental Protection Agency (1975). 



Hydrographic data collected in this study were limited to surface 

 water temperature and salinity. 



2. Methods . 



Water samples were collected on each sampling trip and were limited 

 to stations 1, 3, 5, A, and B. 



Water temperatures were measured with a hand-held thermometer. 

 Salinity samples were collected in a plastic jar and results were 

 later determined with a Goldberg ref Tactometer. 



3. Results . 



a. Water Temperature . Water temperatures varied seasonally. The 

 lowest average monthly temperature from all stations was 14.2° Celsius 

 in December 1974; the highest was 30.9° Celsius in July 1975. The 

 range of individual water temperatures was 13.3° to 32.1 Celsius 



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