BIOLOGICAL MONITORING PROGRAM

Following the Enhancement Project of 1994-1996, a long-term biological monitoring program was set up for Batiquitos Lagoon.  This program calls for various sampling activities during the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 10th years after restoration of the lagoon.

According to the report (Long-term Monitoring and Pilot Vegetation Program for the Batiquitos Lagoon Enhancement Project),  the goals of the monitoring include the following:

• Fulfill conditions associated with the various project approvals and mitigation agreements between the City, Port, and resource agencies;

• Document changes in the ecology of the lagoon environment over time;

• Provide timely identification of any problems with the physical, chemical, or biological development of the lagoon, and;

• Assist in providing a technical basis for resource management of the lagoon system by documenting maintenance needs and enhancement opportunities.

The monitoring program includes studies of

    Vegetation (1997, vegetation maps 1998-2000)

    Fish (1997)

    Benthic organisms (1997)

    Birds (1997)

    Water quality and sedimentation (1997).

(In addition, there are eelgrass and cordgrass restoration programs.)

The first year's report (that is, for 1997) has been completed.  (These reports are supplied to the Batiquitos Lagoon  Foundation by the Port.)  The first year saw immediate and big changes in the lagoon's fish population.

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