Seagrass acreage variation for all bays in CHNEP

Note: Highlighted waterbodies have incomplete data for 2001, 2010, 2012, and 2016, as only the portion monitored by SWFWMD is recorded.

Bay Total Acreage Seagrass Acreage
1988 1994 1996 1999 2001 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
Alligator Creek (Tidal Segment) (2030) 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 5 7 7 7
Alligator Creek (Tidal Segment) (2074B) 17 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 1
Boggess Hole 636 63 63 63 63 63 63 62 9 9 9 9 9
Buck Creek 193 2 2 2 1 6 6 32 14 14 14 14 13
Burnt Store Marina 15 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 1
Cape Coral (Tidal Segment) 0 0 0 0
Captiva Island 565 101 114 91 119
Catfish Creek Bayou 23 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
Charlotte Harbor 262,383 15,423 15,542 16,030 15,174 15,409 15,656 15,707 15,013 15,753 16,344 16,853 17,122
Clam Bayou 168 73 38
Cleveland Cemetary Ditch 0 0 0 0
Coral Creek (East Branch) 1,698 128 128 128 130 127 129 122 90 90 99 101 100
Coral Creek (West Branch) 2,261 167 171 171 158 158 183 179 131 130 139 140 64
Curry Creek (Tidal Portion) 1 1
Deep Lagoon Canal 0 0
Direct Runoff to Bay (2066) 622 34 34 33 29 31 20 19 45 45 45 45 44
Direct Runoff to Bay (2072) 168 10 10 9 13 13 12 11 9 9 11 11 11
Direct Runoff To Bay (2087) 122 6 6 6 11 11 11 7 7 7 6 6 6
Direct Runoff To Bay (2092A) 204 13 13 13 13 12 11 12 12 12 13 13 13
Direct Runoff to Stream (2061) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Pedro Island 1,546 93 98 95 98 92 76 94 92 90 93 98 111
Dona Bay 17 3 3 3 2 2
Englewood Coastal Drainage 361 25 25 25 31 33 29 22 18 12 24 27 23
Estero Bay 18,944 2,965 3,970 4,327 4,355
Estero Bay Wetlands 1,006 137 290 159 221
Forked Creek 123 7 7 8 10 10 8 10 10 6 8 8 8
Gasparilla Island 1,001 62 60 60 61 60 46 53 58 48 65 66 66
Gottfried Creek 30 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 2 1 2 2 2
Hatchett Creek (Tidal) 6 2 1 1 1 1 1
Intracoastal Waterway (ICWW) 12 2 2 2 2 2 2
Lemon Creek 128 9 9 9 10 10 10 8 5 6 7 7 7
Little Gasparilla Island 162 9 8 8 11 9 8 8 8 9 9 11 12
Lower Lemon Bay 30,592 1,799 1,741 1,752 1,860 1,822 1,715 1,825 1,951 1,990 2,085 2,180 2,178
Lower Tidal Caloosahatchee River 1,245 2 98 394 584
Lyons Bay 363 20 15 19 25 26 32 24 20 12 12 27 28
Lyons Bay Canals 356 25 25 25 29 25 27 21 18 21 21 22 21
Manasota Key 629 51 53 52 38 34 31 35 31 33 37 43 43
Manchester Way 11 11
Mangrove Point Canal 413 22 22 23 25 25 24 24 24 22 24 24 23
Matlacha Pass 42,728 7,570 9,199 9,624 10,336
Mullock Creek (Marine Segment) 0 0
Myakka Cutoff (Eastern Portion) 555 15 24 28 21 27 16 24 24 24 41 43 58
Myakka Cutoff (Western Portion) 242 12 11 11 16 16 11 10 10 8 13 10 11
Myakka River (Tidal Segment) 5 2 2
Oyster Creek 56 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 2 3 4 4 3
Peace River Estuary (Upper Segment North) 6 4 2
Pine Island 934 171 245 150 173
Pine Island Sound 178,907 32,809 35,572 34,454 36,892
Punta Gorda Isles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roberts Bay 995 54 52 63 62 58 71 98 65 63 64 69 70
Rock Creek (2052) 260 7 7 7 8 11 9 31 31 29 31 29 29
San Carlos Bay 32,852 4,254 5,892 7,483 8,272
Sanibel Canal System 90 6 15 12 22
Spring Creek (Marine Segment) 1 0 0 0 0
Spring Creek Estuary Region 58 5 9 14 15
Sunrise Waterways 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tidal Creek to Lower Peace River 65 1 1 3 1 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
Tidal Estero River 51 6 7 7 13
Tidal Myakka River 6,455 440 502 546 506 495 314 357 297 257 264 386 419
Tidal Peace River 7,205 384 527 579 276 346 276 316 225 213 347 604 641
Tidal Shell Creek 87 8 17 17
Trailer Park Canal 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Upper Lemon Bay 21,262 1,229 1,312 1,258 1,231 1,230 1,424 1,233 1,408 1,589 1,566 1,652 1,641
Whidden Creek (2079) 2,399 151 156 156 146 146 146 137 134 134 134 134 137
Yucca Flat Woods 89 6 7 8 7 0 5 3 2 2 4 9
Yucca Pen Creek (Marine Segment) 16 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 2