7  Salinity

Data for this section was obtained from the Gulf Data Atlas. This was part of a larger effort to characterize seasonality in Gulf Coast estuaries, by assigning salinity zones in different time periods, based on long-term data. See Appendix A.3.3 for more detail.

To view more recent data from USGS stations in the Mississippi Sound, check out our interactive Mississippi Sound Salinity Explorer App!

Figure 7.1: Average salinity (psu) during the low salinity period, February - April. Data layer courtesy of the Gulf Data Atlas.

Figure 7.2: Average salinity (psu) during the high salinity period, August - October. Data layer courtesy of the Gulf Data Atlas.

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The .qmd file that generated this section was: salinity.qmd.

For information on data processing, see Appendix A.3.3.