Boyer, J. N., J. W. Fourqurean, and R. D. Jones. 1999. Seasonal and long-term trends in the water quality of Florida Bay 91989-1997). Estuaries 22:417-430.

• High salinity and low chlorophyll a in the late 80s-early 90s
• Salinity declined and turbidity increased from 1989-1997
• Chlorophyll a increased in western Bay and declined in the eastern Bay
• DIN increased only in the central Bay
• Hypothesized that seagrass die-off may have caused some of the observed changes in WQ