Tampa Bay Integrated Science Pilot Study:

Hydrographic and sub-surface mapping and sediment transport modeling

Summary

• There are many small channels or cuts that do not appear on published bathymetric charts. The larger features appear to be related to nearby dredge and fill operations.
  
  
• Several uncharted linear channels in Miguel Bay, Joe Bay, Bishop Harbor are less than 0.5 m deep and appear to be either antecedent features or modern channels maintained by tidal currents.
  
  
• Linear bay bars are present along most of the shoreline in the Terra Ceia Aquatic Buffer Preserve, and are more contiguous north of the I-275 causeway.
  
  
• The underlying stratigraphy in Tampa Bay is not uniform.
  
  
• Subsurface features were identified which may allow ground water to leak upward from the superficial or intermediate aquifer systems.