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[[Image:CarmelRiverLagoon.jpg‎|500px|thumb|right|Carmel River Lagoon. Image: [http://www.esassoc.com/projects/carmel-river-lagoon-enhancement-project ESA]]]
 
[[Image:CarmelRiverLagoon.jpg‎|500px|thumb|right|Carmel River Lagoon. Image: [http://www.esassoc.com/projects/carmel-river-lagoon-enhancement-project ESA]]]
 
The Carmel River Lagoon is located on the Central Coast of California, at the end of the 255 square mile [[The Carmel River Watershed| Carmel River Watershed]] <ref> [http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=25124 California State Parks] </ref>. During high flows the sand bar at Carmel River State Beach is breached and the lagoon empties into Carmel Bay, part of the federally protected [[Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary]] <ref> [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:ZPYn8vefPBkJ:www.mpwmd.dst.ca.us/mbay_irwm/irwm_library/LCR/LCRproject.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjpq-iWrwDt0TOQmdzsJhr7-GHoyxFrL97CzTfNGAeKuGP6QmP_Ku3I7OKFR8MwJ-ooXOb0MuJ0q72hx6k7b8PSy9V6OCF9fpRv9tU93bgLjkSQCg81aoQHQ6HfswUq2ndgJ3ug&sig=AHIEtbSbEkR8EKjZas2AM0_AL7uzWd-yFg Lower Carmel River and Lagoon Floodplain Restoration Project] </ref>.
 
The Carmel River Lagoon is located on the Central Coast of California, at the end of the 255 square mile [[The Carmel River Watershed| Carmel River Watershed]] <ref> [http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=25124 California State Parks] </ref>. During high flows the sand bar at Carmel River State Beach is breached and the lagoon empties into Carmel Bay, part of the federally protected [[Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary]] <ref> [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:ZPYn8vefPBkJ:www.mpwmd.dst.ca.us/mbay_irwm/irwm_library/LCR/LCRproject.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjpq-iWrwDt0TOQmdzsJhr7-GHoyxFrL97CzTfNGAeKuGP6QmP_Ku3I7OKFR8MwJ-ooXOb0MuJ0q72hx6k7b8PSy9V6OCF9fpRv9tU93bgLjkSQCg81aoQHQ6HfswUq2ndgJ3ug&sig=AHIEtbSbEkR8EKjZas2AM0_AL7uzWd-yFg Lower Carmel River and Lagoon Floodplain Restoration Project] </ref>.
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== Reports ==
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The California Coast Watershed Studies Team (CCoWS) has produced several reports on the Carmel River Lagoon:
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* [http://ccows.csumb.edu/pubs/reports/CCoWS_LagoonBreaching2001_010403.pdf Winter Water Quality of the Carmel and Salinas Lagoons, Monterey, California: 2000/2001]
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* [http://ccows.csumb.edu/pubs/reports/CCoWS_LagoonBreaching2001-2002_020923B.pdf Hydrology and Water Quality of the Carmel and Salinas Lagoons Monterey Bay, California 2001/2002]
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* 2002-3 report to MCWRA
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* 2004 report to Cal-Am
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* 2004 report on habitat types
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* 2004 report to State Parks
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* 2004-5 report to State Parks
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* 2005-6 report to State Parks
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* 2006-7 report to State Parks
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* 2006 report to CDFG and Garrapata WC
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* 2007 thesis on invertebrates
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* 2007 report by CSUMB class
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* 2008 report by CSUMB class
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* 2009 report by CSUMB class
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* 2010 thesis on invertebrates
  
 
== Gages ==
 
== Gages ==

Revision as of 23:49, 9 April 2013

Carmel River Lagoon. Image: ESA

The Carmel River Lagoon is located on the Central Coast of California, at the end of the 255 square mile Carmel River Watershed [1]. During high flows the sand bar at Carmel River State Beach is breached and the lagoon empties into Carmel Bay, part of the federally protected Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary [2].

Reports

The California Coast Watershed Studies Team (CCoWS) has produced several reports on the Carmel River Lagoon:

Gages

  • The lagoon stage in feet is listed on this page

References

  1. California State Parks
  2. Lower Carmel River and Lagoon Floodplain Restoration Project

Links

Disclaimer

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