Published: May 20 2019Check out this video of our inspection of the wave buoy mooring system using our Remotely Operated Vehicle.
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Published: Sep 04 2018Thanks to a grant from the West Coast Inland Navigation District, through Lee County, we were able to acquire a new and improved wave buoy. The buoy was deployed on September 4th 2018. The new buoy is a more rugged design which should translate to a much higher online time.
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Published: Aug 30 2017Shortly after 9:30 last Tuesday morning, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Research Assistants A.J. Martignette and Jeff Siwicke departed from Tarpon Bay to check on two RECON sites.
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Published: Jun 09 2017Celebrating the RECON Sensor Network’s 10th Anniversary of Service
Ten years ago today, on June 12, 2007, in response to deteriorating water quality, the Marine ...
Published: Dec 19 2016Welcome to the new RECON website! The River, Estuary and Coastal Observing Network (RECON), is the only source of Real-time data about the condition of waters surrounding Sanibel and Captiva Islands. The network was established to provide scientific validation of the estuary's changing conditions and to b...
Published: Aug 01 2016On Friday, July 29, at 2 pm, SCCF hosted a presentation to discuss SCCF's RECON and Florida Atlantic University's IRLON, which both provide real-time monitoring of water quality conditions. In the past, samples were collected manually and analyzed in a lab. It was virtually impossible to capture events as they were happening. SCCF's RECON, the River, Estuary, and Ocean Observing Network and IRLON, the Indian River Lagoon Observatory Network of Environmental Sensors, provide real-time da...
Published: Jun 24 2016
The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Regional Association (GCOOS-RA) has been awarded $1.8 million a year for the next five years to support data collection and distribution in the Gulf of Mexico.</...
Published: Jan 28 2015The Environmental Monitor is a journal covering products, projects and trends in the environmental monitoring industry. Published by Fondriest Environmental, the print and online versions of the Environmental Monitor aim to help professionals stay informed about developments in their industry. In this article SCCF Marine L...
Published: Sep 25 2013The Environmental Monitor is a journal covering products, projects and trends in the environmental monitoring industry. Published by Fondriest Environmental, the print and online versions of the Environmental Monitor aim to help professionals stay informed about developments in their industry. This article on RECON discuses how rec...
Published: Jul 24 2013
GCOOS Highlights RECON
The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) provides timely information about the environment of the United States portion of the Gulf of Mexico and its estuaries for use by decision-makers, including researchers, government manage...
Published: May 31 2013The Environmental Monitor is a journal covering products, projects and trends in the environmental monitoring industry. Published by Fondriest Environmental, the print and online versions of the Environmental Monitor aim to help professionals stay informed about developments in their industry. This article discuses some of the...
Published: Sep 01 2011Thanks to a grant from the West Coast Inland Navigation District (WCIND) we will be adding meteorological sensors to three of the RECON sites, starting in late 2011. Once installed these sensors will be the first meteorological sensors in the count...
Published: Jan 15 2010Record low air temperatures during the first part of January 2010 have caused the water temperature to drop the coldest temperatures observed since RECON's establishment in July 2007.
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