Results obtained from the 1999-2000 SCECAP survey indicate that most of South Carolina’s estuarine habitats are in good condition. Portions of the state’s estuaries that coded as marginal were primarily located in developed watersheds, although a few sites had no obvious sources of human influence. The data obtained from the 1999-2000 survey, combined with future data to be collected by the SCECAP program, provides a valuable database on the environmental and biological conditions in tidal
creek and open water habitats located in both pristine areas and sites near industrial
and residential development
