Martinez, A.RudyCoastal Fisheries project reports2010-02-152010-02-151975http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/20465pgs. 100-157Rainfall totals for 1975 were 7.60% (2.51 in) lower than those recorded in 1974 and ranged from 21.13 in. in Aransas Bay to 52.93 in, in Galveston Bay. Salinity values were 2.19% (0.5 o/oo) lower in 1975 than in 1974. Coastal water temperature monthly mean values ranged from 10.2 C in winter to 31.6 C in summer; turbidity monthly mean values ranged from 5.6 to 191.0 ppm; dissolved oxygen monthly mean values ranged from 3.9 to 12.0 ppm; ph values ranged from 6.8 to 8.6. Habitat modifications included maintenance dredging of existing channels, dredging of new channels, bulkheading, drilling of oil and gas wells and placement of pipelines.hydrologymeteorologymeteorological datameteorological observationshydrologyChapter