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Card Sound is an extension of Biscayne Bay to the south of South Bay. Little Card Sound is the next south, separated from Card Sound by Card Bank. The causeway of the [[Card Sound Bridge]] now separates Barnes Sound to the south of Little Card Sound. Manatee Bay is to the west of Barnes Sound. Card Sound and Barnes Sound are bounded on the east by [[Key Largo]].{{sfn|Smith|2001|pp=224–225}} South Biscayne Bay is sometimes defined as including Card Sound and Barnes Sound.{{sfn|Brown|McAdory|Nail|Sarruff|2003|p=2}} Barnes Sound is connected to [[Florida Bay]] through a few small channels.
'''Manatee Bay''' is partially separated from Barnes Sound by Short Key and Main Key. In 1994, it was described as having particularly undisturbed habitat for a location in the Florida Keys. Due to its distance from the open ocean and the restrictive passages between other components of Biscayne Bay, Manatee Bay experiences low tidal exchange, while the C-197 canal allows fresh water from the C-111 canal to flow into Manatee Bay. [[Salinity]] levels in Manatee Bay range from 14 [[Parts-per notation|parts-per-thousand]] (ppt) to 45 ppt (seawater has an average salinity of 35 ppt). In July 2023, the bay was in the news when a bouy there recorded a water temperature of {{Convert|101.1|F|C}}.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ishman |first1=Scott E. |last2=Cronin |first2=Thomas M. |last3=Brewster-Wingard |first3=G-Lynn |last4=Willard |first4=Debra A. |last5=Verardo |first5=David J. |date=1998 |title=A Record of Ecosystem Change, Manatee Bay, Barnes Sound, Florida |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25736129 |journal=Journal of Coastal Research |page=126 |jstor=25736129 |issn=0749-0208}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hernandez |first=Joe |date=July 26, 2023 |title=With Florida ocean temperatures topping 100, experts warn of damage to marine life |work=[[WUFT (TV)|WUFT]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/1190218132/florida-ocean-temperatures-101-marine-life-damage |access-date=September 16, 2023}}</ref>
===Safety Valve=== <!-- Proper name of geological feature, target of redirect, leave capitalized -->
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