Everglades Ridge, Slough, and Tree Island Mosaics: Year 2 Annual Report
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Title:
Everglades Ridge, Slough, and Tree Island Mosaics: Year 2 Annual Report
Creator:
Michael S. Ross
James B. Heffernan
Jay P. Sah
Pablo L. Ruiz
Adam A. Spitzig
Ewan Isherwood
Publisher:
Florida International University. Southeast Environmental Research Center
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Language:
English

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Tree islands
Everglades National Park (Fla.)

Notes

General Note:
The Florida Everglades is a large subtropical wetland with diverse hydrologic, edaphic, and vegetative characteristics. Historically, a significant portion of this system was a slow moving river originating from the Kissimmee River floodplain, flowing into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee, and draining south-southwest over extensive peatlands into Florida Bay (McVoy 2011). Human-induced alterations to the hydrologic regime, including reduction, stabilization, and impoundment of water flow through diversion and compartmentalization of water via canals and levees have degraded pre-drainage vegetation patterns and microtopographic structure (Davis and Ogden 1994, Ogden 2005, McVoy 2011).

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Source Institution:
Florida International University
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Resource Identifier:
FI14040723