Does water flow influence Everglades landscape patters? / Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, Water Science and Technology Board, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Groundwater flow--Florida--Everglades.

Groundwater flow.

Everglades (Fla.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (49 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The report evaluates a White Paper written by restoration planners in South Florida on the role of water flow in restoration plans. The report concludes that there is strong evidence that the velocity, rate, and spatial distribution of water flow play important roles in maintaining the tree islands and other ecologically important landscape features of the Everglades.

Contents:

Front Matter; Preface; Contents; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE RIDGE AND SLOUGH LANDSCAPE: SIGNIFICANCE, DEGRADATION, ORIGIN, AND MAINTENANCE; 3 RESEARCH NEEDS AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES; 4 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A-AGENDA; APPENDIX B-MEMBERS OF THE WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD AND BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOXICOLOGY; APPENDIX C-BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESTORATION OF THE GREATER EVERGLADES ECOSYSTEM; APPENDIX D-A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EVERGLADES; APPENDIX E-EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - THE ROLE OF FLOW IN THE EVERGLADES RIDGE AND SLOUGH LANDSCAPE

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309167741

0309167744

9780309525541

0309525543

OCLC:

559204563