| Abstract: | Freshwater in the Everglades and the Big Cypress Swamp drains south and southwest into coastal regions where it mixes with seawater to create the salinity gradients characteristic of productive estuarine and marine systems. Studies in Florida Bay have shown that over the last 100-200 years, salinity and seagrass distributions have fluctuated substantially in response to natural climatic cycles. The timing of this change coincides at least in part with the canal construction and landscape alterations in the Everglades that have altered the quantity, timing, distribution, and quality of surface water that flows south into the coastal waters. Federal and State agencies have undertaken a massive Everglades restoration project that will require changes in water management throughout the Everglades, and this will affect water flows to the coastal region. A major concern involves how changes in water flow could affect salinity and nutrient availability in coastal waters. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 76864 |
| Citation Author: | McPherson, Benjamin F.; Torres, Arturo E. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | USGS Florida Science Center |
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| Citation Month: | Jun |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 4 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 4 p. |
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| Citation Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Citation Series: | Fact Sheet |
| Citation Series Code: | FS |
| Citation Series Number: | 2006-3076 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Freshwater and Nutrient Fluxes to Coastal Waters of Everglades National Park - A Synthesis; 2006; FS; 2006-3076; McPherson, Benjamin F.; Torres, Arturo E. |
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| Citation Year: | 2006 |
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| Text: | Freshwater and Nutrient Fluxes to Coastal Waters of Everglades National Park - A Synthesis; 2006; FS; 2006-3076; McPherson, Benjamin F.; Torres, Arturo E. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/fs_2006_3076.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2006/3076/ |
| Date Other: | Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
