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South Florida Ecosystem Program; gaging flows in northeastern Florida Bay

Fact Sheet 130-96
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https://doi.org/10.3133/fs13096

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Introduction

The South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Program is an intergovernmental effort, involving a number of agencies, to reestablish and maintain the ecosystem of south Florida. One element of the restoration effort is the development of a firm scientific basis for resource decision making. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), one of the agencies, provides scientific information as part of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Program. The USGS began their own program, called the South Florida Ecosystem Program, in fiscal year 1995 for the purpose of gathering hydrologic, cartographic, and geologic data that relate to the mainland of south Florida, Florida Bay, and the Florida Keys and Reef ecosystems.

Management of the south Florida ecosystem involves the use of hydrologic models that simulate the flow of water through the region. As sheetflow is reestablished by flow management in the wetlands of the Everglades, it is expected that changes will also be reflected in the amount of freshwater exiting the mainland through the principal streams or as sheetflow into Florida Bay. Several agencies, including the USGS and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), are planning to use hydrologic models to simulate and predict the flows into Florida Bay and the circulation patterns within the bay itself. These models can then be used to determine the effects that management of the inland water system will have on the amount of freshwater the bay receives from the mainland. This project will provide modelers with essential flow and specific conductance data along the mangrove zone where data have not been previously available.

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Project Goal
  • Background
  • Research Plan
  • Product Plans
  • Project Schedule
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title South Florida Ecosystem Program; gaging flows in northeastern Florida Bay
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 130-96
DOI 10.3133/fs13096
Year Published 1996
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center
Description 2 p.
Country United States
State Florida
Other Geospatial northeastern Florida Bay
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