A Summary of Estuarine and Marine Water Quality Information Collected in Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Monument, and Adjacent Estuaries, 1879-1977
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Title:
A Summary of Estuarine and Marine Water Quality Information Collected in Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Monument, and Adjacent Estuaries, 1879-1977 Report T-519
Creator:
South Florida Natural Resources Center/South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park
Thomas W. Schmidt
Gary E. Davis
Place of Publication:
Homestead
Florida
Publisher:
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
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Abstract:
The south Florida regional drainage system comprises about 36,000 km 2 2 Fig. 1. The upland watershed covers some 13,600 km and extends 150 km from Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf of Mexico and Florida Bay. Within this system, the 2 National Park Service manages about 4,400 km of upland watershed and 3,800 km 2 I of estuary .and coastal coral reefs in Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National ' Preserve, and Biscayne National Monument. For the purposes of this report, the watershed was divided into four drainage systems based on climate, physiography, freshwater runoff-salinity dilution dynamics, and the influence of man: (1) Big Cypress; (2) Everglades; (3) Taylor Slough; (4) Southeastern Atlantic Coastal Ridge. The estuaries and coastal waters were divided into six zones based on physiography and watershed: (1) Big Cypress estuary; (2) Everglades estuary; (3) Florida Bay; (4) Barnes Sound and Card Sound; (5) southern Biscayne Bay; and (6) northern coral reef tract. ( English )

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Florida International University
Holding Location:
South Florida Natural Resource Center
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