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|a Loaxahatchee Impoundment Landscape Assessment (LILA): Tree Island Experiments and Management; May 1, 2005 to September 4, 2009: Final Report |h [electronic resource]. |
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|a Miami, Florida : |b Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, |c 2009-08-17. |
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|a Please contact the owning institution for licensing and permissions. It is the users responsibility to ensure use does not violate any third party rights. |
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|a Hydrologic modifications have negatively impacted the Florida Everglades in numerous
significant ways. The compartmentalization of the once continuously flowing system into the
Water Conservation Areas (WCAs) caused disruption of the slow natural flow of water south
from Lake Okeechobee through the Everglades to Florida Bay. The ponding of water in the
WCAs, the linking of water flow to controlled water levels, and the management of water levels
for anthropogenic vs. ecological well-being has caused a reduction in the spatial heterogeneity of
the Everglades leading to greater uniformity in topography and vegetation. These effects are
noticeable as the degradation in structure of the Everglades Ridge and Slough environment and
associated Tree Islands. In aquatic systems water flow is of fundamental importance in shaping
the structure and function of the ecosystem. The organized patterns of parallel orientation of
ridges, sloughs, and tear-drop shaped tree islands along historic flow paths attest to the
importance of water movement in structuring this system.
Our main objective was to operate and manage the LILA facility to provide a broad potential as a
research platform for an integrated group of multidisciplinary, multi-agency scientists
collaborating on multifunctional studies aimed primarily at determining the effects of CERP
water management scenarios on the ecology of tree islands and ridge and slough habitats. We
support Everglades water management, CERP, and the Long-Term Plan by defining hydrologic
regimes that sustain healthy tree islands and ridge and slough ecosystems. Information gained
through this project will help to reduce the uncertainty of predicting the tree island and ridge and
slough ecosystem response to changes in hydrologic conditions. Additionally, we have
developed the LILA site as a visual example of Everglades restoration programs in action. |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |c Added automatically, |d 2014. |f (dpSobek) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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