Monitoring of Tree Island Condition in the Southern Everglades: Annual Report 2011

Permanent Link:: http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI14090810/00001

Material Information

Title:: Monitoring of Tree Island Condition in the Southern Everglades: Annual Report 2011
Creator:: Jay P. Sah
Michael S. Ross
Pablo L. Ruiz
Suresh Subedi
Place of Publication:: Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University
Publisher:: Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University
Publication Date:: 2012-03-23
Language:: English
Physical Description:: 68 pages

Abstract:: Tree islands, a prominent feature in both the marl prairie and ridge and slough landscapes of the Everglades, are sensitive to large-scale restoration actions associated with the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) authorized by the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2000 to restore the south Florida ecosystem. More specifically, changes in hydrologic regimes at both local and landscape scales are likely to affect the internal water economy of islands, which in turn will influence plant community structure and function. To strengthen our ability to assess the “performance” of tree island ecosystems and predict how these hydrologic alterations would translate into ecosystem response, an improved understating of reference conditions of vegetation structure and function, and their responses to major stressors is important. In this regard, a study of vegetation structure and composition in relation to associated physical and biological processes was initiated in 2005 with initial funding from Everglades National Park and South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). The study continued through 2011 with funding from US Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE) (Cooperative Agreement # W912HZ-09-2-0019 Modification No.: P00001).

Source Institution:: Added automatically
Holding Location:: Added automatically
Rights Management:: Please contact the owning institution for licensing and permissions. It is the users responsibility to ensure use does not violate any third party rights.