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|a Mid-Term Report, Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research Program |h [electronic resource]. |
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|a Florida Coastal Everglades Annual Reports and Proposals |b Paper 11. |
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|a In FCE III, we further expanded our trans-disciplinary research examining
how freshwater flow restoration interacts with the presses and pulses of climate variability,
particularly sea level rise (SLR) and storms, to shape this productivity gradient. Restoration
delays are increasing saltwater and P intrusion into the oligohaline ecotone (Lagomasino et al.
2014a), promoting transgression of mangroves to the interior (Saha et al. 2011). Interactions with
freshwater use and supply in the South Florida Urban Gradient (see Fig. 1) mechanistically link
human and biophysical domains across spatial and temporal scales. FCE III activities are
addressing four main themes: (1) to evaluate the source of socio-political conflicts over water
distribution, and how solutions that improve inflows to the Everglades reduce or delay the effects
of SLR on estuarine conditions in the coastal zone; (2) to determine how the balance of fresh and
marine water supplies to the oligohaline ecotone will control the rates and pathways of carbon
(C) sequestration, storage, and export by influencing P availability, water residence time, and
salinity; (3) to characterize spatial-temporal patterns in ecosystem sensitivity to, and legacies of,
modifications of freshwater delivery to the Everglades that are driven by climate variability and land-use change, and; (4) to develop future scenarios of freshwater distribution and use that
maximize the human-environmental sustainability in regions like south Florida that face SLR
(Fig. 3). This hydropolitical context for our research is couched in contemporary socialecological
theory examining the roots of transformation of novel ecosystems. These thematic
goals are met through dedicated long-term research in four core working groups –
biogeochemical cycling, primary production, organic matter and trophic dynamics. Our
research approach couples long-term measurements and multi-scale experiments along the
Everglades gradient with socio-political research in the South Florida Urban Gradient to
understand the drivers of change (Fig. 3). All of our research contributes to and is informed by
an very large array of integrative modeling efforts dedicated to understanding processes of
change and predicting consequences of decisions. |
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|a Freshwater |z Florida. |
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|a Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research Program. Florida International University. |
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|a Everglades Digital Library: Reclaiming the Everglades. |
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