The Everglades experiments : lessons for ecosystem restoration
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The Everglades experiments : lessons for ecosystem restoration
（Ecological studies : analysis and synthesis, v. 201）
Springer, c2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 643-678) and index
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Description
The Florida Everglades ecosystem is recognised world-wide as a significant wetland whose natural processes have been altered and remain threatened. State and Federal US agencies face critical decisions about the course of conservation and restoration efforts. Synthesising nearly ten years of laboratory and field research of the Duke University Wetland Center, this book provides the long-term integrated scientific studies needed to understand the functioning of this region. Background information about the current and historical ecological conditions of the region set the context for reports of long-term research projects, while a series of gradient studies determine the effects of hydrology and nutrient changes. Subsequent sections present models for predicting responses to various conditions and analyse the studies and models, focusing on management and restoration of the Everglades.
Table of Contents
Introduction * The Hydrologic Status of the Everglades, Past and Present Alteration Effects * Soils of the Everglades Landscape * Vegetation of the Everglades * Ecological Status of the Everglades: Historical and Current Comparisons of Ecosystem Structure and Function * Long-term Water Chemistry Along Nutrient and Hydrologic Gradients * Hydrology Gradients in the Everglades * Soil Chemistry and P Storage Along Nutrient Gradients * Patterns of Algal Assemblages Along a Phosphorus Gradient * Macrophyte Community Responses to Long-term Nutrient Additions, Altered Hydroperiod and Fire * Invertebrates Along a Nutrient Gradient in the Northern Everglades * Historical Gradient Changes in Vegetation, Water Quality and Hydrology in WCA-2A as Determined by Paleoecological Analysis * A Mesocosm Approach to Establishment of Phosphorus Dosing Gradients in the Everglades * Water Quality and Soil Chemistry responses to P Dosing * Diel Changes in Water Chemistry in Response to P Dosing * Changes in Macrophyte Slough Communities in Response to Experimental P Enrichment * Experimental Assessment of Phosphorus Effects on Algal Assemblages in Dosing Mesocosms * Decomposition of Organic Matter under P Dosing Concentrations in the Everglades * Phosphatase as a Biochemical Indicator of P Availability under Controlled P Dosing * Macroinvertebrate and Fish Responses to Experimental P Additions * Plant Communities Response to N and P Fertilization Across a Hydrologic Gradient in the Everglades * The Effects of Disturbance, Phosphorus and Water Level on Plant Succession in the Everglades * Phosphorus Assimilative Capacity * Spatial Patterns of Phosphorus Concentrations * Water Fluxes in the Everglades * Calibration of Pollen and Diatoms to Nutrients and Hydrology * A Multimetric Approach to Biological Assessment of the Everglades with Periphyton * Ecological Basis for Establishment of a Phosphorus Threshold for the Everglades Ecosystem * Hydrology, Fire and Nutrients: An Integrated Model forEverglades Management
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