A conceptual model of ecological interactions in the mangrove estuaries of the Florida Everglades

Wetlands

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 832-842

  Davis, Steven M ^a   Childers, Daniel L ^b   Lorenz, Jerome J ^c   Wanless, Harold R ^d   Hopkins, Todd E ^e  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

American crocodile; Conceptual ecological model; Ecosystem restoration; Estuaries; Estuarine geomorphology; Everglades; Fish communities; Mangrove forest; Roseate spoonbill; Salinity gradients; Sea level rise; South Florida; Tidal creeks; Water management; Wood stork

Indexed keywords

AJAIA AJAJA; ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS ACUTUS; MYCTERIA; MYCTERIA AMERICANA;

EID: 34250665409     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2005)025[0832:ACMOEI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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