Recent and historic drivers of landscape change in the everglades ridge, Slough, and Tree Island Mosaic

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 344-381

  Larsen, Laurel ^a   Aumen, Nicholas ^b   Bernhardt, Christopher ^a   Engel, Vic ^c   Givnish, Thomas ^d   Hagerthey, Scot ^e   Harvey, Judson ^a   Leonard, Lynn ^f   McCormick, Paul ^e   McVoy, Christopher ^e   Noe, Gregory ^a   Nungesser, Martha ^e   Rutchey, Kenneth ^e   Sklar, Fred ^e   Troxler, Tiffany ^g   Volin, John ^h   Willard, Debra ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ARM Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c Everglades National Park   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e Watershed Management Department   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^g FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Everglades; feedback; hydroecology; landscape patterning; ridge and slough; tree islands

Indexed keywords

EVERGLADES; HYDRO-ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PATTERNING; RIDGE AND SLOUGH; TREE ISLANDS;

DEGRADATION; FEEDBACK; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATERS;

WATER CONTENT;

SURFACE WATER;

DISSOLVED LOAD; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HYDROLOGY; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PEATLAND; PHOSPHORUS; RESEARCH WORK; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER DEPTH;

ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLOW; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; SOIL DEGRADATION; SWAMP;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951826773     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2010.531219     Document Type: Article

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