The Everglades Experiments

Author : Curtis Richardson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387689234

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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.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309214278

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Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress Pdf

Although the progress of environmental restoration projects in the Florida Everglades remains slow overall, there have been improvements in the pace of restoration and in the relationship between the federal and state partners during the last two years. However, the importance of several challenges related to water quantity and quality have become clear, highlighting the difficulty in achieving restoration goals for all ecosystem components in all portions of the Everglades. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades explores these challenges. The book stresses that rigorous scientific analyses of the tradeoffs between water quality and quantity and between the hydrologic requirements of Everglades features and species are needed to inform future prioritization and funding decisions.

Author : Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309259231

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Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades by Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council Pdf

Twelve years into the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project, little progress has been made in restoring the core of the remaining Everglades ecosystem; instead, most project construction so far has occurred along its periphery. To reverse ongoing ecosystem declines, it will be necessary to expedite restoration projects that target the central Everglades, and to improve both the quality and quantity of the water in the ecosystem. The new Central Everglades Planning Project offers an innovative approach to this challenge, although additional analyses are needed at the interface of water quality and water quantity to maximize restoration benefits within existing legal constraints. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fourth Biennial Review, 2012 explains the innovative approach to expedite restoration progress and additional rigorous analyses at the interface of water quality and quantity will be essential to maximize restoration benefits.

Author : Caiyun Zhang
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429530784

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Multi-sensor System Applications in the Everglades Ecosystem by Caiyun Zhang Pdf

This book explores the applicability of multiple remote sensors to acquire information relevant to restoration and conservation efforts in wetlands using data collected from airborne and space multispectral/hyperspectral sensors, light detection and ranging (LiDAR), Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), and a hand-held spectroradiometer. This book also examines digital data processing techniques such as object-based image analysis, machine learning, texture analysis, and data fusion. After an introduction to the Everglades and to remote sensing, the book is divided into four parts based on the sensor systems used. There are chapters on vegetation mapping, biomass and water quality modeling, applications of hyperspectral data for plant stress analysis and coral reef mapping, studies of airborne LiDAR data for coastal vulnerability analysis and DEM improvement, as well as chapters that explore a fusion of multiple sensors for different datasets. Features Introduces concepts, theories, and advanced processing techniques A complete introduction of machine learning, object-based image analysis, data fusion, and ensemble analysis techniques in processing data from multiple remote sensors Explains how multiple remote sensing systems are applied in the wetland ecosystems of Florida The author had been teaching and using both systems and her research is widely recognized Multi-sensor System Applications in the Everglades Ecosystems provides a comprehensive application of remote sensing techniques in the Florida Everglades and its coastal ecosystems. It will prove an invaluable resource for the restoration and conservation of the Florida Everglades and beyond, for global wetlands in general. Any professional, scientist, engineer, or student working with remote sensing and wetland ecosystems will reap enormous benefits from this book.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309450904

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Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress Pdf

The Everglades ecosystem is vast, stretching more than 200 miles from Orlando to Florida Bay, and Everglades National Park is but a part located at the southern end. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the historical Everglades has been reduced to half of its original size, and what remains is not the pristine ecosystem many image it to be, but one that has been highly engineered and otherwise heavily influenced, and is intensely managed by humans. Rather than slowly flowing southward in a broad river of grass, water moves through a maze of canals, levees, pump stations, and hydraulic control structures, and a substantial fraction is diverted from the natural system to meet water supply and flood control needs. The water that remains is polluted by phosphorus and other contaminants originating from agriculture and other human activities. Many components of the natural system are highly degraded and continue to degrade. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades is the sixth biennial review of progress made in meeting the goals of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). This complex, multibillion-dollar project to protect and restore the remaining Everglades has a 30-40 year timeline. This report assesses progress made in the various separate project components and discusses specific scientific and engineering issues that may impact further progress. According to Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades, a dedicated source of funding could provide ongoing long-term system-wide monitoring and assessment that is critical to meeting restoration objectives. This report examines the implications of knowledge gained and changes in widely accepted scientific understanding regarding pre-drainage hydrology, climate change, and the feasibility of water storage since the CERP was developed.

Author : Darold Batzer,Dani Boix
Publisher : Springer
Page : 645 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319249780

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Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands by Darold Batzer,Dani Boix Pdf

Wetlands are among the world’s most valuable and most threatened habitats, and in these crucially important ecosystems, the invertebrate fauna holds a focal position. Most of the biological diversity in wetlands is found within resident invertebrate assemblages, and those invertebrates are the primary trophic link between lower plants and higher vertebrates (e.g. amphibians, fish, and birds). As such, most scientists, managers, consultants, and students who work in the world’s wetlands should become better informed about the invertebrate components in their habitats of interest. Our book serves to fill this need by assembling the world’s most prominent ecologists working on freshwater wetland invertebrates, and having them provide authoritative perspectives on each the world’s most important freshwater wetland types. The initial chapter of the book provides a primer on freshwater wetland invertebrates, including how they are uniquely adapted for life in wetland environments and how they contribute to important ecological functions in wetland ecosystems. The next 15 chapters deal with invertebrates in the major wetlands across the globe (rock pools, alpine ponds, temperate temporary ponds, Mediterranean temporary ponds, turloughs, peatlands, permanent marshes, Great Lakes marshes, Everglades, springs, beaver ponds, temperate floodplains, neotropical floodplains, created wetlands, waterfowl marshes), each chapter written by groups of prominent scientists intimately knowledgeable about the individual wetland types. Each chapter reviews the relevant literature, provides a synthesis of the most important ecological controls on the resident invertebrate fauna, and highlights important conservation concerns. The final chapter synthesizes the 15 habitat-based chapters, providing a macroscopic perspective on natural variation of invertebrate assemblage structure across the world’s wetlands and a paradigm for understanding how global variation and environmental factors shape wetland invertebrate communities.

Author : Mills Herbert Byrom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Plant fibers
ISBN : UIUC:30112019259859

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Ramie Production Machinery by Mills Herbert Byrom Pdf

This publication reports on the progress that has been made in developing machinery for large-scale production in the Florida Everglades, including methods and machinery for central-station decortications and degumming of ramie fiber.

Author : United States. Office of Experiment Stations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1118 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Agricultural experiment stations
ISBN : UCAL:B3535449

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Experiment Station Record by United States. Office of Experiment Stations Pdf

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Eichhornia
ISBN : UFL:31262051425170

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Water-hyacinth Obstructions in the Waters of the Gulf and South Atlantic States by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Pdf

Author : United States. Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Agricultural engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105210290750

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Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Engineering by United States. Bureau of Agricultural Engineering Pdf

Author : United States. Department of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UCBK:C073537185

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Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture for the Fiscal Year Ended ... by United States. Department of Agriculture Pdf

Author : United States. Agency for International Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Kenaf
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073313780

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Second International Kenaf Conference by United States. Agency for International Development Pdf

Author : U.S. Office of Experiment Stations,United States. Agricultural Research Service,United States. Office of Experiment Stations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1094 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Agricultural experiment stations
ISBN : UOM:39015073349782

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Experiment Station Record by U.S. Office of Experiment Stations,United States. Agricultural Research Service,United States. Office of Experiment Stations Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1188 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Agricultural experiment stations
ISBN : IND:30000106330107

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Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Plant diseases
ISBN : CUB:U183025977028

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The Plant Disease Reporter by Anonim Pdf