2000-2001 Drought Report in South FloridaExecutive Summary (26 pages); Part I: Hydrological Analysis of the 2000-2001 Drought in South Florida (100 pages); Part II: Water Management During the 2000-2001 Drought in South Florida (189 pages)
Effect of Hydrologic Restoration on the Habitat of The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, Annual Report of 2002-2003The research project “Effect of hydrologic restoration on the habitat of the Cape Sable Seaside
Sparrow” is a four-year collaborative effort among the Army Corps of Engineers, Everglades National
Park, Florida International University, and the US Geological Service (Biological Resources Division). FIU and USGS bear primary responsibility for the field work and data analysis. This document summarizes the progress that was made during the first year of the study.
Hydrologic Restoration of the Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands: mosquito and drainage ditch inventory and recommendationsRecent restoration and monitoring projects in Biscayne National Park have called for the decompartmentalization
of the BBCW (Meeder and Harlem 2004, Ross et al. 2003, Ruiz et al.2002). These authors maintain that the removal of all mosquito and drainage ditches east of the L-31E levee should be considered as a means and first step in facilitating the management and
hydrologic re-connection of the wetlands and mangroves of the Biscayne Bay watershed.
Effect of Hydrologic Restoration on the Habitat of The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, Annual Report of 2003-2004This document summarizes the progress that was made during the second year of the
research project “Effect of hydrologic restoration on the habitat of the Cape Sable Seaside
Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis)”, a four-year collaborative effort among the
Army Corps of Engineers, Everglades National Park, Florida International University, and
the US Geological Service (Biological Resources Division).
Tree Islands in Everglades Landscapes: Current Status, Historical Changes, and Hydrologic Impacts on Population Dynamics and Moisture Relations, First Annual ReportTree islands are a prominent feature in the Ridge and Slough landscape of the
Everglades, where they have undergone extensive damage from drought, fire and extreme
flooding. They are also prevalent in the short-hydroperiod prairies, where they have been
adversely impacted by fire and encroaching exotic plants. Changes in water management
associated with hydrologic restoration will result in changes in the internal water
economy of tree islands, as well as their risk of fire, which in turn will lead to changes in
plant function and species composition. It is therefore important to understand how
restoration translates into impacts in these unique ecosystems.
Effect of Hydrologic Restoration on the Habitat of The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, Annual Report of 2004-2005This document summarizes the progress that was made during the third year of the
research project “Effect of hydrologic restoration on the habitat of the Cape Sable Seaside
Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis)”, a four-year collaborative effort among the
Army Corps of Engineers, Everglades National Park, Florida International University, and
the US Geological Service (Biological Resources Division).
Hydrology and hydraulics in South FloridaTechnical Paper; ERA # 442; "January, 2007."; "(for presentation at the World Environmental & Water Resources Congress 2007 ASCE Conference in Tampa, Florida, May 15 to 19, 2007)"
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Effect of Hydrologic Restoration on the Habitat of the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, Annual Report of 2005-2006This document summarizes the progress that was made during the third year of the
research project “Effect of hydrologic restoration on the habitat of the Cape Sable Seaside
Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis)”, a four-year collaborative effort among the
Army Corps of Engineers, Everglades National Park, Florida International University, and
the US Geological Service (Biological Resources Division).
Effect of Hydrologic Restoration on the Habitat of the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, 2008 – Final ReportThis document summarizes the activities that were accomplished in 2008, the sixth
year of the research project. The major activities in 2008 included field work, data analysis,
and presentations. Sampling was completed between March 31 and June 6, 2008. After
processing the data in the remaining part of year, Jay Sah presented the results of 6th year
field work at the Cape Sable seaside sparrow (CSSS) Fire Meeting 2008, held on December
2-3 at the Krome Center, Homestead, Florida. In the same meeting, Mike Ross presented
results from a related USFWS-funded project on encroachment pattern of woody plants in
Cape Sable seaside sparrow habitat. The document also includes the results from the
reconnaissance of sites burned in 2008 fires.
Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Habitat Monitoring and Assessment - 2010 Final ReportVegetation within the CSSS habitat tracked hydrologic changes, and at burned sites,
shifted in conjunction with time since last fire and post fire hydrologic conditions. Moreover, while
hydrating the Rocky Glades has helped to improve CSSS habitat along the eastern boundary of
ENP, the wetting trend in the western portion of the sub-population A reflected deteriorating
habitat conditions for the Cape Sable sparrow. Hence, formulation of a strategy that achieves
desirable sparrow habitat conditions while satisfying the broader ecosystem restoration goals of
the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) is needed.
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Salinity and Hydrology of Florida Bay; Status and Trends 1990–2009; STATUS AND TRENDS REPORT; SFNRC Technical Series 2012:1This report analyzes hydrologic and salinity data from the Everglades National Park (ENP) marine monitoring program, ENP Taylor Slough flow monitoring effort, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) coastal creek discharge monitoring effort, and information from several individual studies on evaporation rates. The report summarizes conditions in Florida Bay during the 2009 calendar year, discussing trends in those conditions for the available period of record for data collection efforts, focusing on 1990–2009. The report’s focus is on factors influencing salinity, recognized as the primary driver of ecological conditions in the bay.
Monitoring of Tree Island Condition in the Southern Everglades: Hydrologic Driven Decadal Changes in Tree Island Woody Vegetation Structure and Composition: 2012 Annual ReportThis report examines the interaction between hydrology and vegetation over a 10-year period, between 2001/02 and 2012 within six permanent tree island plots located on three tree islands, two plots each per tree island, established in 2001/02, along a hydrologic and productivity gradient. We hypothesize that: (H1) hydrologic differences within plots between census dates will result in marked differences in a) tree and sapling densities, b) tree basal area, and c) forest structure, i.e., canopy volume and height, and (H2) tree island growth, development, and succession is dependent on hydrologic fluxes, particularly during periods of prolonged droughts or below average hydroperiods. The results reported herein reinforce the concept that tree islands are dynamic successional communities that expand and contract over time in response to variation in hydroperiod.