Publications
The Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center publishes water-information reports on many topics and in many formats. From this page, you can locate, view, download, or order scientific and technical articles and reports as well as general interest publications such as booklets, fact sheets, pamphlets, and posters resulting from the research performed by our scientists and partners.
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Two-dimensional hydrodynamic simulation of surface-water flow and transport to Florida Bay through the Southern Inland and Coastal Systems (SICS) Two-dimensional hydrodynamic simulation of surface-water flow and transport to Florida Bay through the Southern Inland and Coastal Systems (SICS)
Successful restoration of the southern Florida ecosystem requires extensive knowledge of the physical characteristics and hydrologic processes controlling water flow and transport of constituents through extremely low-gradient freshwater marshes, shallow mangrove-fringed coastal creeks and tidal embayments, and near-shore marine waters. A sound, physically based numerical model can...
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Eric D. Swain, Melinda A. Wolfert, Jerad D. Bales, Carl R. Goodwin
Submarine ground-water discharge and its role in coastal processes and ecosystems Submarine ground-water discharge and its role in coastal processes and ecosystems
Submarine ground-water discharge (SGD) has recently been recognized as a phenomenon that can strongly influence coastal water and geochemical budgets and drive ecosystem change. For example, the discharge of nutrient-enriched ground water into coastal waters may contribute significantly to eutrophication and blooms of harmful algae. Similarly, the quantity of SGD can also directly affect...
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Peter W. Swarzenski, John F. Bratton, John Crusius
Ecosystem history of southern and central Biscayne Bay: Summary report on sediment core analyses - year two Ecosystem history of southern and central Biscayne Bay: Summary report on sediment core analyses - year two
The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) lists restoration of the timing, quantity, and quality of the natural flow of freshwater as one its primary goals. Before restoration can occur, however, the baseline conditions of the environment prior to significant human alteration must be established and the range of variation within the natural system must be determined. In...
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G. Lynn Wingard, Thomas M. Cronin, Charles W. Holmes, Debra A. Willard, Gary S. Dwyer, Scott E. Ishman, William Orem, Christopher P. Williams, Jessica Albietz, Christopher E. Bernhardt, Carlos A. Budet, Bryan Landacre, Terry Lerch, Marci Marot, Ruth E. Ortiz
Assigning boundary conditions to the Southern Inland and Coastal Systems (SICS) model using results from the South Florida Water Management Model (SFWMM) Assigning boundary conditions to the Southern Inland and Coastal Systems (SICS) model using results from the South Florida Water Management Model (SFWMM)
The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) requires the testing and evaluation of different water-management scenarios for southern Florida. As part of CERP, the South Florida Water Management District is using its regional hydrologic model, the South Florida Water Management Model (SFWMM), to evaluate different hydrologic scenarios. The SFWMM was designed specifically for the...
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Melinda A. Wolfert, Christian D. Langevin, Eric D. Swain
Water flow and nutrient flux from five estuarine rivers along the southwest coast of the Everglades National Park, Florida, 1997-2001 Water flow and nutrient flux from five estuarine rivers along the southwest coast of the Everglades National Park, Florida, 1997-2001
Discharge and nutrient fluxes for five tidally affected streams were monitored and evaluated as a part of the U.S. Geological Survey Place-Based Studies Initiative and the U.S. Department of the Interior Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative. Locations on Lostmans Creek, and Broad, Harney, Shark, and North Rivers were selected using the criterion that a large amount of the water that...
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V.A. Levesque
Isotopic views of food web structure in the Florida Everglades Isotopic views of food web structure in the Florida Everglades
IntroductionNearly one million acres of the Everglades are under a health advisory that discourages the human consumption of largemouth bass and several other fish because of high mercury contents. Food web structure (base of food web, number of trophic steps) plays a potentially critical role in determining the patterns of mercury contamination of the Everglades ecosystem. Methylmercury...
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Bryan E. Bemis, Carol Kendall
Development of a long-term sampling network to monitor restoration success in the southwest coastal Everglades: Vegetation, hydrology, and sediments Development of a long-term sampling network to monitor restoration success in the southwest coastal Everglades: Vegetation, hydrology, and sediments
Introduction and HistoryHurricane Andrew, a Category 5 storm, crossed the southern Florida peninsula on the morning of August 24, 1992. Following the storm, the National Park Service conducted an environmental damage assessment to gauge the storm's impacts on the natural resources of south Florida Park Service holdings. Although hurricanes have impacted Park Service lands such as the...
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Thomas J. Smith
Lightning gaps in the mangrove forest of Everglades National Park Lightning gaps in the mangrove forest of Everglades National Park
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Kevin R.T. Whelan, Thomas J. Smith
Water quality in Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park, 1960 - 2000 Water quality in Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park, 1960 - 2000
No abstract available.
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Benjamin F. McPherson, Ronald L. Miller
Potentiometric surface of the upper Floridan aquifer in the St. Johns River Water Management District and vicinity, Florida, September 2003 Potentiometric surface of the upper Floridan aquifer in the St. Johns River Water Management District and vicinity, Florida, September 2003
No abstract available.
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Sandra L. Kinnaman, Leel Knowles
Land surface analysis of the Florida Everglades Land surface analysis of the Florida Everglades
No abstract available.
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J. W. Jones, J. Neubauer
Water quality in Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park — Trends and spatial characteristics of selected constituents Water quality in Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park — Trends and spatial characteristics of selected constituents
Seasonal changes in water levels and flows in Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) and Everglades National Park (EVER) affect water quality. As water levels and flows decline during the dry season, physical, geochemical and biological processes increase the breakdown of organic materials and the build-up of organic waste, nutrients, and other constituents in the remaining surface water...
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Ronald L. Miller, Benjamin F. McPherson, Robert Sobczak, Christine Clark