Everglades Restoration Impacts on Biscayne Bay's Shallowest Habitats: Linking Seasonal Patterns in Benthic Community Structure with Salinity and Temperature Patterns
Lirman D, Serafy J, DeAngelo G. 2006. Everglades Restoration Impacts on Biscayne Bay's Shallowest Habitats: Linking Seasonal Patterns in Benthic Community Structure with Salinity and Temperature Patterns. Critical Ecosystems Studies Initiative. RES04-4. Everglades National Park/South Florida Natural Resources Center
Final Report. Water moves across the south Florida landscape in a fashion far different than it did only a century ago. Seasonal, expansive flows of years past have been replaced by managed, periodic discharges from a handful of points along our coasts, often resulting in great salinity fluctuations in coastal waters. One of the principle goals of Everglades restoration is returning more natural hydrologic conditions to receiving bodies of water, such as Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay. This CESI-funded investigation provides important baseline data for the shallow-water environments of western Biscayne Bay. Researchers surveyed the area using the Shallow Water Positioning System, and documented salinity and temperature patterns via a high-resolution monitoring network. The results of this study provide not only insight into seasonal species composition, distribution, diversity and abundance in this area, but can serve as a touchstone against which to gauge the effects of ongoing restoration efforts. Lirman, Diego, Joe Serafy, and Greg DeAngelo. 2008. Everglades Restoration Impacts on Biscayne Bay’s Shallowest Habitats: Linking Seasonal Patterns in Benthic Community Structure with Salinity and Temperature Patterns. Final Report to the National Park Service (NPS) and Critical Ecosystems Studies Initiative. NPS Cooperative Agreement with the University of Miami. Everglades National Park, Homestead, Florida. Lirman, Diego, Gregory Deangelo, Josephy E. Serafy, Amit Hazra, Destiny smith Hazra, and Alexandra Brown. 2008. Geospatial video monitoring of nearshore benthic habitats of western Biscayne Bay (Florida) using the shallow-water positioning system (SwaPS).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Lirman, Diego; Serafy, Joseph; DeAngelo, Greg
- Date of Issue
- 2006
- Units
- BISC , EVER
- Keywords
- Benthic, Biscayne Bay National Park, CESI, everglades, Flow, Freshwater, Hydrology, Research, Restoration
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Soil Quality | Soil Function and Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Microorganisms , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Aquatic Macroinvertebrates and Algae , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Estuarine Communities