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State of the Bay: the Condition of Florida Bay in 1998.

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Date Issued:
1998
Summary:
Most (approximately 80%) of what is generally considered Florida Bay lies within Everglades National Park (ENP). Because of ENP's legislative mandate to responsibly manage the biota (seagrass, crustaceans, fish, mammals, reptiles) of this estuarine system, many different components within the Bay have been monitored for decades. The Bay has been historically characterized by both scientists and the public as being "gin clear with dense seagrass beds" (Tabb et al. 1962).
Title: State of the Bay: the Condition of Florida Bay in 1998.
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Name(s): Brock, Robert J.
South Florida Natural Resources Center
PALMM (Project)
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Technical Report.
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1998
Publisher: South Florida Natural Resources Center, National Park Service, Everglades National Park
Place of Publication: Homestead, FL.
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 41 pages, illustrations, maps; 28 cm.
Language(s): English
Summary: Most (approximately 80%) of what is generally considered Florida Bay lies within Everglades National Park (ENP). Because of ENP's legislative mandate to responsibly manage the biota (seagrass, crustaceans, fish, mammals, reptiles) of this estuarine system, many different components within the Bay have been monitored for decades. The Bay has been historically characterized by both scientists and the public as being "gin clear with dense seagrass beds" (Tabb et al. 1962).
Summary: Zieman et al. (1989) estimated that 95% of the 2,000 square km Bay bottom is covered by seagrass. Beginning in 1987, dense stands of turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum) began to rapidly die across many parts of the Bay (Zieman et al. 1988, Robblee et al. 1991). In 1991 turbidity and phytoplankton increased dramatically in the Bay, decreasing water clarity and the ability of sunlight to reach the bottom. Concurrent with this dramatic change was record declines in shrimp harvest on the Tortugas Grounds and mass mortality of Bay
Summary: sponges. The loss of habitat had profound ecological consequences to the seagrass-dependent shrimp and sponge-dependent juvenile lobster. By 1991, changes in the Bay were clearly evident to even the casual observer and concern over the apparent ecological demise of the Bay was widespread among the public, recreational and commercial fishermen, scientists, and governmental management agencies.--Introd.
Identifier: 57012543 (oclc), FI04092301 (IID), 996538 (digitool), fiu:2242 (fedora), AAB2835QF
Note(s): edited by Robert J. Brock.
Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references.
Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2004. (Everglades online collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by Florida International University from a technical report held in the Green Library at Florida International University, Miami.
Subject(s): Estuarine ecology -- Florida -- Florida Bay
Aquatic ecology -- Florida -- Everglades National Park
Ecology -- Florida -- Florida Bay
Everglades -- 3090202
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/feol/FI04092301.pdf
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/feol/FI04092301.jpg
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Host Institution: FIU
Is Part of Series: SFNRC technical report.
Is Part of Series: Everglades online collection.