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The Environment of South Florida, A Summary Report 1011. Geological Survey professional paper.

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Date Issued:
1976
Summary:
After 1900 men came in increasing numbers to south Florida and began extensive modification of the vast wilderness of swamps, forests, marshes, prairies, and bays. The original south Florida ecosystem that evolved over thousands of years gave way to a new three-part ecosystem which incorporated an agricultural component, an urban component, and a component of the original ecosystem that is largely undeveloped but still has been affected by man, These components are interrelated through the flow of energy and resources.
Title: The Environment of South Florida, A Summary Report 1011. Geological Survey professional paper.
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Name(s): McPherson, B.F.
Hendrix, G.Y.
Klein, Howard
Tyus, H.M.
Type of Resource: text
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1976
Publisher: United States. Government Printing Office.
Place of Publication: Washington D.C.
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 82 pages
Language(s): English
Summary: After 1900 men came in increasing numbers to south Florida and began extensive modification of the vast wilderness of swamps, forests, marshes, prairies, and bays. The original south Florida ecosystem that evolved over thousands of years gave way to a new three-part ecosystem which incorporated an agricultural component, an urban component, and a component of the original ecosystem that is largely undeveloped but still has been affected by man, These components are interrelated through the flow of energy and resources.
Identifier: FI05092102 (IID), 1015557 (digitool), fiu:10729 (fedora), AAC5262QF
Note(s): Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2007. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Electronic version created 2007, State University System of Florida.
Subject(s): Ecology -- Florida.
Hydrology -- Florida.
Water-supply -- Florida.
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/feol/FI05092102.pdf
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/feol/FI05092102.jpg
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Host Institution: FIU