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Florida Everglades

South Florida Ecosystem Assessment: Monitoring for Adaptive Management: Implications for Ecosystem Restoration (Interim Report)

This report presents highlights for the 1993-95 sampling efforts in the Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp. The report presents findings on mercury contamination, eutrophication, habitat alteration, and hydropattern modification.

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South Florida Ecosystem Assessment: Monitoring for Adaptive Management: Implications for Ecosystem Restoration (Interim Report) (PDF)(32 pp, 2 MB)