Image Courtesy of Frank Marshall Historically, natural drainage of the vast Everglades watershed resulted in seasonal fluctuations in the salinity of near-shore waters. Though over a century of water management has dramatically altered these patterns, it is anticipated that restoration efforts will return seasonal flows to our coastal waters, bringing about renewed vitality and health. To that end, project planners depend upon predictive modeling to help simulate the effects of proposed improvements. Building upon earlier CESI-funded investigations, this project identifies important links between hydrology and salinity that can help develop a series of predictive multivariate linear models. These models can be used to help describe the temporal and spatial variation that can be expected from restoration activities. Investigators produced models for drainage basins in Florida Bay, Barnes Sound / Manatee Bay, and portions of Shark Slough. Please contact us for a copy of this report Literature Cited Marshall, F.E., G.L. Wingard, and P. Pitts. 2009. A simulation of historic hydrology and salinity in Everglades National Park: Coupling paleoecologic assemblage data with regression models. Estuaries and Coasts. 32:37-53. National Research Council. 2003. Science and the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration. The National Academies Press, Washington DC, 154 pp. RECOVER (Restoration Coordination and Verification). 2004. Program documents accessed February 18, 2009, at www.evergladesplan.org//pm/recover/recover.aspx U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/South Florida Water Management District. 2002. Florida Bay/Florida Keys Feasibility Study, accessed February 18, 2009, at www.evergladesplan.org/pm/studies/fl_bay.aspx RELATED PUBLICATIONS Marshall, F. E., Smith, D. T., Nickerson, D. M. (2011). Empirical tools for simulating salinity in the estuaries in Everglades National Park, Florida. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 95(2011):377-387 Contact the principal investigator directly with questions about this study,or to receive copies of related publications.
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