Magnitude and distribution of flows into northeastern Florida Bay
Fact Sheet
030-00
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Abstract
Changes in water-management practices have been made to accommodate a large and rapidly growing urban population along the Atlantic Coast and to meet the demand for intensive agricultural activities. These changes have resulted in a highly managed hydrologic system consisting of numerous canals, levees, control structures, and pumping stations that have altered the hydrology of the Everglades and Florida Bay ecosystems. Over the past decade, Florida Bay has experienced sea-grass die-off and algal blooms, which are indicators of ecological change attributed primarily to the increase in salinity and nutrient content of bay waters. Because plans are to restore sheetflow in the Everglades wetlands to its natural state, water managers anticipate a change in the magnitude and timing of freshwater exiting the mainland through the creeks that cut through the embankment or as sheetflow into Florida Bay.
Suggested Citation
Patino, E., Hittle, C.D., 2000, Magnitude and distribution of flows into northeastern Florida Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 030-00, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs03000.
ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Magnitude and distribution of flows into northeastern Florida Bay |
| Series title | Fact Sheet |
| Series number | 030-00 |
| DOI | 10.3133/fs03000 |
| Year Published | 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | South Florida Information Access, Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| Other Geospatial | Florida Bay |