Land Cover Trends in the Southern Florida Coastal Plain
Scientific Investigations Report
2009-5054
By: Steven Kambly and Thomas R. Moreland
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Abstract
This report presents an assessment of land use and land cover change in the Southern Florida Coastal Plain ecoregion for the period from 1973 to 2000. The ecoregion is one of 84 level III ecoregions defined by the Environmental Protection Agency; ecoregions have been designed to serve as a spatial framework for environmental resource management and denote areas that contain a geographically distinct assemblage of biotic and abiotic phenomena, including geology, physiography, vegetation, climate, soils, land use, wildlife, and hydrology.
The Southern Florida Coastal Plain ecoregion covers an area of approximately 22,407 square kilometers [8,651 square miles] across the lower portion of the Florida peninsula, from Lake Okeechobee southward through the Florida Keys. It comprises flat plains with wet soils, marshland and swamp land cover with Everglades and palmetto prairie vegetation types.
Suggested Citation
Kambly, S., Moreland, T.R., 2009, Land Cover Trends in the Southern Florida Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5054, iv, 17 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20095054.
ISSN: 2328-0328 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Land Cover Trends in the Southern Florida Coastal Plain |
| Series title | Scientific Investigations Report |
| Series number | 2009-5054 |
| DOI | 10.3133/sir20095054 |
| Year Published | 2009 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | Eastern Geographic Science Center |
| Description | iv, 17 p. |
| Time Range Start | 1973-01-01 |
| Time Range End | 2000-12-31 |