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The Everglades Experiments

Lessons for Ecosystem Restoration

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Authors:
  1. Curtis J. Richardson

    1. Duke University Wetland Center, Durham, USA

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  • Background information about current and historical ecological conditions of the region set the context for reports of long-term research projects.
  • A series of gradient studies determining the effects of hydrology and nutrient changes are presented, followed by field experiments that have tested those findings.
  • Subsequent sections present models for predicting responses to various conditions and analyze the studies and models, focusing on management and restoration of the Everglades.
  • This book will interest professionals and graduate students interested in ecosystems and wetland ecology.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Everglades Ecosystem

    1. Overview of Gradient Studies and Experiments

      • Curtis J. Richardson
      Pages 1-10

    2. Ecological Status of the Everglades: Environmental and Human Factors that Control the Peatland Complex on the Landscape

      • Curtis J. Richardson, Jacqueline K. Huvane
      Pages 13-58

    3. Soil Characteristics of the Everglades Peatland

      • Christopher B. Craft, Curtis J. Richardson
      Pages 59-72

    4. Vegetation and Algae of the Everglades Fen

      • Curtis J. Richardson, Jan Vymazal, John G. Zahina
      Pages 73-93

  3. Nutrient and Hydrologic Gradient Studies

    1. Introduction to the Gradient Studies

      • Curtis J. Richardson
      Pages 97-101

    2. Enrichment Gradients in WCA-2A and Northern WCA-3A: Water, Soil, Plant Biomass, and Nutrient Storage Responses

      • Curtis J. Richardson, James W. Pahl, Jan Vymazal, Panchabi Vaithiyanathan, Robert G. Qualls, P. V. Sundareshwar et al.
      Pages 103-165

    3. Geologic Settings and Hydrology Gradients in the Everglades

      • Edwin A. Romanowicz, Curtis J. Richardson
      Pages 167-189

    4. Effects of Hydrologic Management Decisions on Everglades Tree Islands

      • Kirsten Hofmockel, Curtis J. Richardson, Patrick N. Halpin
      Pages 191-214

    5. Macrophyte Community Responses in the Everglades with an Emphasis on Cattail (Typha domingensis) and Sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense) Interactions along a Gradient of Long-Term Nutrient Additions, Altered Hydroperiod, and Fire

      • Curtis J. Richardson, Ryan S. King, Jan Vymazal, Edwin A. Romanowicz, James W. Pahl
      Pages 215-260

    6. Algal Responses to Long-Term Nutrient Additions

      • Jan Vymazal, Jaroslava Komárková, Klára Řeháková, Jan KaÅ¡tovský, Marek Bastl
      Pages 261-275

    7. Macroinvertebrate Responses to a Gradient of Long-Term Nutrient Additions, Altered Hydroperiod, and Fire

      • Ryan S. King, Curtis J. Richardson
      Pages 277-319

    8. Historical Changes in Water Quality and Vegetation in WCA-2A Determined by Paleoecological Analyses

      • Sherri R. Cooper, Michelle Goman, Curtis J. Richardson
      Pages 321-350

    9. Carbon Cycling and Dissolved Organic Matter Export in the Northern Everglades

      • Robert G. Qualls, Curtis J. Richardson
      Pages 351-370

  4. Everglades Experiments

    1. Phosphorus Dosing

      1. Introduction to a Mesocosm Approach for Establishment of Phosphorus Gradient Experiments
        • Curtis J. Richardson, Robert R. Johnson
        Pages 375-383
      2. Water Quality, Soil Chemistry, and Ecosystem Responses to P Dosing
        • Curtis J. Richardson, Panchabi Vaithiyanathan, Robert G. Qualls, Mark B. Bush, Craig A. Stow, Mengchi Ho
        Pages 385-416
      3. Macrophyte Slough Community Response to Experimental Phosphorus Enrichment and Periphyton Removal
        • Curtis J. Richardson, Robert G. Qualls, Jan Vymazal, John G. Zahina, Panchabi Vaithiyanathan
        Pages 417-439
      4. Decomposition of Litter and Peat in the Everglades: The Influence of P Concentrations
        • Robert G. Qualls, Curtis J. Richardson
        Pages 441-459
      5. Experimental Assessment of Phosphorus Effects on Algal Assemblages in Dosing Mesocosms
        • Jan KaÅ¡tovský, Klára Řeháková, Marek Bastl, Jan Vymazal, Ryan S. King
        Pages 461-475
      6. Macroinvertebrate and Fish Responses to Experimental P Additions in Everglades Sloughs
        • Ryan S. King, Curtis J. Richardson
        Pages 477-502
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About this book

In the late 1960s, I worked as a graduate teaching assistant in plant ecology for the late Dr. John Henry Davis at the University of Florida. On one of our visits to the Everglades, he mentioned to me that he had been studying problems of the Everglades since the early 1930s, and that rapid growth in Florida, unless checked, was about to doom the Everglades. He hoped his vegetation survey of the Everglades and his v- etation map could someday be used to help restore the Everglades to some semblance of what it had been prior to the turn of the century. These long-forgotten discussions with Dr. Davis were rekindled when, during a wetland conference in Orlando, Florida in the late 1980s, I was asked what might be responsible for the reported massive invasion of cattails that had been noted during the past decade in the Everglades. Several hypotheses were presented at the meeting, including some preliminary data on the significant inputs of nutrients from agricultural lands and Lake Okeechobee to the north. The shifts in the hydrologic conditions and flow patterns of the existing Everglades were also mentioned. Because of the extensive work on phosphorus and nutrient retention then being done at the Duke University Wetland Center, I was asked in early 1989 to do a preliminary survey and analysis of the ecological status of the Everglades. From this early work, carried out by Dr.

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"The Everglades experiments is one of the few synthesis books that could be used by policy makers and scientists to adopt strategies for Everglades restoration. … The Everglades experiments: lessons for ecosystem restoration is a great resource to scientists and researchers at different universities, and state and federal agencies that are involved in Everglades restoration. It will be useful to students in the ecology and the environmental fields with the Everglades used as a case example." (Samira Daroub, Ecology, Vol. 90 (2), 2009)

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  • Duke University Wetland Center, Durham, USA

    Curtis J. Richardson

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About the Author: Curtis J. Richardson is a professor of Resource Ecology at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, and Director of the Duke University Wetland Center in Durham, NC.

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