Laboratory and Field Operations Serving Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee Contact Us Print Version Search EPA Home ... Studies and Investigations South FL Ecosystem Assessment SESD Home Publications Training PM 2.5 Lab ... Site Map South Florida Ecosystem Assessment: Everglades Water Management, Soil Loss, Eutrophication and Habitat EPA 904-R-00-003, September 2000 US EPA , Region 4, SESD , Athens, Georgia and Water Management Division, Atlanta, Georgia and US-EPA, Office of Research and Development Executive Summary The United States Environmental Protection Agency South Florida Ecosystem Assessment Project is an innovative, long-term research, monitoring and assessment effort. Its goal is to provide timely scientific information that is critical for management decisions on the Everglades ecosystem and its restoration. The purpose of this report is to document 1993 to 1996 baseline conditions in the Everglades and Big Cypress prior to ecosystem restoration efforts. The project is unique to South Florida in two aspects: (1) its probability-based sampling approach permits quantitative statements about ecosystem health; and (2) its extensive spatial coverage and sampling intensity are unprecedented. This project: - contributes to the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan by quantifying pre-restoration conditions in three physiographic regions: Everglades ridge and slough; marl prairie/rocky glades; and Big Cypress Swamp.
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