Everglades vegetation

USGS (1996) Vegetation affects water movement in the Florida Everglades, Fact Sheet 147-96, United States Geological Survey, Reston, VA. 

Fig. 3.15. Map of the Everglades Experimental Nutrient Removal (ENR) Project. Cells 1 and 2 are the primary treatment areas and are in a natural vegetative state, dominated by cattail (Typha spp.). Polishing Cell 3 was planted with native species, primarily sawgrass Cladiumyama/cense Crantz), and allowed to naturally vegetate it is now a mixed-marsh community of sawgrass and cattail. Polishing Cell 4 is maintained as a submerged macrophyte community. Samples for this study were obtained from four ENR sites C 303 (inflow), G 253 (cell 1-3 conveyance), C 256 (cell 4 outflow), and ENR 012 (total ENR outflow). Reprinted from Llewelyn et al. (2002) with permission from the American Chemical Society.

Discuss how hydrology, vegetation, periphyton, and microbial communities, and associated biogeochemical processes regulate long-term retention of phosphorus in the Everglades wetlands. 

Childers, D. L., R. F. Doran, R. Jones, G. B. Noe, M. Rugge, and L. J. Scinto. 2003. Decadal changes in vegetation and soil phosphorus patterns across the Everglades landscape. J. Environ. Qual. 32 344-362. 

Davis, S. M. 1994. Phosphorus inputs and vegetation sensitivity in the Everglades. In S. M. Davis and J. C. Ogden (eds.) Everglades The Ecosystem and its Restoration. St. Lucie Press, Delray Beach, FI. pp. 357-378. 

Doran, R. R, T. V. Armentano, L. D. Whiteaker, and R. D. Jones. 1997. Marsh vegetation patterns and soil phosphorus gradients in the Everglades ecosystem. Aquat. Bot. 30 1-19. 

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