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- Title
- Tidal and long-period exchanges between upper Laguna Madre and Corpus Christi Bay, Texas.
- Creator
- Smith, Ned P.
- Date Issued
- 1978
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007133
- Subject Headings
- Laguna Madre (Tex.), Corpus Christi Bay (Tex.), Tidal currents, Water levels--Measurement, Salinity
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Transport through Tavernier Creek: a primary flushing pathway for Northeast Florida Bay.
- Creator
- Smith, Ned P.
- Date Issued
- 2005
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2796048
- Subject Headings
- Florida Bay (Fla.), Tavernier (Fla.) --Maps, Tides, Tidal currents, Salinity --Florida
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Low-frequency tidal and seasonal water level variations in Florida Bay.
- Creator
- Smith, Ned P., Pitts, Patrick A.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3359248
- Subject Headings
- Florida Bay (Fla.), Water levels--Measurement, Water currents--Measurement, Tides
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE NURSERY EFFECT OF SELECT REEF FISHES ALONG THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA COAST.
- Creator
- Pressly, Andrew, Hindle, Tobin, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Geosciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
- Abstract/Description
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The nursery effect is a process where juvenile fish utilize coastal habitats to help them survive before moving to their adult habitat. This process establishes an important link between marine ecosystems. This study examines the nursery effect and nursery habitat utilization in the Indian River Lagoon and Florida Bay systems, and the coral reefs adjacent to them. Quantitative and spatial techniques were utilized to identify patterns of presence and abundance and the size structure of select...
Show moreThe nursery effect is a process where juvenile fish utilize coastal habitats to help them survive before moving to their adult habitat. This process establishes an important link between marine ecosystems. This study examines the nursery effect and nursery habitat utilization in the Indian River Lagoon and Florida Bay systems, and the coral reefs adjacent to them. Quantitative and spatial techniques were utilized to identify patterns of presence and abundance and the size structure of select fish species. Spatial analyses were also used to investigate distribution patterns. Findings from this study suggest that several species utilize to a high degree the Indian River Lagoon and Florida Bay as nurseries. Furthermore, the abundance of adults on coral reefs is strongly connected to the presence of nurseries. This study has implications in fisheries management such as locating where juveniles of species develop. With such knowledge, better management plans could be implemented to ensure healthy fish stocks.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2020
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013490
- Subject Headings
- Reef fishes, Florida Bay (Fla ), Indian River (Fla : Lagoon), Fisheries management, Marine nurseries
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Salinity simulation in Florida Bay with the Regional Oceanic Modeling System (ROMS).
- Creator
- Siddke, Abu Bakar, Chérubin, Laurent, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
- Abstract/Description
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Understanding and resolving the water quality problems that Florida Bay has endured requires an understanding of its salinity drivers. Because salinity is the prime factor that drives estuarine ecosystem, Florida Bay’s ecosystem health depends on the correct salinity balance of the Bay. In this thesis, the Regional Oceanic Modeling System - a hydrodynamic prognostic model -was implemented on Florida Bay and it was tailored for shallow waters. Results show that the model captures most of the...
Show moreUnderstanding and resolving the water quality problems that Florida Bay has endured requires an understanding of its salinity drivers. Because salinity is the prime factor that drives estuarine ecosystem, Florida Bay’s ecosystem health depends on the correct salinity balance of the Bay. In this thesis, the Regional Oceanic Modeling System - a hydrodynamic prognostic model -was implemented on Florida Bay and it was tailored for shallow waters. Results show that the model captures most of the salinity spatial and temporal variability of Florida Bay. Furthermore, it establishes the role of the major drivers like evaporation, precipitation, and runoff on Florida Bay’s salinity. The model resolves region specific salinity drivers in all four areas of Florida Bay characterized by their own salinity regimes. The model was also able to reveal the impact of surface runoff on salinity in the later part of the year when evaporation increases. A new technique was developed to estimate the discharge and salinity of unmonitored small creeks north of Florida Bay. Those data were estimated from the relationship between net freshwater flux, runoff, and salinity. Model results revealed the importance of accounting for these small creeks to accurately simulate Florida Bay’s salinity.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2018
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005996
- Subject Headings
- Florida Bay (Fla.), Salinity, Hydrodynamics--Mathematical models, Hydrodynamics--Computer simulation, Estuaries--Hydrodynamics
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Population status and potential storm dispersal events of Malaclemys terrapin in Florida Bay, Florida.
- Creator
- Miller, Lindsay Anastasia, Florida Atlantic University, Baldwin, John D.
- Abstract/Description
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Mitochondrial DNA and nuclear microsatellite analyses were performed on Malaclemys terrapin data. These analyses investigated the genetic variation among subspecies of M. terrapin throughout their range and sought to determine if hurricane mitigated dispersal occurs among populations of a single subspecies, M.t. rhizophorarum. The 700bp mtDNA fragment, ND4-Leu, provided only 1bp transition, and the 421bp D-loop, DES1-DES2, revealed no genetic variation between the seven subspecies. Four...
Show moreMitochondrial DNA and nuclear microsatellite analyses were performed on Malaclemys terrapin data. These analyses investigated the genetic variation among subspecies of M. terrapin throughout their range and sought to determine if hurricane mitigated dispersal occurs among populations of a single subspecies, M.t. rhizophorarum. The 700bp mtDNA fragment, ND4-Leu, provided only 1bp transition, and the 421bp D-loop, DES1-DES2, revealed no genetic variation between the seven subspecies. Four polymorphic loci were examined for the microsatellite analyses. These analyses revealed an average pairwise RST of 0.018. This indicates very close genetic identities between the two temporally sampled populations before and after Hurricane Georges. The average FST and GST values were 0.101 and 0.216 respectively. It can be noted that the RST values were able to correct for microsatellite mutation mechanisms. The results indicate that significant storm dispersal did not occur.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2001
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12798
- Subject Headings
- Diamondback terrapin--Florida--Florida Bay, Turtles--Effect of storms on
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Isolation and characterization of chlorophyll and carotenoids in Florida Bay: Phytoplankton, microphytobenthos and sediments.
- Creator
- Loitz, Joseph William, Florida Atlantic University, Louda, J. William
- Abstract/Description
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An analysis of the waters, microphytobenthos, and carbonate marl sediments of Florida Bay was performed using ion-paired RP-HPLC-PDA for chemotaxonomic characterization of past and present photoautotrophic, communities. Application of regression formulae was determined to be applicable for the waters, microphytobenthos, and surficial sediments (0--5 cm) of Florida Bay using chemotaxonomic principles. Loss of chemotaxonomically important pigments with depth prevented similar application in...
Show moreAn analysis of the waters, microphytobenthos, and carbonate marl sediments of Florida Bay was performed using ion-paired RP-HPLC-PDA for chemotaxonomic characterization of past and present photoautotrophic, communities. Application of regression formulae was determined to be applicable for the waters, microphytobenthos, and surficial sediments (0--5 cm) of Florida Bay using chemotaxonomic principles. Loss of chemotaxonomically important pigments with depth prevented similar application in deeper strata (>5 cm), however, past oxic and anoxic trends could be determined. Sedimentary alteration of pigments are characterized by: rapid conversion of chlorophylls-alpha and bacteriochlorophylls-alpha to their respective pheophytins-alpha, creation of a 'carotenoid diol-cluster', equilibrium isomerization of beta-carotene (15-cis and trans), and rapid conversion of pyropheophorbide-alpha to cyclopheophorbide-alpha. An abundant presence of pyropheophorbide-alpha steryl/hopanoid esters and an unusual relationship between organic carbon and water content providing the sediments with polymeric characteristics were also found.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1999
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15734
- Subject Headings
- Marine sediments--Florida--Florida Bay, Carotenoids--Analysis, Chlorophyll--Analysis
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- FLOOD ANALYSIS IN THE PENSACOLA BASIN, FLORIDA.
- Creator
- Rodrigues, Susana, Mitsova, Diana, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
- Abstract/Description
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Flooding can impact a community's social, cultural, environmental, and economic resources; therefore, generating a sound, science-based, long-term decision to improve resiliency is critical for future prosperity and growth. Developing watershed management plans is essential in assisting local communities in reducing flood insurance costs through mitigation and resiliency efforts. This effort, specifically for this report, will focus on the Pensacola Watershed Basin and the development...
Show moreFlooding can impact a community's social, cultural, environmental, and economic resources; therefore, generating a sound, science-based, long-term decision to improve resiliency is critical for future prosperity and growth. Developing watershed management plans is essential in assisting local communities in reducing flood insurance costs through mitigation and resiliency efforts. This effort, specifically for this report, will focus on the Pensacola Watershed Basin and the development procedures to assess the risks of flooding and storm surges. Utilizing readily available data on topography, ground surface water elevations, tidal data for coastal communities, open space, and rainfall, a framework was developed to facilitate flood risk assessments under various conditions. Such knowledge allows communities to properly prepare and prevent major damages during times of high flooding, such as tropical storms and hurricanes.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2021
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013690
- Subject Headings
- Floods--Risk assessment, Pensacola Bay (Fla.), Hurricanes, ArcGIS
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Tides of Biscayne Bay, Card Sound, Barnes Sound, and Manatee Bay, Florida.
- Creator
- Smith, Ned P.
- Date Issued
- 2001
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3183168
- Subject Headings
- Tides --Florida --Biscayne Bay, Tides --Florida --Card Sound, Tides--Measurement, Tidal currents, Water levels--Measurement
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Associations of Little Blue Heron Prey and Vegetation Communities in Two Subtropical Coastal Ecosystems.
- Creator
- Kohler, Emilie R., Gawlik, Dale E., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
- Abstract/Description
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Shallow water availability coupled with anthropogenic degradation of seagrass beds limits wading bird food resources in dynamic coastal ecosystems. Identifying prey species critical to wading bird reproductive success and the environmental drivers of key prey species abundance is important for understanding how environmental stressors influence prey and change the quality of foraging patches. Little Blue Herons (Egretta caerulea) are reportedly generalists eating insects, crustaceans, and...
Show moreShallow water availability coupled with anthropogenic degradation of seagrass beds limits wading bird food resources in dynamic coastal ecosystems. Identifying prey species critical to wading bird reproductive success and the environmental drivers of key prey species abundance is important for understanding how environmental stressors influence prey and change the quality of foraging patches. Little Blue Herons (Egretta caerulea) are reportedly generalists eating insects, crustaceans, and fish; however, the proportions of prey items in the diet may shift spatially and temporally from freshwater to marine systems during breeding and non-breeding periods. I investigated prey selection by Little Blue Herons in Florida at the Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge and the western Florida Bay, during 2016 and 2017 breeding seasons by investigating prey availability at low-tide locations along mudflats compared to stomach regurgitate samples collected from Little Blue Heron chicks 1 to 4 weeks old. Little Blue Herons selected Gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta) and prawns (Farfantepenaeus spp.) from the estuarine environment, but also consumed terrestrial prey (e.g. tree crabs) suggesting Little Blue Heron foraging habitat is not restricted to tidal flats. Additionally, these results support the characterization of Little Blue Herons as a generalist. After identifying important prey species, I modeled the associations of selected prey species with submerged aquatic vegetation density and abiotic variables to better understand habitat preferences and important habitat characteristics that drive prey density. Models support total seagrass density and algal density as having the greatest effect on prey selected by Little Blue Herons. Prawn density has a strong positive association with seagrass density. Gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta) and prawns (Farfantepenaeus spp.) had strong positive association with algae while pipefish (Syngnathidae) had a strong negative association with algae suggesting algae density in seagrass meadows should be considered when assessing the quality of seagrass meadows for Little Blue Heron prey and habitat suitability. My results varied from previous studies where prawns and gulf toadfish were associated with specific seagrass species. Therefore, some Little Blue Heron prey species in south Florida may not be affected by changes in submerged aquatic vegetation community composition if submerged aquatic vegetation densities remain constant. Studies are needed that clarify the complex interactions between prey and specific habitat metrics to validate the strength of landscape scale drivers of wading bird prey densities in dynamic coastal ecosystems and to determine how these communities will respond to anthropogenic environmental change.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2018
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013156
- Subject Headings
- Herons--Ecology, Egretta, Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge (Fla), Florida Bay (Fla), Coastal ecology--Florida
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE USE OF COMPUTER SIMULATION TECHNIQUES IN THE DESIGN OF SHIP CHANNEL WIDTH (PORT, HARBOR, TAMPA).
- Creator
- THOMAS, CLINTON WILLIAM., Florida Atlantic University, Lin, Newman K., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
- Abstract/Description
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This report presents a detailed approach to the problem of determining expected shipping delays that are caused by inadequate channel width. Data collection and analysis is accomplished for the shipping industry of Tampa Bay, Florida. Historical data and cargo projection are used to develop the expected shipping traffic density and distribution for the year 2000. An overview of a computer model that simulates the shipping traffic and accounts for delays due to channel width is presented. A...
Show moreThis report presents a detailed approach to the problem of determining expected shipping delays that are caused by inadequate channel width. Data collection and analysis is accomplished for the shipping industry of Tampa Bay, Florida. Historical data and cargo projection are used to develop the expected shipping traffic density and distribution for the year 2000. An overview of a computer model that simulates the shipping traffic and accounts for delays due to channel width is presented. A sensitivity analysis performed on the model to determine the effect each input variable has on shipping delays. The results are presented in the form of shipping delay curves for seven types of vessels over a range of channel widths.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1986
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14287
- Subject Headings
- Shipping--Simulation methods, Channels (Hydraulic engineering)--Design and construction--Simulation methods, Shipping--Florida--Tampa Bay
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Mechanisms Controlling Distribution of Cosmopolitan Submerged Aquatic Vegetation: A Model Study of Ruppia maritima L. (widgeongrass) at the Everglades-Florida Bay Ecotone.
- Creator
- Strazisar, Theresa, Koch, Marguerite, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
- Abstract/Description
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Aquatic plants and submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) are some of the most wide-ranging species and create important habitat for fish and wildlife in many ecosystems, including highly variable coastal ecotones. Mechanistically understanding factors controlling current distributions of these species is critical to project future distribution and abundance under increasing variability and climate change. I used a population-based approach to quantify the effects of spatial and temporal...
Show moreAquatic plants and submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) are some of the most wide-ranging species and create important habitat for fish and wildlife in many ecosystems, including highly variable coastal ecotones. Mechanistically understanding factors controlling current distributions of these species is critical to project future distribution and abundance under increasing variability and climate change. I used a population-based approach to quantify the effects of spatial and temporal variability on life history transitions of the SAV Ruppia maritima L. (widgeongrass) in the highly dynamic Everglades-Florida Bay ecotone as a model to (1) examine which life history stages were most constrained by these conditions and (2) determine how management can promote life history development to enhance its distribution, an Everglades restoration target. Ruppia maritima life history transitions were quantified in a series of laboratory and field experiments encompassing a ra nge of abiotic and biotic factors known to affect seagrass and SAV (salinity, salinity variability, temperature, light and nutrients and seed bank recruitment and competition). These studies revealed that R. maritima life history varied east to west across the Everglades ecotone, driven by multiple gradients in abiotic factors that constrained different life history transitions in distinct ways. Based on this examination, persistence of SAV populations from dynamic coastal environments is highly dependent on large reproductive events that produce high propagule densities for recruitment. Large productive meadows of SAV also depend on high rates of clonal reproduction where vegetation completely regenerates in a short amount of time. Therefore, in hydrologically variable systems, maintenance or increases in SAV reproduction is required for population persistence through recruitment. However, SAV communities that do not experience high rates of sexual reproduction are dependent on successful seed germination, seedling and adult survival and clonal reproduction for biomass production and maintenance. Seedling survival and to a lesser extent, adult survival, are bottlenecks that can limit life history transitions under highly variable hydrological conditions. To ensure long-term survival in these communities, management activities that increase survival and successful life history development through these critical stages will be beneficial. If not, SAV populations may become highly reduced and ephemeral, providing less productive habitat.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004549, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004549
- Subject Headings
- Coastal zone management, Ruppia maritima -- Ecology -- Everglades National Park (Fla.), Ruppia maritima -- Ecology -- Florida Bay (Fla.), Seagrasses -- Everglades National Park (Fla.), Seagrasses -- Florida Bay (Fla.), Wetland ecology -- Everglades National Park (Fla.), Wetland ecology -- Florida Bay (Fla.)
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Interpretation of seafloor topologies based on IKONOS satellite imagery of a shallow-marine carbonate platform: Florida Bay to the Florida Reef Tract.
- Creator
- Steinle, Jacob Thomas., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
- Abstract/Description
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A benthic environments classification system is devised from digital interpretations of multi-spectral IKONOS satellite imagery for 1,360 km2 of the carbonate platform and presented in a comprehensive digitized map. The classification scheme is designed as a 7th order hierarchical structure that integrates 5 Physiographic Realms, 24 Morphodynamic Zones, 11 Geoforms, 39 Landforms, 6 dominant surface sediment types, 9 dominant biological covers and 3 densities of biological covers for the...
Show moreA benthic environments classification system is devised from digital interpretations of multi-spectral IKONOS satellite imagery for 1,360 km2 of the carbonate platform and presented in a comprehensive digitized map. The classification scheme is designed as a 7th order hierarchical structure that integrates 5 Physiographic Realms, 24 Morphodynamic Zones, 11 Geoforms, 39 Landforms, 6 dominant surface sediment types, 9 dominant biological covers and 3 densities of biological covers for the description of benthic environments. Digital analysis of the high-resolution (4 m) IKONOS imagery employed ESRI's ArcMap to manually digitize 412 mapping units at a scale of 1:6,000 differentiated by spectral reflectance, color tones, and textures of seafloor topologies. The context of each morphodynamic zone is characterized by the content and areal distribution (in km2) of geomorphic forms and biological covers. Over 58% of the mapping area is occupied by sediment flats, and seagrasses are colonized in almost 80% of the topologies.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3174075
- Subject Headings
- Submarine topography, Marine sediments, Remote sensing, Marine ecosystem management, Ocean bottom, Sampling, Ocean bottom, Sampling, Coral reef ecology
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Alkaline Phosphatase Activity of Seagrass and Water Column Fractions in Florida Bay.
- Creator
- Kletou, Demetris, Koch, Marguerite, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
- Abstract/Description
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Few phosphorus (P) depleted coastal marine ecosystems have been examined for their capacity to hydrolyze phosphomonoesters (PMEs). The purpose of this study was to examine seasonal APA partitioning between water column fractions (phytoplankton, bacteria and freely dissolved) and benthic autotrophs in Florida Bay, a P limited shallow estuary using low fluorescent substrate (MUF-P) concentrations (≤2.0 μm). APA was higher at the western and northcentral (751 and 695 nmol L^-1 h^-1) sites and...
Show moreFew phosphorus (P) depleted coastal marine ecosystems have been examined for their capacity to hydrolyze phosphomonoesters (PMEs). The purpose of this study was to examine seasonal APA partitioning between water column fractions (phytoplankton, bacteria and freely dissolved) and benthic autotrophs in Florida Bay, a P limited shallow estuary using low fluorescent substrate (MUF-P) concentrations (≤2.0 μm). APA was higher at the western and northcentral (751 and 695 nmol L^-1 h^-1) sites and driven by cyanobacterial blooms, compared to the P limited northeastern (359 nmol L^-1 h^-1) site The free dissolved fraction (<0.2 μm) accounted for the most APA (~50%), followed by the phytoplankton (>1 μm; 30%) and bacteria fraction (<0.2-> 1.2 μm; 8%). Thaiassia testudinum leaves with their associated epiphytes contributed modestly to water column APA (14 and 20%), and only during non-bloom conditions. Rapid hydrolysis of PMEs (undetected in most samplings) in Florida Bay is probably driven by high concentration of organic substrates for microbial and cyanobacterial activity which results from the close association of the shallow water column with the underlying seagrass community and adjacent Everglades wetlands.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000780
- Subject Headings
- Coastal ecology--Florida, Coastal zone management--Florida, Estuarine sediments--Florida--Florida Bay, Aquaculture--Environmental aspects--Florida
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Copia einer relation betreffend die herrliche und grosse victorie, welche (davor Gott gedanctet) die Englisch-und Holländische combinirte Flotte gegen die Französen und Spanier zur seebefochten haben. English Title Translation: Copy of correspondence regarding the great and honorable maritime victory (Thanks be unto God) of the combined English and Dutch fleets against the French and Spanish.
- Abstract/Description
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Copy of correspondence regarding the great and honorable maritime victory (Thanks be unto God) of the combined English and Dutch fleets against the French and Spanish. War correspondence by unknown author regarding the destruction of the French fleet in the Mediterranean; account of French and Spanish ships and prisoners captured by the English/Dutch fleet. (Battle of Vigo Bay; War of Spanish Succession) Presumed date 1702
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwflb1f3
- Subject Headings
- Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714 -- Campaigns -- Spain -- Early works to 1800, Vigo Bay, Battle of, Spain, 1702 -- Early works to 1800
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- Water and Soil Salinity Mapping for Southern Everglades using Remote Sensing Techniques and In Situ Observations.
- Creator
- Khadim, Fahad Khan, Su, Hongbo, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering
- Abstract/Description
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Everglades National Park is a hydro-ecologically significant wetland experiencing salinity ingress over the years. This motivated our study to map water salinity using a spatially weighted optimization model (SWOM); and soil salinity using land cover classes and EC thresholds. SWOM was calibrated and validated at 3-km grids with actual salinity for 1998–2001, and yielded acceptable R2 (0.89-0.92) and RMSE (1.73-1.92 ppt). Afterwards, seasonal water salinity mapping for 1996–97, 2004–05, and...
Show moreEverglades National Park is a hydro-ecologically significant wetland experiencing salinity ingress over the years. This motivated our study to map water salinity using a spatially weighted optimization model (SWOM); and soil salinity using land cover classes and EC thresholds. SWOM was calibrated and validated at 3-km grids with actual salinity for 1998–2001, and yielded acceptable R2 (0.89-0.92) and RMSE (1.73-1.92 ppt). Afterwards, seasonal water salinity mapping for 1996–97, 2004–05, and 2016 was carried out. For soil salinity mapping, supervised land cover classification was firstly carried out for 1996, 2000, 2006, 2010 and 2015; with the first four providing average accuracies of 82%-94% against existing NLCD classifications. The land cover classes and EC thresholds helped mapping four soil salinity classes namely, the non saline (EC = 0~2 dS/m), low saline (EC = 2~4 dS/m), moderate saline (EC = 4~8 dS/m) and high saline (EC >8 dS/m) areas.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004860, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004860
- Subject Headings
- Everglades National Park (Fla.)--Environmental conditions., Florida Bay (Fla.)--Environmental conditions., Remote sensing., Multispectral imaging., Environmental monitoring--Remote sensing., Geographic information systems., Soils--Remote sensing., Soil moisture--Measurement., Soil mapping.
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- Document (PDF)
