Description
Book SynopsisThe Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem, Fifth Edition is packed with scientific information about the greater Everglades ecosystem, taking into account how drastically the Everglades has changed. The book covers disciplines ranging from ecology, geology, climatology, hydrology, simplified biogeochemistry, and anthropology to conservation biology.
The fifth edition of this bestselling guide presents expanded treatment of subjects where our knowledge of the Everglades and its restoration has greatly improved as well as updates throughout. This more detailed coverage includes a new chapter Everglades Chemistry A Primer' and an expanded section on the role of human intervention in Everglades restoration, as well as numerous new graphics that bring the science to life.
Written in Tom Lodge's trademark accessible style combined with the expertise of new coauthor Stephen E. Davis III, Chief Science Officer with the Everglades Foundation, this extensive
Table of Contents
Introductions. Section I Background 1. An Ecosystem Overview—What Is (or Are?) the Everglades? 2. The Everglades in Space and Time. Section II Environments of the Everglades Region 3. Freshwater Marshes: Water. Weather. and Fire 4. Tree Islands 5. Tropical Hardwood Hammocks 6. Pinelands 7. The Big Cypress Swamp 8. Mangrove Swamps 9. Coastal Lowlands: Influences of Fresh and Salt Water, Rising Seas…and Hurricanes! 10. Coastal Marine Waters in the Everglades Flow Path 11. Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades Headwaters 12. Peripheral Ecosystems of the Everglades. Section III The Flora and Fauna of Southern Florida. 13. Origins of the Flora and Fauna14. Invertebrates 15. Fishes 16. Amphibians 17. Reptiles 18. Mammals 19. Birds IV Synthesis: Processes and Models of the Everglades Region. 20. Everglades Chemistry – A Primer 21. Ecological Relationships, Processes, and Models for the Everglades V. Humans and the Everglades 22. Native Americans and the Everglades 23. Modern Alterations of the Everglades and their Environmental Impacts 24. Everglades Restoration: Solving Deterioration. References. Index.
