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The Everglades handbook : understanding the ecosystem /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lodge, Thomas E., 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2005]
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Swamp ecology > Florida > Everglades.
Swamp animals > Florida > Everglades.
Swamp plants > Florida > Everglades.
Everglades (Fla.)
Ecosystem management > Florida > Everglades.
Table of Contents:
  • The Everglades in space and time
  • An ecosystem overview
  • Freshwater marshes : water, weather, and fire
  • Tree islands
  • Tropical hardwood hammocks
  • Pinelands
  • The big cypress swamp
  • Mangrove swamps
  • Coastal lowland vegetation ... and hurricanes!
  • Coastal estuarine and marine waters
  • Lake Okeechobee and Everglades headwaters
  • Origins of the flora and fauna
  • Invertebrates
  • Freshwater fishes
  • Marine and estuarine fishes
  • Amphibians
  • Reptiles
  • Mammals
  • Birds
  • Synthesis - ecological relationships and processes in the Everglades region
  • Man and the Everglades.