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The Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center publishes water-information reports on many topics and in many formats. From this page, you can locate, view, download, or order scientific and technical articles and reports as well as general interest publications such as booklets, fact sheets, pamphlets, and posters resulting from the research performed by our scientists and partners.
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Influence of hydrology on life-history parameters of common freshwater fishes from southern Florida Influence of hydrology on life-history parameters of common freshwater fishes from southern Florida
Fishes are essential to the successful functioning of wetland food webs in southern Florida through their roles as prey and predators. Any changes that reduce the population sizes, community composition, or availability of aquatic animals will affect all facets of the ecology of these wetlands. In particular, small and medium-size fishes are important food items for most wading bird...
Authors
William F. Loftus
Modeling Fish Population and Biomass on the Everglades Landscape (ALFISH) Modeling Fish Population and Biomass on the Everglades Landscape (ALFISH)
ALFISH is a model created under the Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS) Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Its purpose is to describe fish functional groups in freshwater marshes of the greater Everglades area of southern Florida. In particular, it is intended to assess the spatial pattern of fish densities through time across freshwater marshes. This model has the...
Authors
Donald L. DeAngelis, Louis J. Gross, Holly Gaff, Rene Salinas
Comparison of the hydrogeology and water quality of a ground-water augmented lake with two non-augmented lakes in northwest Hillsborough County, Florida Comparison of the hydrogeology and water quality of a ground-water augmented lake with two non-augmented lakes in northwest Hillsborough County, Florida
The hydrologic effects associated with augmenting a lake with ground water from the Upper Floridan aquifer were examined in northwest Hillsborough County, Florida, from June 1996 through May 1999. The hydrogeology, ground-water flow patterns, water budgets, and water-quality characteristics were compared between a lake that has been augmented for more than 30 years (Round Lake) and two...
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Patricia A. Metz, Laura A. Sacks
Sequence stratigraphy of a South Florida carbonate ramp and bounding siliciclastics (late Miocene-Pliocene) Sequence stratigraphy of a South Florida carbonate ramp and bounding siliciclastics (late Miocene-Pliocene)
In southern peninsular Florida, a late-early to early-late Pliocene carbonate ramp (Ochopee Limestone Member of the Tamiami Formation) is sandwiched between underlying marine siliciclastics of the late Miocene to early Pliocene Peace River Formation and an overlying late Pliocene unnamed sand. At least three depositional sequences (DS1, DS2, and DS3), of which two contain condensed...
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Kevin J. Cunningham, David Bukry, T. Sato, John A. Barron, Laura A. Guertin, Ronald S. Reese
Molluscan fauna from core 25B, Whipray Basin, central Florida Bay, Everglades National Park Molluscan fauna from core 25B, Whipray Basin, central Florida Bay, Everglades National Park
Molluscan assemblages preserved in an 80-cm core from Whipray Basin in central Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, illustrate changes in the environmental conditions within the basin over the last two centuries. Salinity remained polyhaline to euhaline throughout the time of deposition (1800-1997), with alternating periods of stability and increased fluctuations. Since 1800, a...
Authors
Carleigh A. Trappe, G. Lynn Brewster-Wingard
Simulation of flow in the upper North Coast Limestone Aquifer, Manati-Vega Baja area, Puerto Rico Simulation of flow in the upper North Coast Limestone Aquifer, Manati-Vega Baja area, Puerto Rico
A two-dimensional computer ground-water model was constructed of the Manati-Vega Baja area to improve the understanding of the unconfined upper aquifer within the North Coast Province of Puerto Rico. The modeled area covers approximately 79 square miles within the municipios of Manati and Vega Baja and small portions of Vega Alta and Barceloneta. Steady-state two-dimensional ground-water
Authors
Gregory S. Cherry
Flash-flood related hazards: landslides, with examples from the December 1999 disaster in Venezuela Chapter 24 Flash-flood related hazards: landslides, with examples from the December 1999 disaster in Venezuela Chapter 24
No abstract available.
Authors
Matthew C. Larsen, Maria Teresa Vasquez-Conde, R.A. Clark
Vegetative resistance to flow in South Florida: Summary of vegetation sampling in Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, September 1997–July 1998 Vegetative resistance to flow in South Florida: Summary of vegetation sampling in Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, September 1997–July 1998
The U.S. Geological Survey is one of many agencies providing scientific support to the effort to restore the South Florida Everglades. In September and November 1997 and July 1998, vegetation was sampled at selected sites in the Everglades as part of a study to quantify vegetative resistance to flow. The objectives of the vegetation sampling are (1) to provide detailed information on...
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N. B. Rybicki, J. T. Reel, H. Ruhl, P. A. Gammon, Virginia Carter
The tides and inflows in the mangroves of the Everglades (TIME) interdisciplinary project of the South Florida Ecosystem Program The tides and inflows in the mangroves of the Everglades (TIME) interdisciplinary project of the South Florida Ecosystem Program
The U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) has a prominent role in the Federal Government's comprehensive restoration plan for the south Florida ecosystem encompassing the Everglades-the largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the continental United States. USGS scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the National Park Service (NPS), other governmental agencies, and academia, are...
Authors
R.W. Schaffranek
The rainfall-triggered landslide and flash-flood disaster in northern Venezuela, December 1999 The rainfall-triggered landslide and flash-flood disaster in northern Venezuela, December 1999
Rainstorms in December 1999 induced thousands of landslides along the northern slopes of the Cordillera de la Costa mountain range principally in the state of Vargas, Venezuela. Rainfall accumulation of 293 millimeters during the first 2 weeks ofDecember was followed by an additional 911 millimeters of rainfall on December 14 through 16. The landslides and floods inundated coastal...
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Matthew C. Larsen, Gerald F. Wieczorek, L.S. Eaton, Heriberto Torres-Sierra
Measurement of sediment oxygen demand rates in the Mangrove Lagoon, Vessup Bay, and Benner Bay in southeastern St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Measurement of sediment oxygen demand rates in the Mangrove Lagoon, Vessup Bay, and Benner Bay in southeastern St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
No abstract available.
Authors
Orlando Ramos-Gines
New empirical models for estimating magnitude and frequency of flood for streams in Puerto Rico New empirical models for estimating magnitude and frequency of flood for streams in Puerto Rico
No abstract available.
Authors
Orlando Ramos-Gines