Multispecies Operational Forecasting in the Florida Everglades
A USGS forecasting tool helps Everglades natural resource managers identify management actions that can benefit one or more species while quantifying the potential costs to others.
Alligators
Alligators
Our USGS centers in Louisiana and Florida are no strangers to the American Alligator; these carnivorous reptiles call the southeastern United States home. Found almost exclusively in freshwater wetlands, lakes, and rivers, alligators can live to be 50 years old in the wild, and can grow as long as 10 feet (females) to 15 feet (males). Often confused with crocodiles, alligators can be distinguished by their broader, U-shaped snout, the placement of their teeth, and their preference for freshwater.
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Joint Ecosystem Modeling: Alligator Production Probability Model
Because the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is a keystone species of the Everglades ecosystem, managers need a way to quantitatively assess the effects of alternative restoration scenarios on alligators.
Spatial Ecology of the American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in the Greater Everglades
Satellite/GPS tags help USGS researchers understand the movements of American Alligators and American Crocodiles in the Greater Everglades.