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Exploring Changes In Detrital Flocculent Layer Dynamics Due To Shifts In Macrophyte Communities In The Northern Everglades, Erin Leigh Mckenney
Exploring Changes In Detrital Flocculent Layer Dynamics Due To Shifts In Macrophyte Communities In The Northern Everglades, Erin Leigh Mckenney
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A shift in plant communities of the Water Conservation Areas (WCAs) within the Everglades has been linked to changes in hydrology and high levels of nutrient loading from surrounding agicultural areas. This has resulted in the encroachment of dense cattail stands (Typha domingensis) into areas that had previously been a ridge and slough landscape populated primarily by native sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense). In order to study ecological management solutions in this area, WCA-2A was broken into study plots; several of which became open water areas through the application of herbicide and burning regimens. The open water areas …