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Estuarine Water Quality Monitoring Network Quarterly (C-15397), Joseph N. Boyer

SERC Research Reports

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Little Venice Water Quality Monitoring Quarterly Report #10, Joseph N. Boyer

SERC Research Reports

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Economic Analysis Of The Florida Everglades Restoration, Jeffrey Robert Czajkowski

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

An economic valuation methodology was developed in order to monetarily quantify the benefits resulting from the Indian River Lagoon - South (IRLS) $995 million Everglades restoration project. Service flows of the IRLS were identified and their associated economic baseline values were estimated utilizing existing research. A water quality baseline for the IRLS was also established and compared with the best available standards. Benefits accruing beyond the baseline values given the completion of the IRLS restoration were estimated via benefit transfer to be approximately $159 million annually, importantly factoring in the established IRLS water quality baseline.

Given these benefit results of …

Environmental Analysis Of Polar Herbicides In Complex Organic-Rich Matrices By High Performance Liquid Chromatography Atmospheric Pressure Ionization Mass Spectrometry (Hplc-Api-Ms), Luis Arroyo-Mora

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A comprehensive forensic investigation of sensitive ecosystems in the Everglades Area is presented. Assessing the background levels of contamination in these ecosystems represents a vital resource to build up forensic evidence required to enforce future environmental crimes within the studied areas. This investigation presents the development and validation of a fractionation and isolation method for two families of herbicides commonly applied in the vicinity of the study area, including phenoxy acids like 2,4-D, MCPA, and silvex; as well as the most common triazine-based herbicides like atrazine, prometyne, simazine and related metabolites like DIA and DEA. Accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) and …

Vegetation Dynamics In Enp Marshes, With Emphasis On Taylor Slough (Iop Congressional Report), Michael S. Ross, Jay P. Sah, Thomas V. Armentano, David T. Jones, Hillary C. Cooley, Craig S. Smith

SERC Research Reports

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Estuarine Water Quality Monitoring Network Quarterly Report (C-15397), Joseph N. Boyer

SERC Research Reports

No abstract provided.

Little Venice Water Quality Monitoring Quarterly Report #9, Joseph N. Boyer

SERC Research Reports

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Effect Of Hydrologic Restoration On The Habitat Of The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, Annual Report Of 2002-2003, Michael S. Ross, Jay P. Sah, Pablo L. Ruiz, David T. Jones, Hillary Cooley, Rafael Travieso, James R. Snyder, Curt Schaeffer

SERC Research Reports

After developing field sampling protocols and making a series of consultations with investigators involved in research in CSSS habitat, we determined that vegetationhydrology interactions within this landscape are best sampled at a combination of scales. At the finer scale, we decided to sample at 100 m intervals along transects that cross the range of habitats present, and at the coarser scale, to conduct an extensive survey of vegetation at sites of known sparrow density dispersed throughout the range of the CSSS. We initiated sampling in the first week of January 2003 and continued it through the last week of May. …

Little Venice Water Quality Monitoring 2002 Annual Report, Ronald Jones, Joseph N. Boyer

SERC Research Reports

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Little Venice Water Quality Monitoring Quarterly Report #8, Ronald Jones, Joseph N. Boyer

SERC Research Reports

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Development And Evaluation Of A Geographic Information System Based Method To Estimate Flooding Susceptibility In An Area Of Broward County, Florida, Carolyn J. Anderson

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The objective of this study was to develop a GIS-based multi-class index overlay model to determine areas susceptible to inland flooding during extreme precipitation events in Broward County, Florida. Data layers used in the method include Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper (ALTM) elevation data, excess precipitation depth determined through performing a Soil Conservation Service (SCS) Curve Number (CN) analysis, and the slope of the terrain. The method includes a calibration procedure that uses "weights and scores" criteria obtained from Hurricane Irene (1999) records, a reported 100-year precipitation event, Doppler radar data and documented flooding locations. Results are displayed in maps of …

South Florida Coastal Water Quality Monitoring Network Fy2003 Cumulative Report To The South Florida Water Management District (Contract No. C-15397), Joseph N. Boyer

SERC Research Reports

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Fy2003 Annual Report Of The Water Quality Monitoring Project For The Water Quality Protection Program Of The South Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Joseph N. Boyer, Ronald Jones

SERC Research Reports

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Book Review: Tourism In China: Exotic Land Revealed, Joan S. Remington

Hospitality Review

There is no better way to lean about tourism in China than from renowned expert in the field. Alan Lew. PhD. and professor at Northern Arizona University, Lawrence Yu, Ph.D. and associate professor in the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management at George Washington University. John Ap, Ph.D. and associate professor in tourism management at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Zhang Guangrui, director of the Tourism Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, China, have contributed to and edited a collection of writings detailing the development of tourism in this fascinating and exotic land.