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Inhaltsverzeichnis
InhaltsangabeIntroduction * The Hydrologic Status of the Everglades, Past and Present Alteration Effects * Soils of the Everglades Landscape * Vegetation of the Everglades * Ecological Status of the Everglades: Historical and Current Comparisons of Ecosystem Structure and Function * Long-term Water Chemistry Along Nutrient and Hydrologic Gradients * Hydrology Gradients in the Everglades * Soil Chemistry and P Storage Along Nutrient Gradients * Patterns of Algal Assemblages Along a Phosphorus Gradient * Macrophyte Community Responses to Long-term Nutrient Additions, Altered Hydroperiod and Fire * Invertebrates Along a Nutrient Gradient in the Northern Everglades * Historical Gradient Changes in Vegetation, Water Quality and Hydrology in WCA-2A as Determined by Paleoecological Analysis * A Mesocosm Approach to Establishment of Phosphorus Dosing Gradients in the Everglades * Water Quality and Soil Chemistry responses to P Dosing * Diel Changes in Water Chemistry in Response to P Dosing * Changes in Macrophyte Slough Communities in Response to Experimental P Enrichment * Experimental Assessment of Phosphorus Effects on Algal Assemblages in Dosing Mesocosms * Decomposition of Organic Matter under P Dosing Concentrations in the Everglades * Phosphatase as a Biochemical Indicator of P Availability under Controlled P Dosing * Macroinvertebrate and Fish Responses to Experimental P Additions * Plant Communities Response to N and P Fertilization Across a Hydrologic Gradient in the Everglades * The Effects of Disturbance, Phosphorus and Water Level on Plant Succession in the Everglades * Phosphorus Assimilative Capacity * Spatial Patterns of Phosphorus Concentrations * Water Fluxes in the Everglades * Calibration of Pollen and Diatoms to Nutrients and Hydrology * A Multimetric Approach to Biological Assessment of the Everglades with Periphyton * Ecological Basis for Establishment of a Phosphorus Threshold for the Everglades Ecosystem * Hydrology, Fire and Nutrients: An Integrated Model forEverglades Management
Autorenporträt
About the Author: Curtis J. Richardson is a professor of Resource Ecology at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, and Director of the Duke University Wetland Center in Durham, NC.
