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RECORD NUMBER: 5 OF 5| Main Title | The Everglades handbook : understanding the ecosystem / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Lodge, Thomas E., | |||||||||||
| Publisher | CRC Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2010 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 262430642 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9781439802625 (alk. paper); 1439802629 (alk. paper) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Swamp ecology--Florida--Everglades ; Swamp animals--Florida--Everglades ; Swamp plants--Florida--Everglades ; Everglades (Fla) ; Ecosystem management--Florida--Everglades | |||||||||||
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| Edition | 3rd ed. | |||||||||||
| Collation | xxx, 392 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-374) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | An ecosystem overview - what is (or are?) the Everglades? -- The Everglades in space and time -- Freshwater marshes -- Tree islands -- Tropical hardwood hammocks -- Pinelands -- The Big Cypress Swamp -- Mangrove swamps -- Coastal lowland vegetation- and hurricanes! -- Estuarine and coastal marine waters -- Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades headwaters -- Peripherpal ecosystems of the Everglades -- Origins of the flora and fauna -- Invertebrates -- Freshwater fishes -- Marine and estuarine fishes -- Amphibians -- Reptiles -- Mammals -- Birds -- Synthesis - ecological relationships and processes in the Everglades region -- Man and the Everglades. |