Quantitative Sampling of Freshwater Fish Species within the Big Cypress National Preserve: A Long-Term Research Program to Evaluate the Ecological Effects of CERP

This project has several objectives, the foremost of which is to continue a program of aquatic study in Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) begun in 2002. Work will be performed in partnership with National Audubon Society (NAS) and the National Park Service to design and implement a spatially and...

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Main Author: William F. Loftus (retired) Jerome Lorenz
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2005
Subjects:
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US
FL
Online Access:https://search.dataone.org/view/8270b065-2098-4e20-be7e-f97d07d24a29
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Summary:This project has several objectives, the foremost of which is to continue a program of aquatic study in Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) begun in 2002. Work will be performed in partnership with National Audubon Society (NAS) and the National Park Service to design and implement a spatially and temporally explicit, quantitative sampling program for aquatic animals in BICY. This program will 1) provide baseline data which may be used to track changes in hydrology as a result of CERP projects 2) document the distribution, composition, and habitat use by native and introduced aquatic animals to evaluate the effects of CERP on BICY aquatic habitats, 3) provide ecological data for use in the ATLSS fish simulation model used to plan and evaluate restoration actions during CERP (presently, inappropriate data from the Everglades are being used in the model for cells that lie in BICY). The strategy used to accomplish these goals will be to employ techniques used by the co-principal investigators in establishing monitoring programs in the Everglades (since 1977) and the mangrove zone of Florida Bay (since 1989).