Browsing by Subject "Florida"
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Algal blooms and the nitrogen-enrichment hypothesis in Florida springs: evidence, alternatives, and adaptive management.
(Ecol Appl, 2010-04)Contradictions between system-specific evidence and broader paradigms to explain ecosystem behavior present a challenge for natural resource management. In Florida (U.S.A.) springs, increasing nitrate (NO3-) concentrations ... -
Coastal Community Resilience to Natural Hazards: A Socio-Economic Policy Analysis of Communities along the Florida Gulf Coast
(2012-04-26)This master’s project is the beginning of a 5-year investigative effort by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Mote Marine Lab studying the harmful effects of red tides. This paper investigates the resilience of coastal ... -
Discharge competence and pattern formation in peatlands: a meta-ecosystem model of the Everglades ridge-slough landscape.
(PLoS One, 2013)Regular landscape patterning arises from spatially-dependent feedbacks, and can undergo catastrophic loss in response to changing landscape drivers. The central Everglades (Florida, USA) historically exhibited regular, linear, ... -
Diving Behavior of Female Loggerhead Turtles (Caretta caretta) During Their Internesting Interval and an Evaluation of the Risk of Boat Strikes
(2008-12-05)New advantages in science and technology, such as time depth recorders (TDRs), have allowed researchers to study the dive behavior of sea turtles in their natural habitats. Observing dive behavior of internesting turtles ... -
Equity and accuracy in medical malpractice insurance pricing.
(J Health Econ, 1990-11)This study examines alternative classification approaches for setting medical malpractice insurance premiums. Insurers generally form risk classification categories on factors other than the physician's own loss experience. ... -
Evaluation of Thermal Characteristics of Secondary Warm-Water Sites for the Florida Manatee
(2010-04-30)While the threat of collisions with recreational watercraft continues to be a serious concern for the Florida manatee population, a growing threat in the future is likely to be the loss of available winter habitat. Manatees ... -
Restoring a River of Grass: Everglades policy recommendations for a climate change alternative
(2008-04-24)One of the largest and most extensive wetland systems in the United States is contained within the Florida Everglades National Park. Like most of the world’s wetlands it has been reduced to half of its size and heavily ...
