Date of Award
2002
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Volin, John C.
Abstract
The impact of five years of rewatering on a desiccated forested wetland within the Everglades Big Cypress Swamp was investigated. It was found that rewatering generally resulted in a shift in species composition along a hydrological gradient. This was particularly evident in the seedling and herbaceous layer of the cypress domes, the most hydric community studied, where obligate and facultative wetland species had their highest species richness. Overall there were no detectable differences in the number of non-indigenous species in rewatered compared to reference sites. Results from this short-term study showed that rewatering may potentially reverse the trend of increasing coverage by non-obligate wetland plants that have established in the past century as a result of regional desiccation.
Extent
59 p.
Recommended Citation
Park, Scott Michael T, "Can rewatering reverse the effects of regional drainage on forest communities of the Big Cypress Swamp?" (2002). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 348.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/348
Identifier
FADT12887
Comments
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2002.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science