Note
To date there have been no strategic plans developed to manage for biodiversity protection in any coastal estuary in the U.S. Developing a model strategy for the protection of biodiversity requires an assimilation of existing data and synthesis of these data into management plans which address biodiversity concerns. The Indian River Lagoon in east central Florida is recognized as an estuary of high biological diversity (FDER, 1989) and would be an appropriate candidate for such a model strategy.