Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
A spatial analysis of vegetation community changes over time at the Arthur R. Marshall National
Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge will be conducted in order to identify relationships with variations in water
level and water quality. The analysis will use existing current and historical data in the refuge, including
water gages, vegetation surveys, fire burn data, Lidar based digital elevation data and aerial
photography acquired from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Everglades Depth Estimation
Network EDEN, South Florida Water Management District and other sources. Understanding how
vegetation boundaries and dominant species shift over time in response to water level changes and
other hydrological factors will allow the National Wildlife Refuge, and other scientists, to create more
responsive conservation and maintenance plans for the wetland refuge.
Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge will be conducted in order to identify relationships with variations in water
level and water quality. The analysis will use existing current and historical data in the refuge, including
water gages, vegetation surveys, fire burn data, Lidar based digital elevation data and aerial
photography acquired from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Everglades Depth Estimation
Network EDEN, South Florida Water Management District and other sources. Understanding how
vegetation boundaries and dominant species shift over time in response to water level changes and
other hydrological factors will allow the National Wildlife Refuge, and other scientists, to create more
responsive conservation and maintenance plans for the wetland refuge.
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