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Author:

Lodge, Thomas E., 1943-

Title:

The Everglades handbook : understanding the ecosystem / Thomas E. Lodge.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publisher:

CRC Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xxx, 392 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Swamp ecology--Everglades.--Everglades.
Swamp animals--Everglades.--Everglades.
Swamp plants--Everglades.--Everglades.
Everglades (Fla.)
Ecosystem management--Everglades.--Everglades.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-374) and index.

Contents:

An ecosystem overview -- what is (or are?) the Everglades? -- The Everglades in space and time -- Freshwater marshes -- Tree islands -- Tropical hardwood hammocks -- Pinelands -- The Big Cypress Swamp -- Mangrove swamps -- Coastal lowland vegetation- and hurricanes! -- Estuarine and coastal marine waters -- Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades headwaters -- Peripherpal ecosystems of the Everglades -- Origins of the flora and fauna -- Invertebrates -- Freshwater fishes -- Marine and estuarine fishes -- Amphibians -- Reptiles -- Mammals -- Birds -- Synthesis -- ecological relationships and processes in the Everglades region -- Man and the Everglades.

ISBN:

1439802629 (alk. paper)
9781439802625 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)262430642

LCCN:

2009044281

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)