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Type: Book Chapter
Author(s): J. A. Kushlan
Editor(s): R. L. Myers; John J. Ewel
Publication Date: 1990

From the Conclusion: '6. The diverse demands placed on marshes, ranging from flood control to wildlife conservation, can be coordinated through management techniques that simulate the natural fluctuation of water levels but are constrained by criteria based on biological and hydrologic goals. 7. To the extent that these needs cannot be coordinated, management goals must be chosen for a particular patch of marsh; different patches may be zoned for different purposes. It may be that only in a large natural zone would the appropriate management goal be to restore a naturally functioning marsh ecosystem. 8. Because of history, conflicting demands, and management limitations, some of the natural functioning of Florida's marshes can never be recovered. 9. Only active management will assure the future of the remnants of Florida's once great marshlands.'

Citation: Kushlan, J. A. 1990. Freshwater marshes [Chapter 10 in Part III: Freshwater Wetlands and Aquatic Ecosystems], in RL Myers and JJ Ewel eds., Ecosystems of Florida. Orlando, FL, University of Central Florida Press, p. 324-363.

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Keywords:
  • agriculture
  • amphibians
  • biogeography
  • charcoal
  • Cladium jamaicense
  • community ecology
  • conservation
  • distribution
  • drainage
  • ecosystem dynamics
  • Eleocharis
  • evapotranspiration
  • everglades
  • fire adaptations (plants)
  • fire frequency
  • fire regimes
  • fishes
  • flatwoods
  • Florida
  • forbs
  • geology
  • grasses
  • grasslike plants
  • grazing
  • habitat conversion
  • histories
  • hydrology
  • introduced species
  • invasive species
  • land use
  • livestock
  • marshes
  • marshlands
  • Melaleuca
  • mosaic
  • nongame birds
  • nutrient cycling
  • Nymphaea odorata
  • Panicum hemitomon
  • peat
  • plant communities
  • Pontederia
  • post fire recovery
  • prairies
  • reptiles
  • Rhynchospora
  • Sagittaria
  • savannas
  • species diversity (plants)
  • succession
  • topography
  • Typha
  • water
  • wetlands
  • wilderness areas
  • wildlife
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