This project will address changes to the water environment of the bay like those that may be caused by a reduction in quality and quantity of water delivered to it. Florida's Apalachicola River receives its water from Georgia and Alabama ...

Four hundred and ninety eight Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) were collected from Tampa Bay and the adjacent Gulf waters from December 2000 to December 2001 to assess their age, size structure, growth and reproduction. The population was sampled ...

Estero Bay, located just south of Fort Myers, is a major resource area within the Charlotte Harbor Estuary system. This relatively pristine ecosystem is under increasing pressure as a consequence of unprecedented population growth and development within its watershed. Habitat ...

This project synthesizes portions of six projects that deal in diverse but complimentary aspects of sediments in Florida Bay, aiming at the development of a sediment budget for the lagoon/estuary system. The synthesis is process oriented, describing the mechanisms by ...