Interrelation of Everglades Hydrology and Florida Bay Dynamics to Ecosystem Processes and Restoration in South Florida

This interdisciplinary synthesis project is designed to identify and document the interrelation of Everglades’ hydrology and tidal dynamics of Florida Bay on ecosystem response to past environmental changes, both natural and human imposed. The project focuses on integrating historical, hydrological, and ecological findings of scientific investigations within the Southern Inland and Coastal System (SICS), which encompasses the transition zone between the wetlands of Taylor Slough and C-111 canal and nearshore embayments of Florida Bay. In the ecological component, hindcast simulations of historical flow events are being developed for ecological analyses. The Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS) ecological modeling team is collaborating with the SICS hydrologic modeling team to develop the necessary hydrologic inputs for refined indicator species models.

本跨学科综合研究项目旨在识别并记录佛罗里达大沼泽地（Everglades）水文与佛罗里达湾（Florida Bay）潮汐动力之间的相互关联，以及二者对生态系统响应过去自然及人为环境变化过程的调控关系。本项目聚焦整合南部内陆与沿海系统（Southern Inland and Coastal System, SICS）范围内各项科学调查的历史记录、水文及生态学研究成果；该系统涵盖泰勒水道（Taylor Slough）湿地与C-111运河（C-111 canal）之间的过渡带，以及佛罗里达湾的近岸海湾区域。在生态研究组分中，研究团队正针对历史径流事件开发后报模拟（hindcast simulation）模型，以支撑生态分析工作。跨营养级系统模拟（Across Trophic Level System Simulation, ATLSS）生态建模团队正与SICS水文建模团队展开合作，为精细化指示物种模型开发必要的水文输入参数。