Last updated: June 11, 2003
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Biscayne Bay:
How can the quantity, timing, and quality of freshwater inflow be improved
to sustain healthy ecosystems in all parts of this bay that stretches
from urban areas to wilderness?
Poster presented May 1999, at the South Florida Restoration Science Forum
Poster presented by: Rick Alleman, SFWMD; Dr. Susan Markley, Dade DERM; Dr. Scott Ishman and Dr. Christian Langevin, USGS
Part 1: Biscayne Bay - A High Value System
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Beautiful and Sustaining |
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People
have been settling adjacent to Biscayne Bay for hundreds of years for
sustenance and enjoyment of its beauty
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![image of fish, coral bright pink, and weeds](images/slide6.jpg)
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Productivity
and the beauty of Biscayne Bay depends on complex interactions of water
quality and biological communities.
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Science for Understanding
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large viewing)
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Resource managers depend on the results of research and monitoring to understand
what Biscayne Bay is like today, and was historically. Improvements must
be based on fact-based comparisons.
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Next: Water Quality Threats
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