Canal and Wetland Flow/Transport Interaction

Project Investigator: Raymond W. Schaffranek Project Start Date: 1995 End Date: 1999 Proposals Data Metadata Publications Related Links

Summary

Our objective is to study the effects of driving forces on nutrient cycling and contaminant transport.

Nutrients carried in the water conveyed by canals draining agricultural areas and dispersed into wetlands by canal discharges, by levee overflows, or by seepage are considered to be a major contributor to changes in the types of vegetation found in the Everglades. Freshwater inflows, typically of varying magnitudes and durations, not only influence the salinity of Florida Bay but also potentially carry toxic substances that can affect and alter the Bay's aquatic biota. The simulation capability being developed within the SFEP can be useful for identifying approaches to alleviate adverse impacts of excessive or deficient flows and transported constituents. Through strategic use of a simulation model, cause-and-effect relations between discharge sources, flow magnitudes, transport processes, and changes in vegetation and biota can be investigated. The effects of driving forces on nutrient cycling and contaminant transport can then be quantified, evaluated, and considered in the development of remedial management plans.

Proposals

• 1998
• 1999

Data

• Velocity Data (from the data exchange pages)
• Water Quality Data (from the data exchange pages)

Metadata

• Canal and Wetland Flow/Transport Interaction (project metadata)
• Velocity Data (Canal and Wetland) (data set metadata)
• Water Quality Data (Canal and Wetland) (data set metadata)

Publications

Abstracts

• Analysis of Sheet Flows to Florida Bay from C-111 Canal (from the South Florida Restoration Science Forum, May 1999)
• Coupling Models for Canal and Wetland Interactions in the South Florida Ecosystem
• Coupling Models for Simulating Canal and Wetland Interactions (from the USGS Proceedings of the Technical Symposium in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, August 1997)
• Flow Velocities in Wetlands Adjacent to C-111 Canal in South Florida (from the GEER Conference, December 2000)
• Hydrologic Studies in Support of Florida Ecosystem Restoration (from The 26th Annual Water Resources Planning and Management Conference, June 1999)

Bibliographies

• Canal and Wetland Flow/Transport Interaction - Bibliography

Fact Sheets

• Coupling Models for Canal and Wetland Interactions in the South Florida Ecosystem
• The Tides and Inflows in the Mangroves of the Everglades (TIME) Interdisciplinary Project of the South Florida Ecosystem Program

Open File Reports

• Flow-velocity data collected in the wetlands adjacent to Canal C-111 in south Florida during 1997 and 1999

Papers

• Hydrologic Studies in Support of South Florida Ecosystem Restoration

Posters

• Evaluation of Flows in Wetlands Adjacent to Canal C-111 (from the GEER Conference, December 2000)

Related Links

• Tides and Inflows in the Mangroves of the Everglades (TIME)