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Figure 1. Map of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Figure 2. Timeline of land-use activities in Chesapeake Bay watershed and Florida Everglades.

Figure 3. Instrumental and proxy-based record plots of: (a) fluvial discharge at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; (b) fertilizer use in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and nitrate loading to Chesapeake Bay; (c) dissolved oxygen based on abundance of Ammonia; and, (d) North Atlantic Oscillation Index reconstructed from tree-rings.

Figure 4. Proxy-based reconstruction plots of: (a) spring temperature and (b) monthly precipitation for last 2,200 years in Chesapeake Bay.

Figure 5. Maps of Florida showing (a) pre-1900 AD vegetation; and, (b) 1992-1993 land cover.

Figure 6. Percent abundance plot of Cladium, Amaranthaceae, and Myrica pollen, site 3A15, Water Conservation Area 3A, Florida.