RECOVER:
Conceptual Ecological Models
Conceptual ecological models, as used in CERP, are non-quantitative planning tools used to identify major anthropogenic drivers and stressors on natural systems, the ecological effects of these stressors, and the best biological attributes or indicators of these ecological responses. Conceptual ecological models can be used with any ecological restoration and conservation program and can become the primary communication, planning, and assessment link among scientists and policy-makers.
A set of conceptual ecological models has been developed for South Florida restoration as a framework for supporting integration of science and policy and are key components of an Adaptive Management Program being developed for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Eleven South Florida regional models, one total system model for South Florida, and one international regional model were published in the peer reviewed scientific journal Wetlands 2006.
Conceptual Ecological Models
- Use of Conceptual Ecological Models (2.8 mb, PDF)
- Minutes (85 kb, PDF)
- Lake Worth Lagoon (2.2 mb, PDF)
- Caloosahatchee (2.5mb, PDF)
- Loxahatchee (2.8 mb, PDF)
- St Lucie and Indian River Lagoon (1.9 mb, PDF)
- Big Cypress (2.0 mb, PDF)
- Mangrove (2.2 mb, PDF)
- Ridge and Slough (2.1 mb, PDF)
- Southern Marl (2.1 mb, PDF)
- Biscayne Bay (2.8 mb, PDF)
- Florida Bay (2.9 mb, PDF)
- Minutes (85 kb, PDF)
Lake Okeechobee
Northern Estuaries
Greater Everglades
Southern Coastal Systems
Total System
Contact for this page:
- Gretchen Ehlinger, USACE
gretchen.s.ehlinger@usace.army.mil
(904) 232-1682 - Susan Gray, SFWMD
sgray@sfwmd.gov
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