Publications: Hydrology

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Circulars

The Florida Everglades (Excerpt from Circular 1182)

Geology of the Western Everglades Area, Southern Florida (Circular 314)

Hydrology of Central Florida Lake - A Primer (Circular 1137, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

The South Florida Environment: A Region Under Stress (Circular 1134)

Water Quality in Southern Florida (Circular 1207)

Fact Sheets, Flyers, and Informational Flyers

Across-Trophic-Level-System Simulation (ATLSS) Program (available from the Center for Aquatic Resource Studies website. Please note that this is a (0.2 Mb) PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader® to be read.)

ATLSS High-Resolution Topography and Hydrology Model (FS-137-02)

Comparison of the South Florida Natural System Model with Pre-canal Everglades Hydrology Estimated from Historical Sources (FS-187-96)

Contaminants [Hg, etc.] and Biogeochemical Processes (Info. sheet 02-05 from the GEER Informational Workshop Series)

Coupling Models for Canal and Wetland Interactions in the South Florida Ecosystem (FS-139-96)

Ecological Modeling and Related Processes (Info. sheet 02-03 from the GEER Informational Workshop Series)

Ecosystem History of Biscayne Bay and the Southeast Coast (FS-145-96)

Ecosystem History of Florida Bay (FS-144-96)

Ecosystem History: Terrestrial and Fresh-water Ecosystems of Southern Florida (FS-146-96)

Empirical and Modeling Studies in Support of Florida Bay Ecosystem Restoration (available from the Center for Aquatic Resource Studies website. Please note that this is a (0.2 Mb) PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader® to be read.)

Examining Freshwater-Saltwater Interface Processes with Four Radium Isotopes (FS-065-99)

Florida Caribbean Science Center Restoration Ecology Branch

Freshwater Discharge to Florida Bay (FS-135-96)

Gauging Flows in Northeastern Florida Bay (FS-130-96)

Geophysical Mapping of Freshwater/Saltwater Interface (FS-173-96)

Ground-Water Discharge to Biscayne Bay (FS-131-96)

Hydrogeology of the Surficial Aquifer System in Southwest Florida (FS-158-96)

Hydrological Modeling and Related Processes (Info. sheet 02-02 from the GEER Informational Workshop Series)

Influence of Hydrology on Life-history Parameters of Common Freshwater Fishes from Southern Florida (FS-139-02)

Interactions of Mercury with Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Florida Everglades (FS-186-96)

Internal Surface Water Flows (FS-175-96)

An Investigation of the Interrelation of Everglades Hydrology and Florida Bay Dynamics to Ecosystem Processes in South Florida (FS-049-01)

Magnitude and Distribution of Flows into Northeastern Florida Bay (FS-030-00)

Mercury Contamination of Aquatic Ecosystems (FS-216-95, available from the Water Resources of Wisconsin website)

Mercury and Periphyton in the South Florida Ecosystem (FS-184-96)

Mercury Studies in the Florida Everglades (FS-166-96)

Methodology for the Determination of Nutrient Loads from East Coast Canals to Biscayne Bay (FS-129-96)

Methyl-Mercury Degradation in Florida Everglades Peat-Sediment

Modeling Fish Population and Biomass on the Everglades Landscape (ALFISH) (FS-138-02)

Modeling Hurricane Effects on Mangrove Ecosystems (FS-095-97)

Modern and Historical Bathymetry of Florida Bay (FS-096-98)

National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Study Design for Data Collection in the Southern Florida Study Unit, 1996-98 (FS-061-98, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Organochlorine pesticides and PCBs in southern Florida fishes: Then and now (FS-110-97, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Paleoecology and Ecosystem History (Info. sheet 02-01 from the GEER Informational Workshop Series)

Quantifying Freshwater Discharge for Coastal Hydraulic Structures in Eastern Dade County, Florida (FS-123-96)

Reflectance Calibrated Digital Mulitspectral Video: A Test-Bed for High Spectral and Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing

Regional Evaluation of Evapotranspiration in the Everglades (FS-168-96)

Remote Sensing of Turbidity and Sedimentation

Review and Evaluation of a Model for Simulating the Natural Hydrology of South Florida (FS-180-96)

Sedimentation, Sea-Level Rise, and Circulation in Florida Bay (FS-156-96)

Seepage Beneath Levee 30 in Northern Dade County (FS-132-96)

Short-Lived Isotopic Chronometers - A Means of Measuring Decadal Sedimentary Dynamics (FS-073-98)

SIMSPAR Model Simulates the Impact of Hydrology on the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (FS-136-02)

South Florida Ecosystem Program (FS-134-95)

South Florida Ecosystem Program Database Development (FS-174-95)

South Florida Ecosystem Program Web Site (FS-155-95)

South Florida Ecosystems: Changes Through Time (FS-171-95)

South Florida Ecosystems--The Role of Peat in the Cycling of Metals (FS-161-96)

South Florida Wetlands Ecosystems: Biogeochemical Processes in Peat

Southern Florida NAWQA Program Study Unit Fact Sheet (available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Studies of aquatic community structure and dynamics in the seasonally variable wetlands of southern Florida (available from the Center for Aquatic Resource Studies website. Please note that this is a (0.2 Mb) PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader® to be read.)

The Swamp Eel: A New Invasive Fish

Taylor Slough and Eastern Florida Bay: Geochemical Studies in Support of Ecosystem Restoration in South Florida

The Tides and Inflows in the Mangroves of the Everglades (TIME) Interdisciplinary Project of the South Florida Ecosystem Program (FS-031-01)

U.S. Coral Reefs - Imperiled National Treasures (FS-25-02, available from the Western Region U.S. Geological Survey website)

USGS Science for Restoration of South Florida: The South Florida Ecosystem Program (FS-61-99)

Vegetation and Hydrology of Land-Margin Ecosystems (available from the Center for Aquatic Resource Studies website. Please note that this is a (0.4 Mb) PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader ® to be read.)

Vegetation Affects Water Movement in the Florida Everglades (FS-147-96)

Vertical Exchange of Ground Water and Surface Water in the Florida Everglades (FS-169-96)

Water Flows and Nutrient Loads to the Southwest Coast of Florida (FS-179-96)

Water-quality assessment of southern Florida-wastewater discharges and runoff (FS-032-98, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Water-Quality Assessment within a Drainage Control District in Southeastern Florida (FS-149-00, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Water Quality in Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park, 1960-2000 (FS-097-03)

Lectures

Ethos, Equity and the Water Resource

A Global Thirst for Safe Water: The Case of Cholera

Water Science and Technology: Some Lessons from the 20th Century

Water Technology Development in the Twenty-First Century: What Should We Do, Not What Can We Do?

Maps

Elevation Contours of Lake Okeechobee 2001

Florida Bay Air:Sea Carbon Dioxide Exchange Maps

Florida Bay AVHRR Time Series CD-ROM (available from the NOAA Coastal Services Center website)

Florida Bay Salinity Maps

Florida Bay Surface Maps (Florida Bay surface temperatures, surface salinities, surface pH and surface dissolved oxygen were measured.)

Geologic Map of the State of Florida

Images from the Water Resources Atlas of Florida (Available from the Everglades Village website. Maps include: Population, Thunderstorms, Hurricanes, Sequence of Aquifers, Floridan Aquifer System, Drainage Basins and Divides, Environmental Geology, Groundwater, Average Annual Rainfall, Primary Groundwater Sources and Thickness of the Floridan Aquifer.)

Location Map of Active DBHYDRO Stage Sites in South Florida (Available from the SFWMD. Please note that this is a 4.8 MB PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader ® to be read.)

Map of Data Collection Sites in Northeastern Florida Bay (Map can be found on the Freshwater Flows into Northeastern Florida Bay project page.)

South Florida Satellite Image Map (Map can be found on the Land Characteristics from Remote Sensing project page.)

Tree Island Map (Shows location of Tree Islands cored for the Ecosystem History project)

Open File Reports

1890 and 1990 Bathymetry of Florida Bay (OFR-00-347)

Analysis of Tests of Subsurface Injection, Storage, and Recovery of Freshwater in the Lower Floridan Aquifer, Okeechobee County, Florida (OFR-95-765)

Analysis of Water Level Data For Everglades National Park, Florida (OFR-FL72-004, USGS-72-054)

Annotated Bibliography of the Geology and Hydrology of the Surficial Aquifers in Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, Florida (OFR-82-154)

Artificial Recharge Workshop Proceedings (OFR-02-89, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Assessment of Water Quality in the South Indian River Water Control District, Palm Beach County, Florida, 1989-94 (OFR-96-495)

Availability of Ground Water for the U.S. Navy Well Field Near Florida City, Dade County, Florida (OFR-FL-74014, USGS OFR 74-1072)

Average altitude of the water table (1990-99) and frequency analysis of water levels (1974-99) in the Biscayne Aquifer, Miami-Dade County, Florida (OFR-02-91, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Biomass and Vegetative Characteristics of Sawgrass Grown in a Tilting Flume as Part of a Study of Vegetative Resistance to Flow (OFR-99-230)

Chemical Pollutants and Toxic Effects on Benthic Organisms, Biscayne Bay: A Pilot Study Preceding Florida Everglades Restoration (OFR-02-308, available from the U.S. Geological Survey website)

Conversion of Historical Topographic Sheets (T-sheets) from Paper to Digital Form: Florida Everglades and Vicinity (OFR-02-204)

Data for Periphyton and Water Samples Collected from the South Florida Ecosystem, 1995 and 1996 (OFR-98-76)

Deep Artesian Aquifers of Sanibel and Captiva Islands, Lee County, Florida (OFR-82-253)

Diatom Paleoecology Pass Key Core 37, Everglades National Park, Florida (OFR-98-522, available from the U.S. Geological Survey website)

Direct-Current Resistivity Data From 94 Sites in Northeastern Palm Beach County, Florida (OFR-88-464)

Ecosystem History of South Florida: Biscayne Bay Sediment Core Descriptions (OFR-97-437, available from the U.S. Geological Survey website)

Effects of Lowering Interior Canal Stages on Salt-Water Intrusion Into the Shallow Aquifer in Southeast Palm Beach County (OFR-75-74)

Environmental Quality and Preservation - Fragile Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys: Preserving the Largest Reef Ecosystem in the Continental U.S. (OFR-97-453)

Estimation of Infiltration Rates of Saturated Soils at Selected Sites in the Caloosahatchee River Basin (OFR-01-65, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Evaluation of Streamflow-Data Program in Florida (OFR-70008)

Fate and Pathways of Injection-Well Effluent in the Florida Keys (OFR-94-276)

Feasibility of Estimating Constituent Concentrations and Loads Based on Data Recorded by Acoustic Instrumentation (OFR-02-285, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Florida Bay Bottom Types (OFR-97-526)

Flow Velocity, Water Temperature, and Conductivity in Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park, Florida: July 1999 - August 2001 (OFR-02-159, available from the Tides and Inflows in the Mangroves of the Everglades (TIME) website. Please note that this is a 13.6 MB PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader® to be read.)

Flow-velocity data collected in the wetlands adjacent to Canal C-111 in south Florida during 1997 and 1999 (OFR-00-056)

Geochemical Productivity Monitoring in Florida Bay (OFR-00-361)

Geochemistry of Sulfur in the Florida Everglades: 1994 through 1999 (OFR-01-007)

Geochemistry of Surface and Pore Water at USGS Coring Sites in Wetlands of South Florida: 1994 and 1995 (OFR-97-454)

Geologic Data From Test Drilling in Palm Beach County, Florida Since 1970 (OFR-76-713)

Ground-Water Quality at the Site of a Proposed Deep-Well Injection System for Treated Wastewater, West Palm Beach, Florida (OFR-76-91)

Ground-Water Quality in Selected Areas Serviced by Septic Tanks, Dade County, Florida (OFR-75-607)

Helicopter Electromagnetic Data from Everglades National Park and Surrounding Areas, Florida: Collected 9-14 December 1994 (OFR-02-101)

Historical Aerial Photography for the Greater Everglades of South Florida: The 1940, 1:40,000 Photoset (OFR-02-327)

Hydrobiological Characteristics of Shark River Estuary, Everglades National Park, Florida (OFR-71-199)

Hydrogeologic Assessment of Shallow Clastic and Carbonate Rock Aquifers in Hendry and Collier Counties, Southwest Florida (OFR-96-556)

Hydrogeologic Data Related to Establishment of a Pumping Station in the Everglades National Park, Florida (FL-OFR-68001, USGS OFR 69-011)

Hydrologic Conditions in Broward County, Florida, 1976 (OFR-79-1258)

Hydrologic Data for 1971, Broward County, Florida (OFR-73016)

Hydrologic Data For 1973, Broward County, Florida (OFR FL-74028)

Hydrologic Data From Monitoring Of Saline-Water Intrusion In The Cape Coral Area, Lee County, Florida (OFR-82-772)

Hydrologic and Geologic Data From The Upper East Coast Planning Area, Southeast Florida (OFR-79-1543)

Hydrostratigraphy of Tree Island Cores from Water Conservation Area 3 (OFR-03-68)

Image Processing Methods: Procedures in selection, registration, normalization and enhancement of satellite imagery in coastal wetlands (OFR-97-287, available from the Center for Coastal & Watershed Studies website)

Interaction between Ground Water and Surface Water in the Northern Everglades and Relation to Water Budget and Mercury Cycling: Study Methods and Appendixes (OFR-00-168)

Interaction between Ground Water and Surface Water in Taylor Slough and Vicinity, Everglades National Park, South Florida: Study Methods and Appendixes (OFR-00-483)

Lake Belt Study Area: High-Resolution Seismic Reflection Survey, Miami-Dade County Florida (OFR-02-325)

Lake Okeechobee Seepage Monitoring Network (OFR-73018)

Lithostratigraphy, Geophysics, Biostratigraphy, and Strontium-Isotope Stratigraphy of the Surficial Aquifer System of Eastern Collier County and Northern Monroe County, Florida (OFR-99-432, available from the U.S. Geological Survey website)

Lithostratigraphy, Petrography, Biostratigraphy, and Strontium-Isotope Stratigraphy of the Surficial Aquifer System of Western Collier County, Florida (OFR-98-205)

Measuring Taylor Slough boundary and internal flows, Everglades National Park, Florida (OFR-01-225, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Modern benthic foraminifer distributions in Biscayne Bay analogs for historical reconstructions (OFR-97-034, available from the U.S. Geological Survey website)

MODFLOW-2000, the U.S. Geological Survey Modular Ground-Water Model-Documentation of the SEAWAT-2000 Version with the Variable-Density Flow Process (VDF) and the Integrated MT3DMS Transport Process (IMT) (OFR-03-426, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Molluscan Fauna from Core 25B, Whipray Basin, Central Florida Bay, Everglades National Park (OFR-01-143)

Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Trace Elements in Florida Surface Waters, 1970-71 (OFR-73028)

Nutrient Survey of Surface Waters in Southern Florida During a Wet and a Dry Season September 1970 and March 1971 (FL-OFR-72008, USGS OFR 72-124)

Oculina Bank: Sidescan Sonar and Sediment Data from a Deep-Water Coral Reef Habitat off East-Central Florida (OFR-99-10, available from the U.S. Geological Survey website)

A Paleoecologic Reconstruction of the History of Featherbed Bank, Biscayne National Park, Biscayne Bay, Florida (OFR-00-191)

Paleontologic Data from Mud Creek Core 1, Southern Florida (OFR-97-736, available from the U.S. Geological Survey website)

Palynological Census Data from Surface Samples in South Florida (OFR-97-867, available from the U.S. Geological Survey website)

Pollen Census Data from Southern Florida: Sites Along a Nutrient Gradient in Water Conservation Area 2A (OFR-97-497, available from the U.S. Geological Survey website)

Pollen and Geochronological Data from South Florida: Taylor Creek Site (OFR-97-35; please note that this is a 1.6 MB PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader ® to be read.)

Preliminary Analysis of Down-core Biotic Assemblages: Bob Allen Keys, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay (OFR-95-628)

Preliminary Determinations of Hydrobiological and Chemical Conditions in the Vicinity of the Proposed Jetport and Other Airports in South Florida, July, 1969 (OFR-FL70-004, USGS-69-162)

Preliminary Evaluation of Availability of Potable Water on Elliott Key, Dade County, Florida (FL-OFR-70010, USGS OFR 70-188)

A Preliminary Evaluation of Hydrologic Conditions of the Lakeland Ridge Area of Polk County, Florida (FL-OFR-71007, USGS OFR 71-241)

Preliminary Paleontologic Report on Core 37, from Pass Key, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay (OFR-98-122, available from the U.S. Geological Survey website)

Preliminary Paleontologic Report on Core T-24, Little Madeira Bay, Florida (OFR-96-543, available from the U.S. Geological Survey website)

Preliminary Paleontologic Report on Cores 19A and 19B, from Russell Bank, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay (OFR-97-460)

Preliminary Report on the Distribution of Modern Fauna and Flora at Selected Sites in North-Central and North-Eastern Florida Bay (OFR-96-732, available from the U.S. Geological Survey website)

Probable Effect of Canal 111 on Salt-Water Encroachment, Southern Dade County, Florida (OFR-FL-65002, USGS OFR 65-086)

Progress Report on Sediment Analyses at Selected Faunal Monitoring Sites in North-Central and Northeastern Florida Bay (OFR-97-534, available from the U.S. Geological Survey website)

Quality-Assurance Plan for Water-Quality Activities of the U.S. Geological Survey in Miami, Florida (OFR-03-195, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Quality Of The Water In Borrow Ponds Near A Major Highway Interchange, Dade County, Florida, October-November, 1977 (OFR-78-1029)

Reconnaissance of chemical and physical characteristics of selected bottom sediments of the Caloosahatchee River and estuary, tributaries, and contiguous bays, Lee County, Florida, July 20-30, 1998 (OFR-99-226, available from the Water Resources of Florida website. Please note that this is a 3.8 MB PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader ® to be read.)

A Reconnaissance of Hydrogeologic Conditions in Lehigh Acres and Adjacent Areas of Lee County, Florida (OFR-75-55)

Re-examining the Submarine Spring off Crescent Beach, Florida (OFR-00-158)

Reconnaissance of the Water Resources in the Vicinity of Proposed Deep-Well Injection Sites in Southeast Dade County, Florida (OFR-73-65, formerly OFR-73031)

Regional Geochemistry of Metals in Organic-Rich Sediments, Sawgrass and Surface Water, from Taylor Slough, Florida (OFR-00-327)

Relation of Water Level and Fish Availability to Wood Stork Reproduction in the Southern Everglades, Florida (OFR-75-434)

Remote-Sensing Applications to Hydrobiology in South Florida (OFR-FL-68009)

Results of Time-Domain Electromagnetic Soundings in Everglades National Park, Florida (OFR-99-426)

The Road to Flamingo: An Evaluation of Flow Pattern Alterations and Salinity Intrusion in the Lower Glades, Everglades National Park (OFR-02-0059)

Salinity Studies in East Glades Agricultural Area, Southeastern Dade County, Florida (OFR-73005)

Satellite Imagery of South Florida, December 1989 - December 1996 (OFR-97-264)

Sawgrass Density, Biomass, and Leaf Area Index: A Flume Study in Support of Research on Wind Sheltering Effects in the Florida Everglades (OFR-00-172)

Science Plan: U.S. Geological Survey: Florida District (OFR-01-180)

Sediment Loads in Canals 18, 23, and 24 in Southeastern Florida (OFR-72013)

Sequence-Stratigraphic Analysis of the Regional Observation Monitoring Program(ROMP) 29A Test Corehole and Its Relation to Carbonate Porosity and Regional Transmissivity in the Floridan Aquifer System, Highlands County, Florida (OFR-03-201, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

SHARQ Infested Waters (OFR-00-166)

Simulation of the Effects of Proposed Tide Gates on Circulation, Flushing, and Water Quality in Residential Canals, Cape Coral, Florida (OFR-91-237)

Simulations of Water-Level Drawdowns In Proposed Well-Field Areas, Dade County, Florida (OFR-76-651)

Some Aspects of the Availability of Water From the Everglades to the Everglades National Park, Florida (OFR-70007)

Some Aspects Of The Effects Of The Quantity And Quality Of Water On Biological Communities In Everglades National Park (OFR-FL-69007)

Some Hydrologic and Biologic Aspects of the Big Cypress Swamp Drainage Area, Southern Florida (OFR-70003)

Source Water Identification and Chemical Typing for Nitrogen at the Kissimmee River, Pool C, Florida -- Preliminary Assessment (OFR-02-48, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Summary of Data Collected for the Miami River Restoration Project During March and September, 1971 (OFR-72020)

Summary of Hydrologic Conditions in Collier County, Florida, 1974 (OFR-75-007)

Summary of Hydrologic Data Collected During 1974 in Dade County, Florida (OFR-FL-75012)

Urban Stormwater Runoff Data for a Residential Area, Pompano Beach, Florida (OFR-78-324)

U.S. Geological Survey Artificial Recharge Workshop Proceedings, Sacramento, California, April 2-4, 2002 (OFR-02-89, available from the Water Resources of the United States website)

U.S. Geological Survey Greater Everglades Science Program: 2002 Biennial Report (OFR-03-54)

U.S. Geological Survey Program on the South Florida Ecosystem: 2000 Proceedings (OFR-00-449)

U.S. Geological Survey Program on the South Florida Ecosystem Proceedings of the South Florida Restoration Science Forum (OFR-99-181)

Vegetative Resistance to Flow in South Florida: Summary of Vegetation Sampling at Sites NESRS3 and P33, Shark River Slough, April, 1996 (OFR-99-187)

Vegetative Resistance to Flow in South Florida: Summary of Vegetation Sampling at Sites NESRS3 and P33, Shark River Slough, November, 1996 (OFR-99-218)

Vegetative Resistance to Flow in South Florida: Summary of Vegetation Sampling in Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, September 1997 - July 1998 (OFR-01-102)

Velocity and Stage Data Collected in a Laboratory Flume for Water-Surface Slope Determination Using a Pipe Manometer (OFR-00-393)

Water-Quality Data For Canals In Eastern Broward County Florida, 1969-1974 (OFR-FL75-009)

Water-Quality Data for the Ground-Water Network in Eastern Broward County, Florida, 1983-84 (OFR-86-313)

Water Quality At Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida, 1971-72 (OFR-72023)

Water Quality in the Conservation Areas of the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District, 1970-1972 (OFR-73014)

Water Resources Investigations, Collier County, Florida (OFR-80-1207)

Water-Supply Problems in Southwest Florida (OFR-FL-68003)

Papers

Water-Supply Papers

Computation of the Time-Varying Flow Rate from an Artesian Well in Central Dade County, Florida, by Analytical and Numerical Simulation Methods (Water-Supply Paper 2491, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Descriptions of Anisotropy and Heterogeneity and Their Effect on Ground-Water Flow and Areas of Contribution to Public Supply Wells in a Karst Carbonate Aquifer System (Water-Supply Paper 2475, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Simulation of the Water-Table Altitude in the Biscayne Aquifer, Southern Dade County, Florida, Water Years 1945-89 (Water-Supply Paper 2458, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Tests of Subsurface Storage of Freshwater at Hialeah, Dade County, Florida, and Numerical Simulation of the Salinity of Recovered Water (Water-Supply Paper 2431, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Water Resources of Southeastern Florida (Water-Supply Paper 1255)

Professional Papers

The Environment of South Florida (Professional Paper 1011)

ERTS-I: A New Window on Our Planet (Professional Paper 929)

Geochemistry of the Floridan Aquifer System in Florida and in Parts of Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama (Professional Paper 1403I)

Hydrogeologic Framework of the Floridan Aquifer System in Florida and in Parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina (Professional Paper 1403B)

Hydrogeology, Ground-Water Movement, and Subsurface Storage in the Floridan Aquifer System in Southern Florida (Professional Paper 1403G)

Summary of the Hydrology of the Floridan Aquifer System In Florida and In Parts of Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama (Professional Paper 1403A)

Papers from Proceedings/Workshops

Characterization of the Karstic Biscayne Aquifer in Southeastern Florida Using Ground-Penetrating Radar, Digital Optical Borehole Images and Cores (available from the Water Resources of the United States website. This paper is from the proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group, February 13-16, 2001)

Classification of Vegetation for Surface-Water Flow Models in Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (from the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, July 1999)

Comparisons Among Ground-Water Flow Models and Analysis of Discrepancies in Simulated Transmissivities of the Upper Floridan Aquifer in Ground-Water Flow Model Overlap Areas (available from the Water Resources of the United States website. This paper is from the proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group, February 13-16, 2001)

Determining Flow-Resistance Coefficients in the Florida Everglades (from the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, July 1999)

Direct Linkages Between Onshore Karst Aquifers and Offshore Marine Environments: Crescent Beach Spring, Florida (available from the Water Resources of the United States website. This paper is from the proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group, February 13-16, 2001)

The Ecological Role of the Karst Wetlands of Southern Florida in Relation to System Restoration (available from the Water Resources of the United States website. This paper is from the proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group, February 13-16, 2001)

Geophysical Investigations of Upward Migrating Saline Water from the Lower to Upper Floridan Aquifer, Central Indian River Region, Florida (available from the Water Resources of the United States website. This paper is from the proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group, February 13-16, 2001)

Geophysical Mapping of Saltwater Intrusion in Everglades National Park (from the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, July 1999)

Hydrologic Studies in Support of South Florida Ecosystem Restoration (from the proceedings of the ASCE 2000 Joint Conference on Water Resources Engineering and Water Resources Planning and Management, June 1999)

Integrating Surface and Borehole Geophysics in the Characterization of Salinity in a Coastal Aquifer (from the proceedings of The First International Conference on Saltwater Intrusion and Coastal Aquifers -- Monitoring, Modeling, and Management, April 2001)

Land Characterization for Hydrologic Modeling in the Everglades (from the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, July 1999)

Linkage of Hydrologic and Ecological Models: SICS and ALFISHES (from the proceedings of the Second Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference, July 28 to August 1, 2002)

Locally-Forced Wind Effects on Shallow Waters with Emergent Vegetation (from the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, July 1999)

Numerical Representation of Dynamic Flow and Transport at the Everglades/Florida Bay Interface (from the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, July 1999)

An Overview of the Southern Inland and Coastal System Project of the U. S. Geological Survey South Florida Ecosystem Program (from the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, July 1999)

Preliminary data on microcrustacean communities from ground waters in the southern Everglades (available from the Water Resources of the United States website. This paper is from the proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group, February 13-16, 2001)

Regional Evaluation of Evapotranspiration in the Everglades (from the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, July 1999)

The relation between structure and saltwater intrusion in the Floridan aquifer system, southeastern Florida (available from the Water Resources of the United States website. This paper is from the proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group, February 13-16, 2001)

The Role of Biogeochemistry in USGS Sediment Research (available from the Water Resources of the United States website. This paper is from the proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Sediment Workshop, February 4-7, 1997)

The Role of Flow in the Everglades Ridge and Slough Landscape (from the Flow Workshop Concurrent Session III Hydrology and Hydrologic Modeling, December 13, 2000)

Saltwater Intrusion in Everglades National Park, Florida Measured by Airborne Electromagnetic Surveys (from the proceedings of The First International Conference on Saltwater Intrusion and Coastal Aquifers -- Monitoring, Modeling, and Management, April 2001)

Submarine Ground-Water Discharge in Upper Indian River Lagoon, Florida (available from the Water Resources of the United States website. This paper is from the proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group, February 13-16, 2001)

Using Airborne and Ground Electromagnetic Data to Map Hydrologic Features in Everglades National Park (from the proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems SAGEEP, 2001)

Journal Articles

Application of ground-penetrating radar, digital optical borehole images, and cores for characterization of porosity hydraulic conductivity and paleokarst in the Biscayne aquifer, southeastern Florida, USA

Binding of Mercury(II) to Dissolved Organic Matter: The Role of the Mercury-to-DOM Concentration Ratio

Blackened Limestone Pebbles: Fire at Subaerial Unconformities

Calcite crystal growth inhibition by humic substances with emphasis on hydrophobic acids from the Florida Everglades (available from the Water Resources of the United States website)

Carbonate Porosity Versus Depth: A Predictable Relation for South Florida

Chronologic Model and Transgressive-Regressive Signatures in the Late Neogene Siliciclastic Foundation (Long Key Formation) of the Florida Keys

Coastal Geology and National Parklands: An Example from Biscayne NP

Constants for Mercury Binding by Dissolved Organic Matter Isolates from the Florida Everglades

Copepod Communities from Surface and Ground Waters in the Everglades, South Florida

Copper, lead, mercury, and zinc in periphyton of the South Florida Ecosystem

Decadal change in vegetation and soil phosphorus patterns across the Everglades landscape (available from the Journal of Environmental Quality website)

Determination of Specific Yield for the Biscayne Aquifer with a Canal-Drawdown Test (available from the National Ground Water Association Ground Water Journal website)

Development and evaluation of a mathematical model for surface-water flow within the Shark River Slough of the Florida Everglades (available from the Science Direct Journal of Hydrology website)

Diagnostic Foraminiferal Assemblages of Florida Bay and Adjacent Shallow Waters: A Comparison

Distribution of and relation among mercury and methylmercury, organic carbon, carbonate, nitrogen and phosphorus, in periphyton of the South Florida Ecosystem

Enhanced Dissolution of Cinnabar (Mercuric Sulfide) by Dissolved Organic Matter Isolated from the Florida Everglades

Estimation of Infiltration Rates of Saturated Soils at Selected Sites in the Caloosahatchee River Basin (OFR-01-65, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Evaluation of the use of reach transmissivity to quantify exchange between groundwater and surface water (published in the Journal of Hydrology, and available from the Ingenta website)

The Fate of Wastewater-Derived Nitrate in theSubsurface of the Florida Keys: Key Colony Beach, Florida (available from Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science on-line)

Forgotten Islands (available from the Audubon Magazine on-line)

Fulvic acid-sulfide ion competition for mercury ion binding in the Florida Everglades

Geochemistry of Florida Bay sediments: I. Nutrient history at five sites in eastern and central Florida Bay

Inhibition of Precipitation and Aggregation of Metacinnabar (Mercuric Sulfide) by Dissolved Organic Matter Isolated from the Florida Everglades

Interplay of Late Cenozoic Siliciclastic Supply and Carbonate Response on the Southeast Florida Platform

Levels of mercury in alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) collected along a transect through the Florida Everglades (available from the journal "Science of the Total Environment", 297:239-252. Abstract only; subscription is required for the full version.)

New method for quantification of vuggy porosity from digital optical borehole images as applied to the karstic Pleistocene limestone of the Biscayne aquifer, southeastern Florida

Occurrence And Distribution Of Contaminants In Bottom Sediment And Water Of The Barron River Canal, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida, October 1998

Phosphorus cycling and partitioning in oligotrophic Everglades wetland ecosystems: A radioisotope tracing study (available from the Blackwell Publishing website)

Pleistocene Barrier Bar Seaward of Ooid Shoal Complex Near Miami, Florida

Quantifying Time-Varying Ground-Water Discharge and Recharge in Wetlands of the Northern Florida Everglades

Restoring South Florida's Future (July/August 1999 issue of "People, Land, and Water," the employee news magazine of the U.S. Department of the Interior)

Sedimentary Petrology of a Declining Reef Ecosystem, Florida Reef Tract (U.S.A)

Simulation of submarine ground water discharge to a marine estuary: Biscayne Bay, Florida (available from the National Ground Water Association website)

Stratigraphy and hydrogeology of a submarine collapse sinkhole on the continental shelf, northeastern Florida (available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

The Use of AVHRR Satellite Data for Estimating Spatially Varying Critical Wind Stress in Florida Bay (from the Journal of Coastal Research)

Using natural distributions of short-lived radium isotopes to quantify groundwater discharge and recharge (available from the Journal of Limnology and Oceanography)

Variation in trophic shift for stable isotope ratios of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur (abstract available from the journal "Oikos", Volume 102, Issue 2, Page 378 - August 2003.)

Books/Chapters from Books

Geology and Hydrogeology of the Florida Keys (from Geology and Hydrogeology of Carbonate Islands)

Tree Islands of the Everglades

Molluscan Faunal Distribution in Florida Bay, Past and Present: An Integration of Down-Core and Modern Data

Posters

200 year history of Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, Florida

Accumulation and Fate of Mercury in an Everglades Aquatic Food Web (please note that this is a 7.4 MB PPT file)

Aquatic Cycling of Mercury in the Everglades

The Aquatic Cycling of Mercury in the Everglades (ACME) Project: Challenges of Linking Field Data to Conceptual Models (available as a PDF or PowerPoint file. PDF files require the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader ® to be read.)

Aquatic Cycling of Mercury in the Everglades (ACME) Project: Synopsis of Phase I Studies and Plans for Phase II Studies

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?

Buttonwood Embankment: The Historical Perspective on its Role in Northeastern Florida Bay Sedimentary Dynamics and Hydrology

The Caloosahatchee Estuary: What freshwater flow regime will protect and enhance submerged grass beds, and other biotic resources?

The Challenge of Water Management: The Kissimmee-Okeechobee-Everglades System-Development & Drainage in the Lower East Coast

Changes in the Mangrove/Marsh Ecotones of the Florida Everglades

Characterization of Microtopography in the Everglades

Consequences of Fire and Freeze on a Mangrove-Marsh Ecotone

The Data Web Pages of the Tides and Inflows in the Mangroves of the Everglades (TIME) Project (please note that this is a 0.5 MB PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader ® to be read.)

Design and Development of the Florida Bay Salinity Database

Developing Insight into Coastal Wetland Hydrology Through Numerical Modeling (available from the TIME website. Please note that this is a 1.8 MB PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader ® to be read.)

Development and Testing of a Surface-Water Flow Model for Shark River Slough

Development of a Variable-Density Groundwater Flow Model for the Taylor Slough Area (available from the TIME website)

Diatoms as Indicators of Environmental Change in Florida Bay (please note that this is a 3.0 MB PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader® to be read.)

The Effects of Canals on Alligators in the Everglades

The Effects of Hydroperiod on Life-History Parameters of Two Species of Livebearing Fish (Poeciliidae) in the Florida Everglades

Environmental Controls on Methylmercury Production and Degradation in Everglades Sediments (please note that this is a 0.4 MB PPT file)

Estimating Water Quality Along the Southwest Florida Coast for Hydrologic Models Using Helicopter Electromagnetic Surveys

Estimation of Freshwater Flow to Joe Bay, South Florida

Evaluation of Flows in Wetlands Adjacent to Canal C-111

Fire Effects on Flow in Vegetated Wetlands of the Everglades

Fish Community Colonization Patterns in the Rocky Glades Wetlands of Southern Florida

Geochemical Measurements of Carbonate Sediment Production and Organic Productivity in Florida Bay: A Potential Measure of Restoration Progress

Geochronology of Terrestrial Sediments: South Florida ecosystem

Ground Water and Surface Water Interactions in the Freshwater Wetlands of Taylor Slough

Historical Trends in Epiphytal Ostracodes from Florida Bay: Implications for Seagrass and Macro-benthic Algal Variability (please note that this is a 2.0 MB PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader® to be read.)

Home Range and Movement of Alligators in the Everglades

How are we going to adequately meet the increasing and competitive needs for water by the natural, urban, and agricultural areas?

How can agricultural research in South Dade enable natural land managers and farmers to work together to support habitat restoration?

How can the effects of increased phosphorus loading be determined at the landscape level for Everglades structure and functions?

How can sugarcane research in the Everglades Agricultural Area enable natural land managers and farmers to work together to reduce phosphorus and restore natural hydrology?

How can we effectively communicate hydrologic information to decision makers and to the public?

How do environmental histories of the Everglades help future management?

How do we ensure the delivery of the right amount of fresh water - at the right time and of good quality - to sustain and enhance coastal waters?

How Has Managing the Wetlands of the Northern Everglades Affected Hydrologic and Chemical Interactions with Ground Water?

Hydrodynamics of the Southwest Coast Estuaries

Hydrogeology of a Dynamic System in the Florida Keys: A Tracer Experiment

Impact of Hydrologic Changes on the Everglades/Florida Bay Ecosystem: A Regional, Paleoecological Perspective (please note that this is a 2.0 MB PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader® to be read.)

Internal Surface Water Flows FL96-620, Freshwater to and from Native American Lands (2003)

Internal Surface Water Flows FL96-620 Fresh Water to and from Native American Lands (2000)

Inventory and Review of Aquifer Storage and Recovery in Southern Florida

Lessons from the Everglades: Atypical Isotope Patterns in a Complex Ecosystem

Life History Parameters and Population Dynamics of Freshwater Fishes of South Florida Canal Systems (available from the Center for Aquatic Resource Studies website)

Lignin Phenols From Sediments Of Florida Bay As Indicators Of Seagrass History

Long-Term Data from the USGS-BRD Mangrove Hydrology Sampling Network in Everglades National Park

Long-Term Florida Bay Salinity History: A Synthesis of Multi-proxy Evidence from Sediment Cores (please note that this is a 1.5 MB PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader® to be read.)

Mapping Spatial Variability in Marsh Redox Conditions Using Biomass Stable Isotopic Compositions

Modeling Alligator Production Probabilities in the Everglades

Modeling Manatee Movements to Predict and Assess the Impact of Hydrologic Change in Estuaries of Southwestern Florida (available from the Center for Aquatic Resource Studies website)

Molluscan Faunal Distribution in Florida Bay, past and present: An integration of down-core and modern data

The National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program

Nutrient Transport to Biscayne Bay and Water-Quality Trends at Selected Sites in Southern Florida

A Paleoenvironmental Record from Manatee Bay, Barnes Sound, Florida

Paleo-hydrology of Southern Florida?

Predicting Salinity in Florida Bay (please note that this is a 1.0 MB PPT file)

Quantifying Hydrologic Exchange Between Surface and Ground Water in the Florida Everglades, WCA-2a

Quantifying Seepage Losses From The Everglades

Radio Tracking Manatees to Assess the Impact of Hydrologic Changes in Southwest Florida (available from the Center for Aquatic Resource Studies website)

Reconstructing the History of South Florida's Ecosystem: The Role of Modern and Paleoecological Data (please note that this is a 2.5 MB PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader® to be read.)

Relations of a Heterozoan Carbonate-Particle Association to Aquifer Characteristics in a Pliocene Mixed Siliciclastic-Carbonate Ramp (Tamiami Formation), Southern Florida

Restoration of Sheetflow to Northeast Florida Bay: An Assessment of Structural Modifications to the C-111 Canal

Sheet Flow in Vegetated Wetlands of the Everglades

Significance of Microtopography as a Control on Surface-Water Flow in Wetlands

Simulation of Seasonal Inundation Patterns in the South Florida Everglades

South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) Metadata for the U.S. Geological Survey Greater Everglades Place-Based Studies

South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) Website (2000)

South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) Website (2003)

The South Florida Mercury Science Program

The Southern Inland and Coastal System Project

Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Soil Pore Water Nutrients in an Estuarine Fringe Mangrove Forest

Summary of Ground-Water Related Geophysical Investigations in Everglades National Park

Synthesis on the Impact of 20th Century Water-Management and Land-Use Practices on the Coastal Hydrology of Southeastern Florida

Thermally-Driven Vertical Mixing in the Everglades

Thermoregulation of the American Alligator in the Everglades

The Tides and Inflows in the Mangroves of the Everglades (TIME) Project (available from the TIME website. Please note that this is a 2.7 MB PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader ® to be read.)

Trophic Patterns in the Everglades Freshwater Fish Community Across Habitats and Seasons

Using Hydrologic Correlation As A Tool To Estimate Flow At Non-Instrumented Estuarine Creeks In Northeastern Florida Bay (2003)

Using Strip-transect Aerial Surveys to Estimate Manatee Abundance in the Ten Thousand Islands Region of Southwest Florida (2003)

Using Strip-Transect Aerial Surveys to Estimate Manatee Abundance in the Ten Thousand Islands Region of Southwest Florida (2001, available from the Center for Aquatic Resource Studies website)

Utilizing Four Radium Isotopes to Study Water Interactions

Variations in Mangrove Peat Salinity from April 1997 to April 2003: A Spatial Analysis. Harney River Estuary, Everglades National Park.

Velocity and Stage Data Collected in a Laboratory Flume for Water-Surface Slope Determination Using a Pipe Manometer

Water Quality in Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) and Everglades National Park (EVER) --- Trends and Spatial Characteristics of Selected Constituents

What are the predicted long term transport, fate and effects?

What can soils tell us about the past that helps us today?

What is Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) and how does it work?

What is modeling and how does it help?

Who wants the water and who gets the water?

Why are modified water deliveries important to Everglades National Park?

Reports

The Big Cypress Swamp (MGS-McPherson 1974 (Excerpt))

The Effects of Diagenesis on the Hydrology of the Surficial Aquifer, Broward County, Florida (MGS-Whitley 1994)

Effects of Hydrology on Wading Bird Foraging Parameters Report

Environmental Impact of the Big Cypress Swamp Jetport

Environments of Coal Formation in Southern Florida (MGS-Spackman 1964)

Florida Bay's Murky Past

Florida Waters: A Water Resources Manual

Hydrologic Interactions Between Surface Water and Ground Water in Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (also available as a PDF (0.60 Mb) and a zipped PDF (0.52 Mb). PDF files require the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader ® to be read.

An Isotopic Study of Northeast Everglades National Park and Adjacent Urban Areas (available from the University of Miami College of Engineering website. Please note that this is a 23 MB PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader ® to be read.)

Late Pleistocene Geology in An Urban Area (MGS-Bock 1969)

Living and Fossil Reef Types of South Florida (MGS-Hoffmeister 1964)

The Miami Limestone - A Guide to Selected Outcrops and Their Interpretation (MGS-Halley 1983)

Notes on the Grossman Well and the "Chekika Plume" (MGS-Merritt 1995)

Resource and Land Information for South Dade County, Florida (Geological Survey Investigation I-850, 1973)

Summary of Data from Onsite and Laboratory Analyses of Surface Water and Marsh Porewater from South Florida Water Management District Water Conservation Areas, the Everglades, South Florida, March 1995

Miami Geological Society Memoir 3, Symposium on South Florida Geology (MGS-Maurrasse 1987)

Tracing Sources of Sulfur in the Florida Everglades

Water, Oil, and the Geology of Collier, Lee and Hendry Counties (MGS-Gleason 1980)

Water Resources Data - Florida, 1999 Volume 2A: South Florida Surface Water (Introductory text. Please note that this is a 0.6 MB PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader® to be read.)

Water Resources Data - Florida, 1999 Volume 2B: South Florida Ground Water (Introductory text. Please note that this is a 0.6 MB PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader® to be read.)

Water Resources Investigations

Accuracy of Acoustic Velocity Metering Systems for Measurement of Low Velocity in Open Channels (Water Resources Investigations Report 89-4090)

Analog-Model Simulations for Secondary Canal Controls and Forward Pumping Water-Management Schemes in Southeast Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 76-93)

Analysis of Selected Benthic Communities in the Florida Everglades With Reference to Their Physical and Chemical Environment (Water Resources Investigations Report 76-28)

Analysis of Trends in Water-Quality Data for Water Conservation Area 3A, The Everglades, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 87-4142)

Analysis of Water-Quality Trends at Two Discharge Stations - One within Big Cypress National Preserve and One near Biscayne Bay - Southern Florida, 1966-94 (Water Resources Investigations Report 00-4099)

Approach for Delineation of Contributing Areas and Zones of Transport to Selected Public-Supply Wells Using a Regional Ground-Water Flow Model, Palm Beach County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 01-4158, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Areal Extent Of A Plume Of Mineralized Water From A Flowing Artesian Well In Dade County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 82-20)

Assessment of Saltwater Intrusion in Southern Coastal Broward County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 96-4221)

Assessment of Water Quality In Canals of Eastern Broward County, Florida, 1969-74 (Water Resources Investigations Report 82-3)

Attenuation of Stormwater Contaminants From Highway Runoff Within Unsaturated Limestone, Dade County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 84-4083)

Bathymetry, Freshwater Flow, and Specific Conductance of Matlacha Pass, Southwestern Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 93-4057)

Biscayne Aquifer, Southeast Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 78-107)

Characterization of Aquifer Heterogeneity Using Cyclostratigraphy and Geophysical Methods in the Upper Part of the Karstic Biscayne Aquifer, Southeastern Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 03-4208, available from the Water Resources of the United States website)

Chemical Characteristics of Water in the Surficial Aquifer System, Dade County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 87-4080)

Chemical Effects of Highway Runoff on the Surficial Aquifer, Broward County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 86-4200)

Chemical and Hydrologic Assessment Of The Caloosahatchee River Basin, Lake Okeechobee To Franklin Lock, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 83-4126)

Delineation of saltwater intrusion in the surficial aquifer system in eastern Palm Beach, Martin, and St. Lucie Counties, Florida, 1997-98 (Water Resources Investigations Report 99-4214, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Design of a Real-Time Ground-Water Level Monitoring Network and Portrayal of Hydrologic Data in Southern Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 01-4275, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Determining Discharge-Coefficient Ratings for Selected Coastal Control Structures in Broward and Palm Beach Counties, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 98-4007, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Distribution, movement, and fate of nitrate in the surficial aquifer beneath citrus groves, Indian River, Martin, and St. Lucie Counties, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 00-4057, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Distribution and origin of salinity in the Surficial and Intermediate Aquifer Systems, southwestern Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 01-4159, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Documentation of a computer program to simulate lake-aquifer interaction using the MODFLOW ground-water flow model and the MOC3D solute-transport model (Water Resources Investigations Report 00-4167, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Drought of 1980-82 in Southeastern Florida with Comparison to the 1961-62 and 1970-71 Droughts (Water Resources Investigations Report 85-4152)

The Effect of the Faka Union Canal System on Water Levels in the Fakahatchee Strand, Collier County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 77-61)

Effects of Bottom Sediments on Infiltration From the Miami and Tributary Canals to the Biscayne Aquifer Dade County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 78-36)

Effects of Dried Wastewater-Treatment Sludge Application on Ground-Water Quality in South Dade County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 91-4135)

Effects of Highway Runoff on the Quality of Water and Bed Sediments of Two Wetlands in Central Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 88-4200, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Effects of Horizontal Velocity Variations on Ultrasonic Velocity Measurements in Open Channels (Water Resources Investigations Report 91-4200)

Effects of Land Use on Ground-Water Quality in the East Everglades, Dade County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 82-4093)

Effects of Land Use on Surface-Water Quality in the East Everglades, Dade County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 81-59)

Effects of Recharge, Upper Floridan Aquifer Heads, and Time Scale on Simulated Ground-Water Exchange with Lake Starr, a Seepage Lake in Central Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 02-4295, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Effects of Two Stormwater Management Methods on the Quality of Water in the Upper Biscayne Aquifer at Two Commercial Areas in Dade County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 88-4069)

Effluent Migration from Septic Tank Systems in Two Different Lithologies, Broward County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 87-4075)

Estimating ground-water inflow to lakes in central Florida using the isotope mass-balance approach (Water Resources Investigations Report 02-4192, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Evaluation of a Cavity-Riddled Zone of the Shallow Aquifer Near Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 80-60)

Evaluation of the Use of Reach Transmissivity to Quantify Leakage Beneath Levee 31N, Miami-Dade County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 00-4066, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Factors Affecting Ground-Water Exchange and Catchment Size for Florida Lakes in Mantled Karst Terrain (Water Resources Investigations Report 02-4033, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Factors Controlling Elevated Lead Concentrations in Water Samples from Aquifer Systems in Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 99-4020, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Freshwater flow from estuarine creeks into northeastern Florida Bay (Water Resources Investigations Report 01-4164, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Freshwater Runoff and Salinity Distribution in the Loxahatchee River Estuary, Southeastern Florida, 1980-82 (Water Resources Investigations Report 83-4244)

Geochemical and Isotopic Composition of Ground Water, with Emphasis on Sources of Sulfate, in the Upper Floridan Aquifer and Intermediate Aquifer System in Southwest Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 96-4146, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Ground-Water Flow Beneath Levee 35A from Conservation Area 2B, Broward County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 87-4280)

Hydraulic Conductivity and Water Quality of the Shallow Aquifer, Palm Beach County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 76-119)

Hydrogeologic Conditions and Saline-Water Intrusion, Cape Coral, Florida, 1978-81 (Water Resources Investigations Report 85-4231)

Hydrogeologic Framework and Geochemistry of the Intermediate Aquifer System in Parts of Charlotte, De Soto, and Sarasota Counties, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 01-4015, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Hydrogeology, Aquifer Characteristics, and Ground-Water Flow of the Surficial Aquifer System, Broward County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 87-4034)

Hydrogeology and the Distribution and Origin of Salinity in the Floridan Aquifer System, Southeastern Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 94-4010)

Hydrogeology and the Distribution of Salinity in the Floridan Aquifer System, Palm Beach County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 99-4061, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Hydrogeology and the Distribution of Salinity in the Floridan Aquifer System, Southwestern Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 98-4253, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Hydrogeology and Migration of Septic-Tank Effluent in the Surficial Aquifer System in the Northern Midlands Area, Palm Beach County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 91-4175)

Hydrogeology and Simulation of Ground-Water Flow near the Lantana Landfill, Palm Beach County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 92-4107)

Hydrogeology and Water-Quality Characteristics of the Lower Floridan Aquifer in East-Central Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 02-4193, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Hydrogeology of the Gray Limestone Aquifer in Southern Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 99-4213, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Hydrogeology of the Surficial Aquifer System, Dade County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 90-4108)

Hydrogeology of the Surficial and Intermediate Aquifer Systems in Sarasota and Adjacent Counties, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 96-4063, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Hydrogeology of a Zone of Secondary Permeability in the Surficial Aquifer of Eastern Palm Beach County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 83-4249)

Hydrologic Effects of Well-Field Operations in a Wetland, Dade County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 90-4143)

Interactions between Surface Water and Ground Water and Effects on Mercury Transport in the North-central Everglades (Water Resources Investigations Report 02-4050)

Inventory and Review of Aquifer Storage and Recovery in Southern Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 02-4036)

Major-Ion and Selected Trace-Metal Chemistry of the Biscayne Aquifer, Southeast Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 91-4009)

A Method To Estimate Canal Leakage to the Biscayne Aquifer, Dade County Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 90-4135)

Methodology for Estimating Nutrient Loads Discharged from the East Coast Canals to Biscayne Bay, Miami-Dade County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 99-4094)

Methods to Quantify Seepage Beneath Levee 30, Miami-Dade County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 01-4074, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Nitrogen and Phosphorus Uptake in the Everglades Conservation Areas, Florida, with Special Reference to the Effects of Backpumping Runoff (Water Resources Investigations Report 76-29)

Nutrient Input from the Loxahatchee River Environmental Control District Sewage-Treatment Plant to the Loxahatchee River Estuary, Southeastern Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 84-4020)

Occurrence and Distribution of Pesticides in the St. Lucie River Watershed, South-Central Florida, 2000-01, Based on Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Screening (Water Resources Investigations Report 02-4304, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

An Optimized Network for Phosphorus Load Monitoring for Lake Okeechobee, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 97-4011, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Percentage Entrainment of Constituent Loads in Urban Runoff, South Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 84-4329)

Potential for Saltwater Intrusion into the Lower Tamiami Aquifer near Bonita Springs, Southwestern Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 03-4262, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Preliminary Assessment of Injection, Storage, and Recovery of Freshwater in the Lower Hawthorn Aquifer, Cape Coral, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 94-4121, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Probability analysis of the relation of salinity to freshwater discharge in the St. Sebastian River, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 99-4003, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Quality Of Water Recovered From A Municipal Effluent Injection Well In The Floridan Aquifer System, Pompano Beach, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 84-4100)

Regional Evaluation of Evapotranspiration in the Everglades (Water Resources Investigations Report 00-4217, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Review of Selected Features of the Natural System Model, and Suggestions for Applications in South Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 97-4039, available from the Water Resources of the United States website)

Saline-Water Intrusion Related to Well Construction in Lee County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 77-33)

Simulated effects of projected ground-water withdrawals in the Floridan aquifer system, greater Orlando metropolitan area, east-central Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 99-4058, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Simulation of Ground-Water Discharge to Biscayne Bay, Southeastern Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 00-4251)

Simulation of Subsurface Storage and Recovery of Effluent Using Multiple Wells, St. Petersburg, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 97-4024, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Simulation of Subsurface Storage and Recovery of Treated Effluent Injected in a Saline Aquifer, St. Petersburg, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 95-4271, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Simulation of Tidal Flow and Circulation Patterns in the Loxahatchee River Estuary, Southeastern Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 87-4201)

Spatial and Temporal Statistical Analysis of a Ground-Water Level Network, Broward County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 94-4076)

Surface-Geophysical Characterization of Ground-Water Systems of the Caloosahatchee River Basin, Southern Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 01-4084, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Surficial Aquifer System in Eastern Lee County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 85-4161)

Tests for Injecting, Storing, and Recovering Freshwater in a Saline Artesian Aquifer, Lee County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 85-4249)

Transmissivity and Water Quality of Water-Producing Zones in the Intermediate Aquifer System, Sarasota County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 98-4091, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Two-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Simulation of Surface-Water Flow and Transport to Florida Bay through the Southern Inland and Coastal Systems (SICS) (Water Resources Investigations Report 03-4287)

User's Guide to SEAWAT: A Computer Program for Simulation of Three-Dimensional Variable-Density Ground-Water Flow (Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations Book 6, Chapter A7 (Supersedes OFR 01-434), available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Vegetative Changes in a Wetland in the Vicinity of a Well Field, Dade County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 89-4155)

Water-Quality Assessment of Southern Florida: An Overview of Available Information on Surface- and Ground-Water Quality and Ecology (Water Resources Investigations Report 96-4177, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Water-Quality Assessment of Stormwater Runoff from a Heavily Used Urban Highway Bridge in Miami, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 83-4153)

Water Quality At And Adjacent To The South Dade County Solid-Waste Disposal Facility, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 83-4003)

Water Quality in Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park - Trends and Spatial Characteristics of Selected Constituents (Water Resources Investigations Report 03-4249)

Water quality in the southern Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp in the vicinity of the Tamiami Trail, 1996-97 (Water Resources Investigations Report 99-4062, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Water Quality of the Boca Raton Canal System and Effects of the Hillsboro Canal Inflow, Southeastern Florida, 1990-91 (Water Resources Investigations Report 94-4128, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Water-Resources Potential of the Fresh Water Lens at Key West, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 90-4115)

Water-Resources Setting, Martin County, Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 77-68)

Water Withdrawals, Use, and Trends in Florida, 1985 (Water Resources Investigations Report 88-4103)

Percentage Entrainment of Constituent Loads in Urban Runoff, South Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 84-4329)

Florida Geological Survey

Bulletins

Geology of Florida (No. 29)

Late Cenozoic geology of southern Florida, with a discussion of the ground water (No. 27)

Scenery of Florida interpreted by a geologist (No. 17)

Springs of Florida (2d ed.) (No. 31)

Information Circulars

Control of lake levels in Orange County, Florida (No. 47)

Estimated use of water in Florida, 1970 (No. 83)

Ground water in the Immokalee area, Collier County, Florida (No. 51)

Ground-water resources data of Charlotte, De Soto, and Hardee Counties, Florida (No. 53)

Interim report on geology and ground-water resources of Indian River County, Florida (No. 18)

Maps showing depths of selected lakes in Florida (No. 40)

Public water supplies of selected municipalities in Florida, 1970 (No. 81)

Records of wells and other water-resources data in Polk County, Florida (No. 38)

Saline-water intrusion from deep artesian sources in the McGregor Isles area of Lee County, Florida (No. 75)

Seepage tests in L-D1 borrow canal at Lake Okeechobee, Florida (No. 59)

Selected flow characteristics of Florida streams and canals--summaries of flow duration and of low and high flows at gaging stations (No. 69)

A test of flushing procedures to control salt-water intrusion at the W. P. Franklin Dam near Ft. Myers, Florida and The magnitude and extent of salt-water contamination in the Caloosahatchee River between La Belle and Olga, Florida (No. 62)

Water levels in artesian and nonartesian aquifers of Florida in 1960 (No. 33)

Water levels in artesian and nonartesian aquifers of Florida, 1965-66 (No. 61)

Water levels in artesian and nonartesian aquifers of Florida, 1967-68 (No. 68)

Water levels in artesian and nonartesian aquifers of Florida, 1969-70 (No. 73)

Water levels in artesian and nonartesian aquifers of Florida, 1971-72 (No. 85)

Leaflets

Chronological bibliography of principal published ground-water reports in Florida prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey or the Florida Geological Survey, 1908-1963 (No. 4)

Salt intrusion can be controlled (No. 7)

Water control vs. sea water intrusion, Broward County, Florida (No. 5)

Water in Orange County, Florida (No. 8)

Map Series

Areas of natural recharge to the Floridan aquifer in Florida (No. 98)

Average flow of major streams in Florida (No. 34)

Chemical character of water in the Floridan aquifer in southern Peace River basin, Florida (No. 27)

Chemical quality of water used for municipal supply in Florida, 1975 (No. 82)

The chemical type of water in Florida streams (No. 51)

Color of water in Florida streams and canals (No. 35)

Consumptive use of freshwater in Florida, 1980 (No. 105)

Depth to base of potable water in the Floridan aquifer (No. 42)

Dissolved-solids concentrations and loads in Florida surface waters (No. 77)

Drainage basins in Florida (No. 28)

Encroaching salt water in northeast Palm Beach County, Florida (No. 59)

Estimated irrigation water use in Florida, 1980 (No. 106)

Estimated pumpage from ground-water sources for public supply and rural domestic use in Florida, 1977 (No. 102)

Estimated water use in Florida, 1965 (2d ed., No. 36)

Estimated water use in Florida, 1980 (No. 103)

Estimated yield of fresh-water wells in Florida (No. 70)

Freshwater use in Florida, 1975 (No. 87)

Freshwater withdrawals and water-use trends in Florida, 1985 (No. 123)

Generalized distribution and concentration of orthophosphate in Florida streams (No. 33)

An index to Springs of Florida (No. 63)

Long-term stage records of lakes in Florida (No. 118)

Long-term streamflow stations in Florida, 1980 (No. 107)

Low streamflow in Florida--magnitude and frequency (No. 64)

Nitrogen loads and concentrations in Florida streams (No. 75)

The observation-well network of the U.S. Geological Survey in Florida (No. 65)

The pH of water in Florida streams and canals (2d ed., No. 37)

Piezometric surface and areas of artesian flow of the Floridan aquifer in Florida, July 6-17, 1961 (2d ed., No. 4)

Piezometric surface of the Floridan aquifer in Florida, July 6-17, 1961 (No. 1)

Potentiometric surface and areas of artesian flow of the Floridan aquifer in Florida, May 1974 (No. 73)

Potentiometric surface of the Floridan aquifer in Florida, May 1980 (No. 104)

Potentiometric surface of the upper Floridan aquifer in Florida, May 1985 (No. 119)

Principal uses of freshwater in Florida, 1975 (No. 83)

Program for monitoring surface-water quality in Florida (No. 76)

Quality of untreated water for public supplies in Florida with reference to the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (No. 91)

River basin and Hydrologic Unit map of Florida (No. 72)

Runoff from hydrologic units in Florida (No. 81)

Runoff to streams in Florida (No. 122)

Seasonal variation of streamflow in Florida (2d ed., No. 31)

The shallow aquifer of southwest Florida (No. 53)

Sinkhole type, development, and distribution in Florida (No. 110)

Specific conductance of water in Florida streams and canals (No. 58)

Streamflow variation and distribution in the Big Cypress watershed during wet and dry periods (No. 45)

Surface water features of Florida (No. 66)

Temperature of Florida streams (2d ed., No. 43)

Terraces and shorelines of Florida (No. 71)
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Thickness of the potable-water zone in the Floridan aquifer (No. 74)

Water in Broward County, Florida (No. 29)

Water quality of Florida Springs (No. 96)

Water-level fluctuations of lakes in Florida (No. 62)

Wetlands in Florida (No. 109)

Report of Investigations

Appraisal of water resources in the east central Florida region (No. 61)

Appraisal of the water resources of Charlotte County, Florida (No. 78)

Appraisal of the water resources of eastern Palm Beach County, Florida (No. 67)

Chemical and biological conditions of Lake Okeechobee, Florida, 1969-72 (No. 71)

Evaluation of hydraulic characteristics of a deep artesian aquifer from natural water-level fluctuations, Miami, Florida (No. 75)

Geology and ground-water resources of Highlands County, Florida (No. 15)

Geology and ground-water resources of Martin County, Florida (No. 23)

Ground-water resources of Collier County, Florida (No. 31)

Ground-water resources of De Soto and Hardee Counties, Florida (No. 83)

Ground-water resources of the Hollywood area, Florida (No. 77)

Ground-water resources of the lower Hillsboro Canal area, southeastern Florida (No. 55)

Ground-water resources of the Oakland Park area of eastern Broward County, Florida (No. 20)

Hydrologic conditions in the Lakeland Ridge area of Polk County, Florida (No. 64)

Hydrologic consequences of using ground water to maintain lake levels affected by water wells near Tampa, Florida (No. 74)

Hydrologic effects of Area B flood control plan of urbanization of Dade County, Florida (No. 47)

Hydrologic effects of water control and management of southeastern Florida (No. 60)

Hydrology of western Collier County, Florida (No. 63)

Salinity studies in East Everglades Agricultural Area, southeastern Dade County, Florida (No. 66)
(also published as USGS Open File Report 73005, available from SOFIA)

Water resources of Orange County, Florida (No. 50)

Special Publications

Geologic framework of the high transmissivity zones in south Florida (No. 20)

Sequence Stratigraphy of a South Florida Carbonate Ramp and Bounding Siliciclastics (Late Miocene-Pliocene) (Excerpt from No. 49 - Geology and Hydrology of Lee County, Florida Durward H. Boggess Memorial Symposium, available from SOFIA)

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