EPA issues numeric nutrient water quality standards for Florida
After months of contention with Florida political and business leaders, the Environmental Protection agency has issued its final numeric nutrient water quality standards for lakes, rivers, and streams...
View ArticleCleanup plan not enough to control Lake Okeechobee phosphorus, say...
Lake Okeechobee, Florida’s largest freshwater lake and the critical water supply for the Everglades ecosystem, receives more than 500 metric tons of phosphorus per year. A new cleanup plan aims to...
View ArticleHigher Levels A Catch-22 for Lake Okeechobee
Lake Okeechobee, as seen from the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA, via Wikimedia Commons) Runoff from agriculture and other sources has affected Lake Okeechobee’s water quality, just like...
View ArticleResearch Summary: Ecosystem Niche as a Framework for Lake Management
We propose a framework for lake management that accounts for inherent variation in ecosystem state and extends the Hutchinsonian niche concept to the ecosystem level. Analogous to the n-dimensional...
View ArticleLake Okeechobee Meets The Ocean
Thanks to the slow pace of Everglades restoration projects and more than 11 inches of El Niño rains, conditions have been perfect in recent weeks for releasing water from Florida’s Lake Okeechobee into...
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