The Everglades handbook: understanding the ecosystem

The Everglades in space and time

An ecosystem overview

Freshwater marshes: water, weather, and fire

Tree islands

Tropical hardwood hammocks

Pinelands

The big cypress swamp

Mangrove swamps

Coastal lowland vegetation... and hurricanes!

Coastal estuarine and marine waters

Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades headwaters

Origins of the flora and fauna

Invertebrates

Freshwater fishes

Marine and estuarine fishes

Amphibians

Reptiles

Mammals

Birds

Synthesis - ecological relationships and processes in the Everglades region

Man and the Everglades.

Background

Environments of the Everglades region

The flora and fauna of southern Florida

Environmental impacts.