Environmental Conditions and Context

Environmental Conditions and Context How vegetation mapping at multiple scales complements water quality

and biogeochemical assessments Together these tools help up balance water quality concerns with water quantity enhancements

Jed Redwine (ENP)

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Veg mapping

Monitoring Locations Status

Monitoring Strategy

Year Seasons

Year 1 2015 (wet season) Near canal Bridge + census accomplished 2016 (dry season) Near canal accomplished

Year 2 2016 (wet season) Near canal proposed 2017 (dry season) Near canal proposed


Year 4 2018 (wet season) Near canal Bridge + census proposed 2019 (dry season) Near canal proposed



Sampling Design bull Before-After-Control-Impact

design (BACI) with nested spatio-temporal visit frequency

bull Near Canal transects - 2 samples per year

bull Bridge amp Census sites every 3 years in wet season only

bull Vegetation mapping ndash Every 3 years

What we are focused on for Ecological Monitoring (contrsquod)

Satellite based mapping currently underway

High resolution imagery ndash supporting information for mapping

Maps courtesy of Christa Zweig ndash SFWMD

Currently have 3 mapped transects for each of 8 culverts

Vegetation Mapping ndash larger scale

Current Status of the whole system scale vegetation mapping effort NPS staff is rapidly accumulating maps in the coastal areas of EVER and moving into BICY

Eastern Boundary of ENP is ongoing at USACE

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0D Region 2 Boundary

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Physiog nomic Units )

1 - Marl Prairie

2 - Freshwater Marsh and Cypress Scrub

3 - Red Mangrove-Sawgrass Scrub

4 - Red Mangrove-Open Marsh White Zonemiddot

5 - Red Mangrove-Gulf Coast Spikerush Marsh

6 - Gulr Coast Spikerush Marsh

7 - Transitional Shrubland

8 - Buttonwood-Red Mangrove Shrubland

[=J Region 2 Boundary

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Typha Cover amp Area (ha)

Sparse (10-49 433 ha)

Dominant (50-89 45 ha) Ki IQlfters 12525 5

Monotypic (gt89 0 5 ha) I I I I I ta

Veg mapping

Veg mapping


Monitoring Strategy

Year Seasons







Next steps bull Maximize the area where precise

vegetation mapping is applied

bull Conduct effective synthesis between soil nutrient concentrations plant community types plant biomass (perhaps)

bull Hopefully we begin to scale the mass of nutrients stored in the plantssoils compared to estimates of P arriving through the culverts

Willow scrub formations downstream of Tamiami Trail (March 15 2017)

Images taken by Jed Redwine (SFNRC)

Thanks so much

Special thanks to Pablo Ruiz David Rudnick Christa Zweig Dilip Shinde Daniel Gann and Jennifer Richards for contributing information figures and slides

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Current Status of the whole system scale vegetation mapping effort

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Veg mapping

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Monitoring Strategy

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Sampling Design bull Before-After-Control-Impact

design (BACI) with nested spatio-temporal visit frequency

bull Near Canal transects - 2 samples per year

bull Bridge amp Census sites every 3 years in wet season only

bull Vegetation mapping ndash Every 3 years









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Ssk enisi bull1anh

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- Roads


1 - Marl Prairie









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Sparse (10-49 433 ha)



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- Roads


1 - Marl Prairie









-- Roads


Sparse (10-49 433 ha)



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