Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Lynn Brewster-Wingard Publication_Date: 2006 Title: Ecosystem History: Florida Bay and Southwest Coast Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database Online_Linkage: http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/eh_fbswc/index.html Description: Abstract: Recent negative trends in the Florida Bay ecosystem have been attributed to human activities, however, neither the natural patterns of change, nor the pre-human baseline for the environment have been determined. The major objectives of this project are 1) to determine patterns of faunal and floral change over the last 150-200 years, and 2) to explore associations between biotic changes and anthropogenically-induced changes and/or natural changes in the physical environment. Environmental managers and policy makers responsible for restoring the Everglades ecosystem to a "natural state" can use these data to make economical and realistic decisions about restoration goals and to determine interim steps to ameliorate further damage to the ecosystem. The history of the ecosystem during the last 150-200 years is studied by analysis of faunal and floral assemblages from a series of shallow cores taken in Florida Bay. Cores are located at strategic sites in Florida Bay, with initial emphasis on the northeast and northern portions of the Bay where the most significant changes are thought to have occurred. These cores are submitted for Pb 210 analysis to determine the age and degree of disruption of the sediments. Cores that present a good stratigraphic record are sampled at closely spaced intervals for all macro-and micro-fauna and flora present. Quantitative down-core assemblage diagrams are drawn up and the various faunal and floral data are compared to look for correlated changes among the groups analyzed. Determinations of salinity, bottom conditions, nutrient supply and various other physical and chemical parameters of the environment are made for each sample based on the fauna and flora present. Data from all cores will be integrated to search for regional patterns of change in diversity and distribution of the fauna and flora, and data from Florida Bay will supplement and be correlated to onshore data and to Biscayne Bay (Ecosystems History: Terrestrial and Fresh Water Ecosystems of Southern Florida Project and Ecosystems History: Biscayne Bay and the southeast coast Project). The integrated data set will be analyzed to see if detected changes in biota correlate to alterations in physical parameters and/or historic records of human-induced modifications of the environment. Purpose: This project is one component of an interdisciplinary study of the ecosystem history in Florida Bay. A number of USGS and other agencies scientist's are examining a series of shallow cores (~1-2 m) collected from Florida Bay. By studying the patterns of change that have occurred in the ecosystem over the last two centuries, we gain insight into the natural processes, including the natural range of variability that exists within any ecosystem. We can then determine the degree to which anthropogenic-induced change has effected the system. This understanding is critical to the restoration effort; otherwise we will be attempting to restore the system to a targeted snapshot in time, without understanding how realistic or obtainable those goals are. The ecosystem history component of the initiative will save time and money by providing realistic, economical, obtainable goals. Our component of this study is to analyze the down-core faunal and floral assemblages, over the last 150-200 years. Cores are located at strategic sites in Florida Bay, with initial emphasis on the northeast and northern portions of the Bay where the most significant changes are thought to have occurred. These cores are submitted for Pb 210 analysis to determine the age and degree of disruption of the sediments. Cores that present a good stratigraphic record are sampled at closely spaced intervals for all macro- and micro-fauna and flora present. Quantitative down-core assemblage diagrams are drawn up and the various faunal and floral data are compared to look for correlated changes among the groups analyzed. Determinations of salinity, bottom conditions, nutrient supply and various other physical and chemical parameters of the environment are made for each sample based on the fauna and flora present. Data from all cores will be integrated to search for regional patterns of change in diversity and distribution of the fauna and flora, and data from Florida Bay will supplement and be correlated to onshore data and to Biscayne Bay. The integrated data set will be analyzed to see if detected changes in biota correlate to alterations in physical parameters and/or historic records of human-induced modifications of the environment. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19950201 Ending_Date: 20030206 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: as needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.75 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.33 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.25 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.75 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: mollusks Theme_Keyword: ostracodes Theme_Keyword: benthic foraminifera Theme_Keyword: dinocysts Theme_Keyword: pollen Theme_Keyword: salinity Theme_Keyword: diversity Theme_Keyword: biology Theme_Keyword: ecology Theme_Keyword: vegetation Theme_Keyword: invertebrates Theme_Keyword: ecosystem history Theme_Keyword: hydrology Theme_Keyword: diatoms Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: biota Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters Theme_Keyword: 002 Theme_Keyword: 007 Theme_Keyword: 012 Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4, Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: US Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, D. C., NIST Place_Keyword: Florida Place_Keyword: FL Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-3, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology Place_Keyword: Miami-Dade County Place_Keyword: Monroe County Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System Place_Keyword: Florida Bay Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Central Everglades Place_Keyword: Upper Keys Place_Keyword: Lower Keys Place_Keyword: Florida Keys Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Stratum_Keyword: Holocene sediments Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Temporal_Keyword: wet season Temporal_Keyword: dry season Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: none Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lynn Brewster-Wingard Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 926A National Center City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703 648-5352 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703 648-6953 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lwingard@usgs.gov Data_Set_Credit: Scott Ishman, Debra Willard, Tom Cronin, and Lucy Edwards are principal investigators on complementary projects. Bob Halley and Charles Holmes are collecting and dating cores as part of their respective projects. Technical assistance is provided by South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), the Florida Geological Survey, the National Park Service, the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI), the Keys Marine Lab, and NOAA. Native_Data_Set_Environment: MS Access database Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Edwards, L. E. Weedman, S. D., Simmons, K. R., Scott, T. M., Brewster-Wingard, G. L., Ishman, S. E., Carlin, N. M. Publication_Date: 1998 Title: Lithostratigraphy, petrography, biostratigraphy, and strontium-isotope stratigraphy of the surficial aquifer system of western Collier County, Florida Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 98-205 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/98-205/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Wingard, G. Lynn Cronin, Thomas M., Holmes, Charles W., Willard, Debra A., Dwyer, Gary, Ishman, Scott E., Orem, William, Williams, Christopher P., Albietz, Jessica, Bernhardt, Christopher E., Budet, Carlos A., Landacre, Bryan, Lerch, Terry, Marot, Marci, Ortiz, Ruth E. Publication_Date: 2004 Title: Ecosystem History of Southern and Central Biscayne Bay: Summary Report on Sediment Core Analyses - Year Two Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2004-1312 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/2004-1312/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Trappe, Carleigh A. Brewster-Wingard, G. Lynn Publication_Date: 2001 Title: Molluscan Fauna from Core 25B, Whipray Basin, Central Florida Bay, Everglades National Park Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 01-143 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/01-143 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Brewster-Wingard, G. Lynn Ishman, Scott E., Waibel, Neil J., Willard, Debra A., Edwards, Lucy E., Holmes, Charles W. Publication_Date: 1998 Title: Preliminary Paleontologic Report on Core 37, from Pass Key, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 98-0122 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr98122.html Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Scott, Thomas M. Means, Guy H., Brewster-Wingard, G. Lynn Publication_Date: 1997 Title: Progress Report on Sediment Analyses at Selected Faunal Monitoring Sites in North-central and Northeastern Florida Bay Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 97-0534 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr97534.html Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Willard, Debra A. Brewster-Wingard, G. Lynn, Fellman, Claire, Ishman, Scott E. Publication_Date: 1997 Title: Paleontological Data from Mud Creek Core 1, southern Florida Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 97-0736 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr97736.html Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Brewster-Wingard, G. Lynn Ishman, S. E., Edwards, L. E., Willard, D. A. Publication_Date: 1996 Title: Preliminary Report on the Distribution of Modern Fauna and Flora at Selected Sites in North-central and North-eastern Florida Bay Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 96-0732 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr96732.html Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Ishman, S. E. Brewster-Wingard, G. L., Willard, D. A., Cronin, T. M., Edwards, L. E., Holmes, C. W. Publication_Date: 1996 Title: Preliminary paleontologic report on core T-24, Little Madeira Bay, Florida Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 96-0543 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr96543.html Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Brewster-Wingard, G. L. Ishman, S. E., Willard, D. A., Edwards, L. E., Holmes, C. W. Publication_Date: 1997 Title: Preliminary paleontologic report Cores 19A and 19B, Russell Bank, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 97-460 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/97-460/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Wingard, G. Lynn Cronin, T. M., Willard, D. A., Ishman, S. E., Edwards, L. E., Holmes, C. W., Weedman, S. D. Publication_Date: 199510 Title: Florida Bay Ecosystem: Measuring Historical Change Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: Conference Proceedings Issue_Identification: Florida Bay Science Conference 1995 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Gainesville, FL Publisher: Program Management Committee for Florida Bay Research Other_Citation_Details: This report was published as part of the Florida Bay Science Conference: A Report by Principal Investigators Online_Linkage: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/flbay/sedi95.html#ecosystem Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Wingard, G.L. Ishman, S.E., Cronin, T.M., Edwards, L.E., Willard, D.A., Halley, R.B. Publication_Date: 1995 Title: Preliminary Analysis of Down-core Biotic Assemblages: Bob Allen Keys, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 95-628 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/95-628/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Brewster-Wingard, G.L. Ishman, S.E., Willard, D.A., Edwards, L.E., Holmes, C.W. Publication_Date: 1997 Title: Preliminary Paleontologic Report on Sediment Analyses at Selected Faunal Monitoring Sites in North-central and North-eastern Florida Bay Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 97-460 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/97-460/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Pyle, Laura Cooper, Sherri R., Huvane, Jacqueline K. Publication_Date: 1998 Title: Diatom Paleonecology Pass Key Core 37, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Open File Report Issue_Identification: 98-522 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr98522.html Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: not applicable Completeness_Report: not available Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Flora and fauna were analyzed from a series of Pb-210 dated shallow cores collected in Florida Bay. Core data will be compared to data from modern sampling sites within Florida Bay. Cores are retained by Bob Halley and Charles Holmes in the USGS St. Petersburg, FL. office. Processed faunal and floral samples are retained at the USGS in Reston, VA. 1) Cores or bottom samples are collected from strategic sites in Florida Bay. 2) Cores are a) visually examined, b) x-rayed, and c) Pb210 profiles are developed. These 3 methods determine if the sediments within the core are disrupted. If the core seems to be undisturbed, then processing proceeds. 3) Samples for sedimentologic, palynologic, charcoal, and isotopic analyses are removed. 4) Portions of the cores and the surface samples are washed through sieves down to 63 microns for calcareous samples. 5) Palynologic, and charcoal analyses proceed through a series of acidulation processes and slides prepared for counting of dinocysts, pollen grains, and charcoal. 6) Calcareous samples are dried and picked for mollusks, benthic foraminifera and ostracodes. Counts of taxa present are made. 7) Percent abundance diagrams are constructed. Core data is compared to modern analogue data for information on salinity and substrate preferences of species. Data from all faunal and floral groups are combined and analysis completed. Process_Date: Unknown Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lynn Brewster-Wingard Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 926A National Center City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703 648-5352 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703 648-6953 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lwingard@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Florida Bay Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Heather S.Henkel Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 600 Fourth St. South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 803-8747 ext 3028 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: hhenkel@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Ecosystem History of South Florida Estuaries Data Distribution_Liability: The field data contained in this database have not been reviewed for publication and therefore may contain inconsistencies or errors. The field measurements (such as salinity and temperature) were made on an variety of instruments over the years. Project personnel have made every attempt to calibrate and standardize the instruments and check the data, however, the field data should be considered preliminary. Also taxonomic names may not represent the most up to date usage, but are internally consistent. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: MS Access Format_Version_Number: unknown Format_Specification: The Access database is available as a zipped file Transfer_Size: 4.8 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/flaecohist/ Access_Instructions: The database may be downloaded from the SOFIA website Fees: none Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20061206 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Heather Henkel Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 600 Fourth Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 803-8747 ext 3028 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sofia-metadata@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998