Abstract Introduction Marl Prairie Habitat & Community Everglades Hydrologic History Methods Results Discussion Conclusions > Acknowledge- ments References Figures & Tables PDF

This research was supported by the USGS South Florida Priority Ecosystem Studies Program. We are extremely grateful to the staff at Big Cypress National Preserve for access to their land. In particular, Robert Sobczak of BCP provided guidance in site selection and access to sites. Gary Matthews of Airboat USA provided airboat transportation to the sites. We thank Thomas Sheehan, Bryan Landacre, Samantha Kaplan, and Marci Marot for assistance with field and laboratory work. Bill Orem and Lynn Wingard provided constructive comments on earlier versions of the manuscript.