Figures

Figure 1. a) Map showing distribution of vegetation types in the greater Everglades ecosystem. b) Plot of DEM (digital elevation model) data produced at 30 m grid spacing in southern Everglades.

Figure 2. a) Sediment core collected from solution hole in marl prairie habitat. b) Photograph of periphyton and marl sediment that makes up surface sediments in Everglades marl prairies.

Figure 3. Map of water control structures in place in greater Everglades ecosystem. a) ~1930 AD b) ~1970 AD.

Figure 4. Map of core localities in Big Cypress National Preserve.

Figures 5 and 6. Diagrams showing percent abundance of pollen of major plant taxa in sediment cores 03-9-16-3 and 03-9-16-6.

Tables

Table 1. Location of cores collected in marl prairie west of Shark River Slough, Big Cypress National Preserve.

Table 2. Radiocarbon dates obtained on samples from core 03-9-16-6, marl prairie habitat in Big Cypess National Preserve.

Table 3. Abundance of pollen grains of individual taxa in sediment core 03-09-16-3, marl prairie in Big Cypress National Preserve.

Table 4. Abundance of pollen gains of individual taxa in sediment core 03-9-16-6, marl prairie in Big Cypress National Preserve.