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Last updated: October 11, 2002
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What nutrient levels and loads need to be achieved in order to preserve
the integrity of the ecosystem?
Part 2: Management challenges: how can science help?
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Florida law states: "In no case shall nutrient
concentrations of a body of water be altered so as to cause an imbalance
in natural populations of aquatic flora or fauna." What is an imbalance?
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Which sources of nutrients are largest? most
controllable?
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Can nutrient sources be reduced to levels
that will prevent imbalance? How?
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How long will it take for nutrient reductions
to show a positive ecological effect?
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How will the Restudy's goal of restoring more
natural water levels and flows affect the fate, transport, and effects
of nutrients in the ecosystem?
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Questions that must be answered
to provide a scientific basis for environmental management and litigation
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Next: Science guidance to management
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