Potential natural environments based on pedological properties in the coastal conurbation of subtropical southeast Florida

Finkl, CW; Restrepo-Coupe, N

Potential natural environments based on pedological properties in the coastal conurbation of subtropical southeast Florida

Finkl, CW Restrepo-Coupe, N

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Citation:: Journal of Coastal Research, 2007, 23 (2), pp. 319 - 351
Issue Date:: 2007-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Finkl, CW	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Restrepo-Coupe, N https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3921-1772	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-03-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Coastal Research, 2007, 23 (2), pp. 319 - 351	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0749-0208	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/14733
dc.description.abstract	Much of the coastal southeast Florida Peninsula is heavily urbanized, and many native environments have been destroyed or severely affected by urbanization. In an attempt to reconstruct potential natural environments, soil properties were used as a basis for recognizing prior landscapes. Pedological associations were adopted because they provided landscape features that were least modified by urbanization and they could be used as a unifying basis for categorization of native coastal environments. A geographic information system analysis ring was used for querying coverages for soil distribution patterns, vegetation, hydrology (drainage), topography, and geology. By simultaneously generalizing and recombining soil survey data, land use cover types, topography, and hydrology, it was possible to identify recurring patterns of soils, landforms, and vegetation. Results of this analysis produced 13 land systems with 25 subunits that included various types of lakebeds, tree islands, marshes, prairies, sloughs, sandplains, glades, marshlands, lagoons, estuaries, and beaches. The resulting map for potential natural environments in Palm Beach and Broward Counties complements conceptual ecological models for the Greater Florida Everglades Ecosystem, de-veloped for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. The Australian land systems approach, as applied in this study, provides insight into coastal environments that lie outside of ecological models for mostly protected areas inland.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Coastal Research	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.2112/06A-0016.1	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Oceanography	en_US
dc.title	Potential natural environments based on pedological properties in the coastal conurbation of subtropical southeast Florida	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.citation.volume	23	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
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pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	23	en_US

Abstract:

Much of the coastal southeast Florida Peninsula is heavily urbanized, and many native environments have been destroyed or severely affected by urbanization. In an attempt to reconstruct potential natural environments, soil properties were used as a basis for recognizing prior landscapes. Pedological associations were adopted because they provided landscape features that were least modified by urbanization and they could be used as a unifying basis for categorization of native coastal environments. A geographic information system analysis ring was used for querying coverages for soil distribution patterns, vegetation, hydrology (drainage), topography, and geology. By simultaneously generalizing and recombining soil survey data, land use cover types, topography, and hydrology, it was possible to identify recurring patterns of soils, landforms, and vegetation. Results of this analysis produced 13 land systems with 25 subunits that included various types of lakebeds, tree islands, marshes, prairies, sloughs, sandplains, glades, marshlands, lagoons, estuaries, and beaches. The resulting map for potential natural environments in Palm Beach and Broward Counties complements conceptual ecological models for the Greater Florida Everglades Ecosystem, de-veloped for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. The Australian land systems approach, as applied in this study, provides insight into coastal environments that lie outside of ecological models for mostly protected areas inland.

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