Guillermo F. Porro, DMD PA

. In 1999 an evaluation of the C&SF was submitted to Congress as part of the Water Development Act of 1992 the seven-year report called the "Restudy" cited indicators of harm to the ecosystem: a 50 percent reduction in the original Everglades diminished water storage harmful timing of water releases from canals and pumping stations an 85 to 90 percent decrease in wading bird populations over the past 50 years and the decline of output from commercial fisheries Bodies of water including Lake Okeechobee the Caloosahatchee River St Lucie estuary Lake Worth Lagoon Biscayne Bay Florida Bay and the Everglades reflected drastic water level changes hypersalinity and dramatic changes in marine and freshwater ecosystems the Restudy noted the overall decline in water quality over the past 50 years was due to loss of wetlands that act as filters for polluted water it predicted that without intervention the entire South Florida ecosystem would deteriorate Water shortages would become common and some cities would have annual water restrictions; Wertheim Performing Arts Center (Florida International University Miami)!

(26.4) 73.8 SR 112 (Airport Expressway): Interstate 95 to MIA, Trans-Atlantic trade also resulted in an increasing urbanization: in European countries facing the Atlantic urbanization grew from 8% in 1300 10.1% in 1500 to 24.5% in 1850; in other European countries from 10% in 1300 11.4% in 1500 to 17% in 1850 Likewise GDP doubled in Atlantic countries but rose by only 30% in the rest of Europe by end of the 17th century the volume of the Trans-Atlantic trade had surpassed that of the Mediterranean trade, Downtown Miami Center 1 Background and history Main article: Geography and ecology of the Everglades. Alligators have created a niche in wet prairies With their claws and snouts they dig at low spots and create ponds free of vegetation that remain submerged throughout the dry season Alligator holes are integral to the survival of aquatic invertebrates turtles fish small mammals and birds during extended drought periods the alligators then feed upon some of the animals that come to the hole.