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Literature review and synthesis of land-based sources of pollution affecting essential fish habitats in southeast Florida
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2013
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Description:"This report identifies and describes the primary pollutant threats in Florida and mechanisms for introduction into estuarine and marine ecosystems. Additionally, a review of available literature on marine and estuarine habitats in southeast Florida showed that sustainable coral reef ecosystems require functional back reef habitats (e.g. seagrass, mangrove, soft bottom, coastal inlets and nearshore hardbottom) to provide nursery, shelter, and foraging opportunities for reef fish and the other organisms in coral reef and associated habitats. Ecosystem management brings an integrated perspective to natural resource management. It takes a big-picture approach, replacing short term, single species management with multi-species, long-term and large-scale approaches. This report provides a description of the habitats designated as Essential Fish Habitats and identifies the main LBSP threats to each habitat type"--Executive summary.
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Rights Information:Public Domain
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