Background -- The Everglades In Space And Time -- Florida, Geologic Time And Plate Tectonics -- Land Sea Level And Climate -- An Ecosystem Overview -- A Unique And Valuable Ecosystem -- Terms And Definitions -- The Historic Everglades -- Origin Of The Everglades -- Environments Of The Evergaldes Region -- Freshwater Marshes: Water, Weather, And Fire -- Marsh Vegetation And Plant Communities (sawgrass Marshes, Wet Prairies, Sloughs, Ponds (alligator Holes) And Creeks) -- Periphyton -- Marsh Soils -- Water Quality -- Weather And Fire -- Wetland Tree Islands -- Bay Heads -- Willows And Willow Heads -- Cypress And Cypress Heads -- Pond Apple/custard Apple -- Role And Integrity Of Tree Islands -- Tropical Hardwood Hammocks -- The Hammock Environment -- Tree Height -- The Strangler Fig -- Hammocks And Fire -- Unpleasant Aspects Of Hammocks -- Hammocks And Wildlife -- Pinelands -- Pinelands And Fire -- Endemic Plants And The Rocky Pinelands -- Mangrove Swamps -- Types Of Mangroves (red, Black, White Mangrove, Buttonwood, And Buttonwood Embankment) -- Mangrove Swamps And Everglade Wildlife -- Mangrove Swamps And Marine Fisheries -- Mangrove Swamps And Soil Building -- Mangroves And Hypersalinity -- Mangrove Reproduction And Dispersal -- Legal Protection Of Mangroves -- Mangroves And Mosquitos -- Visiting A Mangrove Swamp -- Coastal Lowland Vegetation ... And Hurricanes! -- Impacts Of Hurricane Andrew On The Everglades -- Hurricane Frequency And Environmental Impact On Southern Florida. Impacts Of Hurricane Donna -- The Hurricane Legacy: Coastal Lowland Vegetation -- Hurricanes And Glacial Cycles -- Coastal Estuarine And Marine Waters -- Florida Bay: A Geologist's Classroom -- The Gulf Of Mexico -- Oysters And Mangrove Swamps -- Biogeography Of Southern Florida -- Origins Of The Flora And Fauna -- Tropical Versus Subtropical -- Elements Of The Flora -- Origin Of The Tropical Flora (trees, Epiphytes, Bromeliads, Orchids, Ferns, Marine Flora, Hurricanes And Dispersal, Proximity And Dispersal) -- Origin Of The Temperate Flora (trees, Marsh Vegetation) -- Origins Of The Fauna -- Invertebrates -- Marine Invertebrates -- Freshwater Invertebrates (florida Applesnail, Seminole Rams-horn, Crayfish, Riverine Grass Shrimp, Aquatic Insects) -- Terrestrial Invertebrates (spiders, Insects, Butterflies, Florida Tree Snail) -- Importance Of Invertebrates -- Freshwater Fishes -- Primary Freshwater Fishes -- Secondary Freshwater Fishes -- Peripheral Freshwater Fishes -- The Florida Gar -- Introduced Fishes -- Freshwater Fishes And The Food Chain -- The Fisherman's Perspective -- Marine And Estuarine Fishes -- Diversity Of Marine And Estuarine Fishes -- Game Fishes -- Mullet -- Importance Of The Marine And Estuarine Fishes -- Amphibians. The Importance Of Amphibians -- Reptiles -- The American Alligator (alligators And Other Crocodilians Compared, Size And Danger To Man, Alligators As Predators And As Prey, Distribution, Protection Of Alligators, Alligator's Life Cycle, Alligator Holes And Their Importance) -- The American Crocodile -- Mammals -- Native Terrestrial Mammals -- The Florida Panther -- Marine Mammals -- Birds -- Breeding Land Birds -- Breeding Water Birds -- Feeding Behavior Of Wading Birds (wood Stork, White Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Great Blue Heron, Great White Heron, Tricolored Heron, Reddish Egret, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Green-backed Heron, Black-crowned And Yellow-crowned Night-herons) -- Wading Bird Rookeries -- Threatened And Endangered Species (snail Kite, Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow) -- A Contest Of Beauty -- Environmental Impacts -- Man And The Everglades -- Specimen Collecting -- Off-road Vehicles -- Introduced Species -- Hydrology And Land Use -- Decline Of Wildlife -- Water Quality Impacts -- Mercury -- Eustrongylidosis -- Florida Bay -- Solving The Problems: Everglades Restoration (issues, Guidelines) -- The Short Term Prognosis: The Next Few Decades -- The Long Term View. By Thomas E. Lodge ; With An Introduction By Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Includes Bibliographical References (p.193-209) And Index.
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