Environment and Society in Florida

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With its lush wetlands, miles of beaches, and wide array of colorful wildlife, Florida is a fascinating and important ecosystem to study. Using this state as a model, Environment and Society in Florida offers a whole systems approach to understanding the environment and discusses the interactions between human systems and natural systems. It addresses the complicated issues stemming from these interactions among population, resources, economics, and environment and discusses how we may better manage these challenges in the future. Interesting and informative, this is an outstanding text for the classroom as well as for everyone interested in the environment and our place in it.

Part I. Florida and systems concepts

(98)

Chapter 1 Overview of Florida

(8)

1.1 Northern and southern Florida

(2)

1.2 Colonization and the culture of development

(2)

1.3 Modern Florida

(1)

1.4 One system

(2)

Questions and activities for chapter one

(1)

Chapter 2 Florida's environmental problems

(6)

2.1 Dirty waters

(1)

2.2 Scarred land

(1)

2.3 Trashy dumps

(1)

2.4 Acid rain and ozone

(1)

2.5 Climate changes

(1)

2.6 Beach erosion

(1)

2.7 Stressed reefs

(1)

2.8 Fewer fish

(1)

2.9 Population explosion

(1)

2.10 Decaying image

(1)

2.11 Expensive electricity

(1)

2.12 Education for hope

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter two

(1)

Chapter 3 Ecosystems and symbols

(10)

3.1 Ecosystem processes

(1)

3.2 Symbols

(4)

3.3 Model of a forest ecosystem

(1)

3.4 The money transcation symbol

(2)

Questions and activities for chapter three

(2)

Chapter 4 Flows of energy

(10)

4.1 Metabolism in ecosystems

(1)

4.2 Showing the quantities of energy flow

(1)

4.3 Fire and a symbol for switching

(1)

4.4 Energy flow in a forest

(2)

Questions and activities for chapter four

(4)

Chapter 5 Cycles of materials

(8)

5.1 The water cycle in the forest

(1)

5.2 Principle of conservation of matter

(1)

5.3 The carbon cycle

(1)

5.4 The phosphorus cycle

(1)

5.5 Phosphorus in Florida

(1)

5.6 The nitrogen cycle

(2)

Questions and activities for chapter five

(2)

Chapter 6 Production and limiting factors

(6)

6.1 Production

(1)

6.2 Gross and net production

(1)

6.3 Limiting factors

(2)

6.4 Soil

(1)

6.5 Carrying capacity

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter six

(2)

Chapter 7 Energy webs and transformations

(12)

7.1 Structure of a food web

(1)

7.2 Energy chain

(6)

7.3 Energy relationships in modern society

(1)

7.4 Emergy

(2)

7.5 Solar transformity

(1)

7.6 Energy hierarchy

(2)

Questions and activities for chapter seven

(2)

Chapter 8 Self-organization and succession

(12)

8.1 Self-organization in ecosystems: succession

(4)

8.1.1 Early succession

(1)

8.1.2 Later states of succession

(1)

8.1.3 Diversity

(2)

8.1.4 Reorganization and oscillation

(1)

8.2 Maximum power principle

(5)

8.2.2 Good uses and feedback

(1)

8.2.3 Feedback control

(1)

8.2.4 Converging and dispersing of material in cycles

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter eight

(1)

Directions for making a pond-type microcosm

(1)

Directions for making a terrestrial microcosm

(1)

Directions for making a stream-type microcosm

(2)

Chapter 9 Simulation of quantitative models

(8)

9.1 TANK, a sample model

(2)

9.2 Simulate by hand

(1)

9.3 How you make the computer simulate your model

(1)

9.4 Spreadsheet calculation

(1)

9.5 "What if" experiments

(2)

Questions and activities for chapter nine

(2)

Chapter 10 Growth models

(8)

10.1 Model 1: exponential growth

(1)

10.2 Model 2: logistic growth

(1)

10.3 Model 3: growth on a constant-flow source

(2)

10.4 Model 4: storage loss

(1)

10.5 Model 5: growth on a nonrenewable source

(1)

10.6 Model 6: growth on two sources

(2)

Questions and activities for chapter ten

(1)

Chapter 11 Oscillating systems

(10)

11.1 An oscillating model

(1)

11.2 Two-population plot

(1)

11.3 Switching model

(1)

11.4 Pulse model

(2)

11.5 Chaotic oscillations

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter eleven

(4)

Part II. Environmental systems

101

(124)

Chapter 12 Weather and climate

101

(18)

12.1 Energy from sunlight

103

(1)

12.2 Global atmospheric circulation

104

(7)

12.2.1 Water vapor and rain

106

(1)

12.2.2 Air pressure and winds

107

(2)

12.2.3 Fronts in storms

109

(1)

12.2.4 Florida's winter weather

109

(1)

12.2.5 Florida's summer weather

110

(1)

12.3 Severe storms

111

(3)

12.3.1 Thunderstorms

111

(1)

12.3.2 Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes

111

(1)

12.3.3 Tropical storms and hurricanes

112

(2)

12.4 Climate and biomes

114

(2)

12.4.1 Microclimate

114

(1)

12.4.2 Climatic zones of the Earth

115

(1)

12.4.3 Land biomes

115

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter twelve

116

(3)

Chapter 13 Geology and hydrology

119

(12)

13.1 Soil formation and weathering

119

(1)

13.2 Chemical processes

120

(1)

13.3 Geologic structure of Florida

121

(2)

13.4 Hydrologic cycle in Florida

123

(6)

13.4.1 Variations in sea level

126

(1)

13.4.2 Beaches

127

(2)

Questions and activities for chapter thirteen

129

(2)

Chapter 14 Oceanography

131

(10)

14.1 Physical processes

131

(7)

14.1.1 Tide

131

(3)

14.1.2 Wind waves and currents

134

(1)

14.1.3 Gulf Stream and shelf currents

135

(1)

14.1.4 Seawater salinity and density currents

136

(1)

14.1.5 Rivers and coastal currents

137

(1)

14.1.6 Storms

138

(1)

14.2 Chemistry of seawater

138

(1)

14.3 Ecological self-organization with coastal eutrophication

139

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter fourteen

139

(2)

Chapter 15 Marine ecosystems

141

(14)

15.1 Blue-water ecosystem

141

(2)

15.2 Continental shelf ecosystem

143

(2)

15.3 Shallow-water grass flats

145

(1)

15.4 Coral reefs

145

(5)

15.5 Beach ecosystems

150

(2)

15.5.1 Ecosystem of the wave zone

150

(2)

15.5.2 Sand dune ecosystems

152

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter fifteen

152

(3)

Chapter 16 Estuaries

155

(16)

16.1 Salinity

155

(1)

16.2 Circulation

156

(1)

16.3 Food-rich estuarine nursery

157

(1)

16.4 Systems overview

158

(2)

16.5 Estuarine ecosystems

160

(6)

16.5.1 Plankton-benthos

160

(1)

16.5.2 Grass flats

161

(1)

16.5.3 Oyster reefs

162

(2)

16.5.4 Marshes and mangroves

164

(2)

16.6 Florida estuaries

166

(2)

16.6.1 St. Johns River estuary

166

(1)

16.6.2 Indian River and Cape Canaveral estuaries

166

(1)

16.6.3 Miami estuaries

167

(1)

16.6.4 Florida Bay

167

(1)

16.6.5 Charlotte Harbor and Tampa Bay

167

(1)

16.6.6 Apalachicola Bay

168

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter sixteen

168

(3)

Chapter 17 Freshwater ecosystems

171

(14)

17.1 Ponds and lakes

171

(7)

17.1.1 Eutrophic and oligotrophic waters

174

(1)

17.1.2 Productivity

174

(2)

17.1.3 Problems with eutrophic ponds and lakes

176

(1)

17.1.4 Lake Okeechobee: a eutrophic lake

177

(1)

17.2 Stream ecosystems

178

(5)

17.2.1 Ecosystem of Silver Springs

180

(3)

Questions and activities for chapter seventeen

183

(2)

Chapter 18 Wetland ecosystems

185

(16)

18.1 Water regime and wetlands

186

(4)

18.2 Types of wetland ecosystems

190

(2)

18.2.1 Freshwater marshes

190

(1)

18.2.2 Lake margin wetlands

191

(1)

18.2.3 Floodplain forest

191

(1)

18.2.4 Saltmarsh and mangroves

191

(1)

18.3 Kissimmee River and the Everglades

192

(5)

18.3.1 Everglades canals, dikes, and highway fill

193

(3)

18.3.2 Peatland oxidation

196

(1)

18.4 Wetlands management

197

(1)

18.4.1 Constructed wetlands and self-organization

197

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter eighteen

198

(3)

Chapter 19 Upland ecosystems

201

(14)

19.1 Forest succession

201

(2)

19.2 Soil formation

203

(1)

19.3 Pine forests and fire climax

204

(4)

19.3.1 Type of pine forest and groundwater

206

(2)

19.4 Hardwood forests

208

(3)

19.4.1 Temperature and type of hardwood forests

208

(1)

19.4.1.1 Deciduous hardwood forest

208

(1)

19.4.1.2 Subtropical evergreen hardwood forest

209

(2)

19.4.1.3 Tropical evergreen hardwood hammocks

211

(1)

19.5 Forest conservation

211

(2)

19.5.1 Role of diversity in protecting forests

211

(1)

19.5.2 Pine forests and epidemics

212

(1)

19.5.3 Endangered species

212

(1)

19.5.4 Sustainable management

212

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter nineteen

213

(2)

Chapter 20 Landscape mosaic of ecosystems

215

(10)

20.1 Regional maps of Florida ecosystems

215

(3)

20.2 Interdependence

218

(1)

20.3 Soils of Florida

219

(2)

20.4 Ecosystem overview

221

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter twenty

222

(3)

Part III. Systems that use the environment

225

(72)

Chapter 21 Economic use and development

225

(10)

21.1 Typical economic use interface

225

(1)

21.2 Money and real wealth

226

(1)

21.2.1 Emergy evaluation

227

(1)

21.3 Costs, prices, and scarcity

227

(2)

21.3.1 Market supply and demand

228

(1)

21.3.2 Real wealth and market price

228

(1)

21.4 Economic development

229

(4)

21.4.1 Predicting economic success with the emergy investment ratio

229

(1)

21.4.2 Wildlife habitat

230

(1)

21.4.3 Water and Florida's economic development

230

(1)

21.4.4 Planning and designing with nature

231

(2)

Questions and activities for chapter twenty-one

233

(2)

Chapter 22 Forestry

235

(8)

22.1 Pine plantation system

235

(2)

22.2 The money part of the business

237

(1)

22.3 Comparison of plantations and mature forest

237

(2)

22.4 Natural tracts and diversity

239

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter twenty-two

240

(3)

Chapter 23 Agricultural systems

243

(10)

23.1 Agroecosystems of Florida

244

(6)

23.1.1 Citrus groves

244

(1)

23.1.2 "Truck farming" of winter vegetables

245

(2)

23.1.3 Sugarcane

247

(1)

23.1.4 Beef cattle system

248

(2)

23.2 Energy and food requirements

250

(1)

23.2.1 Migrant labor

250

(1)

23.2.2 Energy and vegetarian diet

250

(1)

23.2.3 Self-sufficient agriculture

250

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter twenty-three

251

(2)

Chapter 24 Fisheries

253

(8)

24.1 Yield and overfishing

253

(4)

24.2 Competition between sports and commercial fishermen

257

(2)

24.3 Aquaculture

259

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter twenty-four

260

(1)

Chapter 25 Mining

261

(8)

25.1 Phosphate mining

261

(4)

25.1.1 Environmental impacts and restoration

264

(1)

25.2 Peat

265

(1)

25.3 Sand

265

(1)

25.3.1 Titanium mineral sands

265

(1)

25.4 Limestone

266

(1)

25.5 Fossil fuels

266

(1)

25.6 Net benefits of mining

266

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter twenty-five

267

(2)

Chapter 26 Parks, tourists, and biodiversity

269

(10)

26.1 A measure of environmental use

269

(1)

26.2 Parks

270

(3)

26.2.1 Everglades National Park

270

(1)

26.2.2 National forests

271

(1)

26.2.3 Aquatic parks

272

(1)

26.3 Biodiversity

273

(4)

26.3.1 Measuring biodiversity

274

(1)

26.3.2 Speciation

274

(1)

26.3.3 Endangered species and subspecies

274

(1)

26.3.4 Wildlife corridors and greenways

275

(1)

26.3.5 Ecosystem reserves for automatic reseeding for restoration

276

(1)

26.3.6 Land rotation

276

(1)

26.3.7 Residential biodiversity

276

(1)

26.3.8 Hunting

276

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter twenty-six

277

(2)

Chapter 27 Cities

279

(10)

27.1 Urbanization with fossil fuels

279

(2)

27.1.1 The agrarian city

279

(2)

27.1.2 The fuel-based city

281

(1)

27.2 Overview of the city system

281

(3)

27.3 Spatial organization of the city

284

(2)

27.3.1 Residential neighborhood

285

(1)

27.4 City waste

286

(1)

27.5 City malfunction

287

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter twenty-seven

287

(1)

Chapter 28 Industry, technology, and information

289

(8)

28.1 Industry

289

(1)

28.2 Information

290

(4)

28.2.1 Information system in the economy

291

(1)

28.2.2 Global information processing

292

(2)

28.2.3 Space futures in Florida

294

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter twenty-eight

294

(3)

Part IV. The Florida state system

297

(84)

Chapter 29 Resource basis for the Florida economy

297

(6)

29.1 Renewable resources of Florida

297

(3)

29.1.1 Purchased fuels

299

(1)

29.1.2 Goods and services

299

(1)

29.1.3 Population and immigration

300

(1)

29.1.4 Information

300

(1)

29.2 Stored resources reserves in Florida

300

(1)

29.3 Resources and the circulation of money

300

(1)

29.3.1 Emdollars

301

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter twenty-nine

301

(2)

Chapter 30 Early human society in Florida

303

(8)

30.1 The Indian landscape

303

(3)

30.1.1 Hunting and gathering society

303

(2)

30.1.2 Agricultural society

305

(1)

30.2 Colonial economy of Florida

306

(2)

30.2.1 Systems view of cultural competition

307

(1)

30.2.2 Nonrenewable economy

307

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter thirty

308

(3)

Chapter 31 Overview of the Florida economy

311

(10)

31.1 Environmental-economic system of Florida

311

(5)

31.1.1 More detailed view of Florida

313

(2)

31.1.2 Carrying capacity

315

(1)

31.1.3 Attraction and image

315

(1)

31.1.4 Emergy/money ratio

316

(1)

31.2 Comparisons between Florida and other areas

316

(1)

31.3 Florida's trade

317

(2)

31.3.1 International influences

318

(1)

31.3.2 Resources for the future

318

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter thirty-one

319

(2)

Chapter 32 Florida's networks

321

(8)

32.1 Hierarchy of population centers

321

(1)

32.2 Transportation

321

(5)

32.2.1 Ships and barges

323

(1)

32.2.2 Transportation alternatives

324

(1)

32.2.3 Ecological engineering of transportation

325

(1)

32.2.4 Florida and international networks

325

(1)

32.2.5 Energy supply networks in Florida

325

(1)

32.2.6 Information networks

326

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter thirty-two

326

(3)

Chapter 33 Evaluation of energy sources

329

(16)

33.1 Power from heat engines

329

(3)

33.1.1 Optimum efficiency for maximum power

329

(2)

33.1.2 Temperature measurements

331

(1)

33.1.3 Efficiency of heat engines

331

(1)

33.2 Net emergy evaluation of fuels

332

(4)

33.2.1 Emergy yield ratio

332

(1)

33.2.2 Effect of transportation

333

(1)

33.2.3 Emergy yield ratios of foreign oil

334

(1)

33.2.4 Comparison of fuels

334

(1)

33.2.5 Transportation fuels

335

(1)

33.3 Emergy yield ratios of electric power production

336

(1)

33.3.1 Nuclear power

336

(1)

33.4 Emergy evaluation of renewable energy sources

337

(2)

33.4.1 Solar energy use through biomass

338

(1)

33.5 Solar technology

339

(1)

33.5.1 Solar voltaic cells for electric power

339

(1)

33.5.2 Solar energy hot water heaters

340

(1)

33.6 Other renewable energy flows

340

(2)

33.6.1 Wind

340

(1)

33.6.2 Geothermal power and ocean thermal electrical conversion

341

(1)

33.6.3 Hydroelectric power

341

(1)

33.6.4 Waves and tides

341

(1)

33.6.5 Using an appropriate energy quality

342

(1)

33.6.6 Future sources for Florida

342

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter thirty-three

342

(3)

Chapter 34 Wastes and recycle

345

(12)

34.1 Background

345

(1)

34.2 Principles of reuse and recycle

346

(3)

34.2.1 Closing broken cycles

346

(1)

34.2.2 Converging products and dispersing recycle

346

(1)

34.2.3 Economics and emergy evaluation of waste alternatives

347

(1)

34.2.4 Reuse and environmental recycle

348

(1)

34.2.5 Environmental technology and industrial ecology

349

(1)

34.2.6 Self-organization underway

349

(1)

34.3 Wastewaters

349

(3)

34.3.1 City wastewaters

349

(3)

34.3.2 Paper mill wastes

352

(1)

34.4 Air wastes

352

(2)

34.4.1 Ozone

353

(1)

34.4.2 Greenhouse gases and climate change

354

(1)

34.5 Solid wastes

354

(2)

Questions and activities for chapter thirty-four

356

(1)

Chapter 35 Population and carrying capacity

357

(6)

35.1 Population and standard of living

357

(1)

35.2 Carrying capacity

358

(2)

35.3 The effect of declining resources on population

360

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter thirty-five

361

(2)

Chapter 36 Simulating the future

363

(8)

36.1 Simulation of a world mini-model

363

(2)

36.2 Simulating a Florida mini-model without exchange

365

(1)

36.3 Simulation of Florida assets with world trade

366

(2)

36.3.1 Simulation of state growth with steady increase in world assets

367

(1)

36.3.2 Simulation of Florida growth driven by the world pulse of growth

368

(1)

Questions and activities for chapter thirty-six

368

(3)

Chapter 37 The future

371

(10)

37.1 A scenario of continued growth

371

(1)

37.2 A scenario of sustaining the present economy

372

(1)

37.3 A scenario of descent

373

(1)

37.4 A scenario of steady but smaller economy

374

(3)

Questions and activities for chapter thirty-seven

377

(4)

Appendix A. Programs for computer simulations

381

(14)

Appendix B. Emergy evaluation of Florida

395

(4)

Appendix C. Useful conversions

399

(2)

Appendix D. Types of wetlands

401

(4)

Glossary

405

(16)

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Environment and Society in Florida

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