List of Figures 

 Figure Title Page 



20 The .Floridan Plateau. 47 



21 Stratigraphic nomenclature of Pre-Cenozoic 



strata in the Florida peninsula. 50 



22 Distribution of surface exposed Pleistocene 

 formations. 52 



23 Distribution of the Miami Limestone. 54 



24 Cypress head/bay head sedimentary profiles. 58 



25 Sectional profile through Florida Bay, Flamingo, 

 Whitewater Bay, and the Everglades. 61 



26 Taylor Slough sedimentary zones and core types. 62 



27 Cross section of Cross Bank in Florida Bay. 64 



28 Summary of Holocene sediments of the south 



Florida shelf margin. 65 



29 Depositional environments in the lower Keys. 67 



30 Schematic drawing of mechanisms involved in 



forming subaerial crusts in the Florida Keys. 69 



31 Hydrologic cycle model modified from Figure 4 

 conceptual model of regional ecological processes. 73 



32 Map of Conservation Area 3 and control structures. 74 



33 a. Hydrograph of monthly mean discharge through 



Tamiami Trail. 78 



b. Monthly distance traveled by sheet flow under 



varying conditions. 78 



34 Relationships between salinity in Whitewater Bay 



and freshwater runoff across Tamiami Trail. 82 



35 Representative isohalines in Whitewater Bay 



during wet and dry seasons. 82 



36 Distribution of subenvironments in Florida Bay 



defined by mollusks. 84 



37 Isohalines in Florida Bay. 86 



38 Schematic of mixed and semidiurnal tides. 87 



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