ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



The authors wish to acknowledge the assistance of a number of people 

 who contributed to the preparation of this document. Many public and 

 private agency representatives cooperated with our search for published and 

 unpublished data sources. Noteworthy among these were the staffs of Ever- 

 glades National Park, the South Florida Water Management District, the 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, the South Florida Regional Planning 

 Council, the University of Florida's Center for Wetlands, and the Univer- 

 sity of Miami Rosenstiel Institute. Two individuals in particular, Alison 

 Lewis and Carol Knox provided continual and invaluable support to the 

 completion of this work. Ms. Lewis's persistence and efficiency in manag- 

 ing a virtual mountain of computerized bibliographic information greatly 

 simplified our task. Ms. Knox's patient revision and completion of the 

 tables and figures was carried out in an expert and timely manner. Valu- 

 able editorial review and comment was provided by Mr. Joe Carroll of the 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ms. Mimi Drew and Mr. Eric Livingston of 

 the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation. Grateful appreciation 

 is extended to Ruth Gray, Alisa Gregory, and Tish Elliott, who prepared 

 draft manuscripts of the synthesis paper and the bibliography, and to 

 Francie Stoutamire who prepared the final manuscript. Finally the authors 

 wish to express special thanks to our project officer, Mr. Ken Adams, for 

 his constant support and expert guidance in directing our efforts and 

 bringing this document to publication. 



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