LIST OF FIGURES 
1. Florida Bay.2 
2. Typical keys, shoals and basins of Florida Bay.4 
3. Annual total rainfall for the Florida lower East Coast. Rainfall totals are running 
averages and are plotted at the first month of the 12-month period. Dashed line 
is the average rainfall.1 5 
4. Sunspot cycles and numbers.2 5 
5. Tidal gauge data from Key West plotted as mean annual sea level as a 10-year 
running average.26 
6. Comparison of total commercial and recreational landings for reef and non-reef 
fisheries in Monroe County.3 2 
7. Commercial landings of pink shrimp, combined grouper species, and king 
mackerel in Monroe County.32 
8. Commercial landings of blue crab, stone crab, yellowtail snapper and amberjack 
in Monroe County.33 
9. Population growth of reddish egret in Florida Bay.34 
10. Population growth of great white heron in Florida Bay.3 5 
11. Population growth of roseate spoonbill in Florida Bay.3 5 
12. Numbers of persons in Dade, Collier, and Monroe counties from 1900 to 1990 .39 
13. Sequence of observed subsidence of organic soils in the Florida Everglades after 
initial drainage circa 1912.42 
14. Distribution of citations by subject.100 
15. Distribution of citations on fauna by subject.100 
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Appendix III 
111.1. Hurricanes, sunspots and El Nino events.396 
111.2. Volcanoes, sea level rise, and soil subsidence.399 
111.3. Temperature, rainfall, tornadoes.402 
111.4. Fishing trends and population.405 
111.5. Published studies 1910 - 1940.408 
111.6. Published studies 1940 - 1970.410 
