10.5. Mosquito control 
From June 3 to 14, 1979, a pesticide use observation study was conducted by the National 
Enforcement Investigations Center in Monroe County (Anonymous, 1980). During the study, an 
EPA team evaluated the environmental effects resulting from the aerial application of Naled 
(Dibrom-14) and ground application of Baytex for the control of mosquitoes. A reconnaissance 
survey in March of the marine environment in the ENP revealed no pesticide residues were 
detected prior to the initiation of the mosquito control program by Monroe County. 
11. DISCUSSION 
(As this document was going to press, the Florida Bay Science Conference took place in 
Gainesville, FL. The conference proceedings contains abstracts by the major investigators 
working in Florida Bay (University of Florida and Sea Grant Florida, 1995). These abstracts are 
not included in this compilation.] 
11.1. Subject distribution of published literature 
More than 750 citations and data sources were collected during the preparation of the time line 
for Florida Bay. Of these, 599 were published works on Florida Bay. The abstracts of the 
Florida Bay citations in chronological order are in Appendix I. The other collected works include 
citations to historical events, global phenomena and other topics. The subject distribution of the 
Florida Bay citations is listed in Table 22 and shown in Figures 14 and 15. It should be noted 
that often the same authors publish several papers using the same study results and these were 
counted as separate publications. Some papers summarize large data sets and these have been 
counted as a single publication. Some papers are very short and general in nature and were 
included for completeness. 
The geology of Florida Bay has been well characterized. Approximately one third of the 
citations found are on the geology of the area. Most papers discussed the evolution of the Bay 
and the formation and stratification of sediments. Little information was found on pollutant 
levels in sediments. The climate and oceanography of the Bay are covered. It is known that 
unpublished sources of oceanographic data exist. Some aspects of the biology of Florida Bay are 
well covered. Almost half of the citations founds cover biology. The largest number of citations 
on fauna are on fish and Crustacea. There were few citations on marine mammals. 
11.2. Time lines 
The chloronological sequence (time line) by date of sampling (if known) or in the case of 
calculated or inferred parameters, by the earliest date determined, are listed in Appendix I and 
II and shown in the figures in Appendix III. Geological studies describing formation of geological 
features in the area are listed by publication date. It has been surprising that a large number of 
citations, including thesis and dissertations, do not list sampling dates. It is obvious that the 
number of citations has increased steadily with time. 
Few papers on seagrasses in Florida Bay were found published prior to the dieoff. The best 
source of information about dieoffs prior to the late 1980s dieoff is the anecdotal data collected 
by DeMaria (1994). It must be remembered that simply because little information about 
instances of seagrass dieoffs prior to the late 1980s have been found, does not mean that these 
did not occur. They were simply either not recorded in the printed forms examined thus far, 
the dieoffs occurred prior to interest in adverse environmental phenomena and so were not 
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