due to isolation. On the west coast, Chokoloskee Bay, with high salinity, contained more 
species than other west coast localities, and the species were more of the oceanic type 
than those elsewhere. The five bays with the lowest salinities contained a good 
proportion of freshwater types. Bays with intermediate salinities were more closely 
similar to Chokoloskee Bay than to the freshed bodies of water. On the south coast, the 
plankton content of the open Florida Bay and similar bodies of water differed from that 
of the more enclosed lakes in many respects. The lakes are isolated by independent 
drainage systems into two groups, and this fact was clearly shown in specific plankton 
differences. Within each group of lakes, differences of plankton content occurred. These 
differences probably were associated most closely with salinity differences. Free 
swimming parasitic copepods, tychopelagic species, and abundant larval forms were 
encountered. 
1947 - 1957 
Tabb, D. C. (1963) A summary of existing information on the fresh-water, brackish-water 
and marine ecology of the Florida Everglades region in relation to fresh-water needs of 
Everglades National Park. ML No.63609. The Marine Laboratory, University of Miami, 
Coral Gables, FL. 85 pp. 
[NO COPY OF PAPER AVAILABLE. ABSTRACT FROM SCHMIDT (1991).] This report 
reviews the literature (published and unpublished) on Everglades water studies in 
relation to the water supply problems of Everglades National Park. Based on the 
examination of over 400 references pertaining in some way to the problem, it was 
found that there have been pronounced changes in water level, water supply, and water 
dispersal in and around the park; that major changes in the water shed took place prior 
to the finalization of the park boundary in 1947, and that the park biota had adjusted to 
these changes by that time. Results also showed that, although the park cannot be 
returned to pre-drainage conditions, there should be sufficient water during most years 
to maintain the park ecology at the 1947 - 1957 level. Hypersaline conditions and the 
effects of the reduction of freshwater runoff to Florida Bay was discussed. It was 
concluded that the National Park Service should undertake immediately, biological and 
ecological studies on the problems discussed. 
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King, J. E. (1949) A preliminary report on the plankton of the west coast of Florida. Quart. 
J. Fla. Acad. Sci, . 12(2): 109-37. 
At intervals from November 1946 to September 1947, the Gulf coastal waters of 
southwest Florida were discolored by the tremendous abundance of the dinoflagellate 
Gymnodinium brevis, a species new to science. This condition, called 'red tide", was 
accompanied by heavy mortality of fish and invertebrates. The purpose of this paper is 
to describe in general the plankton forms characteristic of coastal waters of Florida, 
specifically the dinoflagellates and copepods. One site was sampled in Florida Bay just 
off Matecumbe Key in 1949. 
1949 - 1950 
Moore, J. C. (1951) The status of the manatee in the Everglades National Park, with notes 
on its natural history. J. Mamm. . 32(1):22-36. 
This citation is a description of the status of manatees in the Everglades National Park. 
Accounts of observations of manatee behavior from various sources are discussed. 
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