South Florida’s Encroachment of the Sea and Environmental Transformation over the 21st Century
South Florida encompasses a dynamic confluence of urban and natural ecosystems strongly connected to ocean and freshwater hydrologic forcings. Low land elevation, flat topography and highly transmissive aquifers place both communities at the nexus of environmental and ecological transformation drive...
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| author | Joseph Park Erik Stabenau Jed Redwine Kevin Kotun |
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| description | South Florida encompasses a dynamic confluence of urban and natural ecosystems strongly connected to ocean and freshwater hydrologic forcings. Low land elevation, flat topography and highly transmissive aquifers place both communities at the nexus of environmental and ecological transformation driven by rising sea level. Based on a local sea level rise projection, we examine regional inundation impacts and employ hydrographic records in Florida Bay and the southern Everglades to assess water level exceedance dynamics and landscape-relevant tipping points. Intrinsic mode functions of water levels across the coastal interface are used to gauge the relative influence and time-varying transformation potential of estuarine and freshwater marshes into a marine-dominated environment with the introduction of a Marsh-to-Ocean transformation index (MOI). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7997c72a9d4641eb841035b90f1f1a0d2022-12-21T19:54:37ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122017-07-01533110.3390/jmse5030031jmse5030031South Florida’s Encroachment of the Sea and Environmental Transformation over the 21st CenturyJoseph Park0Erik Stabenau1Jed Redwine2Kevin Kotun3Physical Resources, South Florida Natural Resources Center, National Park Service, Homestead, FL 33030, USAPhysical Resources, South Florida Natural Resources Center, National Park Service, Homestead, FL 33030, USABiological Resources, South Florida Natural Resources Center, National Park Service, Homestead, FL 33030, USAPhysical Resources, South Florida Natural Resources Center, National Park Service, Homestead, FL 33030, USASouth Florida encompasses a dynamic confluence of urban and natural ecosystems strongly connected to ocean and freshwater hydrologic forcings. Low land elevation, flat topography and highly transmissive aquifers place both communities at the nexus of environmental and ecological transformation driven by rising sea level. Based on a local sea level rise projection, we examine regional inundation impacts and employ hydrographic records in Florida Bay and the southern Everglades to assess water level exceedance dynamics and landscape-relevant tipping points. Intrinsic mode functions of water levels across the coastal interface are used to gauge the relative influence and time-varying transformation potential of estuarine and freshwater marshes into a marine-dominated environment with the introduction of a Marsh-to-Ocean transformation index (MOI).https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/5/3/31South Floridasea level riseinundationcoastal impactswater level exceedance |
| spellingShingle | Joseph Park Erik Stabenau Jed Redwine Kevin Kotun South Florida’s Encroachment of the Sea and Environmental Transformation over the 21st Century Journal of Marine Science and Engineering South Florida sea level rise inundation coastal impacts water level exceedance |
| title | South Florida’s Encroachment of the Sea and Environmental Transformation over the 21st Century |
| title_full | South Florida’s Encroachment of the Sea and Environmental Transformation over the 21st Century |
| title_fullStr | South Florida’s Encroachment of the Sea and Environmental Transformation over the 21st Century |
| title_full_unstemmed | South Florida’s Encroachment of the Sea and Environmental Transformation over the 21st Century |
| title_short | South Florida’s Encroachment of the Sea and Environmental Transformation over the 21st Century |
| title_sort | south florida s encroachment of the sea and environmental transformation over the 21st century |
| topic | South Florida sea level rise inundation coastal impacts water level exceedance |
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