This website contains foraminifer, mollusk, ostracod, pollen, dinoflagellate, and diatom data from modern surface and core sites across the South Florida ecosystem (ranging back approximately 200 years). Users can view maps of the core and sample collection sites. Latitude and longitude information is available as well. Application of the database facilitates recognition of long-term trends in biota that will help determine the range of natural variability in environmental changes, such as salinity and substrate conditions, and help determine if changes correlate to natural events or human activities. The database also combines information about extant biota, environmental conditions, and modern sedimentation from specific sites across South Florida. These data can provide a valuable tool for monitoring the effects of changes produced by efforts to restore the South Florida ecosystem to a more natural state. The region is divided into three parts: Biscayne Bay and the Southeast coast, Florida Bay and the Southwest coast, and terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and southern Florida. The site is linked to the South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) Website, which provides managers and scientists with better access to information on South Florida.
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