Hydrology and water quality of unmined and reclaimed basins in phosphate-mining areas, west-central Florida

Lewelling, B.R.; Wylie, R.W.

doi:10.3133/wri934002

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Geospatial Analysis of Depressional Wetlands near Peace River Watershed Phosphate Mines, Florida, USA

Bacchus¹,

Masour²,

Madden³

et al. 2011

Environmental & Engineering Geoscience

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Mining throughout the Floridan aquifer system alters groundwater conditions. Determination of magnitude and extent of groundwater alterations in this regional karst aquifer system is difficult due to preferential flow paths, blasting, and widespread aquifer withdrawals and injections. Additionally, hydrologic models do not reveal subsurface impacts to the biotic environment, such as destruction of vegetative buffers, which are essential habitat for endangered and threatened species and other wildlife, and degradation from invasive species responding to hydroperiod disruptions. Our case study uses remote sensing and a geographic information system (GIS) to evaluate near-infrared (NIR) data for natural herbaceous depressional (wet prairie) wetlands in a central Florida phosphate mining area. These wetlands characteristically are dominated by graminoids, which have lower NIR reflectance and consequent digital numbers (DNs) in remotely sensed imagery than invasive species associated with hydroperiod alterations. Maximum aquifer withdrawals of 76,457 m 3 /d were permitted in November 1977 and remain active for study-area mines, which are surrounded primarily by un-irrigated pasture. Digital color infrared aerial imagery acquired in winter 2003-04 (1

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Geospatial Analysis of Depressional Wetlands near Peace River Watershed Phosphate Mines, Florida, USA

Bacchus¹,

Masour²,

Madden³

et al. 2011

Environmental & Engineering Geoscience

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Retrospective Review of Watershed Characteristics and a Framework for Future Research in the Sarasota Bay Watershed, Florida

Kish¹,

Harrison²,

Alderson³

2008

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Hydrology and water quality of unmined and reclaimed basins in phosphate-mining areas, west-central Florida

Cited by 5 publications

References 23 publications

Geospatial Analysis of Depressional Wetlands near Peace River Watershed Phosphate Mines, Florida, USA

Geospatial Analysis of Depressional Wetlands near Peace River Watershed Phosphate Mines, Florida, USA

Retrospective Review of Watershed Characteristics and a Framework for Future Research in the Sarasota Bay Watershed, Florida

Bibliography of U.S. Geological Survey reports on the water resources of Florida, 1886-1995

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