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Hydrologic processes on tree islands in the Everglades (Florida, USA): tracking the effects of tree establishment and growth |
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| Authors: | Pamela L Sullivan Ren?? M Price Michael S Ross Leonard J Scinto Susana L Stoffella Eric Cline Thomas W Dreschel Fred H Sklar |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Earth and the Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA 2. Southeastern Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA 3. South Florida Water Management District, Everglades Division, West Palm Beach, FL, 33406, USA |
| Abstract: | The hydrodynamics of tree islands during the growth of newly planted trees has been found to be influenced by both vegetation biomass and geologic conditions. From July 2007 through June 2009, groundwater and surface-water levels were monitored on eight recently planted tree islands at the Loxahatchee Impoundment Landscape Assessment (LILA) facility in Boynton Beach, Florida, USA. Over the 2-year study, stand development coincided with the development of a water-table depression in the center of each of the islands that was bounded by a hydraulic divide along the edges. The water-table depression was greater in islands composed of limestone as compared to those composed of peat. The findings of this study suggest that groundwater evapotranspiration by trees on tree islands creates complex hydrologic interactions between the shallow groundwater in tree islands and the surrounding surface water and groundwater bodies. |
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