Development of a Management Tool for Environmental Assessment of Organo-nitrogen Pesticides: In Surface Water from Everglades and Biscayne National Parks and Big Cypress National Preserve, South Florida, USA

Ecotoxicology ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 170-184
Author(s):  
Natalia Quinete ◽  
Joffre Castro ◽  
Ingrid Zamora-Ley ◽  
Adolfo Fernadez ◽  
Gary Rand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
National Preserve

scholarly journals Herpetofaunal Inventories of the National Parks of South Florida and the Caribbean: Volume III. Big Cypress National Preserve

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth G. Rice ◽  
J. Hardin Waddle ◽  
Marquette E. Crockett ◽  
Brian M. Jeffrey ◽  
Amanda N. Rice ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
South Florida ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
National Preserve

Evapotranspiration Measurement and Irrigation Scheduling for Several Tropical Fruit Crops Using the EnviroScan System

HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 549f-550
Author(s):  
Mongi Zekri ◽  
Bruce Schaffer ◽  
Stephen K. O'Hair ◽  
Roberto Nunez-Elisea ◽  
Jonathan H. Crane
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Soil Water Content ◽  
Water Use ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Irrigation Scheduling ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Fruit Crops ◽  
Tropical Fruit

In southern Florida, most tropical fruit crops between Biscayne and Everglades National Parks are irrigated at rates and frequencies based on experience and observations of tree growth and fruit yield rather than on reliable quantitative information of actual water use. This approach suggests that irrigation rates may be excessive and could lead to leaching of agricultural chemicals into the groundwater in this environmentally sensitive area. Therefore, a study is being conducted to increase water use efficiency and optimize irrigation by accurately scheduling irrigation using a very effective management tool (EnviroScan, Sentek Environmental Innovations, Pty., Kent, Australia) that continuously monitors soil water content with highly accurate capacitance multi-sensor probes installed at several depths within the soil profile. The system measures crop water use by monitoring soil water depletion rates and allows the maintenance of soil water content within the optimum range (below field capacity and well above the onset of plant water stress). The study is being conducted in growers' orchards with three tropical fruit crops (avocado, carambola, and `Tahiti' lime) to facilitate rapid adoption and utilization of research results.

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