Ross,

Concerning your last question, here is a good place to start:

Lovelace, J.K. & McPherson, B.F., Effects of Hurricane Andrew (1992) on
wetlands in southern Florida and Louisiana, *in* National water summary on
wetland resources: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2425.
http://water.usgs.gov/nwsum/WSP2425/andrew.html
(URL probably doubled in transmission; google for "Hurricane Andrew")

Cheers,
Andrew

Andrew K. Rindsberg
Geological Survey of Alabama

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Ross Mayhew
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:39 PM
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Subject: How do hurricanes affect the Everglades?


    I was just thinking about how difficult it is to come across Liguus from
old collections these days, which got me to wondering about how hurricanes
affect the Everglades.  A substantial storm surge would flood a substantial
portion of this huge "river of grass" with sea water. Does this result in a
die-off of the plants and animals with less salt tolerance than others?  How
would this affect the living systems involved? How long does it take large
wetlands such as the Everglades to recover from a large hurricane?
    If anyone knows of studies which have been done along these lines, it
would be great if they could post a summary of the results, with
references!!
     When was the most recent time the Everglades were more or less directly
hit by a substantial hurricane anyway?

 From a starry starry night in New Scotland,
Ross Mayhew.

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