Download or read book Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape Patterns? written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-07-25 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report evaluates a White Paper written by restoration planners in South Florida on the role of water flow in restoration plans. The report concludes that there is strong evidence that the velocity, rate, and spatial distribution of water flow play important roles in maintaining the tree islands and other ecologically important landscape features of the Everglades.