Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida 
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South Florida Water Management District

Florida Division of Administrative Hearings
Case No. 92-3038 - 3040

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SWIM Depositions - Exhibits

Craft, Christopher B.
11/11/92

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10/28/92 Subpoena Duces Tecum

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Resume includes a list of publications. 6 pg.

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N & P Data on peat accretion & nutrient accumulation in WCA 2-A, 2-B, and 3-A. Crafts' first Graphs derived from raw data in Exhibit 3. Print Date (?) 11/10/92

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Work at Wetlands Center. Intermediate data from 2A & 3A re: basic cations and metals.

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10/30/92 Letter from Miller, L., to Craft, C., re: His paper has been accepted by Editor-in-chief Simon Levin for publication in Ecological Applications. Manuscript on peat accretion mainly from first annual report.

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N & P Data used in manuscript (Exhibit 5).

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Figures (charts and graphs) used in manuscript.

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Everglades Coordinates: Lat/Long coordinates for soil cores, with GPS confirmation, made at later date. Data for last 3 years in WCA 2-A, 2-B, 3-A and the Gradient Study.

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2A Preliminary Core Data (Fall 1989) 25  

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Vegetation Species composition along a Gradient Through Enriched Area to the Unenriched Area done May of 1992. Macrophytes.

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Same as information as Exhibit #10, but from 1990 and 1991 (?)

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Gradient Data - WCA 2-A cores. 1992

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Graphs of Cesium Data from 1990 Cores along the Gradient

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Peat accretion data on gradient, raw & man data for 1992 and relating phosphorus data on gradient to phosphorus concentrations in surface water

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Gradient Cores from summer 1992, analysis of them and some Cesium data.

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Craft, C., and C.J. Richardson; Draft, "Peat Accretion and Nutrient Accumulation along a Eutrophication Gradient in the Northern Everglades" Manuscript for gradient study. Similar to Chapter 7 of 1992 Annual Report.

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Supporting information to calculate area of enhanced P accumulation WCA 2-A. Summer 1992.

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Data and Statistics supporting gradient manuscript.

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WCA 2A Data. Raw data from gradient study.

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Figures for the gradient paper.

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Duke University Wetland Center; Proposal; Effects of Nitrogen and Phosphorus on Sawgrass, Sawgrass-Cattail and Slough Communities. Fertilizes study proposal, before any work was done.

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6/6/91, Periphyton, Vymazal, J., Effects of Nitrogen and Phosphorus on Sawgrass, Sawgrass-Cattail and Slough Communities. Addendum to proposal.

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Bromide Tracer data, Application of Bromide to Trace Fertilizer Ammonium in Everglades Mesocosms. To determine retention time of plots. 1990 and 1991, and not 1992.

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Fertilizer - Biomass Data and statistics. 

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10/92, Fertilizer - Tissue Nutrient concentration; General Linear Models Procedure Class Level Information. Computer output result of statistical analyses, from the SAS program.

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Fertilizer M; (Manuscript) "Response of Everglades Plant Communities to Nitrogen and Phosphorus Additions." Draft manuscript being reviewed for submission for publication.

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Fertilizer Figures associated w/manuscript

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12/9/90 "Greenhouse, Sawgrass & Phosphorus, Effects of Phosphorus Loading and Hydroperiod on Sawgrass", Duke University Wetland Center. Experiment proposal done by L. Sutter. Addendum to it by Vymazel re: periphyton. 12/9/90

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8/2/91 Raikes, J., (graduate student) "Effects of Salinity and Hydroperiod on the Relative Growth of Sawgrass and Cattail", Duke University Wetlands Center. Sawgrass/Cattail competition study on salinity and hydroperiod.

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1992, Richardson, C., and C. Craft, "Effective Phosphorus Retention in Wetlands Fact of Fiction?" Draft Submitted to International Symposium on constructed wetlands or water quality improvement. Pensacola, Florida. October 1991; In press 1992.

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Richardson, C.J., Craft, C.B., Qualls, R.G., Rader, R.B. and J. Vymazal, "Effects of Nutrient Loadings and Hydroperiod Alterations on Control of Cattail Expansion, Community Structure and Nutrient Retention in the Water Conservation Areas of South Florida", Monthly report 9/15/92.

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SFWMD Experiments; "The Relationship between Water Depth, Nutrient Loading and Plant Species Composition in Constructed Mixed Marshes." Drafts of SFWMD ideas for experiments.

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Litigation folder Settlement Agreement 88-1886-CIV-Hoeveler

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Agricultural BMPs Folder

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Other Everglades Folder, Draft, "Mercury Contamination in the Everglades Ecosystem, A Plan of Study." EPA proposal to study Mercury in the Everglades.

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Computer Disk, SAS, Biomass data - water level, pH, oxygen, conductivity.

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Computer Disk, SAS, H2O levels, pH, oxygen, conductivity.

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Computer Disk, SAS, Fertilizer biomass data.

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Computer Disk, SAS, H2O chemistry data, phosphorus, ammonia, nitrate (continued on disk 40)

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Computer Disk, SAS, Same as 39, continued.

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Computer Disk, SAS, Intermediate water chemistry data.

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Computer Disk, SAS, Intermediate data - fertilizer stuff, phosphate, ammonia.

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Computer Disk, Everglades - earliest data, related to N + P folder, probably 1990.

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Computer Disk, Everglades II-- more data from 1990, continued from 42A.

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Computer Disk, Cations - base cations and metals, in WCA 2-A, 2-B, and 3-A.

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Computer Disk, Gradient data from three transects; 1990 data.

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Computer Disk, Repeated cores on the gradient, taken in 1991, when they re- sampled several locations in 1991. Why did they resample several locations in 1991; they apparently did not resample them all...

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Computer Disk, Annual report-- gradient study, 1992; mainly peat accretion and nutrients.

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48 Computer Disk, Fertilizer proposal. 38
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Computer Disk, Annual Report - 1992 Annual Report fertilizer report; probably an intermediate stage of the report, on its way to the final draft, which he often puts on the hard drive and works from there.

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Computer Disk, Fertilizer-- first year biomass data.

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Computer Disk, Water chemistry data from sawgrass and slough sites, 1990 and 1991.

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Computer Disk, Fertilizer-- Water chemistry data from mixed site, 1990 and 1991.

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Computer Disk, Fertilizer data-- he has no idea what is on it.

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Computer Disk, More water chemistry data-- ammonium, nitrate, phosphate.

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Computer Disk, Annual Report-- 1991. His contributions, only.

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Computer Disk, Graph to 1991 annual report-- his only.

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Computer Disk, More graphs.

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Computer Disk, Intermediate 1990 Annual Report draft; probably a rough draft, but maybe a final form version of his contribution.

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Computer Disk, Seminars: Computer generated slides for talks.

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Computer Disk, Seminars II: more slides

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Computer Disk, Seminars III: more of the same.

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Computer Disk, SWS: slides presented to the Society of Wetlands Scientists.

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Computer Disk, Delta Graph software package he likes to use to turn data into graphs; probably contains graphs from the fertilizer and gradient studies.

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Computer Disk, Fertilizer manuscript. Draft of chapter 7 of the annual report, but refined a bit for submission for publication. Final polishing not completed yet.

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Computer Disk, Gradient manuscript. Revised some from the annual report, but not completely revised yet for publication.

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Computer Disk, Gradient manuscript II. Supporting tables and graphs to go with the gradient study.

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Computer Disk, N + P: Manuscript accepted by Ecological Applications.

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Computer Disk, More N + P: Supporting graphs and tables to go with the N + P data.

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Notebook: Everglades - Cations (total). How to calculate atomic absorption spectrometer. (10/6/89)

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Notebook: Iron and manganese Data from WCA 2-A, 2-B, and 3-A, in 1989 and 1990 and 1991.

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Notebook: Data for Base Cations and Aluminum. (1990 and 1991 cores)

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Notebook: Cations Data from Preliminary Cores. (1991)

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Notebook: Cation Data, Sodium and Calcium. 1991Deposition exhibit # 107 stapled to back of exhibit # 73, summary of Radioactivity Protocols

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Notebook: Runs of Internal Standards to Calibrate Instrument. CHN analyzer.

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Notebook: Total Carbon and Nitrogen Soil Data from WCA-2A, 2-B and 3-A 1989 - 1992.

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Notebook: Organic C, Samples of measurable Carbonates. WCA 2-A. 1990 Annual Report Data.

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Notebook: Everglades total P analysis; 10A Core samples. (8/31/92)

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Notebook: Results of replicate samples and internal lab standards for P

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Notebook: Oven-dried weights - starting into solids analysis for gradient for soils.

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Notebook: Total P concentration in soils. (1989 & 1991)

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Notebook: Soil Organic Phosphorus Samples

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Calcium Phosphate Fraction Sample

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Notebook: Fertilizer-Soils, Vegetation, Water Levels. Summary of Biomass data for pre- fertilizer data for pre-treatment.

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Notebook: Pretreatment Data at Sawgrass Site, 6 pgs. (Culm counts, Cladium plots, Stem counts)

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Notebook: Pretreatment Biomass Data at Mixed Site Sawgrass - cattail site, 7 pgs.

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Notebook: Pretreatment Biomass Data at Slough Site

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Notebook: Pretreatment Data Carbon & Nitrogen Content of Plant Samples Collected. Nondestructive way to measure biomass. Vegetation 1990

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Notebook: Soils - How Plots are laid out. Spatial soil Depths to Bedrock and integrated core weights. Expressed in dry weight.

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Notebook: Surface Water Level Data from all three sites for last 2 years. (1990 - 92 Fertilizer Study)

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Notebook: Fertilizer - Water Chemistry - Figures from 3 sites in the fertilizer study - porewater and surface water. (1990 - 92)

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Notebook: Figures pretreatment standing crop biomass, stem counts, porewater. From 1 - 2 years ago.

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Notebook: Fertilizer dry weight N,P. 1992 Summary of analysis of variation. First year biomass data.

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Notebook: First year dry weight data. (Sawgrass, Mixed, and Slough Dry Weight)

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Notebook: Continuation of first year dry weight data. Data Base and Biomass

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Notebook: Phosphorus concentration in plant tissue. First year, also carbon and nitrogen data. (1992)

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Raw data sets: Water level from 1990 to August 1992; surface and porewater ammonium nitrate, 1990-1992; fertilizer data from tests conducted at interval after dosing, to see if the dose stays in the plots; (2/92) pH, oxygen, conductivity, and temperature, from April 1991 through July 1992.

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Notebook: Water samples after fertilizer applied. Time sampling of fertilizer disappearance, after fertilizer additions, to determine retention time. (1992)

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Notebook: Soils Data from 1992. Analysis on data. General Linear Models Procedure for all 3 sites.

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Notebook: 1992 Biomass data and dry weight data, incomplete. All three sites, 7 pages.

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Notebook: Preliminary below ground biomass data. Incomplete and they are still working on it. (1992) Site Sawgrass: October 21, (one page)

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Notebook: Check sheet of weights of samples before and after grinding, 8 pages.

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Notebook: Nitrogen and Phosphorus content of vegetation in WCA 2-A and 3-A, and gradient water. FLA Plant Digests - 6/89, 9/89 and 1/90

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Notebook: Figures graphing that go with data from Exhibit 102 data.

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Notebook: Raw count data for cesium across the 1989 data. WCA 2-A, 2-B and 3-A.

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Notebook: Intermediate data derived from Exhibit 104 (and 90 and 91? Gradient data?)

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Notebook: Cesium counting: Cesium Cores 1990

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Notebook: Summary of Radioactivity Protocols. (1 page)

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Notebook: 8/15/91 Total dissolution for Pb 210 data

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Notebook: Direct Gamma counting. Another way to analyze. (2/18/92)

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Notebook: Invoices for Pb 210 counting equipment they bought. (6/3/91). Includes: 

  1. Certificate of Calibration Beta Standard Solution (10/1/91)

  2. Leak Test Certificate (9/4/91).

  3. Isotopes Products Lab.
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Notebook: Information for doing pollen analysis, with graphs of some lead 210 information. Pollen is another way to date sediments.

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Notebook Slides: Craft, C. B., and C. J. Richardson, Slides of Peat Accretion and Nutrient Accumulation in the South Florida Everglades. SWS 1990, 2-A, 2-B, 3- A. Duke Wetland Center.

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Notebook Slides: Craft, C. B., and C. J. Richardson, Rates of Organic and Inorganic Carbon Accumulation in the Florida Everglades. Soil Science Society. November 1990. Duke University Wetland Center

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Notebook Slides: Craft, C. B., and C. J. Richardson, Effects of Agricultural Runoff on Nutrient Accumulation in the Florida Everglades: A preliminary assessment. LSU Symposium. Feb. 1991. Duke University Wetland Center.

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Notebook Slides: Water Quality in the Everglades: Current Trends and Options for the Future. June 1991, Florida Association of Environmental Professionals. Duke University Wetland Center.

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Notebook Slides: 1991 Soil Science - Historical and Recent Rates of Peat Accretion in Everglades’ soils as determine by Pb - 210 and Cs - 137, C.B. Craft and C.J. Richardson. (Fall 1991) Duke University Wetland Center.

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Notebook Slides: Craft, C.B., and C. J. Richardson, Effects of Agricultural Drainage on Rates of Peat Accretion and Nutrient Accumulation in Everglades Soils; INTECOL, Columbus, Ohio. 1992. Duke University Wetland Center.

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Notebook Slides: Species Composition on the Gradient (WCA 2A) and Tissue N and P composition on gradient. (WCA 2A - 3A Gradient)

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Notebook Slides: Effects of N and P Additions on Sawgrass, Sawgrass-Cattail and Slough Communities; Preliminary data. To determine if and at what levels nitrogen, phosphorous or a combination of nitrogen and phosphorous are responsible for invasion of cattails I into sawgrass.

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Notebook Slides: Craft, C.B., and C. J. Richardson, Response of Everglades Plant communities to Nitrogen and Phosphorus Additions; SWS 1992 presentation. Duke University Wetland Center.

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Notebook Slides: SAS Output. Water levels in fertilizer plots for 1990 - 1992 (by site date).

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Notebook Slides: 4/92, SAS Results on pH Oxygen and conductivity from the fertilizer plots

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Notebook Slides: 4/92, SAS Computer Output for the Nitrogen and Phosphorus content of plant tissue in the fertilizer study: 4/30/92 OBS, DATE, PO4, NH4, NO3, RES, COOK

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Notebook Slides: 3/30/92, SAS Surface and pore water, ammonium, nitrate phosphate data from the fertilizer study. (1992)

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Notebook Slides: SAS Output. Statistical analyses of biomass data, dry weight data from the first year of the study

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Notebook Slides: Vymazal, J., Craft, C. and C. Richardson, Response of Everglades Periphyton Community to Nitrogen and Phosphorus Additions. Marked up review draft. Chapter 2 or 4. (8/90). Duke University Wetland Center, School of the Environment. Enclosed: Conclusions and Literature Cited.

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