A Tropical Cyclone-Induced Ecological Regime Shift: Mangrove Forest Conversion to Mudflat in Everglades National Park (Florida, USA)

• Published in: Wetlands (Wilmington, N.C.) Vol. 40; no. 5; pp. 1445 - 1458
• Main Authors: Osland, Michael J., Feher, Laura C., Anderson, Gordon H., Vervaeke, William C., Krauss, Ken W., Whelan, Kevin R.T., Balentine, Karen M., Tiling-Range, Ginger, Smith, Thomas J., Cahoon, Donald R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.10.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Atmospheric pressure; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Climate change; Coastal Sciences; Coasts; Cyclones; deforestation; Ecological effects; Ecology; Ecosystems; Environmental Management; Everglades National Park; Florida; Forests; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Hurricanes; Hydrogeology; labor; Landscape Ecology; Life Sciences; Long-term effects; mangrove forests; Mangrove swamps; Mangroves; Mortality; Mud flats; National parks; Peat; Sea level; soil; Soil investigations; Storms; Tidal waves; Tropical cyclones; Wetlands; Wetlands and Climate Change; Florida Keys; Everglades; Florida; United States > US; Atlantic Ocean; Ecological regime shift; Mangrove forest; Hurricane; Tropical cyclone; Peat collapse; Sea-level rise

The ecological effects of tropical cyclones on mangrove forests are diverse and highly location- and cyclone-dependent. Ecological resistance, resilience, and enhancement are terms that describe most mangrove forest responses to tropical cyclones. However, in the most extreme cases, tropical cyclone...