Economic Contributions of the Forest Industry and Forest-based Recreation in Florida in 2016
EDIS, 2019 The state of Florida is half woods, with 26,807 square miles of forestland. Our extensive natural and planted pine and hardwood forests are used for production of a wide variety of wood building materials, consumer paper and packaging products ...
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Stewardship Ecosystem Services Study: Carbon Stores on Florida Forest Stewardship Program Lands
EDIS, 2013 Nonindustrial private forestlands in Florida provide many environmental benefits, or ecosystem services. Ecosystem services are benefits from nature that are directly enjoyed, consumed, or used by humans, such as water quality improvement or protection,
Nilesh Timilsina +3 more
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Florida's Coastal and Ocean Future: An Updated Blueprint for Economic and Environmental Leadership [PDF]
, 2012 Florida's coastal and marine habitats and numerous ecological and economic resources provide invaluable assetsto the millions of people who live in Florida or visit the state each year. The coast is Florida's economic engine.
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Panama City Fisheries Resources Office: FY 2002 Annual Report [PDF]
, 2003 HIGHLIGHTS FOR FY 2002 1. United States Senator Bob Graham assisted with a Gulf sturgeon survey. 2. Completed 3-year Gulf sturgeon population study in the Choctawhatchee River drainage. 3. Completed Gulf sturgeon potential spawning habitat survey for
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An Integrated Assessment of the Introduction of Lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) to the Western Atlantic Ocean. [PDF]
, 2003 Lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) are venomous coral reef fishes from the Indian and western Pacific oceans that are now found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Hare, Jonathan A., Whitfield, Paula E.
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Crawling to collapse: ecologically unsound ornamental invertebrate fisheries. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 BACKGROUND: Fishery management has historically been an inexact and reactionary discipline, often taking action only after a critical stock suffers overfishing or collapse.
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, 2016 The Atlas of Ocean Wealth is the largest collection to date of information about the economic, social and cultural values of coastal and marine habitats from all over the world. It is a synthesis of innovative science, led by The Nature Conservancy (TNC),
Emily Lanis +2 more
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Panama City Fisheries Resources Office: FY 2003 Annual Report [PDF]
, 2004 HIGHLIGHTS FOR FY 2003 1. Continued a 3-year threatened Gulf sturgeon population estimate in the Escambia River, Florida and conducted presence-absence surveys in 4 other Florida river systems and 1 bay. 2. Five juvenile Gulf sturgeon collected, near
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Biogeographic analysis of the Tortugas Ecological Reserve: Examining the refuge effect following reserve establishment [PDF]
, 2004 Almost 120 days at sea aboard three NOAA research vessels and one fishing vessel over the past three years have supported biogeographic characterization of Tortugas Ecological Reserve (TER).
Burke, John S. +7 more
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Measuring Ecosystem Service Benefits: The Use of Landscape Analysis to Evaluate Environmental Trades and Compensation [PDF]
Ecosystem compensation and exchange programs require benefit analysis in order to guarantee that compensation or trades preserve the social benefits lost when ecosystems are destroyed or degraded.
Boyd, James, Wainger, Lisa
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