Fresh water marshes
By Xiomara Pena
Our florida ecosystem; the everglades
The Everglades is a freshwater marsh located in southern florida, you can find it on a map! It is a national park which means it is protected by the government. Because the everglades is so big, it's filled with many things to do. You can go camping, canoeing, hiking, sightseeing, and even do ranger programs.
Abiotic and Biotic factors
Biotic Factors
Everglade snail kite
Abiotic Factors
The abiotic factors of the everglades is pretty much just the amount of water, temperature, and soil.
Human impact on the everglades
Digging and building
In the past hundred years, we have been digging canals and building dams in the Everglades so they could take water out of it, build homes and make it better for us humans. [statements by Dr. Tom Van Lent, senior scientist at the Everglades Foundation.] We have built so many canals and taken so much water that the flow is interrupted.
Invading the everglades
http://youtu.be/-c0ZFdHj8Gs This tells the history of how humans impacted the everglades.
Pictures
Apex predator the Burmese python
The burmese python is one of the five largest species of snakes in the world. They are dark colored with brown blotches bordered with black on their back. They ARE NOT native to the everglades! As a matter of fact they have been changing the balance of the food chain. When they started to be seen more frequently is when the rabbits started to vanish!
Classification of burmese python
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pythonidae
Genus: python
Species: P. bivittatus
Endangered Species
The florida panther
- The florida panther's other name is Puma concolor coryi.
- They are strictly carnivores and only eat meat.
- This species is currently endangered due to habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation. The main reason is habitat reduction. Mercury in panthers is also a potential threat to them
Evidence of reasearch
- http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/02/08/pythons-everglades
- http://evergladesnationalparkjgarling.weebly.com/food-web.html
- http://www.evergladesfoundation.org/the-everglades/threats-to-the-ecosystem/
- http://youtu.be/-c0ZFdHj8Gs
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_python
- http://time.com/3752598/burmese-pythons-taking-over-everglades/