Sink Branch: Stream Relocation and Reclamation by the Florida Phosphate Industry

摘要

Stream relocation and the subsequent restoration of water quality and biological integrity is a particularly controversial aspect of wetland reclamation. No data whatsoever exists to support or refute the claim that a stream in central Florida can be returned to an equivalent condition following mining. The Institute's Director of Reclamation Research, designed the project to complement the terrestrial monitoring by emphasizing study of the complex aquatic invertebrate community that colonized the stream when reclamation was complete.