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ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DIVISION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Tel: 305.673.7080, Fax: 305.673.7028
1700
Convention
Center Drive,
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
www.miamibeachfl.gov
Ecological Impacts on Biscayne Bay and
Biscayne National Park from Proposed South
Miami-Dade County Development, and Derivation
of Numeric Nutrient Criteria for South Florida
Estuaries and Coastal Waters
Final Report
A report prepared by the Southeast Environmental Research Center of Florida
International University for the National Park Service, South Florida Natural Resources
Center and the South Florida/Caribbean Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
by
Henry O. Briceño, Joseph N. Boyer and Peter Harlem
December, 2011
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Department of the Interior
National Park Service
South Florida Natural Resources Center
and
South Florida/Caribbean Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
Host: University - H5000 – 06- 5040
TASK AGREEMENT NO: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NO: EFFECTIVE DATES:
J5297-08-0085 H5000-06-0104 3/20/08- 12/31/11
Florida International University
Henry O. Briceno, Ph.D.
Research Scholar, Principal Investigator
Southeast Environmental Research Center
11200 SW 8th St, OE #148, Miami, Florida 33199
Phone: (305) 348-1269; Fax: (305) 348-4096
Email: bricenoh@fiu.edu
Joseph N. Boyer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept. Earth & Environment
Director of SERC
Southeast Environmental Research Center
11200 SW 8th St, OE #148, Miami, Florida 33199
Phone: (305) 348-3095; Fax: 305-348-4096
Email: boyerj@fiu.edu
National Park Service
Joffre Castro, Ph.D. P.E.
South Florida Ecosystem Office
Everglades National Park
950 N Krome Ave.; 3rd Floor
Homestead, Florida 33030, Miami, Florida 33199
Phone: (305) 224-4247
Email: Joffre_Castro@nps.gov
DISCLAIMER:
Views, statements, findings, conclusions, recommendations and data in this report are solely
those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect views and policies of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, National Park Service. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not
constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the National Park Service or the authors.
RECOMMENDED CITATION:
Briceño, Henry O., Joseph N. Boyer and Peter W. Harlem. 2011. Ecological Impacts on Biscayne Bay
and Biscayne National Park from Proposed South Miami-Dade County Development, and Derivation
of Numeric Nutrient Criteria for South Florida Estuaries and Coastal Waters. NPS TA# J5297-08-
0085, Florida International University, Southeast Environmental Research Center Contribution # T530, 145 p
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Water quality of South Florida’s estuaries and coasts is the result of a long-term
and poorly understood interplay of local, regional and global forcing, drivers, pressures
and responses. South Florida’s coastal and estuarine waters have experienced the
impact of anthropogenic interventions since the early 1900’s, including major disruptions