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The Evolution of the Everglades as a Perturbed Ecosystem

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Much has been written about the origin and evolution of the Everglades (for review, see Chap. 1, this volume). The objective here is not to restate what has already been written but instead to highlight the environmental features and processes, both natural and those altered by humans that combine to make the Everglades extraordinarily susceptible to mercury.

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  1. Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, USA

    Darren G. Rumbold

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  2. Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, USA

    Darren G. Rumbold

  3. College of Pharmacy, Institute of Public Health, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

    Donald M. Axelrad

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Rumbold, D.G. (2019). The Evolution of the Everglades as a Perturbed Ecosystem. In: D. Pollman, C., Rumbold, D., Axelrad, D. (eds) Mercury and the Everglades. A Synthesis and Model for Complex Ecosystem Restoration . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20070-1_2

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