Confronting Climate Change in the Gulf Coast Region: Prospects for Sustaining Our Ecological Heritage |
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Climate and People as Drivers of Ecosystem Change | 1 |
Vulnerability of Gulf Coast Ecosystems | 15 |
CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE GULF COAST REGION iii | 80 |
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Adaptation agriculture Alabama Apalachicola Bay aquaculture aquifers assessment availability barrier islands beach Big Thicket biodiversity Chinese tallow climate models climate variability Coastal Plain coastal wetlands CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE cycle decrease delta drier droughts ecological economic El Niño ENSO environmental erosion estuaries Everglades Figure fire fish fisheries flooding Florida Keys flow forestry forests frequency fresh water freshwater full-size color image future global warming groundwater Gulf Coast ecosystems GULF COAST REGION Gulf of Mexico habitat heat index human hurricanes increase industry intense invasive Laguna Madre land landscape Louisiana mangrove Marine marshes million Mississippi River National natural Niña Niño nutrient ocean percent Photo Credit pine Pitcher Plant plant population potential productivity projections reduced regional climate risk runoff salinity saltwater intrusion Science sea-level rise seagrasses shoreline shrimp South Florida species Subregion tion trends United upland urban vulnerable warmer temperatures water resources watershed wetlands wildfires