The Adobe PDF Reader program is available for free from Adobe. Ecological changes, primarily associated with an increase in salinity and added nutrients in bay waters have detrimentally afftected the bay. This fact sheet outlines the results of a study that modeled freshwater inflow from creeks along the south Florida coastline. Tidal signature data of the flow direction for gaged creeks along the coastline were also calculated.
Results indicate that most flow into Florida Bay occurs east of the Taylor Slough drainage area.