The clients for the data and information provided by this study are the modelers and the engineers who must design the strategy to restore the ecosystem to the desired levels. These are the hydrologic and chemical models of the USGS, the Scientist and engineers for South Florida Water Management District and the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers, the cites and country environmental planners and engineers of South Florida and the managers for Everglades National Park and Big Cypress Preserve .
Many ecological questions require temporal information before a management decision can be reached.
Resource managers, in order to provide adequate leadership in balancing the environment between natural and anthropogenic needs, must understand how the natural system works. The timing of chemical loading in the terrestrial or coastal zones, or the formation of certain features which affect water flow is of paramount importance to management of the natural resources within the South Florida Area. This project will provides information on the timing of events. Much of this research effort has been aimed at understand short-lived sedimentologic processes and the result of anthropogenic manipulation of natural processes. In south Florida, ecological changes have alarmed all who are concerned with maintaining the south Florida way of life.