Published online 3 August 2006
Published in Soil Sci Soc Am J 70:1662-1676 (2006)
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0134
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Spatial Distribution of Soil Properties in Water Conservation Area 3 of the Everglades
Gregory L. Brulanda,b,
Sabine Grunwalda,*,
Todd Z. Osbornea,
K. Ramesh Reddya and
Susan Newmanc
a Univ. of Florida, Institute for Food and Agric. Sciences, Soil and Water Science Dep., 2169 McCarty Hall, P.O. Box 110290, Gainesville, FL 32611-0290
b Univ. of Hawai'i at Manoa, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Dep. of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, 1910 East-West Rd., Honolulu, HI 96822
c Everglades Division, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4680

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Fig. 1. Maps of (a) Florida and (b) South Florida with water flow direction (modified from Mitsch and Jørgensen [2004]) and (c) WCA-3 with the locations of the unit boundaries, canals, roads, water control structures, and 388 sites from the 20032004 sampling event.
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Fig. 2. Point maps showing floc (a) presence/absence, (b) depth, (c) bulk density, and (d) total phosphorus.
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Fig. 3. Empirical semivariance and model semivariograms for selected soil properties from the 0- to 10-cm layer of 3AN and 3AS.
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Fig. 4. Interpolated maps showing the spatial distribution of (a) bulk density, (b) total P, (c) total N, and (d) total C in the 0- to 10-cm layer of WCA-3.
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Fig. 5. Interpolated maps showing the distribution of (a) bulk density, (b) total P, (c) total N, and (d) total C in the 10- to 20-cm layer of WCA-3.
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