CW 04 6241

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a) The most critical issue seems to be the fact that people won't leave this place alone. Even though it has been deemed a International Biosphere Reserve and a World Heritage site the waters are still diverted into and out of, mostly at an inconvenient time for the ecosystem, affecting the way this land develops.For an ecosystem that is so rare and so defined by the seasonal rhythyms this is unacceptable.

b)marine/estuary, coastal prairie, mangroves, slough, cypress, marl prairie, hammock, pinelands

c)I think the largest predator in the everglades is the American Alligator. They are cold blooded animals that live mostly in the water and eat insects, crabs, crayfish, wading birds, deer, and many other things I'm sure.

d)A manatee is a 1000 pound marine mammal that spend their winters in the warm

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