TABLE OF CONTENTS


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .


ABSTRACT


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INTRODUCTION .

 Model of Water, Fish, and Wading Birds .
 Climate .. .
 Study Region .
 Corkscrew Marsh and Mud Lake Pond .
 Water Patterns and Biological Responses
 Modeling Theory of Oscillating Systems
 Population Biology of Wood Storks .

METHODS . .


 Basis for Models .
 Analysis of Rainfall .
 Remote Sensing for Relating Water Area to.
 Volume .
 Field Study in Corkscrew Marsh and Mud Lake
 Pond .
 Aerial Survey of Feeding Wading Birds .
 Characteristics of the Wood Stork Population

RESULTS . .


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 Rainfall Pattern .
 Relationship of Water Volume to Surface Water.
 Relationship between Water Levels and Fish
 Populations .
 Spatial-Temporal Aspects of Wading Bird
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 Wood Stork Population Dynamics .

QUANTIFICATION AND SIMULATION OF MODELS .

 Water Model . .
 Water Area, Fish, and Storks Models I and II
 Water Area, Fish, and Storks Model III ..


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