Total fish biomass per unit area was positively correlated with total phosphorus, total nitrogen, chlorophyll a, and inversely correlated with Secchi disk transparency in 65 Florida (U.S.A.) lakes selected to range from oligotrophic to hypereutrophic. Species numbers were positively related to lake surface area but not trophic state. There were some shifts in species composition with changes in trophic state, though only a few species showed significant changes in their standing crops. In particular the recreationally important centrarchids did not show important changes with trophic state, and there were no critical points on the trophic spectrum where there were dramatic changes in fish abundance or standing crops. The facts that Florida lakes do not have deep, cold hypolimnia, do not have salmonid species, and have no ice in the winter are among the possible reasons that the more eutrophic Florida lakes do not show the same changes in fish populations often described for northern lakes.Résumé : Il y avait une corrélation positive entre la biomasse totale de poissons par unité de surface et le phosphore total, l'azote total et la chlorophylle a, et une corrélation inverse entre cette biomasse et la transparence mesurée à l'aide du disque de Secchi, dans 65 lacs de Floride (É.-U.) allant d'oligotrophes à hypereutrophes. Les nombres d'espèces étaient liés positivement à la superficie des lacs, mais non à leur état trophique. La composition des espèces variait quelque peu avec l'état trophique, mais seules quelques espèces accusaient des différences importantes dans le nombre d'individus. Plus particulièrement, les centrarchidés importants sur le plan récréatif n'accusaient pas d'importants changements avec l'état trophique, et le spectre trophique ne présentait aucun point critique correspondant à des changements dramatiques de l'abondance ou du nombre d'individus. L'absence d'un hypolimnion froid et profond, l'absence de salmonidés et l'absence de glace en hiver comptent parmi les raisons pouvant expliquer pourquoi les lacs de Floride plus eutrophes n'accusent pas les mêmes variations de population de poissons dont on a souvent fait état dans les lacs nordiques.[Traduit par la Rédaction]

Phase I of the Kissimmee River restoration project included backfilling of 12 km of canal and restoring flow through 24 km of continuous river channel. We quantified the effects of construction activities on four water quality parameters (turbidity, total phosphorus flow-weighted concentration, total phosphorus load and dissolved oxygen concentration). Data were collected at stations upstream and downstream of the construction and at four stations within the construction zone to determine if canal backfilling and construction of 2.4 km of new river channel would negatively impact local and downstream water quality. Turbidity levels at the downstream station were elevated for approximately 2 weeks during the one and a half year construction period, but never exceeded the Florida Department of Environmental Protection construction permit criteria. Turbidity levels at stations within the construction zone were high at certain times. Flow-weighted concentration of total phosphorus at the downstream station was slightly higher than the upstream station during construction, but low discharge limited downstream transport of phosphorus. Total phosphorus loads at the upstream and downstream stations were similar and loading to Lake Okeechobee was not significantly affected by construction. Mean water column dissolved oxygen concentrations at all sampling stations were similar during construction.

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