Almost 10,000 American crocodiles in the Everglades described by 4 decades of data

Almost 10,000 American crocodiles in the Florida Everglades described by four decades of data, revealing negative impact of high-salinity water on their survival and health.

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Article Title: American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) as restoration bioindicators in the Florida Everglades

Funding: Funding for this work was supported by grants to FJM by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE https://www.usace.army.mil/) Cooperative Agreement Research Work Order #268, U.S. National Park Service (https://www.nps.gov/) CESU Cooperative Agreement #H5000060106, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS https://www.usgs.gov/) Greater Everglades Priority Ecosystems Science (PES) Program Cooperative Agreement #G15AC00278, Florida Power and Light Company (https://www.fpl.com/) Contract #02377545, Lacoste/Save Your Logo Fonds de Dotation pour la Biodiversité (http://www.saveyourlogo.org/en/) #F017137, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS https://www.fws.gov/) Cooperative Agreement #1448-40181-99-G, U.S. Navy (https://www.navy.mil/) Agreement #W9126G-16-2-0002. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0250510

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