1. Cypress domes in Florida have been extensively drained by the digging of a ditch around the perimeter and then an outfall swale through the fields.

2. While there is some debate, the pH of unpolluted rainwater is often expected to be 5.2 or so because of the dissolution of carbon dioxide and other mild natural acids.

3. The added phrase is actually the “extinction threshold” and cannot be definitively determined until the species has gone extinct—it is in fact the result of a model.

4. The suffix -ology meaning the study of the root word.

5. Most examples are form Florida situations. I am sure you can find several within your sphere if you pay attention.

6. Once enough scientists have said something it becomes common knowledge and no longer needs to be cited or proven.

7. Primarily Thalassia testudinum.

8. Among other reasons, but this is the most often cited.

9. Nuisance species include native plants such as cattails, Carolina willow, cherry laurel, sugarberry, dogwood, and a variety of others which have done nothing more than to do well in poor habitats.

10. In both of these, even the English language and numbering system has been replaced with pictures and icons so that even the most ignorant can operate the machinery.