Fig. 6. Florida coastal everglades Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site. The Florida LTER analyzes how regional forces (e.g., climate change, changing freshwater inflow) control population and ecosystem level dynamics in wetland-dominated coastal landscapes. The data presented showed long-term changes in both management policies and the diversity and abundance of bird species. Using a food-web approach, the group developed a model that depicts the use of, and competition for, water among different human interest groups, including agriculture, urban environments, government, and recreation and fisheries. These groups exchange information and resources. Purple symbols represent social institutions and mental variables such as beliefs. The pink symbols on the left represent ecological processes and elements. Human use of water affects the aquatic ecosystem and changes the aquatic biological communities that generate ecosystem services and products. All these forces are leading through ooze, a bacterial recycling mechanism.