An ecosystem overview - what is (or are?) the Everglades? -- The Everglades in space and time -- Freshwater marshes -- Tree islands -- Tropical hardwood hammocks -- Pinelands -- The Big Cypress Swamp -- Mangrove swamps -- Coastal lowland vegetation- and hurricanes! -- Estuarine and coastal marine waters -- Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades headwaters -- Peripherpal ecosystems of the Everglades -- Origins of the flora and fauna -- Invertebrates -- Freshwater fishes -- Marine and estuarine fishes -- Amphibians -- Reptiles -- Mammals -- Birds -- Synthesis - ecological relationships and processes in the Everglades region -- Man and the Everglades