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AQUA-ECONOMIC
MAPPING: CONCEPT NOTES -- M.A.
Anetekhai and O.O. Whenu; Department of Fisheries, Faculty of
Science, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria
TESTING THE ABILITY OF BIOFOUL FOR THE
PURPOSES OF ENHANCED REMEDIATION OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE -- Robert Bazeley1,
Penny L. Morrill1, Abigail Steel2, Peter Mercer3
and Tao Cheng1; 1Department of Earth Science,
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; 2Mineral
Development Division, Department of Natural Resources, Newfoundland,
Canada; 3Rambler Metals and Mining PLC, Newfoundland, Canada
COASTAL REHABILITATION THROUGH SUSTAINABLE
MANAGEMENT OF MANGROVE COMMUNITIES IN KUWAIT -- N. R. Bhat and M. K.
Suleiman; Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait
AN OVERVIEW OF GOODS AND SERVICES OF THE
ARID ECOSYSTEM IN NORTHWESTERN COASTAL REGION, EGYPT -- Laila M.M. Bidak
and Selim Z. Heneidy; Botany & Microbiology Department, Alexandria,
Egypt
EVALUATING THE INFLUENCE OF DISTURBANCE ON
MACROINVERTEBRATE COLONIZATION AND DECOMPOSITION OF LEAF PACKS IN UPPPER
COASTAL PLAIN HEADWATER STREAMS -- Rich A. Biemiller1, DE
Fletcher2, CD Barton3; 1Department of
Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA; 2Savannah
River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Aiken, SC, USA; 3Department
of Forestry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
METRIC SELECTION TO ESTABLISH A CONDITION
GRADIENT BETWEEN NATURAL AND IMPAIRED NORTHEAST OHIO HEADWATER STREAM
SYSTEMS AS A BASIS FOR EVALUATION OF RESTORATION PERFORMANCE -- Joel
Bingham; University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
Using stream metabolic measurements to quantify restoration of ecosystem
services of impaired streams pre and post restoration -- Stacey
Sloan Blersch; University at Buffalo, Civil Structural and
Environmental Engineering, Buffalo, NY, USA
A WATERSHED APPROACH TO RESTORE FLORIDA’S
COASTAL COMMUNITIES -- Darryl Boudreau1, Anne Birch2
and Janet Bowman 3; 1The Nature Conservancy,
Milton, FL, USA; 2The Nature Conservancy, Indialantic, FL,
USA; 3The Nature Conservancy, Tallahassee, FL, USA ● POSTER ●
Accelerating recovery after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill:
Response of the macroinvertebrate communities to shoreline oiling
effects --
Donald R. Deis1, Stefan M. Bourgoin2,
Irving A. Mendelssohn3,
Qianxin Lin3, Aixin Hou3,
John Fleeger3, Sean Graham3;
1Atkins, Jacksonville, FL, USA, 2Atkins,
Tallahassee, FL, USA, 3Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, LA, USA ● POSTER ●
RESTORATION STRATEGY OF MEDITERRANEAN
COASTAL LAGOONS -- N. Caiola, C. Ibáñez, A. Bertolero, S. Rivaes;
IRTA Aquatic Ecosystems, Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Catalonia, Spain
INTEGRATING FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT AND SALMON
HABITAT RESTORATION PRIORITIES IN PUGET SOUND: GIS SITE PRIORITIZATION
-- Scott W. Campbell1, Nancy C. Gleason1,
Christopher P. Konrad2; 1U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Seattle District, Seattle, WA, USA, 2U.S.
Geological Survey, Washington Water Science Center, Tacoma, WA, USA
ARCHEOLOGY AND EVERGLADES RESTORATION --
Grady H. Caulk; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL,
USA ● POSTER ●
DECLINE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF SUBMERGED
AQUATIC VEGETATION IN THE RIO CRUCES ESTUARY, CHILE -- R.B. Nairn1,
Q. Lu1, E.G. Reinhardt2, D.A. Brunton1,
M.J. Risk2, M.J. Clark1; 1W.F.
Baird & Associates, Oakville, Ontario, Canada; 2McMaster
University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
HYPOTHETICAL WATER SURFACES FOR EVALUATING
EVERGLADES ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION -- Paul A. Conrads1 and
Ruby Daamen2; 1USGS South
Carolina Water Science Center, Columbia, SC, USA; 2Advanced
Data Mining International, Greenville, SC, USA
Automated Data Assurance and Management (ADAM) Software for Real-time
Quality Control for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) --
Matthew D. Petkewich1, Ruby C. Daamen2, and
Paul A. Conrads1; 1USGS South Carolina,
Water Science Center, Columbia, SC, USA; 2Advanced Data
Mining Intl., Greenville, SC, USA
SUCCESSION IN TUNDRA LANDSCAPES AND ITS
IMPLICATIONS FOR POLAR RESTORATION EFFORTS: CASE STUDY OF HERSCHEL
ISLAND, YT, CANADA – Heather A. Cray1, Wayne H.
Pollard2 and Stephen D. Murphy1; 1University
of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; 2McGill University,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Water Quality Performance of Wetlands Receiving Nonpoint Source nitrogen
Loads: Benefits of Targeted Wetland Restorations --
William G. Crumpton, Greg A. Stenback and David Green;
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State
University, Ames, IA, USA
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF RIPARIAN FOREST
under water stress –
Examplified AT the LOWER
REACHES OF TARIM RIVER, NW CHINA -- Bernd Cyffka and Martin
Kuba; Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Applied Physical
Geography, Germany ● POSTER ●
ENHANCING ESTABLISHMENT OF WHITE OAK AND
AMERICAN HAZELNUT ENRICHMENT PLANTS IN A MESIC FOREST USING UNDERSTORY
REMOVAL AND GROUP SELECTION -- Kurt M. Dreisilker1,
Jeffrey Dawson2 and Andrew Koeser3; 1The
Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, USA; 2University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA; 3Department
of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida – GCREC, Wimauma,
FL, USA
THE EFFECTS OF CORAL GENOTYPE ON RESTORATION
SUCCES IN THE THREATENED CARIBBEAN STAGHORN CORAL, ACROPORA
CERVICORNIS -- Crawford Drury and Diego Lirman;
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of
Miami, Miami, FL, USA
EVERGLADES RESTORATION: THE LEGEND, THE
DREAM, THE REALITY -- Dennis R Duke1, Stuart Appelbaum2;
1U.S. Department of the Interior, Davie, FL USA; 2ARCADIS
U.S., Inc., Jacksonville FL, USA
ADVANCING THE GULF COAST PRAIRIE LCC SCIENCE
STRATEGY -- Cynthia K. Edwards; Gulf Coast Prairie LCC,
Lafayette, LA, USA
CITYWIDE ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT: A TOOL FOR
PROIRITIZING MANAGEMENT IN NYC -- Helen M. Forgione, Clara Pregitzer,
Sarah Charlop-Powers and Bram Gunther; Natural Areas
Conservancy, New York City, NY, USA
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evaluation of success in Tamarix control efforts in the colorado and rio
grande catchmentS --
Eduardo González1,2,3, Anna A Sher3*,
Eric Tabacchi1,2, Adrià Masip4, Monique Poulin5;
1 Université de Toulouse; INP, UPS, EcoLab (Laboratoire
Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement), Toulouse, France, 2
CNRS, EcoLab, Toulouse, France; 3 Department of Biology,
University of Denver, CO, USA; 4 Pyrenean Institute of
Ecology, Spanish National Research Council, Zaragoza, Spain, 5
Department de Phytologie, FSAA, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec,
Canada
DRIVERS OF PLANT COMPOSITION IN RIPARIAN AND ISOLATED SWAMPS OF
SOUTHEASTERN Canada --
Laurie Bisson-Gauthier1,2,3, Marcel Darveau2,3,1,
Richard Fournier4, Eduardo González5,6,7*,
Monique Poulin1,3; 1Département de Phytologie,
Faculté des Sciences de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation, Université
Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada; 2Québec Centre for
Biodiversity Science, Department of Biology, McGill University,
Montréal, Québec, Canada; 3Environmental Research Institute,
Centre for Energy and Environment, The North Highland College, Scotland,
United Kingdom; 4Université de Toulouse, INP, UPS; EcoLab (Laboratoire
Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement), Toulouse, France, 5CNRS,
EcoLab, Toulouse, France, 6Department of Biology, University
of Denver, Denver, CO, USA
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF
SPATIAL COMPONENTS OVER LOCAL FACTORS IN PLANT SUCCESSION OF RIPARIAN
ZONES RESTORED BY PLANTATIONS -- B
Bourgeois 1,2, and A Vanasse 1, R Andersen 3,
E Gonzalez 4,5,6, M Poulin 1,2;
1Département de Phytologie, Faculté des Sciences de
l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation, Université Laval, Québec (Québec),
Canada, 2Québec Centre for Biodiversity Science, Department
of Biology, McGill University, Montréal (Québec), Canada, 3Environmental
Research Institute, Centre for Energy and Environment, The North
Highland College, Scotland, United Kingdom, 4Université de
Toulouse; INP, UPS; EcoLab (Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et
Environnement), Toulouse, France, 5CNRS, EcoLab, Toulouse,
France, 6Department of Biology; University of Denver; Denver,
CO, USA
BLOODROOT (SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS) AS
A DETERRENT TO THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE GARLIC MUSTARD (ALLIARIA
PETIOLATA) -- Gwyneth L. Govers1, M. Alex Smith2
and Stephen D. Murphy1; 1University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, ON, Canada; 2University of Guelph, Guelph, ON,
Canada
REFORESTING APPALACHIAN SURFACE MINES: A
BLACK WALNUT PILOT STUDY (NURSERY STOCK VS. SEED, WITH OR WITHOUT TREE
SHELTERS) -- Sarah L. Hall1, Christopher D. Barton2,
and Patrick N. Angel3; 1Berea College
Agriculture & Natural Resources, Berea, KY, USA, 2University
of Kentucky Department of Forestry, Lexington, KY, USA, 3US
Department of Interior Office of Surface Mining, London, KY, USA
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COASTAL BIOENGINEERING FOR ECOLOGICAL
RESTORATION -- Steven G. Hall, Jon D. Risinger Matthew Byrum;
Biological and Agricultural Engineering, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA,
USA
PUTTING HUMANS BACK IN THE ECOSYSTEM:
DEVELOPING HUMAN DIMENSIONS TOOLS FOR LARGE ECOSYSTEM RECOVERY PLANNING
IN PUGET SOUND -- Haley Harguth1, Kelly Biedenweg2
and Kari Stiles1; 1Puget Sound Partnership,
Tacoma, WA, USA; 2University of Washington - Tacoma, Puget
Sound Institute, Tacoma, WA, USA
A MODEL FOR IDENTIFYING SITES SUSCEPTIBLE TO
CHINESE PRIVET (LIGUSTRUM SINENSE) INVASION IN THE APPALACHIAN
PIEDMONT -- Donald L. Hagan, Elena A. Mikhailova, Timothy M.
Shearman, Patrick T. Ma, Jedidah S. Nankaya, Samantha K. Hart,
Hillary E.Valdetero, William C. Bridges and He Yun; Clemson University,
Clemson, SC, USA
EFFECTS OF THREE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ON 30
YEAR OLD BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD RESTORATION SITE -- Matthew Herron
and Joydeep Bhattacharjee; University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe,
LA, USA
EXPLORING NATIVE PRAIRIE GRASSES AS
COMPETITERS TO SUPPRESS GROWTH OF THE INVASIVE GRASS SORGHUM
HALEPENSE -- Cris G. Hochwender, Samantha Montomery,
Nicole Kreuzman and Stephanie Tran; University of Evansville,
Evansville, IN, USA
Seed
zones and plant material movement guidelines in the Pacific Northwest:
Past, present and future -- Matt Horning; USDA Forest
Service, Bend, OR, USA
REINTRODUCTION OF ANADROMOUS SALMONIDS ABOVE
SHASTA DAM: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES -- John Hannon1,
Stephanie Theis2, Keith Marine3, Jamil Ibrahim2
and Craig Moyle2; 1U.S. Bureau of Reclamation,
Sacramento, CA, USA; 2MWH Americas, Inc., Sacramento, CA,
USA; 3North State Resources, Inc., Redding, CA, USA
CHALLENGES IN PLANNING URBAN STREAM
RESTORATION PROJECTS -- Heather N. Jensen; U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Philadelphia District, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● POSTER ●
Hydrologic Response of Hillslope Seeps and Headwater Streams of the Fort
Worth Prairie -- Shannon L. Jones and Michael Slattery;
School of Geology, Energy, & the Environment, Texas Christian
University, Fort Worth, TX, USA ● POSTER ●
IMPORTANT SYMBIONTS OF SPARTINA
ALTERNIFLORA ARE SENSITIVE TO RESTORATION STATUS -- Demetra
Kandalepas, Michael J. Blum, Sunshine A. Van Bael; Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA USA
RESTORING WET PINE SAVANNAH IMPACTED BY
DITCH CONSTRUCTION IN HANCOCK COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, USA -- James
P. Kelly; 3Point Eco-Logical, LLC, Ocean Springs, MS, USA
UPSTREAM CONSTRAINTS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON
QUANTITY, QUALITY, TIMING, & DISTRIBUTION OF EVERGLADES WATERS TO THE
SOUTH FLORIDA ESTUARIES -- Susan K. Kemp1,2, Gina
P. Ralph1 and Cynthia G. Thomas1; 1U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL, USA; 2U.S.
Geological Survey, Corvallis, OR, USA
NORTHEAST FLORIDA BAY MINIMUM FLOWS AND
LEVELS UPDATE, 2013 USING THE REGIONAL SIMULATION MODEL
-- Fahmida Khatun, Jose M.
Otero and Sashi Nair; 1South Florida Water
Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA ● POSTER ●
REVEGETATION EXPERIMENT REVEALS NATIVE PLANT
THRESHOLDS REQUIRED FOR ARTHROPOD ASSEMBLAGE RESTORATION --
Denise A. Knapp; University of California, Santa Barbara, CA,
USA; Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
ECOGIG* AND TELESCIENCE:
RESEARCH CRUISES UTILIZE IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR DWH STUDIES AND
RECOVERY EDUCATION -- Christine Laporte1, Charles
Fisher2, Katherine L.C. Bell3, Allison
Fundis3, Samantha Joye1; 1Department of
Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA; 2Department
of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA;
3Ocean Exploration Trust, New London, CT, USA ● POSTER ●
EVERGLADES ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION STATUS:
SCIENCE BASED ASSESSMENT OF RESTORATION PROGRESS -- A. LoSchiavo1,
Tom Dreschel2, G. Ehlinger1, P.
Gorman2, S. Gray2, S. Kemp3, A. McLean4,
M. Meyer5, A. Patterson1, P. Pitts5, A.
Rodusky2, D. Rudnick4, S. Schubert5, F.
Sklar2 and S. Traxler5; 1U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL, USA; 2South Florida
Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA; 3U.S.
Geological Survey, Corvalis, OR, USA; 4National Park Service,
Homestead, FL, USA; 6U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Vero
Beach, FL, USA
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RESTORATION OF FORB AND WOODY SPECIES IN THE
TEXAS HILL COUNTRY -- David Mahler; Environmental Survey,
Inc, Austin, TX, USA
Innovative Approach for Using Built Water Resources Infrastructure for
Ecosystem Restoration -- Thomas J. Maier1, Conrad
Weiser1, David L. Smith2, John M. Nestler3
and John Stark4; 1U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-LRP,
Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2USACE-Engineer Research & Development
Center, Vicksburg, MS, USA; 3Badger Technical Services,
Vicksburg, MS, USA; 4The Nature Conservancy-Ohio Freshwater
Program, Dublin, OH, USA
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HOW MUCH IS THE CARBON SINK IN THE
VEGETATION OF A TROPICAL PASTURE? -- Jose L.
Martinez, Ofelia Castillo and Luisa Camara;
Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco, Mexico
Stream Restoration Design – Ecological Restoration and TMDL Compliance
-- Kelly S.
Mattfield; Brown and Caldwell, Milwaukee, WI, USA
THE
ISLANDS OF THE DELAWARE RIVER:USING GIS TO PRIORITIZE RESTORATION AND
CONSERVATION EFFORTS -- Carol M. Maxwell and Ben Gardner;
Temple University Ambler, PA, USA
Stream Restoration Design – Ecological Restoration and TMDL Compliance
-- Kelly S.
Mattfield; Brown and Caldwell, Milwaukee, WI, USA
THE
ISLANDS OF THE DELAWARE RIVER:USING GIS TO PRIORITIZE RESTORATION AND
CONSERVATION EFFORTS -- Carol M. Maxwell and Ben Gardner;
Temple University Ambler, PA, USA
EARLY DAYS OF SHRUBLAND REHABILITATION IN AN
ARID COASTAL SETTING: INSIGHT GAINED THROUGH PILOT PROJECTS AND TRIAL
AND ERROR AT A SEA SALT FACILITY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA -- C.
Ellery Mayence1,2, Dale Van Beem3, Eefje
Broenland4 and Mike McKeough3; 1School
of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA,
Australia; 2Kings Park and Botanic Garden, West Perth, WA,
Australia; 3Shark Bay Resources, Useless Loop, WA, Australia;
4Shark Bay Resources, Perth, WA, Australia
AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR OFFSHORE
REVETMENTS -- Wayne D. McCoy; Mid Atlantic Environmental LLC,
Virginia Beach, VA, USA
22
Years of Worldwide Reef Ball Coastal RESTORATION --
Jim McFarlane; Reef Ball
Foundation, Gainesville, FL, USA
VISUALIZING CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS FOR
FLORIDA’S RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS -- Mark McKelvy1,
Craig P. Conzelmann2, Stephanie S. Romañach1 and
James Darcey3; 1U.S. Geological Survey,
Gainesville, FL, USA; 2U.S. Geological Survey, Lafayette, LA,
USA; 3Five Rivers Services, LLC, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER SEDIMENT DIVERSIONS
AND DEDICATED DREDGING: ADVANCEMENT IN NUMERICAL MODELING -- Ehab A.
Meselhe; The Water Institute of the Gulf, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
MOLECULAR AND CYTOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION OF
CATTAIL TAXA IN NATIONAL PARKS -- Joy E. Marburger1,
Steven E. Travis2 and Beth A. Middleton3;
1National Park Service, Porter, IN, USA; 2Unversity
of New England, Biddeford, ME, USA; 3USGS National Wetlands
Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA
CAN THE USE OF SURROGATE WRACK PROMOTE
SURVIVAL AND GROWTH OF PLANTED UNIOLA PANICULATA AND DUNE
BUILDING? -- Debbie L. Miller1, Mack Thetford1,
Natalie Hooton2, Byron S. Claypool1 and Beth
Fugate3; 1University of Florida, Milton, FL, USA;
2TechLaw, Inc., Alpharetta, GA, USA; 3 Florida
Department of Environmental Protection, Pensacola, FL, USA ● POSTER ●
POST-SANDY BRADLEY BEACH MARITIME FOREST
CREATION: A SMALL SCALE RESILIENCY PROJECT WITH LARGE SCALE APPLICATION
-- Aleksandr C. Modjeski1, Christopher Benosky2,
and Christopher Syrett2; 1American Littoral
Society, Highlands, NJ, USA; 2AECOM, New York, NY, USA
Eco-Geomorphologic Evolution of the Brazos River Delta and West
Galveston Bay in the last 10,000 years: A Texas Case Study --
Juan Moya, PhD1*, Mike Smith2,
Elizabeth Spalding1; 1Atkins North America,
Austin TX, USA; 2Gulf of Mexico Foundation, Corpus Christi,
TX, USA; *Current affiliation: Freese & Nichols, Inc.,
Austin, TX, USA
EFFECTS OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND STREAM
ENGINEERING ON WATERSHED NITROGEN RETENTION -- Tamara A. Newcomer
Johnson1, Sujay S. Kaushal1, Paul M. Mayer2
and Melissa M. Grese1, 4; 1University of MD,
Department of Geology & Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center,
College Park, MD, USA; 2US Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research
Lab, Ada, Oklahoma, USA; 3AKRF, Inc., Hanover, MD, USA
GERMINATION OF TROPICAL TREE SPECIES IN
HEAVY PETROLEUM CONTAMINATION: A PROMISSORY RESTORATION WAY -- S.
Ochoa-Gaona1, I. Pérez-Hernández2, R.H. Adams
Schroeder3, M.C. Rivera-Cruz4 and V. Geissen5;
1El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Campeche, Campeche, México;
2El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Villahermosa, Tabasco,
México; 3Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco,
Villahermosa, Tabasco, México; 4Colegio de Postgraduados,
Cárdenas, Tabasco, México; 5Alterra, Wageningen, The
Netherlands ● POSTER ●
SURVEYING AND UPDATING OUR OTHER COASTAL
ENVIRONMENT – THE NORTHERN GULF HYDRO SURVEY PROGRAM OF NOAA AND THE
CRITICAL ROLE IN HABITAT STUDIES, COASTAL RESTORATION SUPPORT, COASTAL
PROTECTION AND COASTAL INUNDATION MODELS AND THE SUPPORT TO A HUGE
NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE NAVIGATION AND ENERGY BASE -- Timothy Osborn1,
Jon Dasler2, Mike Hill3 and Patrick Fink4;
1NOAA, Lafayette, LA, USA; 2David Evans and
Associates, Inc., Portland, OR, USA; 3David Evans and
Associates, Inc, Portland, OR, USA; 4NOAA, Mobile, AL, USA
ENHANCEMENTS TO THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FOR
COASTAL WATER LEVELS, SURGE MONITORING AND POSITIONING – A GULF WIDE
APPROACH TO INCREASING THE NUMBER AND ACCURACY OF GPS BASED REFERENCE
STATIONS AND CREATING ENHANCED WATER LEVEL AND WEATHER STATIONS TO
SUPPORT COASTAL ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION AND PROTECTION PROGRAMS AND
PROJECTS -- Timothy Osborn1, David Mooneyhan2,
Randy Osborne3, James Rizzo4 and Patrick Fink5;
1NOAA, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; 2University of
Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center; Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; 4Texas A&M, Corpus Christi,
Texas, USA; 5NOAA, Mobile, Alabama, USA ● POSTER ●
JOHNSON’S SEAGRASS – INTRODUCED EXOTIC OR
RARE ENDEMIC SPECIES? -- William F. Precht; Dial Cordy and
Associates, Inc., Miami, FL, USA
ISOLATING MECHANISMS OF INVASION: EXPLORING
THE LINK BETWEEN RUELLA SIMPLEX AND STORMWATER-IMPACTED SOILS --
Candice M. Prince, Adrienne M. Smith, Carrie Reinhardt Adams,
Christine Wiese and Leah Cobb Lee; University of Florida, Gainesville,
FL, USA
A PUSH-PULL, INTEGRATED
PEST MANAGEMENT SCHEME FOR THE PROTECTION OF BARN OWL NESTS BOXES AND
SUGAR CANE WORKERS FROM INVASIVE AFRICANIZED HONEY BEES --
Caroline A. Efstathion1, William H. Kern1,
Richard N. Raid2, and Timothy Lang3;
1Department of Entomology and Nematology ,University of
Florida, Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Davie, FL, USA;
2Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida,
Everglades Research and Education Center, Belle Glade, FL, USA, 3Dept.
of Agronomy, University of Florida, Everglades Research and Education
Center, Belle Glade, FL, USA ● POSTER ●
RESTORATION OF COASTAL HABITATS IN
MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE PROGRAMATTIC BENEFICIAL REUSE OF DREDGED
MATERIALS -- George Ramseur; Mississippi Department of Marine
Resources, Biloxi, MS, USA
sustainable source water protection – an action Plan for big creek lake
-- Ann M. Redmond1 and Harold E. Clarkson2;
1Brown and Caldwell, Maitland, FL, USA, 2Brown and
Caldwell, Columbia, SC, USA
THE EVOLUTION OF
GOVERNANCE: INSTITUTIONAL TRAJECTORIES & LARGE-SCALE ECOSYSTEM
RESTORATION -- Estelle S.
Robichaux; Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C., USA
Capturing A Holistic
Understanding of a Large Marine Ecosystem - NOAA’s Gulf of Mexico Data
Atlas --
Kathryn Rose1, Betsy Gardner2 and
Russ Beard2; 1General Dynamics Information
Technology, Stennis Space Center, MS, USA, 2NOAA National
Coastal Data Development Center, Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
ASSESSING DYNAMICS OF RHANTERIUM
EPAPPOSUM PLANT COMMUNITY OVER FOUR DECADES OF PROTECTION BY GIS --
Waleed Y. Roy and Samira Omar Asem; Kuwait Institute for Scientific
Research, Kuwait
ENHANCING POLLINATOR HABITAT AND ECOSYSTEM
SERVICES IN RESTORATION -- Matthew J. Sarver; Sarver
Ecological, LLC, Wilmington, DE, USA
GUIDANCE ON QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR ECOSYSTEM
RESTORATION -- Martin A. Stapanian1, Timothy E. Lewis2,
Craig J. Palmer3, Molly Middlebrook Amos3,
Judith Schofield3 and Louis J. Blume4; 1U.S.
Geological Survey, Sandusky, OH, USA; 2U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, USA;
3CSC, Alexandria, VA, USA; 4U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office, Chicago, IL, USA
Seed
bank – vegetation dynamics along a restoration gradient: implications
for restoration of GROUNDCOVER IN pine flatwoods ecosystems of the Gulf
Coastal Plain of Florida --
Ajay Sharma1, Kimberly K. Bohn1,
Shibu Jose2 and Deborah L. Miller1; 1University
of Florida, Milton, FL, USA, 2University of Missouri,
Columbia, MO, USA
DATA AVAILABLE FROM LOUISIANA’S COASTWIDE
REFERENCE MONITORING SYSTEM-WETLANDS -- Leigh Anne Sharp,
Dona Weifenbach, Tommy McGinnis; Coastal Protection and Restoration
Authority, Lafayette, LA, USA
INSTREAM STRUCTURE DURABILITY AND STREAM
BANK EROSION IN RESTORED STREAMS ON THE NORTH CAROLINA (U.S.A.) PIEDMONT
-- Kimberly Hamlin and Theodore Shear; Restoration Ecology
Program, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North
Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
VEGETATION RESTORATION IN THE EAGLE FORD
SHALE OIL & GAS PLAY -- Forrest S. Smith, Keith A. Pawelek,
and Anthony D. Falk; South Texas Natives Project, Caesar
Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville,
Kingsville, TX, USA ● POSTER ●
THE BILLION BOTTLE BARRIER: A WORLD
CITIZEN-SCIENCE PROJECT FOR MITIGATING COASTAL EROSION -- Wm.
Hovey Smith; Whitehall Press – Budget Publications, Sandersville GA,
USA ● POSTER ●
EFFECTS OF THE RECORD-BREAKING CALIFORNIA
DROUGHT ON THE DENNERY CANYON WEST VERNAL POOL RESTORATION SITE --
Linnea Spears-Lebrun; AECOM, San Diego, CA, USA
ASSESSING FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENCY AT MULTIPLE
SCALES USING THE COASTWIDE REFERENCE MONITORING SYSTEM -- Camille
L. Stagg1, Leigh Anne Sharp2, Thomas McGinnis2,
Brady Couvillion1 and Gregg Snedden1; 1U.S.
Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA,
USA; 2Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of
Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA
URBAN ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION: UPPER NINTH
WARD -- Aaron C. Elswick1, Manuel Steinhagen2
and LaRaine. P. Montgomery1; 1Savannah
College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, USA; 2University of
Applied Sciences Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Höxter, Germany
APPLICATIONS OF THE EVERGLADES DEPTH
ESTIMATION NETWORK (EDEN) DATA AND TOOLS FOR ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS IN
THE EVERGLADES -- Pamela Telis1 and Paul Conrads2;
1U.S. Geological Survey, Florida Water Science Center,
Jacksonville, FL, USA; 2U.S. Geological Survey, South
Carolina Water Science Center, Columbia, SC, USA
LIFE TO AD(D)MIRE; MIRERESTORATIONS IN
SWEDEN -- L. Tenning, A. Lundgren, F. Lundin, J. Rova, S. Lamme, K.
Lindström and T. Hansson; Länsstyrelsen Jämtlands län,
Östersund, Sweden
RESTORATION PLANNING FOR THE BRADDOCK BAY
COASTAL WETLAND OF LAKE ONTARIO -- Joshua M. Unghire1,
Chris Akios1, Colleen O’ Connell1, Craig M.
Forgette1 and Douglas A. Wilcox2; 1U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, NY, USA; 2State
University of New York, College at Brockport, NY, USA
WETLAND BIODIVERSITY RESTORATION IN AN
ABANDONED SUGARCANE CULTIVATION SITE IN PUERTO RICO -- José A.
Cruz-Burgos1, Francisco J. Vilella2,
Richard M. Kaminski3, and Marisel López-Flores1;
1U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Caribbean Field Office,
Boquerón, Puerto Rico, 2U.S. Geological Survey, Mississippi
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, MS, USA, 3Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mississippi State, USA
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MIGRATING BIRD USE OF BRACKISH MARSHES: DOES
RESTORATION TECHNIQUE MATTER? -- Anna R. Armitage, Ashley A.
Whitt, Rebekkah Morrison; Texas A&M University at Galveston,
Galveston, TX, USA
ESTIMATING NATURAL HYDROLOGY AND SALINITY IN
AN ALTERED ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE GREATER EVERGLADES,
FLORIDA -- G.L. Wingard1, F.E. Marshall2, P.A.
Pitts3; 1 U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA,
2Cetacean Logic Foundation, New Smyrna Beach, FL, USA, 3
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Vero Beach, FL, USA
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF VEGETATION
RESTORATION IN DALING RIVER RIPARIAN ZONE -- WU Wenqiang1,
PENG Wenqi1, LIU Xiaobo1, LI Wenwen2;
1China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research,
Beijing, China; 2China Water international Engineering
Consulting Co., Ltd, Beijing, China
A CASE STUDY OF LANDSCAPE RECONSTRUCTION AND
RESEARCH IN THE OIL SANDS: SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD.’S SANDHILL FEN WATERSHED
PROGRAM -- Carla Wytrykush, Jessica Clark, Marty Yarmuch and
Audrey Lanoue; Syncrude Canada Ltd. Research and Development, Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada
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