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Second Announcement and
Registration Information
Greater
Everglades
Ecosystem
Restoration
(G.E.E.R.)
Science Conference
Defining Success
Naples Beach Hotel & Golf
Club
Naples, Florida
December 11-15, 2000
Hosted by:
The Science Coordination Team
a committee of the
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration
Task Force and Working Group
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courses.
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Overview
The Everglades ecosystem is an invaluable ecological and economic resource
and is the subject of one of the most ambitious restoration efforts ever
undertaken. The restoration goals stated by the South Florida Ecosystem
Restoration Taskforce are broad in context and short on specifics. In 1989,
the Everglades Restoration Conference succeeded in synthesizing what was
known concerning the ecology of the Everglades ecosystem and what was needed
for restoration. In the intervening years there have been a number of advances
in our understanding of the ecology and history of the Everglades. As we
prepare to move toward implementing Everglades restoration we need to define
more specifically what the restored system will be and how we will attain
it.
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Purpose
The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum for physical, biological,
and social scientists to share their knowledge and research results concerning
Everglades restoration. The objectives are to define specific restoration
goals, determine the best approaches to meet these goals, and provide benchmarks
that can be used to measure the success of restoration efforts over time.
To these ends, the conference will recognize the need to synthesize information
gathered since the first Everglades conference, the interdisciplinary nature
of Everglades restoration, and the need to adapt scientific understanding
to management action.
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Conference
Structure
The conference will include invited presentations by an outstanding
array of experts as well as selected oral and poster presentations of research
conducted on various aspects of Everglades restoration. Plenary sessions
will include main themes addressed by invited speakers. Concurrent sessions
will include presentations grouped by topic. A panel discussion will summarize
major findings during the final plenary session.
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Who Should
Attend?
The conference is designed to bring together scientists, engineers,
managers, and regulators who are actively involved in all aspects of Everglades
restoration. Participants will interact in an interdisciplinary setting
to summarize and review state-of-the-art research and management activities
and to formulate goals and approaches to Everglades restoration.
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Call
for Abstracts
All individuals involved in the Everglades restoration effort are strongly
encouraged to submit an abstract for consideration as an oral or poster
presentation. Special consideration will be given to work that synthesizes
across disciplines. Abstract submissions will be used to select oral presentations,
and ALL abstracts, both oral and poster, will be published in the conference
book of abstracts. Abstracts will also be posted on G.E.E.R. Web Site following
the conference.
Researchers not wishing to make oral presentations are strongly encouraged
to prepare posters and submit an abstract. As with oral talks, poster presentations
provide a valuable opportunity for scientific interaction. Posters will
be divided into two separate display sessions as outlined in the Tentative
Agenda. Each display period will conclude with a formal poster session
and reception. Posters will be limited to a space of 4 feet high x 6 feet
wide.
If you wish to make an oral presentation or present a poster, please
submit an abstract no later than August 15, 2000. Abstracts MUST
be submitted electronically via this web site. CLICK
HERE for abstract instructions and submission.
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Primary
Conference Topics
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Hydrology
and Hydrological Modeling
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Hydrology of the pre-drainage Everglades
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Understanding the hydrology of the managed system
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Getting the water right: Depth, Duration, Timing,
Distribution
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Hydrological Models: surface and subsurface hydrologic
models, SWMM, NSM, SFRSM
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Coastal surface and subsurface hydrologic models
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Multi-objective management of the Greater Everglades
Ecosystem
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Historical and empirical hydrological data: ET, stage
data, flows
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Ecology
and Ecological Modeling
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Populations and population modeling
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Indicator species, sustainable populations, species
of interest
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Invasive and exotic species
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Ecological processes, community dynamics and succession,
wetlands, tree islands, fire, hydropattern
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Landscape Models: ATLSS, ELM, and others
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Water Quality
and Water Treatment Technologies
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Water quality, nutrients, contaminants, Hg
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Getting the water right: water quality
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Water treatment technologies: STAs, PSTAs, chemical,
wetland
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Social and Human Sciences
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Agricultural and environmental economics
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Land use, economic and demographic trends
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Planning and community involvement
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Forecasting, allocation and behavioral models
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Information data access
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Information Systems
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WEB Access and Retrieval
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Data Storage and Management
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Metadata
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Digital Library
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Decision Support Systems
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Real Time Data Access
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Data Visualization
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Conference
Dedication to Aaron Higer
The year 2000 Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Science Conference
is dedicated to Aaron Higer, member of the Working Group and Science Coordination
Team of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. It is fitting
that the first GEER conference should be dedicated to Aaron who has worked
for the benefit of the Everglades ecosystem for over 40 years in capacities
ranging from field researcher collecting fish samples for pesticide analysis,
to his current position as Working Group and Science Coordination Team
member, and U.S. Geological Survey South Florida Ecosystem Coordinator.
After graduating
from the University of Miami with a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Engineering
in 1959, Aaron started working for the USGS in Miami, Florida, on a student
appointment while studying Oceanography at the prestigious Rosenstiel School
of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. During the early sixties Aaron worked
on a study to determine pesticide residues in fish, animal and plant tissue
collected in Everglades National Park. This effort led to his interest
in applying aerial photography and remote sensing techniques to hydrobiological
research which he, with other researchers, did successfully in Everglades
National Park, Biscayne Bay, Tampa Bay, Appalachia and the West Indies.
Aaron, working with Milt Kolipinski, pioneered the use of multispectral
data collection and processing techniques in delineating hydrologic and
hydrobiologic features. In the seventies Aaron was a member of NASA’s Working
Group on Hydrology at the Goddard Space Flight Center, served as a consultant
to the United Nation’s AID Program on remote sensing for Jamaica, was the
coordinator for both program development for the Earth Science Office at
the Kennedy Space Center and the EROS School on Remote Sensing, and was
a representative to the First Symposium on Remote Sensing for the Pan American
Nations in Panama City, Panama. He was the Federal representative on the
State of Florida Carrying Capacity Committee and a Task Force member on
the President’s Committee for Environmental Quality, Cross Florida Barge
Canal.
By the eighties
Aaron was a recognized expert on south Florida hydrology, consulting with
the National Geographic Society for their Atlas on North America, serving
on the U.S. Justice Department’s Remedy Committee for the Everglades, chairing
the USGS National Water-Use Committee and serving on the Dade County Technical
Committee for the location of new well fields. Aaron was also the Chairman
of a workshop on Meteorology, Hydrology and Water Management held as part
of a US-India Symposium in Ahmeabad, India and took part in the Symposium
on the Ecology and Conservation of the Usumacinta-Grijaula Delta in Tabasco,
Mexico.

In 1992 Aaron transferred to West Palm Beach, Florida, to serve as the
USGS liaison with the South Florida Water Management District and other
agencies co-located in their District Headquarters. This transfer represented
a great personal sacrifice for Aaron and his family who were in the process
of rebuilding a home devastated by Hurricane Andrew. Four years later,
Aaron was tapped to serve as a member of the Working Group of the South
Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force and as the Coordinator of the
USGS South Florida Ecosystem Program. As Co-chair of the Working Group’s
Science Sub-Group and as the official spokesman for U.S. Geological Survey
programs in south Florida, he significantly contributed to delineating
the scientific needs for ecosystem restoration decision-making in south
Florida. He then developed the most comprehensive integrated-science program
within the U.S. Geological Survey that includes about 70 projects; all
major agency scientific disciplines; and hundreds of partners from other
agencies, academia, and private companies. Results from this ongoing program
provide crucial scientific information on which to base ecosystem restoration
decisions in south Florida and in other similar areas of the country and
the world. Aaron also recognized that results of science programs of the
U.S. Geological Survey and other agencies would be of most value to resource
managers and others if presented and disseminated in useful formats. To
this end, he has personally directed this aspect of the south Florida program
to provide easy access to all scientific information through the Internet.
Aaron is frequently called upon to brief the Department of Interior’s Assistant
Secretary for Science, State and Federal Legislators, and White House representatives.
He also sits on the USGS’s National Ecosystem Council and advises the
other ecosystem programs on what works successfully and what has been tried
and not worked as well. In recognition of his many outstanding contributions
to the programs of the USGS, Aaron was presented with the U.S. Department
of Interior’s Meritorious service Award in 1993, and the Distinguished
Service Award in 2000.
The multi-discipline and multi-agency approach to understanding the
functioning of the Everglades ecosystem that has characterized much of
the work of the South Florida Ecosystem Interagency Task Force can, in
no small measure, be attributed to Aaron’s view of the role of science
in the service of public policy. Although his accomplishments are numerous
and varied, Aaron may be most appreciated by his associates for his legendary
vision and by his friends and coworkers for his selflessness and his willingness
to mentor and advise. For these reasons and for his life-long efforts on
behalf of the Everglades ecosystem and south Florida, this GEER conference
is dedicated to Aaron Higer. All of us involved in greater Everglades restoration
extend to Aaron and Francine our best wishes during retirement.

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Agenda
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Monday, December 11, 2000
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Tuesday, December 12, 2000
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AM FOUR CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
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PM FOUR CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
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Wednesday, December 13, 2000
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AM FOUR CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
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PM FOUR CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
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Thursday, December 14, 2000
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AM FOUR CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
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PM FOUR CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
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Friday, December 15, 2000
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Monday,
December 11, 2000
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11:00am – 5:00pm
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Registration Open
The Orchid Atrium (Level One)
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11:00am – 1:00pm
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Poster Presenters to set up displays for Poster
Session I
Mangrove Ballroom (Level One)
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Plenary Session: Defining Success
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons D, G & H (Level One)
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Session Moderator:
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G. Ronnie Best, PWS, Conference Chair,
U.S. Geological Survey
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1:00pm – 1:15pm
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Opening Comments: Setting the Stage for Defining
Success —
G. Ronnie Best, PWS, Co-Chair, Science Coordination Team,
U.S. Geological Survey
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1:15pm – 2:00pm
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Good Science: Essential Ingredient for Restoration
Success — Charles (Chip) G. Groat, Director, U.S. Geological
Survey and Denise J. Reed, University of New Orleans
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Use of a Total System Conceptual Ecological Model for Setting System-wide
Performance Measures for the Greater Everglades Restoration Plan — John
C. Ogden, South Florida Water Management District; Nicholas
G. Aumen, National Park Service; G. Ronnie Best and Donald
L. DeAngelis, U.S. Geological Survey; Frank Mazzotti, Center
for Natural Resources – South Florida, IFAS, University of Florida |
| 2:45pm – 3:00pm |
Special Dedication to Aaron Higer |
| 3:00pm – 3:15pm |
Refreshment Break - Orchid Atrium & Solarium South |
| 3:15pm – 4:00pm |
Case Study – Water Quality Issues in the Greater Everglades: Setting
the Stage for Integrated Science — Nicholas G. Aumen, National
Park Service, Everglades National Park; Richard Harvey, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency; Thomas D. Fontaine, South Florida Water Management
District; Melissa Meeker, Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| 4:00pm – 4:45pm |
Case Study – Measuring Success: The Chesapeake Bay Experience —
William
Matuszeski, Director, Chesapeake Bay Program Office, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency |
| 4:45pm – 5:30pm |
Case Study – Restoration Evaluation With Specific Expectations:
The Kissimmee River — David H. Anderson, Center for Environmental
Studies; Louis A. Toth, South Florida Water Management District |
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6:00pm – 8:00pm
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Welcome Reception
Watkins Lawn
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Tuesday,
December 12, 2000
| 7:00am – 8:00am |
Early Morning Refreshments
Orchid Atrium & Solarium
South (Level One) |
Concurrent Session I: Ecology and
Ecological Modeling - AM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons D, G & H (Level One)
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Conceptual Models and Everglades Restoration – Part I |
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Session Moderator:
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John Ogden, South
Florida Water Management District
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8:00am – 8:15am
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Opening Remarks – Session Overview
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8:15am – 8:45am
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An Overview of the Historical Everglades Ecosystem
and Implications for Establishing Restoration Goals — Sujoy Roy and
Steven A. Gherini, Tetra Tech Inc.
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8:45am – 9:15am
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Restoration of Lake Okeechobee: Fixing
the Headwaters of the Everglades — Alan Steinman, South Florida
Water Management District
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9:15am – 9:45am
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The Caloosahatchee Estuary
Conceptual Model — Tomma Barnes, South Florida Water
Management District
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9:45am – 10:15am
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Conceptual Model Development-Uncertainty
Identification and Research Prioritization for the Comprehensive Everglades
Restoration Plan — Steve Davis, South Florida Water Management
District
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10:15am – 10:30am
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Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
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10:30am – 11:00am
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Multiple Approaches
for Evaluating Hydrology and Vegetation Monitoring Data to Demonstrate
Wetland Restoration Success at the Disney Wilderness Preserve — Michael
Duever, South Florida Water Management District; Jean McCollom,
The Nature Conservancy
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11:00am – 11:30am
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Next 100 Years of Evolution
of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem in Response to Anticipated Sea Level
Rise: Nature, Extent and Causes — Harold R. Wanless, Peter
Oleck, University of Miami and Lenore P. Tedesco, Bob E. Hall, Indiana
University/Purdue University at Indianapolis
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11:30am – 1:00pm
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Lunch on Own
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Tuesday,
December 12, 2000
Concurrent Session I: Ecology
and Ecological Modeling - PM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons D, G & H (Level One)
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Conceptual Models and Everglades Restoration – Part II |
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Session Moderator:
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Mike Duever, South
Florida Water Management District
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1:00pm – 1:15pm
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Opening Remarks – Session Overview
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1:15pm – 1:45pm
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Using Adaptive Management to Assess Biotic Response
to Environmental Change — Michael Runge, U.S. Geological Survey,
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
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1:45pm – 2:15pm
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Regional Controls of Population and Ecosystem
Dynamics in an Oligotrophic Wetland-dominated Coastal Landscape - Introducing
a New Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Project in the Coastal Everglades
— Daniel L. Childers, Florida International University
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2:15pm – 2:45pm
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Unexpected Responses
in Ecosystem Restoration - A Case Study of Submerged Plants Turbid Water
and a Strong Wind Event at Lake Okeechobee Florida — Karl Havens,South
Florida Water Management District
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2:45pm - 3:00pm
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Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
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3:00pm – 3:30pm
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Escherian Features in
the South Florida Landscape and Their Implications For Restoration — Patrick
Kangas, University of Maryland
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The Natural and Changing
Role of Fire in South Florida Ecosystems — Jerome A. Jackson,
Florida Gulf Coast University
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Population Studies: Invertebrates |
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4:00pm – 4:30pm
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Life History-Ecology
and Interactions of Everglades Crayfishes in Response to Hydrological Restoration
— Noble Hendrix, School of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries-University
of Washington
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4:30pm – 5:00pm
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Apple Snail Populations:
Persistence in Hydrologically Fluctuating Environments — Phil Darby,
Biology Department, University of West Florida
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5:00pm – 7:00pm
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Reception and Formal Poster Session I — Ecology
and Ecological Modeling
Mangrove Ballroom (Level One)
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Tuesday,
December 12, 2000
| 7:00am – 8:00am |
Early Morning Refreshments
Orchid Atrium & Solarium
South (Level One) |
Concurrent Session II: Ecology &
Ecological Modeling – AM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons F & I (Level One)
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Hydrologic Effects on Tree Islands |
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Session Moderator:
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John C. Volin,
Florida Atlantic University
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8:00am – 8:15am
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Opening Remarks – Session Overview
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8:15am – 8:45am
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Hydrologic and Topographic Gradient Effects on
Woody Vegetation of Tree Islands in the Everglades Wildlife Management
Area — Michael Anderson, Florida Atlantic University,
Division of Biological Science
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8:45am – 9:15am
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Investigating the Response of Tree Island Function
to Increased Water Flow in a Southern Everglades Ecosystem — Tiffany
Gann, Florida International University
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9:15am – 9:45am
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Predicting the Response
of Everglades Tree Islands to Changes in Water Management — Lorraine
Heisler, US Fish and Wildlife Service-A.R.M. Loxahatchee National
Wildlife Refuge
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9:45am – 10:15am
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Tree Island Studies
at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge — Laura
A. Brandt, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - A.R.M. Loxahatchee
National Wildlife Refuge
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10:15am – 10:30am
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Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
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10:30am – 11:00am
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Spatial Differences
of Litter Fall and Basal Area of Tree Island Species in Water Conservation
Area 3 in the Central Everglades — Michael S. Korvela, Fred
H. Sklar, Carlos Coronado and Megan Jacoby, South Florida Water Management
District
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11:00am – 11:30am
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Trends In Tree-Island
Development In The Florida Everglades — Debra Willard, U.S.
Geological Survey
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11:30am – 1:00pm
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Lunch on Own
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Tuesday,
December 12, 2000
Concurrent Session II: Ecology
& Ecological Modeling – PM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons F & I (Level One)
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Hydroperiod Effects on Animal and Plant Populations |
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Session Moderator:
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William Loftus,
U.S. Geological Survey at Everglades National Park
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1:00pm – 1:15pm
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Opening Remarks – Session Overview
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1:15pm – 1:45pm
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Impact of Hydroperiod on Planktonic Copepod Communities
in Everglades National Park: Preliminary Results —
M. Cristina Bruno, South Florida Natural Resources Center
- Everglades National Park
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1:45pm – 2:15pm
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Relationships Between Aquatic Diptera Communities
and Hydropattern in the Rocky Glades-Everglades National Park — Richard
E. Jacobsen, South Florida Natural Resources Center
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2:15pm – 2:45pm
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The Role of Seasonal
Hydrology in the Dynamics of Fish Communities Inhabiting Karstic Wetlands
of the Florida Everglades — Robert Kobza, Florida International
University, Department of Biological Sciences
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2:45pm - 3:00pm
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Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
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3:00pm – 3:30pm
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The Effect of Physical
Structures and Hydrologic Cycles on Population Genetic Structure of Gambusia
holbrooki in the Florida Everglades — Thomas C. McElroy, Florida
International University
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| 3:30pm – 4:00pm |
Encroachment By Cypress
Into Desiccated Areas With Historical Hydoperiods Of Long Inundation And
Deep Depths Is Not Reversed By Subsequent Rewatering — John Volin,
Florida Atlantic University, Division of Biological Science
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4:00pm – 4:30pm
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Land Cover Change Detection
in Southwest Florida and Application to the Florida Panther Habitat Model
— Randy S. Kautz, Beth Stys, and Cory Morea, Florida
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
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4:30pm – 4:45pm
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Closing Remarks
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5:00pm – 7:00pm
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Reception and Formal Poster Session I — Ecology
and Ecological Modeling
Mangrove Ballroom (Level One)
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Tuesday,
December 12, 2000
| 7:00am – 8:00am |
Early Morning Refreshments
Orchid Atrium & Solarium
South (Level One) |
Concurrent Session III: Ecology &
Ecological Modeling – AM
Immokalee Room (Level Three)
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Estuaries and Adjacent Coastal Systems |
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Session Moderator:
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Thomas J. Smith
III, U.S. Geological Survey
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8:00am – 8:15am
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Opening Remarks – Session Overview
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8:15am – 8:45am
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The Effect of Enhanced Freshwater Inflow on Sedimentation
and Elevation Change in Mangrove Forests of Southwestern Florida — Donald
Cahoon,U. S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center
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8:45am – 9:15am
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Mangrove Prop-Root Fish Assemblages As Indicators
Of Salinity Change — George Dennis, U. S. Geological Survey,
Biological Resources Division, Florida Caribbean Science Center
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9:15am – 9:45am
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Patterns In The Distribution
And Abundance Of Mangrove-Associated Fishes And Crustaceans Along A Salinity
Gradient In Shark River Everglades National Park — Carole McIvor,U.
S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Florida Caribbean
Science Center
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9:45am – 10:15am
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Predicting Salinity
In Florida Bay — Bruce Wardlaw, U. S. Geological Survey
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10:15am – 10:30am
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Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
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10:30am – 11:00am
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Sea-Level Rise And The
Future Of Florida Bay In The Next Century — Robert Halley, U.S.
Geological Survey
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11:00am – 11:30am
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Manatee Aerial Surveys
in South Florida — Bruce B. Ackerman and Holly H. Edwards,
Florida Marine Research Institute, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission, St. Petersburg, FL
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11:30am – 1:00pm
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Lunch on Own
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Tuesday,
December 12, 2000
Concurrent Session III: Hydrology
& Hydrological Modeling – PM
Immokalee Room (Level Three)
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Hydrologic Evaluation of Restoration Plans |
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Session Moderator:
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Thomas Van Lent,
National Park Service at Everglades National Park
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1:00pm – 1:15pm
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Opening Remarks – Session Overview
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1:15pm – 1:45pm
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Recipe for Restoration — Robert Johnson,
Everglades National Park
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1:45pm – 2:15pm
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Sensitivity of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration
Plan to Individual Project Components — Everett R. Santee, Jenifer
Barnes, Raul Novoa, Kenneth C. Tarboton, Lehar M. Brion, Alaa Ali,
Luis G. Cadavid, and Calvin J. Neidrauer, South Florida Water
Management District
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2:15pm – 2:45pm
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Uncertainty Analysis
of Regional Simulation Models — Wasantha Lal, Paul Trimble,
South Florida Water Management District
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2:45pm - 3:00pm
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Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
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3:00pm – 3:30pm
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Using a Salinity Model
for Biscayne Bay to Assess Salinity Variations Resulting from Alterations
in Freshwater Inflows — John D. Wang, and Jiangang Luo,
University of Miami
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| 3:30pm – 4:00pm |
A Retrospective and
Critical Review of Aquifer Storage and Recovery and Conceptual Frameworks
of the Upper Floridan Aquifer in Southern Florida — Ronald S. Reese,U.S.
Geological Survey, Miami
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4:00pm – 4:30pm
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Spatial Simulations
of Tree Islands as Ecosystem Indices for Everglades Restoration — Yegang
Wu, Fred H. Sklar, Ken Rutchey, Weihe Guan, and Les Vilcheck,
South Florida Water Management District
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4:30pm – 5:00pm
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Sound-bite Hydrology
— Richard Punnett,U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers
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5:00pm – 7:00pm
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Reception and Formal Poster Session I — Ecology
and Ecological Modeling
Mangrove Ballroom (Level One)
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Tuesday,
December 12, 2000
| 7:00am – 8:00am |
Early Morning Refreshments
Orchid Atrium & Solarium
South (Level One) |
Concurrent Session IV: Water Quality
& Water Treatment Technologies – AM
Chokoloskee Room (Level Two)
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Water Quality Treatment |
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Session Moderator:
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Jennifer Jorge,
South Florida Water Management District
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8:00am – 8:15am
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Opening Remarks – Session Overview
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8:15am – 8:45am
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Chemical Treatment: An Advanced Treatment Technology
for Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Stormwater — Earl E. Shannon,
T.C. Emenhiser and T. Horan, HSA Engineers and Scientists; J.L.
Lopez and D. Campbell, South Florida Water Management District
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8:45am – 9:15am
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Sequenced Vegetation Communities for Optimizing
Phosphorus Removal within Stormwater Treatment Areas — Thomas DeBusk,
Azurea, Inc. and DB Environmental, Inc.; Forrest Dierberg, John Juston
and
Scott Jackson, DB Environmental, Inc.
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9:15am – 9:45am
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Nitrogen Reduction for
Periphyton Stormwater Treatment Area (PSTA) Research in the Everglades
Nutrient Removal Project Test Cells — Lori Wenkert, and Jana
Majer Newman, South Florida Water Management District; Ron Clarke
and Steve Gong, CH2M HILL
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9:45am – 10:15am
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The Effects of Flow
Rates on Phosphorus Uptake by Periphyton — Steve Simmons and
John
Volin, Florida Atlantic University
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10:15am – 10:30am
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Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
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10:30am – 11:00am
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First Year Total Phosphorus
Mass Balance for STA Optimization Research in the Everglades Nutrient Removal
Project North Site Test Cells — Tammy Lynch and Jana Majer
Newman, South Florida Water Management District
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11:00am – 11:30am
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The Effect of Drawdown
and Presence of macrophytes on P Stability in Soils from the Everglades
Nutrient Removal Project — John R. White and K. Ramesh
Reddy, Wetland Biogeochemistry Laboratory, Soil and Water Science Department,
University of Florida/IFAS
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11:30am – 1:00pm
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Lunch on Own
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Tuesday,
December 12, 2000
Concurrent Session IV: Water Quality
& Water Treatment Technologies – PM
Chokoloskee Room (Level Three)
| |
Water Quality Monitoring and Trends |
|
Session Moderator:
|
Benjamin McPherson,
U. S. Geological Survey
|
|
1:00pm – 1:15pm
|
Opening Remarks – Session Overview
|
|
1:15pm – 1:45pm
|
Geochemical Monitoring Of Restoration Progress
— Kimberly Yates and Robert Halley, U.S. Geological
Survey
|
|
1:45pm – 2:15pm
|
An Analysis Of Changes In Basin-Wide And Farm-Scale
Phosphorus Loading From The Everglades Agricultural Area Due To Implementation
Of Best Management Practices — Randy McCafferty and
William Baker, South Florida Water Management District
|
|
2:15pm – 2:45pm
|
Characterization of
Phosphorus Cycling and Speciation in the Northern Florida Everglades by
High Resolution Mass Spectrometry — William T. Cooper and
Jennifer Llewelyn, Department of Chemistry; William M. Landing,
Department of Oceanography; Vincent J. M. Salters and Yang Wang,
Department of Geology and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida
State University, Tallahassee, FL
|
|
2:45pm - 3:00pm
|
Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
|
|
3:00pm – 3:30pm
|
Water Quality Monitoring
of Tidal River and Canal Systems in the Ten Thousand Islands Estuaries:
Implications for Essential Fish Habitat and Watershed Dynamics — Matt
Finn, Huckleberry Fisheries; Anne-Marie Eklund and Jennifer
Schull, National Marine Fisheries Service
|
| 3:30pm – 4:00pm |
Water Quality Impact
Analysis of Southwest Florida: Wetland Permitting Alternatives on Surface
Water Quality — Terry L. Rice, Florida International University;
Dennis
J. Peters, Jeffrey Q. Rhodes and Paul Szerszen, Science
Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
|
|
4:00pm – 4:30pm
|
Nutrient and Sulfer
Contamination in the South Florida Ecosystem: Synopsis of Phase I Studies
and Pland for Phase II Studies — William H. Orem, Harry E.
Lerch, Anne L. Bates, Margo Corum, and Marisa Chrisinger, U.S.
Geological Survey; Robert A. Zielinski, U.S. Geological Survey
|
|
4:30pm – 4:45pm
|
Closing Remarks
|
|
5:00pm – 7:00pm
|
Reception and Formal Poster Session I — Ecology
and Ecological Modeling
Mangrove Ballroom (Level One)
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Wednesday,
December 13, 2000
| 7:00am – 8:00am |
Early Morning Refreshments
Orchid Atrium & Solarium
South (Level One) |
Concurrent Session I: Ecology and
Ecological Modeling - AM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons D, G & H (Level One)
| |
Population Studies: Coldblooded Vertebrates |
|
Session Moderator:
|
Laura A. Brandt,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
|
|
8:00am – 8:15am
|
Opening Remarks – Session Overview
|
|
8:15am – 8:45am
|
Hydrology And Fish Community Dynamics In The
Florida Everglades: Perspectives From A 20-Year Study — Joel Trexler,
Florida
International University Department of Biological Science
|
|
8:45am – 9:15am
|
Dispersal And Successional Patterns Of The Fish
Community Of The Rockland Wetland Complex Of Southern Florida — Bill
Loftus, U. S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division
|
|
9:15am – 9:45am
|
Trophic Interactions
of Large-carnivorous and Small-omnivorous Fishes in Freshwater Marshes
of the Florida Everglades — John Chick, Illinois Natural History
Survey
|
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9:45am – 10:15am
|
Spatial and Stage-Structured
Models of American Alligator Populations in Support of ATLSS — Jon Allen,
University
of Florida, IFAS, Entomology & Nematology Department
|
|
10:15am – 10:30am
|
Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
(Poster Session I displays MUST be removed by this time)
|
|
10:30am – 11:00am
|
An Assessment of Potential
Contaminant Exposures and Effects for Alligators in the Greater Everglades
Ecosystem — Timothy Gross, U. S. Geological Survey, Biological
Resources Division, Florida Caribbean Science Center
|
|
11:00am – 11:30am
|
American Alligator Nesting
And Reproductive Success In Everglades National Park — George Dalrymple,
Everglades Research Group
|
| 11:00am – 1:00pm |
Poster Presenters to set up displays for Poster Session II
Mangrove Ballroom (Level One) |
|
11:30am – 1:00pm
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Lunch on Own
|
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Wednesday,
December 13, 2000
Concurrent Session I: Ecology
and Ecological Modeling - PM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons D, G & H (Level One)
| |
Population Studies: Birds |
|
Session Moderator:
|
Joseph Schaefer,
University of Florida/IFAS, Center for Natural Resources
|
|
1:00pm – 1:15pm
|
Opening Remarks – Session Overview
|
|
1:15pm – 1:45pm
|
Is the Everglades A Demographic Sink For Wading
Birds? — Peter Frederick, University of Florida, Department
of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
|
|
1:45pm – 2:15pm
|
Linkages between the Snail Kite Population and
Wetland Dynamics in a Highly Fragmented South Florida Hydroscape — Wiley
M. Kitchens, U.S. Geological Survey-Florida Cooperative Fish and
Wildlife Research Unit
|
|
2:15pm – 2:45pm
|
The Role of Fire in
Sustaining Populations of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrows Within the Southern
Everglades — Julie Lockwood, University of California-Environmental
Studies
|
|
2:45pm - 3:00pm
|
Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
|
|
3:00pm – 3:30pm
|
The Sensitivity of an
Endangered Species to Changes in Demographic and Landscape Level Parameters:
an Individual-Based Model for the Cape Sable seaside sparrow (Ammodramus
maritimus mirabilis) — John L. Curnutt, U. S. Geological
Survey - Restoration Ecology Branch
|
| 3:30pm – 4:00pm |
Non-Breeding Season
Ecology Of The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow: Field Observations And Implications
For Management — Joan Morrison, Department of Biology, Trinity
College
|
|
4:00pm – 4:30pm
|
Demonstrating The Destruction
Of The Habitat Of The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow — Stuart Pimm,
Columbia University, Center for Environmental Research & Conservation
|
|
4:30pm – 5:00pm
|
Reintroduction of Brown-headed
Nuthatches and Eastern Bluebirds to Everglades National Park — Gary
Slater and Kenneth D. Meyer, Avian Research and Conservation
Institute, Inc.; Skip Snow, South Florida Natural Resources Center
|
|
5:00pm – 5:15pm
|
Closing Remarks
|
| 5:15 pm |
Sessions Conclude and Evening on Own |
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Wednesday,
December 13, 2000
| 7:00am – 8:00am |
Early Morning Refreshments
Orchid Atrium & Solarium
South (Level One) |
Concurrent Session II: Ecology
and Ecological Modeling – AM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons F & I (Level One)
| |
Everglades Macrophyte and Landscape Ecology |
|
Session Moderator:
|
Robert Twilley,
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
|
|
8:00am – 8:15am
|
Opening Remarks – Session Overview
|
|
8:15am – 8:45am
|
Patterns-Niches and Mechanisms in the Ridge and
Slough Landscape: Implications for Restoration — Christopher McVoy,
South
Water Florida Management District
|
|
8:45am – 9:15am
|
Vegetation: Environment Relationships and Water
Management in Shark Slough-Everglades National Park — Michael Ross,
Florida International University
|
|
9:15am – 9:45am
|
Restoration of Jacquemontia
reclinata to the South Florida Ecosystem — Jack Fisher, Fairchild
Tropical Garden
|
|
9:45am – 10:15am
|
Community Patterns of
Seedling Recruitment After Summer Fire in Two Pine Rocklands — Suzanne
Koptur, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International
University
|
|
10:15am – 10:30am
|
Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
(Poster Session I displays MUST be removed by this time)
|
|
10:30am – 11:00am
|
Dispersal-reproduction
and physiological Ecology of two invasive non-indigenous fern species-
Lygodium
microphyllum and Lygodium japonicum — Michael Lott,
Florida Atlantic University, Division of Biological Science
|
|
11:00am – 11:30am
|
Seedling Dynamics Across
a Mangrove - Sawgrass Ecotone in the Southwest Florida Everglades — Kevin
Whelan, AScI / USGS-BRD-Co/ SERC
|
| 11:00am – 1:00pm |
Poster Presenters to set up displays for Poster Session II
Mangrove Ballroom (Level One) |
|
11:30am – 1:00pm
|
Lunch on Own
|
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Wednesday,
December 13, 2000
Concurrent Session II: Ecology
and Ecological Modeling – PM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons F & I (Level One)
| |
Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
(REMAP)
|
|
Session Moderator:
|
Susan Gray,
South Florida Water Management District
|
|
1:00pm – 1:15pm
|
REMAP – Opening Remarks – Session Overview
|
|
1:15pm – 1:45pm
|
REMAP: Landscape Water Quality Gradients and
Tissue Concentrations in the Everglades Ecosystem — Jerry Stober, United
States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4 SESD
|
|
1:45pm – 2:15pm
|
REMAP: Soil Subsidence and Soil Preservation
in the Public Everglades — Daniel Scheidt, United States Environmental
Protection Agency
|
|
2:15pm – 2:45pm
|
REMAP: Using Diatoms
for Risk Assessment in the Everglades — Evelyn Gaiser, Southeast
Environmental Research Center
|
|
2:45pm – 3:00pm
|
Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
|
|
3:00pm – 3:30pm
|
REMAP: Macrophyte Species
Distributions And Community Structure Across The Everglades Ecosystem —
Jennifer H. Richards, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida
International University
|
|
3:30pm – 4:00pm
|
REMAP: Leaf Morphology
And Tissue Nutrients Of Two Everglades Macrophytes With Respect To Soil
Physiochemistry — Christopher Ivey and Jennifer H. Richards,
Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University
|
|
4:00pm – 4:30pm
|
REMAP: Aerial Photo
Vegetation Assessment in the Everglades Ecosystem — Marguerite
Madden and Roy Welch,
Center for Remote Sensing and
Mapping Science (CRMS), University of Georgia
|
|
4:30pm – 5:00pm
|
REMAP: Bioaccumulation of Mercury in the Everglades:
Patterns in the Foodweb — William Loftus,
U. S. Geological Survey,
Biological Resources Division and Joel Trexler, Florida International
University
|
| 5:00pm – 5:30pm |
REMAP: Conceptual Models and Path Analysis - Analyzing Large Scale
Patterns in the South Florida Everglades Ecosystem — Kent W. Thornton,
FTN Associates, Ltd. |
| 5:30pm – 6:00pm |
REMAP: Policy and Management Implications from the Everglades Ecosystem
Assessment Project — Ron Jones, Southeast Environmental Research
Center, Florida International University |
| 6:00pm – 6:15pm |
Closing Remarks |
| 6:15pm |
Session Concludes and Evening on Own |
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Wednesday,
December 13, 2000
| 7:00am – 8:00am |
Early Morning Refreshments
Orchid Atrium & Solarium
South (Level One) |
Concurrent Session III: Hydrology
and Hydrological Modeling- AM
Immokalee Room (Level Three)
| FLOW WORKSHOP: How
important is the flow for Everglades Restoration? |
|
Session Moderator:
|
Nicholas G. Aumen,
National Park Service
|
|
8:00am – 8:15am
|
Opening Remarks – Session Overview
|
|
8:15am – 9:15am
|
Brief overview by Workshop Panelist Christopher
McVoy, Tom MacVicar, Randy VanZee, Steve Davis, Dan Childers, and
Peter Stone
|
WORKSHOP QUESTIONS:
-
What were the historic patterns of flow in the greater Everglades both
temporally and spatially?
-
What is the linkage between flow and landscape patterns?
-
How important is flow for restoration of the remnant greater Everglades
and coastal ecosystems?
|
|
9:15am – 10:15am
|
Discussion and Interactions
between Panel Members
|
|
10:15am – 10:30am
|
Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
(Poster Session I displays MUST be removed by this time)
|
|
10:30am – 11:00am
|
Audience and Panel Discussion
|
|
11:00am – 11:30am
|
Closing remarks
|
| 11:00am – 1:00pm |
Poster Presenters to set up displays for Poster Session II
Mangrove Ballroom (Level One) |
|
11:30am – 1:00pm
|
Lunch on Own
|
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Wednesday,
December 13, 2000
Concurrent Session III: Hydrology
and Hydrological Modeling – PM
Immokalee Room (Level Three)
| |
Restoration Science – Hydrology |
|
Session Moderator:
|
Jayantha [Obey]
Obeysekera, South Florida Water Management District
|
|
1:00pm – 1:15pm
|
Opening Remarks – Session Overview
|
|
1:15pm – 1:45pm
|
(Invited) Overview of the Science Needs for Restoration
— Carl Goodwin, U.S. Geological Survey
|
|
1:45pm – 2:15pm
|
Concepts And Algorithms For An Integrated Surface
Water/Groundwater Model For Natural Areas And Their Application — Lahar
M. Brion, Sharika U.S. Senarath, A. M. Wasantha Lal, Mark Belnap,
Randy J. Van Zee, South Florida Water Management District.
|
|
2:15pm – 2:45pm
|
Development of Numerical
Tools for Defining Wetland Hydrologic Processes: SICS and TIME — Eric
D. Swain, U.S. Geological Survey
|
|
2:45pm – 3:00pm
|
Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
|
|
3:00pm – 3:30pm
|
Quantification Of Ground-Water
Seepage Beneath Levee 31N, Miami-Dade County, Florida — Mark Nemeth
and
Helena
Solo-Gabriele, University of Miami
|
|
3:30pm – 4:00pm
|
Effect of Water Management in the Everglades
Nutrient Removal Area (ENR) on Hydrologic Interactions with Groundwater
— Jungyill Choi, and Judson W. Harvey, U.S. Geological
Survey, Reston
|
| 4:00pm – 4:30pm |
Ground-Water Discharge to Biscayne Bay — Christian Langevin,
U.S. Geological Survey |
| 4:30pm – 5:00pm |
Simulation of Anthropogenic Impacts to the Regional Climatic Patterns
of Central and Southern Florida — Craig A. Mattocks, Scientific
Software Solutions, Inc., and Paul Trimble, South Florida
Water Management District |
| 5:00pm – 5:30pm |
Object-Oriented Hydrologic Simulation Models for South Florida —
Randy
Van Zee, Mark Belnap and A. M. Wasantha Lal, Hydrologic
Systems Modeling Division, South Florida Water Management District |
| 5:30 pm |
Sessions Conclude and Evening on Own |
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Wednesday,
December 13, 2000
| 7:00am – 8:00am |
Early Morning Refreshments
(Orchid Atrium & Solarium
South - Level One) |
Concurrent Session IV: Water Quality
and Water Treatment Technologies – AM
Chokoloskee Room (Level Two)
| |
Nutrient/Biology Interactions |
|
Session Moderator:
|
Tom Crisman,
University of Florida/IFAS, Center for Wetlands
|
|
8:00am – 8:15am
|
Opening Remarks – Session Overview
|
|
8:15am – 8:45am
|
Spatial Changes in Redox Conditions and Food
Web Relations at Low and High Nutrient Sites in the Everglades — Carol
Kendall, Steven R. Silva, and Cecily C. Y. Chang, U.
S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA; Robert F. Dias, Old Dominion
University; Paul Garrison, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources;
Ted
Lange, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; David
P. Krabbenhoft, U. S. Geological Survey; Q. Jerry Stober, U.
S. Environmental Protection Agency
|
|
8:45am – 9:15am
|
Nutrients Sequestered
in Microbial Mats Reflect Remote Source Water Quality in Everglades National
Park — Evelyn E. Gaiser, Leonard J. Scinto, Krish Jayachandran,
and
Ronald
D. Jones, Florida International University; Jennifer H. Richards,
Daniel L. Childers, and Joel Trexler, Department of Biology,
Florida International University
|
| 9:15am – 9:45am |
Nutrient Ratios and the Eutrophication of South Florida Coastal
Waters — Larry E. Brand and Maiko Suzuki Ferro, University
of Miami, RSMAS |
| 9:45am – 10:15am |
Salinity, Turbidity, Algal Blooms, and Seagrass Dieoff in Florida
Bay – Spatial, Temporal, and Causal Relationships — Larry E. Brand and
Maiko Suzuki Ferro, University of Miami, RSMAS; Thomas W. Schmidt,
South Florida Natural Resources Center, Everglades National Park |
|
10:15am – 10:30am
|
Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
(Poster Session I displays MUST be removed by this time)
|
|
10:30am – 11:00am
|
Factors Influencing
the Dissolved Oxygen Profiles in the Northern Everglades — Panchabi
Vaithiyanathan and Curtis J. Richardson, Wetland Center,
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
|
|
11:00am – 11:30am
|
Factors Influencing
the Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in the Everglade Sloughs — Panchabi
Vaithiyanathan and Curtis J. Richardson, Wetland
Center, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
|
| 11:00am – 1:00pm |
Poster Presenters to set up displays for Poster Session II
Mangrove Ballroom (Level One) |
|
11:30am – 1:00pm
|
Lunch on Own
|
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Wednesday,
December 13, 2000
Concurrent Session IV: Ecology
and Ecological Modeling - PM
Chokoloskee Room (Level Two)
| |
Florida Bay Indicators |
|
Session Moderator:
|
Joel Trexler,
Florida International University
|
|
1:00pm – 1:15pm
|
Opening Remarks – Session Overview
|
|
1:15pm – 1:45pm
|
Historical Reconstruction of Seagrass Distribution-Water
Quality and Salinity Using Molluscan Indicator Species — G. Lynn Brewster-Wingard,U.S.
Geological Survey
|
|
1:45pm – 2:15pm
|
Ostracode Shell Chemistry
as a Paleosalinity Proxy in Florida Bay — Gary Dwyer, Duke University
|
|
2:15pm – 2:45pm
|
Historical Trends in
Epiphytal Ostracodes from Florida Bay: Implications for Seagrass and Macro-benthic
Algal Variability — T. M. Cronin, U.S. Geological Survey
|
|
2:45pm – 3:00pm
|
Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
|
| 3:00pm – 3:30pm |
Water Birds in Florida Bay: Conspicuous Ecological Indicators?
— Joan Browder, Southeast Fisheries Science Center |
| 3:30pm – 4:00pm |
Diatoms as Indicators of Environmental Change in Sediment Cores
from Northeastern Florida Bay — J. K. Huvane, U.S. Geological
Survey |
| 4:00pm – 4:30pm |
Ecological Controls on Benthic Foraminifer Distributions in Biscayne
Bay, Florida — Scott Ishman, Southern Illinois University |
| 4:30pm – 5:00pm |
The Potential for Filter Feeding Sponges to Control Phytoplankton
Blooms in Florida Bay — Bradley J. Peterson, Florida International
University, Department of Biological Sciences |
| 5:00pm – 5:30pm |
Nutrient Cycling and Transport at the Florida Bay - Everglades Boundary
— David T. Rudnick, South Florida Water Management District |
| 5:30pm |
Sessions Conclude and Evening on Own |
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Thursday,
December 14, 2000
| 7:00am – 8:00am |
Early Morning Refreshments
Orchid Atrium & Solarium
South (Level One) |
Concurrent Session I: Ecology and
Ecological Modeling - AM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons D, G & H (Level One)
| |
Population Studies:Mammals |
|
Session Moderator:
|
Wiley M. Kitchens,
U.S. Geological Survey, Florida Fish & Wildlife Coop Unit at the University
of Florida
|
|
8:00am – 8:15am
|
Opening Remarks – Session Overview
|
|
8:15am – 8:45am
|
Movements and Habitat Use by Florida Manatees
in the Everglades Ecosystem — Jim Reid, U. S. Geological
Survey
|
|
8:45am – 9:15am
|
The Influence of Habitat on the Distribution
and Abundance of Small Mammals in the Southwest Everglades — Diane Riggs,
Florida International University
|
|
9:15am – 9:45am
|
Modeling Spatial Use
Patterns of White-tailed Deer in the Florida Everglades — Christine
Hartless, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University
of Florida
|
|
9:45am – 10:15am
|
Corridors- Landscape
Linkages and Conservation Planning for the Florida Panther (Puma concolor
coryi) — Rebecca P. Meegan and David S.
Maehr, University of Kentucky and Thomas S. Hoctor, University
of Florida
|
|
10:15am – 10:30am
|
Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
|
| |
Quantitative Modeling
– Part I
|
|
10:30am – 11:00am
|
Application of the Everglades
Landscape Model in Restoration Initiatives — Carl Fitz,
South Florida Water Management District
|
|
11:00am – 11:30am
|
An Overview of the Across
Trophic Level System Simulation Program — Donald DeAngelis, U.
S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Florida Caribbean
Science Center-University of Miami
|
|
11:30am – 1:00pm
|
Lunch on Own
|
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Thursday,
December 14, 2000
Concurrent Session I: Ecology
and Ecological Modeling - PM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons D, G & H (Level One)
| |
Quantitative Modeling – Part II |
|
Session Moderator:
|
Lou Gross,
University of Tennessee
|
|
1:00pm – 1:15pm
|
Opening Remarks – Session Overview
|
|
1:15pm – 1:45pm
|
A Comparison of Ecosystem Attributes among Four
South Florida Wetland Habitats — Johanna Heymans, University
of British Columbia Fisheries Centre
|
|
1:45pm – 2:15pm
|
The Utility of Mangrove Unit Models in the Greater
Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Program — Robert Twilley, University
of Louisiana at Lafayette
|
|
2:15pm – 2:45pm
|
Population modeling
of the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) for conservation and
management in South Florida — Paul Richards, University of Miami,
Department of Biology
|
|
2:45pm - 3:00pm
|
Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
|
|
3:00pm – 3:30pm
|
Modeling the Everglade
Snail Kite — Wolf Mooij, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre
for Limnology
|
| 3:30pm – 4:00pm |
Sensitivity and Uncertainty
Analysis of a Spatial-Explicit Fish Population Model Applied to Everglades
Restoration — René Salinas, University of Tennessee
|
|
4:00pm – 4:30pm
|
ALFISHES: A Size-Structured
and Spatially-Explicit Model for Predicting the Impact of Hydrology on
the Resident Fishes of the Everglades Mangrove Zone of Florida Bay — Jon
Cline, The Institute for Environmental Modeling
|
|
4:30pm – 5:00pm
|
Development of a GIS
Tool to Visualize and Analyze ATLSS Models Result for Resource Managers
— Antonio Martucci, Johnson Controls World Services,
Inc. at USGS-National Wetlands Research Center, James B. Johnston
and Steve Hartley, USGS-National Wetlands Research Center
|
|
5:00pm – 7:00pm
|
Reception and Formal Poster Session II — Hydrology
& Hydrological Modeling, Information Systems, Social & Human Sciences,
Water Quality & Water Treatment Technologies
Mangrove Ballroom (Level One)
|
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Thursday, December
14, 2000
| 7:00am – 8:00am |
Early Morning Refreshments
Orchid Atrium & Solarium
South (Level One) |
Concurrent Session II: Ecology
and Ecological Modeling – AM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons F & I (Level One)
| |
Nutrients, Soils, and Biotic Communities – Part I |
|
Session Moderator:
|
Sue Newman,
South Florida Water Management District
|
|
8:00am – 8:15am
|
Opening Remarks – Session Overview
|
|
8:15am – 8:45am
|
Linkages between Microbial Community Composition
and Biogeochemical Processes along Nutrient Gradients in the Everglades
Agricultural Areas — Andrew Ogram, University of Florida
|
|
8:45am – 9:15am
|
The Ecological Basis For A Phosphorus (P) Threshold
In The Everglades: Directions For Sustaining Ecosystem Structure and Function
— Curtis Richardson, Duke University Wetland Center
|
|
9:15am – 9:45am
|
Macroinvertebrate Response
to Nutrient Enrichment in the Florida Everglades — Robert Shuford, III,
South Florida Water Management District
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9:45am – 10:15am
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The Effect of Fish Detritus
on an Oligotrophic Everglades Marsh — Chris Stevenson, Florida
International University
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10:15am – 10:30am
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Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
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10:30am – 11:00am
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Slough Macrophyte Community
Changes In The Northern Everglades - Influence Of P Enrichment And Hydrology
— Panchabi Vaithiyanathan, Duke University
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11:00am – 11:30am
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Microbial Indicators
of Phosphorus Enrichment in Everglades Soil — A. L. Wright,Wetland
Biogeochemistry Laboratory, Soil and Water Science Department, University
of Florida
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11:30am – 1:00pm
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Lunch on Own
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Thursday, December
14, 2000
Concurrent Session II: Ecology
and Ecological Modeling – PM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons F & I (Level One)
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Nutrients, Soils, and Biotic Communities - Part II |
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Session Moderator:
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Curtis J. Richardson,
Duke University, Durham, NC
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1:00pm – 1:15pm
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Opening Remarks – Session Overview
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1:15pm – 1:45pm
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Ecological Exchanges between a Mangrove Creek
and Surrounding Wetlands in the Southern Everglades — Enrique Reyes,
Coastal
Ecology Institute, Louisiana State University
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1:45pm – 2:15pm
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Responses of Periphyton, Water Lily, and Soil
to P Enrichment of an Everglades Slough — Sue Newman, P.V.
McCormick, and S.L. Miao, South Florida Water Management District
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2:15pm – 2:45pm
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Hydrology-Nutrient Supply
and The Lower Trophic levels of The Everglades Marshes — Quan Dong,
Florida International University
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2:45pm – 3:00pm
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Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One)
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Concurrent Session II: Information
Systems – PM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons F & I (Level One)
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Technology Update
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Session Moderator:
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Gail Clement,
Florida International University & U.S. Geological Survey
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3:00pm – 3:30pm
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Everglades National
Park Scientific Database: Lessons Learned in Developing an Integrated Relational
Database Using Historical Data — Darrell Tidwell, Everglades
National Park
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3:30pm – 4:00pm
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South Florida Ecosystem Database Access — Roy
Sonenshein, U.S. Geological Survey
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| 4:00pm – 4:30pm |
Some Lessons from the ATLSS Project: Modeling and Everglades Restoration
— Louis J. Gross, The Institute for Environmental Modeling-
University of Tennessee |
| 4:30pm – 5:00pm |
The Data Web Pages of the Tides and Inflows in the Mangroves of
the Everglades (TIME) Project — Michael Duff, U.S. Geological
Survey |
| 5:00pm – 7:00pm |
Reception and Formal Poster Session II — Hydrology & Hydrological
Modeling, Information Systems, Social & Human Sciences, Water Quality
& Water Treatment Technologies
Mangrove Ballroom (Level One) |
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Thursday, December
14, 2000
| 7:00am – 8:00am |
Early Morning Refreshments
Orchid Atrium & Solarium
South (Level One) |
Concurrent Session III: Hydrology
and Hydrological Modeling - AM
Immokalee Room (Level Three)
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Hydrologic Science for Restoration |
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Session Moderator:
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Carl Goodwin,
U.S. Geological Survey
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8:00am – 8:15am | |