Greater Everglades Abstracts
3 - Ecology
ORAL
  • Alphabetical by presenting author

NEW - Reestablishing the hydrogeomorphic habitat templet in the Kissimmee River
David H. Anderson

An Integrated Approach for Evaluating CERP Projects: Linking Science and Management in the Southwest Florida Feasibility Study
Tomma Barnes, Janet Starnes, Frank J Mazzotti, Leonard G. Pearlstine and Donald L. DeAngelis

A Total System Conceptual Ecological Model for South Florida
John C. Ogden, Tomma Barnes and Steve M. Davis

The Role of Fire in Maintaining Wet Prairies within the DuPuis Management Area
David W. Black

NEW - Initial Responses of In-Channel Littoral Vegetation to Restored Flow in The Kissimmee River
Stephen G. Bousquin

Cooperative Ecological Studies at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge: An Academic/Government Partnership for Linking Science, Management, and Education
Laura A. Brandt, Mark J. Musaus, G. Ronnie Best, H. Franklin Percival, Kenneth G. Rice and Frank J. Mazzotti

Functional Response of Three Wading Bird Species to Prey Density
Erynn M. Call and Dale E. Gawlik

 

NEW - A Summary of Baseline Vegetation Data for Phase I of the Kissimmee River Restoration Project and Expectations for Wetland Vegetation Recovery in the Restored System
Laura Carnal

Southwest Florida Amphibian Monitoring Network
John R. Cassani and Ellen Lindblad

Freshwater Fishes as Indicators of Wetland Hydrology and Function in South Florida
David W. Ceilley

Status and Conservation of the American Crocodile in Florida: Recovering an Endangered Species While Restoring an Endangered Ecosystem
Michael S. Cherkiss and Frank J. Mazzotti

Relating Water Flow to Wetland Processes and Everglades Restoration:  Getting the Water REALLY Right in the River of Grass
Daniel L. Childers, David Iwaniec, Damon Rondeau, Gustavo Rubio, Adam Wood, Lynn Leonard, Christopher Madden, Sherry Mitchell-Bruker and Helena Solo-Gabriele

Northern Everglades Canals: Alligator Population Sources or Sinks?
Matthew D. Chopp, H. Franklin Percival and Kenneth G. Rice

Variation of Soil Topography and Soil Forming Factors between Ridge and Slough Communities
M. W. Clark, K. R. Reddy, E. Jorczak, and C. Lewis

Using Multivariate Statistics to Identify Sensitive Biogeochemical Indicators in the Northern Everglades
R. Corstanje, R., K. R. Reddy and K. M. Portier

Avian Response to Nutrient Enrichment in the Northern Everglades
Gaea E. Crozier, and Dale E. Gawlik

Effects of the Exotic Old World Climbing Fern on the Ant Diversity of Tree Islands in the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
A. Camille Darby, Jim K. Wetterer, Laura A. Brandt and Frank J. Mazzotti

NEW - The effects of cattle grazing on flora and fauna in the Kissimmee River valley, Florida
Peter G. David and David Black

Overview of the Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS) Program:  Model Development, Field Study Support, Validation, Documentation, and Application
D. L. DeAngelis

Assuring the Role of Fire in the 2050 Greater Everglades Ecosystem
Michael J. Duever

Evaluation of Hydrology and Plant Community Changes Resulting from Alternative Restoration Scenarios in the Southern Golden Gate Estates of Southwest Florida
Michael J. Duever

ATLSS Vegetation Succession Model Project
Scott M. Duke-Sylvester, Louis J. Gross and Paul R. Wetzel

Everglades Landscape Model:  Advances in Integrated Ecological Assessment
H. Carl Fitz, Jason Godin, Fred Sklar, Beheen Trimble and Naiming Wang

The rise and fall of mercury contamination in Everglades biota, 1890 – 2003: a retrospective study of wading bird museum specimens
Peter C. Frederick, Becky Hylton, Julie A. Heath and Marilyn G. Spalding

Experimental phosphorus enrichment in Everglades National Park:  I.  Approach and Methods
Evelyn E. Gaiser, Adrienne Edwards, Krish Jayachandran, Ronald Jones, David Lee, Thomas Philippi, Jennifer Richards, Leonard Scinto and Joel Trexler

Experimental phosphorus enrichment in Everglades National Park:  III.  Application to large-scale pattern of enrichment in Everglades Marshes
Evelyn E. Gaiser, Daniel Childers, Krish Jayachandran, Ronald Jones, David Lee, Greg Noe, Thomas Philippi, Jennifer Richards, Leonard Scinto and Joel Trexler

The Loxahatchee Impoundment Landscape Assessment (LILA) facility: a macrocosm approach to experiments with microtopography, water depth, and flow rate
Dale E. Gawlik, Fred H. Sklar, Sue Newman, Zaki Moustafa, Shili Miao, Arnold van der Valk and Paul Wetzel

A Test of the Prey Size Hypothesis as an Explanation for Decreased Wading Bird Nesting in the Southern Everglades
Dale E. Gawlik

NEW - Self-assembly of Slough-Ridge-Tree Island Landscapes in the Central Everglades: A Model for the Integration of Hydrological and Ecological Processes
Thomas J. Givnish and John C. Volin

The effects of desiccation duration on periphyton mat community structure and function after rewetting
Andrew D. Gottlieb

Minimizing Ecological Impacts During the Siting of Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Project Features: the Development of an Ecological Surface Value Model for the Lake Okeechobee Watershed Project                                             
David E. Hallac and Brian Luprek

NEW - The Role of Invasive Plants in Restoring Fire to the Greater Everglades System
J. Haner

Distribution, Abundance, and Population Structure of a Broadly-Distributed Indicator Species, the Diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin), in the  Mangrove-dominated Big Sable Creek Complex of Southwest FL, Everglades National Park
Kristen M. Hart, Carole C. McIvor and Gary L. Hill

Characterization of Solute and Fine-Particle Transport in Shark Slough, Everglades National Park by a Tracer Release in the FIU In Situ Flumes
Judson W. Harvey, James E. Saiers, James M. Krest, Steven Mylon, Jessica T. Newlin, Christine Taylor and Evelyn E. Gaiser

Environmental Fluctuation and Population Dynamics of Two Species of Freshwater Crayfish (Procambarus spp.) in the Florida Everglades
William F. Loftus, Joel Trexler and A. Noble Hendrix

Landscape-scale Conservation Planning for the Florida Panther
Randy Kautz, Robert Kawula, Thomas Hoctor, Jane Comiskey, Deborah Jansen, Dawn Jennings, John Kasbohm, Frank Mazzotti, Roy McBride, Larry Richardson and Karen Root

Is Food Web Structure a Main Control on Mercury Concentrations in Fish in the Everglades?
Carol Kendall, Bryan E. Bemis, Joel Trexler, Ted Lange and Q. Jerry Stober

Landscape Analysis of Gramminoid Habitats to Water Quality and Hydrology in Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Wiley M. Kitchens

NEW - Using Aquatic Invertebrates to Assess Restoration of the Kissimmee River Ecosystem
Joseph W. Koebel Jr.

The Role of Seasonal Hydrology in the Dynamics of Fish Communities Inhabiting Karstic Refuges of the Florida Everglades
Robert M. Kobza and William F. Loftus

Florida Panther Conservation and Genetic Restoration
Darrell Land

Multi-species/habitat Ecological Evaluation Modeling
Leonard Pearlstine, Frank J. Mazzotti, Gareth Mann, Laura Brandt and Dawn Jennings

Population Dynamics of the Snail Kite in Florida
Julien Martin
, Wiley M. Kitchens and W.M. Mooij

Fish Assemblages of Tidally-Flooded Mangrove Forested Habitat along a Salinity Gradient in Shark River
Carole C. McIvor, Noah Silverman, Gary L. Hill and Katie Kuss

Projecting Future Population Dynamics of the Florida Snail Kite in Relation to Hydrology by Means of a Suite of Models
W. M. Mooij and D. L. DeAngelis

Quantifying the Current Landscape Patterns of the Everglades Ridge and Slough
Martha K. Nungesser, Christopher McVoy, Yegang Wu and Naiming Wang

The Role of Fire in the Restoration of Everglades Wetland Communities
James W. Pahl and Curtis J. Richardson

Habitat Selection and Home Range of American Alligators in the Greater Everglades
Michael L. Phillips
, Kenneth G. Rice, Cory R. Morea, H. Franklin Percival and Stanley R. Howarter

Consensus Building for Defining and Prioritizing Restoration Science and Restoration Project Needs in Southwest Florida
Mike Bauer and Heather Rein

Using Proportion of Area Occupied to Estimate Abundance of Amphibians in Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve
Kenneth G. Rice
, J. Hardin Waddle and H. Franklin Percival

Experimental phosphorus enrichment in Everglades National Park:  II. Results
Evelyn E. Gaiser, Adrienne Edwards, Krish Jayachandran, Ronald Jones, David Lee, Thomas Philippi, Jennifer Richards, Leonard Scinto and Joel Trexler

The Utility of Mangrove Unit Models (FORMAN and HYMAN ) in Support  of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Robert R. Twilley and Kishore Pudipeddi

The Response of Everglades Tree Species to Simulated Hydrologic Regimes:  An Experimental Study
Michael S. Ross, David T. Jones, Bernice Hwang, Joshua Walters, Steve Oberbauer and Krish Jayachandran

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Fish Population Dynamics in the Everglades
Carl R. Ruetz III, Joel C. Trexler, Frank Jordan, William F. Loftus and Sue Perry

NEW - Fuel Loads in the Understory of Florida Keys Pine Forests along a Chronosequence of time since Last Fire
Jay P. Sah,  Michael S. Ross, Suzanne Koptur,  Chris Borg, Hong Liu and James Snyder

Oyster Physiology and Ecological Distribution as an Indication of Environmental Health and as a Performance Measure of Restoration Effectiveness of Southwest Florida’s Estuaries
Michael Savarese, Aswani Volety and Greg Tolley

Changes in Ecosystem Macronutrient Budgets, Microbial Characteristics, and Vegetation Patterns, along Phosphorus-enrichment Gradients in Everglades Wetlands
Leonard J. Scinto, Daniel L. Childers, Evelyn E. Gaiser, Ronald D. Jones, Michael Rugge, Joel Trexler, Robert F. Doren, Gregory B. Noe and William A. VanGelder

Habitat Related Growth in the Juvenile Florida Applesnail, Pomacea paludosa
Robert B. E. Shuford, III, Jennifer Magson and Paul V. McCormick

What We Know and Should Know about Tree Islands
Fred H. Sklar and Arnold van der Valk

The ATLSS American Alligator Population Model: Results from Restoration Alternatives
Daniel H. Slone, Kenneth G. Rice, Jon C. Allen and H. Franklin Percival

Spatial pattern and scale of Everglades macroinvertebrate communities along nutrient and hydroperiod gradients
Shawn E. L. Smith and Joel C. Trexler

The pollination ecology of Everglades Sawgrass, Cladium jamaicense (Cyperaceae)
Jenise M. Snyder and Jennifer H. Richards

Modeling Manatee Response to Restoration in the Everglades and Ten Thousand Islands
Bradley M. Stith, Jim Reid, Dean Easton and Susan Butler

Wading bird use of managed wetland habitats for foraging in the northern Indian River Lagoon System
Eric D. Stolen, Dave R. Breininger and Rebecca B. Smith

The Etiology of White Pox, a Lethal Disease of the Caribbean Elkhorn Coral, Acropora palmata
Kathryn P. Sutherland, James W. Porter, Kim B. Ritchie, Shawn W. Polson, Erich Mueller, Esther C. Peters, Deborah L. Santavy and Garriet W. Smith

Habitat Suitability Indices for Evaluating Alternative Water Management Strategies
Kenneth C. Tarboton, Michelle M. Irizarry-Ortiz, Steven M. Davis, Jayantha T. Obeysekera and Daniel P. Loucks

Use of Long-term Monitoring Data for Fishes and Macroinvertebrates in the Development of Performance Measures for the Modified Water-Delivery Project
Joel C. Trexler, Frank Jordan, Carl Ruetz, John Chick, William F. Loftus and Sue Perry

Abundance and Diet of Rana grylio across South Florida Wetlands
Cristina A. Ugarte and Kenneth G. Rice

NEW - Landscape Mapping of Ridge and Slough Topography: Integration of Hydrology and Biological Processes
John C. Volin, Thomas J. Givnish, Jordan D. Muss, Dianne Owen, Valeria C. Volin and Paul H. Glaser

NEW - Design Models for Treatment Wetland Systems at Low Phosphorus Concentrations: DMSTA
William W. Walker and Robert H. Kadlec

Effects of Microhabitats on Stable Isotopic Composition of Biota in the Florida Everglades
Scott D. Wankel, Carol Kendall, Paul McCormick and Robert Shuford

Preliminary Results On The Effects Of Environmental Parameters On Food-Web
Complexity In The Florida Everglades

Alissa J. Williams and Joel C. Trexler

Patterns of Movement of Florida Gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus) in the Everglades Revealed by Radio Telemetry
Lawrence F. Wolski, Joel C. Trexler, Jason Knouft, Carl Ruetz III and William F. Loftus

A Tool for Measuring Landscape Changes (Ridge and Slough) in the Everglades
Yegang Wu, Martha K. Nungesser, Naiming Wang and Christopher McVoy

Vegetation community changes along the Loxahatchee River in southeastern Florida: examination along a salinity gradient
John G. Zahina

Body Condition Analysis for the American Alligator for Use in Everglades Restoration
Christa L. Zweig, Frank J. Mazzotti, Kenneth G. Rice, Laura A. Brandt and Clarence L. Abercrombie


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