GEER 2015

Tentative Agenda Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) 2015 - Science in Support of Restoration
MONDAY	Monday, April 20, 2015
10:00am-5:00pm	OPTIONAL: Invasive Species Workshop in Ibis & Egret
10:00am-12:20pm	Session I: Moderator: Michael Cherkiss, United States Geological Survey
10:00am	Welcome, Introduction, Remembrances
10:20am	Laurel Wilt: An Update on Biology and Management Research Jason Smith, University of Florida ● PRESENTATION ●
10:40am	Biological control of the invasive weed, Brazilian peppertree, Schinus terebinthifolia. A review of the project with an update on the proposed agents Gregory Wheeler, United States Department of Agriculture ● PRESENTATION ●
11:00am	Effects of Fire on Spore Viability of Lygodium microphyllum Nico Sebesta, Florida International University ● PRESENTATION ●
11:20am	Long-term changes in distribution and abundance of four priority invasive species in the Florida Everglades LeRoy Rodgers, South Florida Water Management District
11:40am	IVEGOT1 – Reporting and Tracking Invasive Species in Florida Chuck Bargeron, University of Georgia ● PRESENTATION ●
1:00pm-3:00pm	Session II: Moderator: Venetia Briggs, University of Florida
1:00pm	Spatial and temporal patterns of non-native fishes in the freshwater Everglades revealed by data from the CERP Monitoring and Assessment Plan Joel Trexler, Florida International University
1:20pm	Evaluating Trap Alternatives for Black-and-White Tegus Tupinambis merianae Michael Avery, United States Department of Agriculture
1:40pm	Management of the invasive exotic Oustalet’s chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti) in southern Florida Ed Metzger, University of Florida ● PRESENTATION ●
2:20pm	Status of breeding Nile monitor population in Palm Beach County Jennifer Ketterlin Eckles, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ● PRESENTATION ●
2:40pm	Summary of Burmese Pythons Removed from Everglades National Park Bryan Falk, United States Geological Survey
3:20pm-5:00pm	Session III: Moderator: LeRoy Rodgers, South Florida Water Management District
3:20pm	Occurrence of Non-native Amphibians in Everglades Ecosystems Venetia Briggs, University of Florida ● PRESENTATION ●
4:00pm	Engaging Professionals and Citizens in Early Detection/Rapid Response to Vertebrate Invasive Species Cheryl Millet, The Nature Conservancy ● PRESENTATION ●
4:20pm	Diet and Selectivity of the Purple Swamphen in South Florida Corey Callaghan, Florida Atlantic University ● PRESENTATION ●
4:40pm	Contributions of the 2013 Python Challenge to Ecology and Management of the Burmese Python (Python molorus bivittatus) in Florida Frank J. Mazzotti, University of Florida ● PRESENTATION ●

TUESDAY	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
8:30am-10:00am	Opening Plenary Session in Great Cypress & Royal Poinciana
8:30am-10:00am	Science, Policy, and Decision-Making for Everglades Restoration Moderator: Nick Aumen, Regional Science Advisor - South Florida, United States Geological Survey Welcome and Introductions K. Ramesh Reddy, Graduate Research Professor and Department Chair of University of Florida Soil and Water Science Department ● VIDEO ● Jack Payne, Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) ● VIDEO ● Presentations Jennifer Gimbel, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior A Federal Policy Perspective ● VIDEO ● Suzette Kimball, Acting Director, United States Geological Survey (USGS) USGS Science in Support of Everglades Restoration ● PRESENTATION ● Shannon Estenoz, Director of Everglades Restoration Initiatives, Department of the Interior Science Communication to Managers: Harmony, Cacophony, and Everything in Between ● VIDEO ●

10:20am-12noon

Concurrent Sessions

Location	Great Cypress	Royal Poinciana	Ibis	Egret	Sandpiper
	Session 1	Session 2	Session 3	Session 4	Session 5
	Sea-Level Rise and Restoration Part I: Understanding and Projections of a Changing Landscape and Seascape	Linking Everglades Restoration and Mercury Cycling, Bioaccumulation and Toxicity	Biscayne Bay Part I: Assessment of Current and Recent Ecosystem Conditions in Western Biscayne Bay	Contribution of Weed Biological Control in Support of Everglades Restoration	Snail Kites & Apple Snails
Moderator	Glenn Landers	David Krabbenhoft	Patrick Pitts	James Cuda	Stephanie Romañach
10:20am	Introduction	Introduction	Introduction	Introduction	Introduction
10:30am	Jayantha Obeysekera An Overview of Global and Regional Sea-Level Rise Projections ● PRESENTATION ●	George Aiken The Influences of Dissolved Organic Matter on Mercury Cycling in the Florida Everglades	Sarah Bellmund Salinity Patterns and Trends in Western Biscayne Bay ● PRESENTATION ●	Min Rayamajhi Biological Control of Melaleuca quinquenervia in Southern Florida	Kenneth Meyer Snail Kite Satellite Telemetry Reveals Large-Scale Movements and Concentrated Use of “Peripheral” Wetlands for Habitat Management, Population Monitoring, and Exposure to Toxins ● PRESENTATION ●
10:45am	Frank Marshall Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change at the Coastal Boundary: Observations, Projections, and Issues of Concern for Resource Management ● PRESENTATION ●	Michael Tate An Examination of the Net Methylmercury Production in the Florida Everglades using a Eulerian Approach ● PRESENTATION ●	Diego Lirman SAV Communities of Western Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida, USA: Human and Natural Drivers of Seagrass and Macroalgal Abundance and Distribution ● PRESENTATION ●	Julio Medal Biological Control of Tropical Soda Apple, Solanum viarum (Solanaceae) in Florida: A Successful Project ● PRESENTATION ●	Robert Fletcher The Demographic Causes of Population Growth and Decline in the Snail Kite ● PRESENTATION ●
11:00am	Jack Cosby Analysis of Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change Scenarios for Florida Bay using the Fathom Model ● PRESENTATION ●	Morgan Maglio Drivers of Geospatial and Temporal Variability in the Distribution of Mercury and Methylmercury in the Everglades National Park ● PRESENTATION ●	Gladys Liehr and Joan Browder Biscayne Bay Alongshore Epifauna - Indicators of Ecosystem Change ● PRESENTATION ●	Ellen Lake Biological Control of Lygodium microphyllum ● PRESENTATION ●	Tyler Beck Managing Habitat for the Everglade Snail Kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) on Central Florida Lakes
11:15am	Eric Swain Effects of Sea-Level Rise and Water Management on the Hydrologic Impact of Historic Storms ● PRESENTATION ●	Darren Rumbold Trophic Transfer of Mercury Along Salinity Gradients in Shark River and Caloosahatchee River Estuaries	Joseph Serafy CERP and Killifish Habitat in Biscayne Bay's Littoral Zone ● PRESENTATION ●	Eric Rohrig Biological Control of Air Potato, Dioscorea bulbifera,in Florida	Philip Darby Evaluating Snail Kite Prey Availability Benchmarks in the Kite Habitat Network
11:30am	René Price Phosphorus Release from the Biscayne Aquifer with Sea-Level Rise ● PRESENTATION ●	Kristen Hart Mercury Bioaccumulation in Pythons from the Greater Everglades	Ligia Collado-Vides Nutrients as a Potential Source to Sustain a Persistent Bloom of Anadyomene J.V. Lamaroux (Anadyomenaceae, Chorophya) in Biscayne Bay Florida ● PRESENTATION ●	William Overholt Prospects for Classical Biological Control of Cogongrass ● PRESENTATION ●	Christopher Cattau Effects of the Exotic Apple Snail (Pomacea maculata) on Snail Kite Behavior and Demography
11:45am	Glenn Landers Potential Sea Level Change Impacts within the Shark River Slough Basin Area	Ted Lange Fish Mercury in the Florida Everglades: Management Implications for Everglades Restoration ● PRESENTATION ●	Christian Avila Spatial and Temporal Trends of a Multi-Year Macroalgal Bloom ● PRESENTATION ●	James Cuda Recent Advances in Biological Control of Brazilian peppertree, Schinus terebinthifolia ● PRESENTATION ●	Steffan Pierre The Relative Contributions of Landscape and Local Conditions to Invasion Success of the Non-Native Apple Snail in Ranchland Wetlands ● PRESENTATION ●
1:20pm-3:00pm	Concurrent Sessions

Location	Great Cypress	Royal Poinciana	Ibis	Egret	Sandpiper
	Session 6	Session 7	Session 8	Session 9	Session 10
	Sea-Level Rise and Restoration Part II: Ecological Responses and Influences on a Changing Landscape and Seascape	Advances in Use of the Trophic Hypothesis to Guide Monitoring and Management of the Everglades	Biscayne Bay Part II: Coastal Restoration and Management of Biscayne Bay	Linking Hydrology to Ecology in Restoration Planning, Design, and Implementation	Advanced Technologies in Everglades Ecosystem Restoration
Moderator	David Rudnick (Todd Osborne, co-chair)	Dale Gawlik	Sarah Bellmund & Sharon Ewe	Andrew LoSchiavo	Christa Zweig
1:20pm	Introduction	Introduction ● PRESENTATION ●	Introduction	Introduction	Introduction
1:30pm	Todd Osborne Forecast Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Coastal Wetland Structure and Function ● PRESENTATION ●	Peter Frederick Potential Effects of Nest Predation, Contamination, and Distant Wetland Attractors on Reproductive Responses of Wading Birds to CERP ● PRESENTATION ●	Bahram Charkhian Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetland Restoration Benefits ● PRESENTATION ●	Brad Foster SMART Planning for the Central Everglades Planning Project ● PRESENTATION ●	Kristin Seitz Use of Molecular Techniques to Identify Everglades’ Aquatic Fungal Community Associated with Cattail Decomposition ● PRESENTATION ●
1:45pm	Joseph M. Smoak Mangrove Forest Soil Accretion Rates and the Relationship with Sea Level and Storms Over the Past Century	Jerry Lorenz Adapting the Everglades Trophic Hypothesis to Roseate Spoonbills in an Estuarine Environment ● PRESENTATION ●	Stephen Blair Biscayne Bay - A Jewel in Jeopardy ● PRESENTATION ●	Melissa Nasuti Evaluating the Effects of Central Everglades Planning Project Alternative Plans Using Performance Measures and Ecological Planning ● PRESENTATION ●	Peter Regier Use of Biomarkers in Everglades Restoration ● PRESENTATION ●
2:00pm	Thomas J. Smith III Patterns of Sediment Surface Elevation Change in the Southwest Coastal Everglades	Lori Oberhofer Monitoring Mercury Exposure in Nesting Wading Birds: Considerations for the Everglades Trophic Hypothesis	Vanessa McDonough Management of the Invasive Indo-Pacific Lionfish in Biscayne National Park ● PRESENTATION ●	Murika Davis How Hydrologic Modeling and Ecological Criteria Inform Engineering Design of Restoration Project Features ● PRESENTATION ●	Joe Stachelek Resolving Fine-Scale Patterning and Restoration Outcomes in the Coastal Everglades ● PRESENTATION ●
2:15pm	Stephen E. Davis Effects of Increased Salinity and Inundation on Wetland Soil Carbon Dynamics at the Everglades Freshwater-Saltwater Ecotone	Mark Cook Movement and Habitat Use of Aquatic Fauna in Relation to Seasonal Hydrologic Variation: Implications for Wading Bird Prey Availability ● PRESENTATION ●	Caroline Herman Methods for Detecting Patterns in Groundwater Flow into Biscayne Bay, FL ● PRESENTATION ●	James Vearil How Modeling and Design Criteria Inform Operations Planning and Water Management Implementation ● PRESENTATION ●	Elise Morrison The Use of Molecular Techniques to Assess Microbial Nutrient Status in the Everglades
2:30pm	Martha Nungesser How to Build a Bigger Florida Bay ● PRESENTATION ●	Jessica Klassen Bridging the Gap Between Everglades Prey Production and Wading Bird Prey Selection	Henry Briceño Nutrient Thresholds Drive Phytoplankton Biomass Responses in South Florida Coastal and Estuarine Waters ● PRESENTATION ●	Gretchen Ehlinger How Monitoring for Restoration Success Informs Water Management and Project Implementation ● PRESENTATION ●	Erik Tate-Boldt Application of Synthetic Floc to Evaluate Sediment Transport in the Decompartmentalization Physical Model Project ● PRESENTATION ●
2:45pm	Marguerite Koch Climate Change Projected Effects on Coastal Foundation Communities of the Greater Everglades using a 2060 Scenario: Need for a New Management Paradigm ● PRESENTATION ●	Joel Trexler The Trophic Hypothesis: Long-Term Trends in Wading Bird Prey Species in the Freshwater Everglades ● PRESENTATION ●	Brian Carlstrom Ecosystem Restoration and Management in Biscayne National Park ● PRESENTATION ●	Gina Paduano Ralph How Monitoring for Endangered Species Informs Water Management and Project Implementation ● PRESENTATION ●	Matt Burgess Applications of High-Resolution Aerial Imagery and a Small Unmanned Aircraft System in Everglades Science ● PRESENTATION ●

3:20pm-5:00pm

Concurrent Sessions

Location	Great Cypress	Royal Poinciana	Ibis	Egret	Sandpiper
	Session 11	Session 12	Session 13	Session 14	Session 15
	Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, and Natural Hazards	Aquatic Animals in Restoration	Carbon Storage and Release in Low Latitude Peatlands	Advances in Hydrology and Salinity Models for Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration	Performance Measures for Central Everglades Adaptive Management
Moderator	G. Lynn Wingard	Jennifer Rehage	Xavier Comas, Matthew Warren & Brian Benscoter	Frank Marshall	Andrew LoSchiavo
3:20pm	Introduction	Introduction	Introduction	Introduction	Introduction
3:30pm	Dennis Krohn Progress in a Hindcast Simulation of the 1926 Great Miami Hurricane ● PRESENTATION ●	Ross Boucek Photoperiod vs. Hydrology: Which Best Predicts Migrations of Temperate Freshwater Forage Species and Their Tropical Estuarine Predator in the Oligohaline Reaches of the Shark River?	Steve Frolking Modelling the Impacts of Land Use Change on Carbon Dynamics in Tropical Peatlands Using the Tropical Holocene Peat Model (HPMTROP)	Jenifer Barnes Calibration Activities for the South Florida Water Management Model (SFWMM a.k.a. 2x2 Model) ● PRESENTATION ●	Eric Bush The Role of Ecological Thresholds in Adaptive Management ● PRESENTATION ●
3:45pm	Danielle Ogurcak The Interaction of Pulse and Press Disturbances: Discerning the Effects of Sea Level Rise from Those of Storm Surge Flooding in Coastal Forests of the Lower Florida Keys, FL ● PRESENTATION ●	Jessica Lee Drying Times: Survival of a Freshwater Mesoconsumer in a Coastal Refuge Habitat During Seasonal Drying	Jorge Ramirez Modeling Methane Ebullition from Peat Soils of the Florida Everglades ● PRESENTATION ●	Amy Cook Recent Progress in the MIKE Marsh Model of Everglades National Park ● PRESENTATION ●	Paul Conrads Real-time Evaluation of Hydrologic Performance Measures Specific to Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) Restoration Success ● PRESENTATION ●
4:00pm	Shimon Wdowinski Mangrove Colonization Patterns and Rates Along the Coastal Everglades ● PRESENTATION ●	Durland Fish Potential Response of Mosquito-Borne Viruses to Ecosystem Restoration in the Greater Everglades ● PRESENTATION ●	Barclay Shoemaker Water, Energy and Carbon Cycling in Greater Everglades Forested Wetlands ● PRESENTATION ●	Yongshan Wan Rapid Prediction of Estuarine Salinity for Everglades Ecosystem Restoration ● PRESENTATION ●	Andrew LoSchiavo Soil Restoration Thresholds Specific to Central Everglades Planning Project Success ● PRESENTATION ●
4:15pm	G. Lynn Wingard Interior Mud Flats of Florida Bay Islands: Records of Sea Level Rise, Storm History, and Island Formation ● PRESENTATION ●	Lawrence Glenn The Distribution of Anurans in a Hydrologically Modified River Floodplain ● PRESENTATION ●	Frank Anderson Net Ecosystem Exchanges of Carbon Dioxide and Methane from Sub-Tropical and Temperate Peatlands: A Comparison of Natural and Restored Wetland Systems ● PRESENTATION ●	Melinda Lohmann BISECT Model Simulations for Evaluating Present, Past, and Future Conditions and Providing Input to Emerging Ecological Models	James Herrin Identifying Thresholds in Fish Community Dynamics and Composition in Response to Altered Hydroperiods in Everglades Marshes
4:30pm	Hannah Cooper Incorporating Uncertainty of Groundwater Modeling in Sea-Level Rise Assessment: A Case Study in South Florida ● PRESENTATION ●	Jennifer Rehage Fish Dynamics at the Everglades Marsh-Mangrove Ecotone: Drydowns, Subsidies, Coldsnaps & the Link to Recreational Fisheries	Michelle Budny Impact of Willow Invasion on Water and Carbon Exchange in the Vegetation of a Subtropical Wetland ● PRESENTATION ●	Detong Sun Three Dimensional Model Evaluation of Physical Alterations of the Caloosahatchee River Estuary: Impact on Salt Transport ● PRESENTATION ●	Laura Brandt Crocodilian Ecological Thresholds Specific to Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) ● PRESENTATION ●
4:45pm	Jeremy May Influence of Varying Environmental Conditions on Canopy Species Recruits from Four Everglades Plant Communities ● PRESENTATION ●	Discussion	Paul Glaser Holocene Dynamics of the Florida Everglades with Respect to Climate, Dustfall, and Tropical Storms	Erik Stabenau An Improved Biscayne Bay Hydrodynamic Model for Evaluation of Restoration Efforts and the Effects of Groundwater on Salinity ● PRESENTATION ●	David Kaplan Pattern and Process in the Everglades Ridge-Slough Landscape ● PRESENTATION ●

5:00pm	EVENING ON OWN

WEDNESDAY	Wednesday, April 22, 2015
8:30am-10:00am	Earth Day Plenary Session in Great Cypress & Royal Poinciana
8:30am-10:00am	Future Environmentalists from South Plantation High School Pay It Forward Introduction: Nick Aumen, Regional Science Advisor - South Florida, United States Geological Survey Students from South Plantation High School's Environmental Science and Everglades Restoration Magnet Program will offer presentations, a Q & A Panel Discussion, skits, a rap, and a musical entertainment piece, to demonstrate what Everglades restoration and environmental stewardship mean to them.
10:20am-12noon	Concurrent Sessions

Location	Great Cypress	Royal Poinciana	Ibis	Egret	Sandpiper
	Session 16	Session 17	Session 18	Session 19	Session 20
	Everglades Stormwater Treatment Areas	Flow-Pulse Drivers of Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration - Findings From the Decomp Physical Model	Construction Management Challenges of a Landscape-Scale Restoration Project (Picayune Strand Restoration Project)	Wetland Birds	Ecological Models & Tools Part I
Moderator	Larry Gerry	Fred H. Sklar	Kim Dryden	Mathieu Basille	Stephanie Romañach
10:20am	Introduction	Introduction ● PRESENTATION ●	Introduction ● PRESENTATION ●	Introduction	Introduction
10:30am	Delia Ivanoff Historical Performance of the Stormwater Treatment Areas ● PRESENTATION ●	David T. Ho Landscape-Scale Hydrologic Responses to a Flow Pulse Experiment	Janet Starnes Project Management Challenges on a Restoration Project Under Multiple Jurisdictions ● PRESENTATION ●	Michael Cheek Interim Response of Wading Birds (pelecaniformes and ciconiformes) and Waterfowl (anseriformes) to the Kissimmee River Restoration Project, Florida, U.S.A. ● PRESENTATION ●	James Beerens & Leonard Pearlstine Hydrologic Forecast Modeling for Multi-Species Management
10:45am	Tom DeBusk Effects of Limerock and Non-Farmed Muck Substrates on Stormwater Treatment Area Performance ● PRESENTATION ●	Jud Harvey The Decompartmentalization Physical Model (DPM) Experiments: Testing the Restoration of Historic High Flows in a Disconnected Everglades	Michael J. Duever Restoring the Pre-Development Hydrologic Regime in the Picayune Strand Restoration Project Area ● PRESENTATION ●	Jennifer Chastant Water Level Fluctuations Influence Wading Bird Prey Availability and Nesting in a Managed Lake Ecosystem
11:00am	Rupesh Bhomia Stability of Sequestered Phosphorus in Stormwater Treatment Areas: Role of Dominant Vegetation ● PRESENTATION ●	Sue Newman To Move or Not to Move - Water Quality and Sediment Entrainment Responses to Two Flow Events ● PRESENTATION ●	Maureen S. Bonness Following the Bulldozers. Invasive Plant Control for the Picayune Strand Restoration Project ● PRESENTATION ●	Dale Gawlik Factors Affecting the Abundance of Wading Birds in Intertidal Habitat: Are Freshwater Models Applicable?	Craig Conzelmann EverVIEW lite: The Next Generation of Modeling Visualization From the Joint Ecosystem Modeling Community
11:15am	Jeremy McBryan Everglades Restoration Strategies: Optimizing the Performance of Stormwater Treatment Areas ● PRESENTATION ●	Laurel Larsen Shear Stress Variability and Floc Redistribution During a Flow Release	Dexter Sowell State Forest Management on a Federal Habitat Restoration Project ● PRESENTATION ●	Anna Vecchione Significance of Human Interaction and Interference on Osprey Populations in the Everglades ● PRESENTATION ●	Mark McKelvy Supporting Decision-Making in the Greater Everglades and Beyond with the Everview Platform
11:30am	Larry Schwartz Science Plan in Support of Everglades Restoration Strategies	Colin Saunders Restoring Sheetflow in a Ridge-Slough-Canal-and-Levee Landscape - A Synthesis of Tracers, Traps and Transport ● PRESENTATION ●	Daniel H. Slone Manatees and the Picayune Strand Restoration Project	Jason Bosley Developing a Spatio-Temporal Occupancy Model for a Declining Nesting Population of Bald Eagles haliaeetus leucocephalus in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park ● PRESENTATION ●	Kevin Suir Dynamic Web Tools for Modeling and Monitoring Data Visualization
11:45am	Walter Wilcox Evolving Strategies for Stormwater Treatment Area (STA) Operational Management ● PRESENTATION ●	Mike Bush Effects of Flow and Connectivity on Everglades Aquatic Consumers: Evaluating Three Hypotheses	Grady H. Caulk Protecting Cultural Resources on a Restoration Project and Adjacent Public Lands ● PRESENTATION ●	Mathieu Basille Using Wood Stork Movement to Enhance Conservation Efforts ● PRESENTATION ●	Bo Zhang Modeling the Dynamics of the Invasive Tree, Melaleuca Quinquenervia, in the Everglades, With and Without Biological Control ● PRESENTATION ●
1:20pm-3:00pm	Concurrent Sessions

Location	Great Cypress	Royal Poinciana	Ibis	Egret	Sandpiper
	Session 21	Session 22	Session 23	Session 24	Session 25
	STAs & EAA Water Quality	Everglades Hydrology, Peat Accretion and Loss: Effects on Carbon Exchange and Water Retention	Ecosystem Services and Everglades Restoration: Moving Forward with Case Studies and Tools that Integrate Ecosystem Services into Decision Making	Science and Habitat Management in the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge: 13th Annual Loxahatchee Refuge Science Workshop	Ecological Models & Tools Part II
Moderator	Melodie Naja	Thomas Dreschel & Leonard Scinto	Kelly Keefe	Rebekah Gibble	Stephanie Romañach
1:20pm	Introduction	Introduction ● PRESENTATION ●	Introduction	Introduction	Introduction
1:30pm	Sayena Faradmarandi Phosphorus Loadings from the Everglades Agricultural Area	Leonard Scinto Soil Accretion on Constructed Everglades Tree Islands: Production and Decomposition Affected by Water Levels ● PRESENTATION ●	Annet Forkink The Use of Ecosystem Services in Florida: A Cross-Perspective of Agencies ● PRESENTATION ●	Jeff Beauchamp Trends in Relative Density and Body Condition of Alligators in the Everglades ● PRESENTATION ●	Brian Reichert Network Modularity Reveals Critical Scales for Connectivity Conservation
1:45pm	Jehangir Bhadha Aquatic Vegetation and Its Role on Phosphorus Dynamics in the Everglades Agricultural Area	Xavier Comas Carbon Flux Variability in the Everglades Using Hydrogeophysical Methods	Pallab Mozumder Valuation of Ecosystem Services for Environmental Decision Making in South Florida	Kyle Douglas-Mankin Measurement and Modeling of Airboat Flow-Cut Hydraulics in the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge ● PRESENTATION ●	Michelle Petersen Gaining Insight From Restoration Scenario Evaluations With Wading Bird Nest Effort Models ● PRESENTATION ●
2:00pm	Hongying Zhao STA-3/4 Periphyton-based Stormwater Treatment Area (PSTA) Cell Water and Total Phosphorus Budget Analyses ● PRESENTATION ●	Alan Wright Soil Organic Matter Cycling in Everglades Peatlands ● PRESENTATION ●	Michael Sukop Ecosystem Service Valuation and Hydro-Economic Optimization of South Florida Water Resources	Margaret Hunter Efficacy of eDNA as an Early Detection and Rapid Response Indicator for Burmese Pythons in the Northern Greater Everglades Ecosystem and A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge	Hardin Waddle Modeling the Occurrence of Everglades Amphibians as a Function of Hydrology and Habitat Type
2:15pm	Maria Loinaz Innovative Hydraulic Modeling Approaches Used During the Design of an Everglades Treatment Wetland ● PRESENTATION ●	Daniel Scheidt Decadal Variation in Everglades Peat Soil at the Landscape Scale: Results of R-EMAP 1995-2014 ● PRESENTATION ●	Kelly Keefe Assessing the Value of the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) in Everglades Restoration: An Ecosystem Services Approach ● PRESENTATION ●	James Lange Effects of Aerial Herbicide Treatment of Melaleuca on Native Habitat Recovery in the Northern Everglades ● PRESENTATION ●	Simeon Yurek Integrated Eco-Hydrological Modeling of Forage Fish Aimed at Supporting Management Decisions ● PRESENTATION ●
2:30pm	Patrick Keith Design and Construction of a Flow Equalization Basin to Optimize Performance of Everglades Stormwater Treatment Areas ● PRESENTATION ●	Brian Benscoter Understanding the Vulnerability of Everglades Peat Soils to Smoldering Combustion ● PRESENTATION ●	Christopher Kelble NOAA's Integrated Ecosystem Assessments: Using Ecosystem Services to Improve Decision Making ● PRESENTATION ●	Robert McCleery Meso-Mammal Communities of A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge as a Reference for the Greater Everglades Ecosystem	Don DeAngelis Modeling the Effects of Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge on Coastal Everglades Vegetation ● PRESENTATION ●
2:45pm	Larry Fink Scoping-Level Evaluation of Everglades Water Quality Compliance Using a Central Flow-Way Hydrated With Lake Okeechobee Water ● PRESENTATION ●	Thomas Dreschel Determining Historical and Recent Everglades Peat Quantities Using Geospatial Techniques ● PRESENTATION ●	Geoffrey Cook Ecosystem Service Sustainability Across an Urbanization Gradient in Coastal South Florida ● PRESENTATION ●	Donatto Surratt Spatial and Temporal Trends in Water Quality at the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge: An Assessment of Long-Term Restoration ● PRESENTATION ●	Discussion


THURSDAY	Thursday, April 23, 2015
8:30am-10:00am	Closing Plenary Session in Great Cypress & Royal Poinciana
8:30am-10:00am	Science in Support of Everglades Restoration Moderator: Nick Aumen, Regional Science Advisor - South Florida, United States Geological Survey Don Boesch, President, Center for Environmental Science, University of Maryland Institutional Scientific Challenges in Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration ● PRESENTATION ● ● VIDEO ● Colin Polsky, Director, Center for Environmental Studies, Florida Atlantic University Using a Sustainability Science Frame to Advance Ecosystem Restoration ● PRESENTATION ● ● VIDEO ●
10:20am-12noon	Concurrent Sessions
Location	Great Cypress	Royal Poinciana	Ibis	Egret	Sandpiper
	Session 26	Session 27	Session 28	Session 29	Session 30
	Everglades Restoration Progress: Assessing Effects of Modified Water Deliveries on Northern Shark River Slough	Tree Island Ecology: Advances on Ecological Restoration	Mercury Cycling, Transport, and Effects in the Everglades	Coastal Marine Ecology	Organic Matter, Carbon Cycling, and Water Quality in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem
Moderator	David Rudnick & Robert Johnson	Carlos Coronado-Molina & Michael Ross	Forrest Dierberg, Andy Ogram & Paul Julian II	Paul Conrads	George Aiken
10:20am	Introduction	Introduction ● PRESENTATION ●	Introduction	Introduction ● PRESENTATION ●	Introduction
10:30am	Robert Johnson Restoring Flows to Northeast Shark River Slough, Everglades vis the Modified Water Deliveries Project, A 30 Year Odyssey ● PRESENTATION ●	Daniel Hughes Tree Islands and the Last 5000 Years of Human Occupation	Paul Julian II An Overview of Everglades Mercury Issues: Critical Questions Remain ● PRESENTATION ●	Michael Kline Variability in the Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Community Within the Northeastern Florida Bay Mangrove Ecotone Over Two Decades ● PRESENTATION ●	Rudolf Jaffe Detailed Molecular Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter From the Everglades: A Comparative Study Through the Analysis of Optical Properties, NMR and FTICR/MS
10:45am	Jennifer Richards Assessment of the Ecological Status and Trends of Northeastern Shark River Slough ● PRESENTATION ●	Carlos Coronado-Molina Litterfall and Tree Growth Dynamics in a Pristine Tree Island and a Degraded Tree Island in WCA-3A: The Importance of Ecological Functions on Tree Islands ● PRESENTATION ●	David Krabbenhoft Mercury Contamination of the Everglades: Revelations from the Long-Term ACME Project and Future Considerations	Yini Shangguan Phytoplankton Response to Changing Nutrients from Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan: Comparison of Two Coastal Lagoon Systems in Northern Florida Bay, USA ● PRESENTATION ●	Brian Bergamaschi Export of Dissolved Organic Carbon from the Everglades to Coastal Waters
11:00am	Joffre Castro Spatial Patterns of Phosphorus Enrichment in Northern Shark River Slough ● PRESENTATION ●	Susana Stoffella Did Flooding Kill the Ghost Tree Islands? Evidence From Healthy Everglades Tree Islands and the LILA Experiment Platform ● PRESENTATION ●	Guangliang Liu Distribution of Mercury in Ecosystem Components in the Everglades: A Mass Budget Perspective ● PRESENTATION ●	Hongqing Wang Predicting the Responses of Eastern Oyster Population to River Diversion and Sea-Level Rise	Brett Poulin The Influences of Sulfate Reduction on the Chemistry of Organic Matter in the Everglades
11:15am	Daniel Gann Mapping Vegetation and Vegetation Change Patterns in Northern Shark River Slough from Remotely Sensed Data	Tiffany Troxler Integrating Tree Island Metrics to Understand Potential Mechanisms for Past Degradation and Future Restoration ● PRESENTATION ●	Andy Ogram Molecular Microbial Ecology of Mercury Methylation in the Everglades Soil Ecosystem ● PRESENTATION ●	Kang-Ren Jin An Integrated Environmental Model for a Constructed Wetland: Water Quality Processes	Brendan Buskirk Fire and Flood: Response of Organic Matter to Extreme Events in the DPM Footprint
11:30am	Eric Sokol Influences of Changing Hydrologic Conditions on Food Web Patterns Near the Boundaries of Everglades National Park	Pamela Sullivan Hydrogeochemical Response of Experimental Everglades Tree Islands: Identifying Feedback Mechanisms Associated with Early Tree Growth and Differing Geologic Materials ● PRESENTATION ●	Binhe Gu Spatial and Temporal Variations of Total Mercury in Mosquitofish from Everglades Marshes ● PRESENTATION ●	Laurel Collins Mathematical Analysis of the Influence of Naturally Occurring vs. Anthropogenic Events on Water Quality in Florida Bay ● PRESENTATION ●	Joshua Breithaupt Quantifying the Relative Contributions Made by Organic Matter and Mineral Sediment to Accretion Rates in the Coastal Everglades
11:45am	Tylan Dean Expectations for Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Habitat Suitability and Subpopulation Viability with Modified Water Deliveries ● PRESENTATION ●	Michael Ross Meta-Community Structure of South Florida Hardwood Hammocks: Implications for Species Responses to Climate Change ● PRESENTATION ●	Forrest Dierberg Community-Related Trophic Variability Contributes to Variations in Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) Mercury Concentrations in Water Conservation Area 2A ● PRESENTATION ●	Paul Conrads Development of a Coastal Drought Index Using Salinity Data ● PRESENTATION ●	Bob Sobczak Restoration Rally Cry for the Big Cypress Swamp ● PRESENTATION ●
1:20pm-3:00pm	Concurrent Sessions

Location	Great Cypress	Royal Poinciana	Ibis	Egret	Sandpiper
	Session 31	Session 32	Session 33	Session 34	Session 35
	Sulfur in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem – Sources, Cycling, Fate, Biogeochemistry, and Impacts	Modeling the Incremental Value of Restored Flow to Everglades Ecology	Invasive Species Monitoring	Florida Bay Restoration: Ecosystem Status, Trends, and Responses	Biogeochemistry
Moderator	William Orem	Jud Harvey	Tony Pernas	Stacie Auvenshine	Mark Shafer
1:20pm	Introduction	Introduction	Introduction	Introduction	Introduction
1:30pm	William Orem Sulfur in the Everglades - An Overview	Thomas Van Lent Restoration Directions: Science Informing the Process ● PRESENTATION ●	Michael Rochford Everglades Invasive Reptile and Amphibian Monitoring Program (EIRAMP) ● PRESENTATION ●	Margaret Hall Long Term Changes in Seagrass Distribution and Abundance in Florida Bay ● PRESENTATION ●	Hilary Flower Control of Phosphate Concentration Through Adsorption and Desorption Processes in Shallow Groundwater of Coastal Everglades ● PRESENTATION ●
1:45pm	Curt Pollman The Role of Sulfate as a Driver of Mercury Methylation in the Everglades - What Does Statistics Really Have to Say? ● PRESENTATION ●	Fred Sklar Back To The Future: A Landscape-Scale Response to Restoration	Jennifer Ketterlin Eckles Interagency Monitoring and Assessment Efforts for the Argentine Black and White Tegu in the Southeastern Everglades ● PRESENTATION ●	Lindsey Visser Juvenile Sportfish Monitoring in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park ● PRESENTATION ●	Mark Shafer Ecological Risk Assessment of CERP Aquifer Storage and Recovery ● PRESENTATION ●
2:00pm	Mike Jerauld Geochemical Response to Aqueous Sulfate Additions in an Oligotrophic Everglades Marsh ● PRESENTATION ●	Evelyn Gaiser Periphyton Responses to Flow Restoration: Distribution, Community Composition, and Edibility ● PRESENTATION ●	Michael Avery Applying Wildlife Genetics to Invasive Wildlife Management in the Florida Everglades	Tom Frankovich Predicting Changes in Estuarine SAV Distribution from Increased Freshwater Delivery ● PRESENTATION ●	Michael Waldon Frequency Distribution of Surface Water Total Phosphorus in the Loxahatchee Refuge: Similarity and Implications for Dynamic Models ● PRESENTATION ●
2:15pm	Peter Kalla Everglades REMAP 2013/2014: Sulfur and Related Findings for Mercury	Jay Choi Modeling Restoration Outcomes for the Everglades Ridge-Slough Landscape	Joseph Parkos Implications of Movement Behavior and Local Density on Nonnative Fish Detection in Everglades Restoration Assessments ● PRESENTATION ●	Theresa Strazisar A Population Approach to Understanding Mechanisms Controlling the Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Species Ruppia maritima L.(widgeongrass) at the Everglades-Florida Bay Ecotone ● PRESENTATION ●	Nicholas Schulte Environmental Variance and Dispersal Explain Benthic Diatom Spatial and Temporal Beta Diversity in the Florida Everglades ● PRESENTATION ●
2:30pm	Matthew Varonka Sulfur and Mercury Modeling in the Everglades	Carl Fitz Soil Oxidation and Phosphorus Storage Changes Resulting from a Range of Restoration Options ● PRESENTATION ●	Melissa Smith Biological Control Releases on Lygodium microphyllum in Cape Sable Wilderness Area, Everglades National Park: CERP Implementation and Monitoring for Success ● PRESENTATION ●	David Rudnick An Overview of C-111 Spreader Canal Western Project Implementation and Restoration Progress ● PRESENTATION ●	Yong Cai Evaluation of the Possible Sources and Controlling Factors of Toxic Metals in the Florida Everglades and Their Potential Risk of Exposure ● PRESENTATION ●
2:45pm	Eduardo Patino Continuous Monitoring of Mercury in Everglades National Park	Christa Zweig Deviations From a Theme: Peat Patterning In Sub-Tropical Landscapes ● PRESENTATION ●	Tony Pernas Balancing Accuracy and Precision for Monitoring Exotic Plant Management at the Landscape Scale ● PRESENTATION ●	Michelle Robinson Initial Monitoring Results of Ecosystem Response to the C-111 Spreader Canal Western Phase in Northeastern Florida Bay ● PRESENTATION ●	Discussion
3:20pm-5:00pm	Concurrent Sessions

Location	Great Cypress	Royal Poinciana	Ibis	Egret	Sandpiper
	Session 36	Session 37	Session 38	Session 39	Session 40
	Multi-Decadal to Millennial-Scale Proxy Records of Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change	Restoration Planning and Decision-Making	Enzymes: Functions and Use as Indicators of Change in Everglades Systems	Invasive Species	Hydrology
Moderator	Christopher Bernhardt & G. Lynn Wingard	John Volin	Patrick Inglett	Dean Monette	David Sumner
3:20pm	Introduction	Introduction	Introduction	Introduction	Introduction
3:30pm	Miriam Jones Impact of Sea-Level Rise on Everglades Carbon Storage Capacity: Shift From Terrestrial to Blue Carbon Sink	Agnes McLean Testing a New Natural System Model for Use in South Florida Ecosystem Restoration ● PRESENTATION ●	Xiaolin Liao Multiple Enzyme Systems and Their Effectiveness as Indicators of Everglades Restoration	Lindsey Garner Seasonal and Daily Activity Patterns of Argentine Black and White Tegus ● PRESENTATION ●	Subodh Acharya Simulating the Effects of Ridge Elevation and Geometry on Ridge-Slough Landscape Hydrology: How Much Water Do We Need? ● PRESENTATION ●
3:45pm	Lauren Toth Development and Demise of Florida’s Coral Reefs: the Roles of Climate, Sea Level, and Regional Hydrology	Mahadev Bhat Pricing the Carbon Right: The Case of the Everglades Mangroves ● PRESENTATION ●	Krish Jayachandran Phosphatases Enzymes Activity in Phosphorus Rich Everglades Tree Islands Ecosystem	Michelle McEachern Brumation of Black and White Tegus (Tupinambis merianae) in Southern Florida	Kevin Kotun Water Management and Hydrology of Northeast Shark River Slough from 1940 to 2015 ● PRESENTATION ●
4:00pm	Peter Swart Large Corals in Florida Bay: Faithful Recorders of the Environmental Conditions Over the Past 200 Years ● PRESENTATION ●	Jed Redwine The Natural Resource Condition Assessments of Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve ● PRESENTATION ●	Patrick Inglett Nitrogenase Activity as an Indicator of Everglades Impact and Restoration ● PRESENTATION ●	Bryan Falk Are Burmese Pythons in Florida Getting Skinnier?	Stephanie Long Modeling the Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Impacts of Proposed Tamiami Trail Bridge Construction Using the M3ENP Numerical Model ● PRESENTATION ●
4:15pm	Anna Wachnicka Responses of the South Florida Coastal and Estuarine Ecosystems to Climate Variability, Sea Level Rise and Extreme Weather Events over the Last 4600 Years ● PRESENTATION ●	Stephanie Johnson Reflections on 15 Years of NRC Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration	Christine VanZomeren Soil Organic Nitrogen Mineralization and Enzyme Activities as Indicators of Nutrient Impacts in the Florida Everglades	Corey Callaghan Diet and Selectivity of the Purple Swamphen in South Florida ● PRESENTATION ●	Amanda Booth Flow Monitoring Along U.S. 41 between County Road 92 and State Road 29, in Southwest Florida, 2007–2010
4:30pm	Christopher Smith Using Recent Hurricanes and Associated Event Layers to Evaluate Regional Storm Impacts on Estuarine-Wetland Systems	Paul Wetzel Connecting Science and Policy in Ecosystem Restoration ● PRESENTATION ●	Kanika Inglett Temperature Sensitivity of Hydrolytic Enzymes: Application to Decomposition and Greenhouse Gas Emissions	Marc Hughes Redbay and Laurel Wilt: The Search for Resistant Trees ● PRESENTATION ●	Michael Wacker Quantifying Evaporation Rates from Lake Okeechobee, Florida
4:45pm	Terrence McCloskey Using OGPs to Establish Long-Term Tropical Cyclone Landfall Records and Elucidate the Mid-to-Late Holocene Climatic History of the Northern Gulf Coast	John Volin Digital Visualization as a Tool to Bridge Science and Policy: Examining the Long-Term Effects of Phosphorus on the Everglades Ridge Slough Landscape	Shelby Servais Effects of Increased Salinity and Inundation on Microbial Processing of Carbon and Nutrients in Oligohaline Wetland Soils ● PRESENTATION ●	Dean Monette Vegetation Community Relationships with Pomacea paludosa and Pomacea maculata in Lake Okeechobee, Florida, United States ● PRESENTATION ●	David Sumner Hydroperiod Approach for a Non-Flat World
5:00pm	Conference Concludes