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Second Announcement and
Registration Information
Defining Success
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This course has concluded -- the information is provided here to assist you in planning for your attendance at future courses.
CLICK HERE for information about the 2008 Meeting
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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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.
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.
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.
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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Hydrology
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Ecology
and Ecological Modeling
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Water Quality
and Water Treatment Technologies
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Social and Human Sciences
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Information Systems
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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 Index
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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) |
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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| 2:00pm – 2:45pm | 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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| 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)
| 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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Concurrent Session I: Ecology
and Ecological Modeling - PM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons D, G & H (Level One)
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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
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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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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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| 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)
| 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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Concurrent Session II: Ecology
& Ecological Modeling – PM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons F & I (Level One)
| 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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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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| 7:00am – 8:00am | Early Morning Refreshments
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One) |
Concurrent Session III: Ecology &
Ecological Modeling – AM
Immokalee Room (Level Three)
| 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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Concurrent Session III: Hydrology
& Hydrological Modeling – PM
Immokalee Room (Level Three)
| 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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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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| 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)
| 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
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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
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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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Concurrent Session IV: Water Quality
& Water Treatment Technologies – PM
Chokoloskee Room (Level Three)
| Water Quality Monitoring and Trends | |
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Session Moderator:
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Benjamin McPherson,
U. S. Geological Survey
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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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Geochemical Monitoring Of Restoration Progress
— Kimberly Yates and Robert Halley, U.S. Geological
Survey
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1:45pm – 2:15pm
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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
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2:15pm – 2:45pm
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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
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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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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
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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)
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4:00pm – 4:30pm
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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
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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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| 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 | |
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Session Moderator:
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Laura A. Brandt,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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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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Hydrology And Fish Community Dynamics In The
Florida Everglades: Perspectives From A 20-Year Study — Joel Trexler,
Florida
International University Department of Biological Science
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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
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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
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10:15am – 10:30am
|
Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One) (Poster Session I displays MUST be removed by this time) |
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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
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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
|
Lunch on Own
|
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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
|
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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
|
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2:45pm - 3:00pm
|
Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One) |
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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
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| 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
|
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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
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|
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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| 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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Concurrent Session II: Ecology
and Ecological Modeling – PM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons F & I (Level One)
|
Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
|
|
|
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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| 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:
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|
|
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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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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| 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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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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| 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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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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| 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
|
|
9:45am – 10:15am
|
The Effect of Fish Detritus
on an Oligotrophic Everglades Marsh — Chris Stevenson, Florida
International University
|
|
10:15am – 10:30am
|
Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One) |
|
10:30am – 11:00am
|
Slough Macrophyte Community
Changes In The Northern Everglades - Influence Of P Enrichment And Hydrology
— Panchabi Vaithiyanathan, Duke University
|
|
11:00am – 11:30am
|
Microbial Indicators
of Phosphorus Enrichment in Everglades Soil — A. L. Wright,Wetland
Biogeochemistry Laboratory, Soil and Water Science Department, University
of Florida
|
|
11:30am – 1:00pm
|
Lunch on Own
|
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Concurrent Session II: Ecology
and Ecological Modeling – PM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons F & I (Level One)
| Nutrients, Soils, and Biotic Communities - Part II | |
|
Session Moderator:
|
Curtis J. Richardson,
Duke University, Durham, NC
|
|
1:00pm – 1:15pm
|
Opening Remarks – Session Overview
|
|
1:15pm – 1:45pm
|
Ecological Exchanges between a Mangrove Creek
and Surrounding Wetlands in the Southern Everglades — Enrique Reyes,
Coastal
Ecology Institute, Louisiana State University
|
|
1:45pm – 2:15pm
|
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
|
|
2:15pm – 2:45pm
|
Hydrology-Nutrient Supply
and The Lower Trophic levels of The Everglades Marshes — Quan Dong,
Florida International University
|
|
2:45pm – 3:00pm
|
Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One) |
Concurrent Session II: Information
Systems – PM
River of Grass Ballroom –
Salons F & I (Level One)
|
|
Technology Update
|
|
Session Moderator:
|
Gail Clement,
Florida International University & U.S. Geological Survey
|
|
3:00pm – 3:30pm
|
Everglades National
Park Scientific Database: Lessons Learned in Developing an Integrated Relational
Database Using Historical Data — Darrell Tidwell, Everglades
National Park
|
|
3:30pm – 4:00pm
|
South Florida Ecosystem Database Access — Roy
Sonenshein, U.S. Geological Survey
|
| 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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| 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)
| Hydrologic Science for Restoration | |
|
Session Moderator:
|
Carl Goodwin,
U.S. Geological Survey
|
|
8:00am – 8:15am
|
Opening Remarks – Session Overview
|
|
8:15am – 8:45am
|
(Invited) Operation of the Everglades System:
Present and Future — Cal Neidrauer, South Florida Water Management
District
|
|
8:45am – 9:15am
|
Topography of the Florida Everglades — Gregory
Desmond, Edward Cyran, Vince Caruso, Gordon Shupe, and Robert
Glover, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston
|
|
9:15am – 9:45am
|
Quantity, Timing, and
Distribution of Freshwater Flows into Northeastern Florida Bay — Clinton
D. Hittle, U.S. Geological Survey
|
|
9:45am – 10:15am
|
Regional Evaluation
of Evapotranspiration in the Everglades — Edward R. German, U.S.
Geological Survey, Altamonte Springs
|
|
10:15am – 10:30am
|
Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One) (Poster Session II displays MUST be removed by this time) |
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10:30am – 11:00am
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Long-Term Daily Evapotranspiration
Estimation in South Florida — Kenneth C. Tarboton, South Florida
Water Management Disrict
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11:00am – 11:30am
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Determination of Resistance
Coefficients for Flow through Submersed and Emergent Vegetation in the
Florida Everglades — Jonathan K. Lee, Harry L. Jenter, and Hannah
M. Visser, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA; Lisa Roig,
Roig and Asssociaties, Reston, VA
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11:30am – 1:00pm
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Lunch on Own
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Concurrent Session III: Hydrology
and Hydrological Modeling – PM
Immokalee Room (Level Three)
| Multi-objective management of the Greater Everglades System | |
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Session Moderator:
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Hanley K. [Bo]
Smith, US Army Corps of Engineers
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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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(Invited) Meetings The Needs Of The Urban And
Agricultural Systems — Patrick Gleason, South Florida Water
Management District.
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1:45pm – 2:15pm
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Five-year Incremental Analysis of the Lower East
Coast Regional Water Supply Plan — Jayantha Obeysekera, Everett
R. Santee, Kenneth C. Tarboton, Luis G. Cadavid, Lehar Brion, Raul Novoa,
South Florida Water Management District
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2:15pm – 2:45pm
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Establishing Minimum
Water Levels for the Everglades — Joel VanArman and David
Swift, 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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USDA-Everglades Agro-hydrology
Computer Model - Interaction of Surface and Subsurface Water Flow — M.
Reza Savabi, USDA-ARS, SHRS, Miami
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3:30pm – 4:00pm
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Operational Planning for Everglades Restoration
— Luis Cadavid, Paul Trimble, Alaa Ali, Cary White and Jayantha
Obeysekera, South Florida Water Management District
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| 4:00pm – 4:30pm | The ATLSS High Resolution Topology and High Resolution Hydrology Models — Scott M. Duke-Sylvester and Louis J. Gross, University of Tennessee |
| 4:30pm – 4:45pm | Closing Remarks |
| 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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| 7:00am – 8:00am | Early Morning Refreshments
(Orchid Atrium & Solarium South - Level One) |
Concurrent Session IV: Social
and Human Sciences - AM
Chokoloskee Room (Level Two)
| Characteristics of the South Florida Community | |
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Session Moderator:
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Daniel Suman,
University
of Miami, RSMAS-Division of Marine Affairs & Policy
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8:00am – 8:15am
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Opening Remarks—Walter (Tony) Rosenbaum,
University of Florida
– Session Overview |
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8:15am – 8:30am
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The Human Side of Everglades Restoration — Carolyn
A. Dekle, South Florida Regional Planning Council
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8:30am – 8:45am
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Space, Place, and Environmental Attitudes
in South Florida — Hugh Gladwin, and Elena Sabogal,
Florida
International University,
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8:45am – 9:00am
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Integrating Environmental
Justice Into The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Master Program Management
Plan — Bonnie Kranzer, Governor’s Commission for Everglades;
and Richard David Gragg III, Center for Environmental Equity
and Justice, Environmental Sciences Institute, Florida A&M University
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9:00am – 9:15am
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The 8 1/2 Square Mile
Area: A Case Study of the Social Impacts of Everglades Restoration —
Daniel Suman, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science,
University of Miami
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| 9:15am – 10:15am | Discussion / Q&A with Speakers |
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10:15am – 10:30am
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Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One) |
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Land Use and Restoration
Policy Development and Analysis
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| Session Moderator: | Ken Lipartito, Florida International University |
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10:30am – 10:45am
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Land-use Changes and
Flood Protection Policies in South Florida — Mahadev Bhat,
Ken Lipartito and Irma Alonso, Florida International University
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10:45am – 11:00am
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From Boon to Affliction:
How the Melaleuca quinquenervia Became a Weed — Jorge Schmidt,
Florida
International University, Miami, FL
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| 11:00am – 11:15am | A Model for Ecosystem Management Through Land-Use Planning: Understanding the Mosaic of Protection Across Ecological Systems in Southern Florida — Samuel Brody, University of North Carolina |
| 11:15am – 11:30am | Discussion / Q&A with Speakers |
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11:30am – 1:00pm
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Lunch on Own
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Concurrent Session IV: Social
and Human Sciences - PM
Chokoloskee Room (Level Two)
| Behavioral Methods of Restoration Planning and Management | |
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Session Moderator:
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J. Walter Milon,
University of Central Florida and University of Florida
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1:00pm – 1:15pm
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Opening Remarks—Bob Leeworthy, U.S. Dept.
of Commerce, NOAA, – Session Overview
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1:15pm – 1:30pm
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Forecasting the Human Population of South Florida:
The State of the Art and Directions for the Future — Alice L. Clarke,
Florida International University
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1:30pm – 1:45pm
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Measuring the Economic Benefits of Everglades
Ecosystem Restoration — J. Walter Milon, University of Central
Florida
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1:45pm – 2:00pm
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Adaptive Learning in
Ecological Policy and Management — Clyde F. Kiker, University
of Florida / IFAS, Food and Resource Economics Department
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2:00pm – 2:45pm
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Discussion / Q&A with
Speakers
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2:45pm – 3:00pm
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Refreshment Break
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One) |
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Policy Making Processes for Restoration
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| Session Moderator: | Frank Mazzotti, University of Florida |
| 3:00pm – 3:15pm | Ways to Make Science More Usable for Policy Makers and Managers in Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration and Management — Frank J. Mazzotti, University of Florida |
| 3:15pm – 3:30pm | A Strategic Plan for Everglades Restoration: Defining Success - The Marshall Plan — John Arthur Marshall, Arthur R. Marshall Foundation |
| 3:30pm – 3:45pm | Environmental Decisionmaking by Partner Consensus — Michael R. Bauer, National Wildlife Federation |
| 3:45pm – 4:30pm | Discussion / Q&A with Speakers |
| 4:30pm – 4:45pm | Closing Remarks |
| 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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7:30am – 8:30am
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Early Morning
Refreshments
Orchid Atrium & Solarium South (Level One) |
Closing Concurrent Sessions: Critical Needs for Measuring Success
Five Concurrent Sessions: Setting the GEER in Motion (Moderated
by Topic Chairs)
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8:30am – 9:30am
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Topic Discussion Charge: Define Critical Immediate
(2-year) and Near-Term (5-year) Science and Technical Needs
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| Concurrent Session I: Ecology & Ecological Modeling
River of Grass Ballroom – Salons D, G & H (Level One) Panel Members: - Donald L. DeAngelis, Ph.D., Topic Chair, U.S. Geological Survey - Thomas Armentano, Ph.D., National Park Service, Everglades National Park - Susan Gray, Ph.D., South Florida Water Management District |
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| Concurrent Session II: Hydrology & Hydrological Modeling
Immokalee Room (Level Three) Panel Members: - Aaron Higer, Topic Chair, U.S. Geological Survey - Jayantha (Obey) Obeysekera, Ph.D., South Florida Water Management District - Thomas Van Lent, Ph.D., National Park Service, Everglades National Park |
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| Concurrent Session III: Information Systems
Goodland Room (Level Two) Panel Members: - Gail Clement, Topic Chair, Florida International University - David Buker, National Park Service, Everglades National Park - Roy Sonenshein, U.S. Geological Survey |
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| Concurrent Session IV: Social & Human Systems
Chokoloskee Room (Level Two) Panel Members: - Bonnie Kranzer, Ph.D., AICP, Topic Chair, Exec. Director, Governor's Commission for the Everglades - Mahadev Bhat, Ph.D., Florida International University |
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| Concurrent Session V: Water Quality & Water Treatment
Technologies
River of Grass Ballroom – Salons F & I (Level One) Panel Members: - Nicholas G. Aumen, Ph.D., Topic Chair, National Park Service, Everglades National Park - Thomas D. Fontaine, Ph.D., South Florida Water Management District - Jennifer Jorge, Ph.D., South Florida Water Management District |
Closing Plenary Session I: Critical Needs for Measuring Success — Summary Presentation and Brief Discussion of Each Topic
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Session Moderator:
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G. Ronnie Best, PWS, Conference Chair,
U.S. Geological Survey
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| Panel Members: | Topic Chairs and Co-Chairs |
| 9:30am – 9:45am | Ecology & Ecological Modeling (DeAngelis, Armentano, Gray) |
| 9:45am – 10:00am | Hydrology & Hydrological Modeling (Higer, Obeysekera, Van Lent) |
| 10:00am – 10:15am | Information Systems (Clement, Buker, Sonenshein) |
| 10:15am – 10:30am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Social & Human Systems (Kranzer, Bhat) |
| 10:45am – 11:00am | Water Quality & Water Treatment Technologies (Aumen, Fontaine, Jorge) |
Closing Plenary Session II: Critical Needs for Measuring Success
— Enhancing the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Conceptual Model
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11:00am – 12:00pm
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Panel and Audience Discussion
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| Session Moderator: | G. Ronnie Best, PWS, Conference Chair, U.S. Geological Survey |
| Co- Moderator and Panel Lead: | John C. Ogden, SCT Co-Chair, South Florida Water Management District |
| Panelists: | Steering Committee and Topic Chairs
- G. Ronnie Best, Ph.D., PWS, Conference Chair, U.S. Geological Survey - Robert Johnson, National Park Service, Everglades National Park - Frank Mazzotti, Ph.D., Director, Center for Natural Resources, University of Florida - John C. Ogden, South Florida Water Management District - K. Ramesh Reddy, Ph.D., Graduate Research Professor and Chair, Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida/IFAS - Hanley (Bo) K. Smith, Ph.D., US Army Corps of Engineers - Donald L. DeAngelis, Ph.D., Topic Chair, U.S. Geological Survey - Aaron Higer, Topic Chair, U.S. Geological Survey - Gail Clement, Topic Chair, Florida International University - Bonnie Kranzer, Ph.D., AICP, Topic Chair, Exec. Director, Governor's Commission for the Everglades - Nicholas G. Aumen, Ph.D., Topic Chair, National Park Service, Everglades National Park |
| 12:00pm | Conference Concludes — Have a Safe Trip Home! |
Poster Directory and Information
| Poster Index | Poster Display Specifications
(You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open and print these Display Specification Files)
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Registration
Information
The registration fee includes one copy of the abstract book, a welcome
reception, two poster sessions and reception, and morning, mid-day and
afternoon refreshments. Payment must accompany registration form to qualify
for the reduced registration fee.
Participant Registration
| Early Registration (Before November 1, 2000) | $225.00 |
| Regular Registration (After November 1, 2000) | $295.00 |
Student Registration (Student ID must be presented at conference)
| Early Registration (Before November 1, 2000) | $125.00 |
| Regular Registration (After November 1, 2000) | $195.00 |
NOTE: Payment must accompany your registration and be postmarked by the deadline to qualify for the early registration fee.
To register, you can click here to register with a credit card online.
OR, click here to load a form that can be printed to your printer, then return the form with payment to the Office of Conferences and Institutes. (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open and print the PDF form file.)
Refund Policy: Requests for registration refunds will be honored if the Office of Conferences and Institutes (OCI) receives a written notification of cancellation on or before November 17, 2000. A $50.00 processing fee will be deducted from all registration refunds. Sorry, no refunds will be honored for cancellations after November 17, 2000.
In compliance with requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), participants with special needs can be reasonably accommodated by contacting the Office of Conferences and Institutes (OCI) at least 10 working days prior to the conference. We can be reached by phone at 1-352-392-5930, by fax at 1-352-392-4044, or by calling 1-800-955-8771 (TDD).
The G.E.E.R. conference will be held in Naples, Florida at the western edge of the great Everglades National Park on the Gulf of Mexico. Naples is just 100 miles west of Miami and Fort Lauderdale, and 150 miles south of Tampa. Commuter airlines provide frequent service from the Florida Keys, Miami, Orlando and Tampa to Naples Airport just 10 minutes from the hotel. Most major carriers provide direct service into the Southwest Florida International Airport at Fort Myers, just 40 minutes away.
Where Hospitality is a Family Tradition
851 Gulf Shore Boulevard North
Naples, Florida 34102
PH 941-261-2222 / FAX 941-261-7380
www.naplesbeachhotel.com
Meetings will be conducted at The Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club, one of southwest Florida’s most prestigious conference facilities with 34,000 square feet of total function space and break-out rooms that will comfortably accommodate our topical working group meetings, plenary sessions and poster displays.
Reservations: The Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club is offering participants of G.E.E.R. a very special guest room rate of $99.00 (plus nine percent tax) with one or two people in a room. (To receive tax exempt status, payment must be made in the form of a government issued check, credit card or purchase order, and, be accompanied by a Florida sales tax exemption certificate presented at check-in.) The group rate will be honored three days prior and three days following the conference, based on availability. Contact the hotel directly at 1-800-237-7600 or 1-941-261-2222 and be sure to specify you are attending the G.E.E.R. Conference. The deadline to make your reservation and still receive the discounted group rate is Wednesday, November 1, 2000. After this date, guest rooms and the group rate may no longer be available. As this is a discounted group rate, it is not commissonable to travel agents.
Special Instructions: A first night’s room deposit must be made with a credit card to ensure confirmation of your hotel reservation. For any reservations that “no show”, this deposit will be forfeited. Room deposits will be considered non-refundable if canceled within eight (8) days of your arrival date.
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- The Plan to Restore America's Everglades--Related Links Page
- Archives of Common-Everglades List of the Sierra Club
- Currents -- an online publication of the South Florida Water Management District
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Dr. G. Ronnie Best Chief & Supervisory Ecologist Restoration Ecology Branch USGS - Florida Caribbean Science Center c/o Florida International University, University Park Building OE Suite 148 Miami, FL 33199 PHONE: 305-348-3965 CELL: 305-903-5743 EMAIL: Ronnie_Best@usgs.gov |
Conference Facilitator
Dr. John L. Curnutt United States Geological Survey Restoration Ecology Branch Florida International University OE Building, Room 148 University Park Campus Miami, Florida 33199 PHONE: 305-438-0403 EMAIL: John_Curnutt@usgs.gov |
Conference Coordinator
Ms. Beth Miller-Tipton University of Florida /IFAS Office of Conferences and Institutes (OCI) Building 639, Mowry Road PO Box 110750 Gainesville, FL 32611-0750 PHONE: 352-392-5930 FAX: 352-392-4044 EMAIL: bamt@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu |
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