Florida Bay Posters
Joint
Conference on the Science and Restoration
of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem
From
Kissimmee to the Keys
Question 1 Physical Processes
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of
Salinity Simulated by the FATHOM Model Compared to Observed Salinity Data
for the Period 1993 to 1999 B. J. Cosby, Dept. of Environmental
Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; J. W. Fourqurean,
Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International Univ.,
Miami, FL; W. K. Nuttle, Consultant, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Continuous Hydrologic Data in Florida
Bay Channels Clinton Hittle and Grant Poole, U.S.
Geological Survey, Center for Water and Restoration Studies, Miami, FL
Estuarine Creek Responses to Extreme
Hydrologic Events in Northeastern Florida Bay Clinton Hittle,
U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Water and Restoration Studies, Miami,
FL
New Interdisciplinary Oceanographic
Observations in the Coastal Waters Adjacent to Florida Bay
Elizabeth Johns, Peter B. Ortner, Ryan H. Smith, Christopher R.
Kelble, Shailer R. Cummings, Jr. and James C. Hendee, NOAA,
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL; Nelson
Melo, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, U. of
Miami, Miami, FL; Thomas N. Lee and Elizabeth J. Williams, U.
of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, FL
A Recent Study of the Light Environment
in Florida Bay Christopher R. Kelble and Gary L. Hitchcock,
University of Miami (RSMAS), Miami, FL; Peter B. Ortner, Atlantic
Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (NOAA), Miami, FL; Joseph N.
Boyer, Florida International University, Miami, FL
On the Development of a Regional
Hydrodynamic Model around Florida Bay and the Florida Keys Villy
H. Kourafalou and Thomas N. Lee, University of Miami, RSMAS,
Miami, FL
Salinity Simulation Models for North
Florida Bay, Everglades National Park Frank E. Marshall III,
Cetacean Logic Foundation, Inc., New Smyrna Beach, FL; DeWitt Smith,
Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL; David Nickerson,
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Florida Bay Shallow Water Surface
Drifter David S. Bitterman, Ryan. H. Smith and W. Douglas
Wilson, NOAAs Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory,
Miami, FL; Nelson Melo, Cooperative Institute for Marine and
Atmospheric Studies, U. of Miami, Miami, FL; Thomas N. Lee, U. of
Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, FL
Movie of Florida Bay Sea Level Response
to Local Wind Forcing Nelson Melo, University of Miami,
Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Miami, FL;
Thomas N. Lee and Elizabeth J. Williams, University of Miami,
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), Miami, FL;
DeWitt Smith, National Park Service, Everglades National Park (ENP),
Homestead, FL; Mariana Framinan, Ryan H. Smith and Elizabeth Johns,
NOAA, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), Miami, FL
Variation of Evaporation from Florida
Bay William K. Nuttle, Consultant, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;
Renι M. Price, Florida International University, SERC and Dept. of Earth
Sciences, Miami, FL; Peter K. Swart, University of Miami, RSMAS-MGG,
Miami, FL
Florida Bay Standard Data Set
Peter Ortner and Joseph A. Pica, NOAA / Atlantic
Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL
Developing a Computational Technique for Modeling
Flow and Transport in a Density-Dependent Coastal Wetland/Aquifer System
Eric Swain,
Christian Langevin and Melinda
Wolfert, U.S. Geological Survey Center for Water and Restoration
Studies, Miami, FL
Estimates of Evaporation Using Stable
Isotopes in Florida Bay Peter K. Swart, University of
Miami, RSMAS-MGG, Miami, FL; Renι M. Price, Florida International
University, SERC and Dept. of Earth Sciences, Miami, FL; William K.
Nuttle, Consultant, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Tom Lee, University
of Miami, RSMAS-MPO, Miami, FL
Mean and
Seasonal Surface Current Patterns in South Florida Coastal Seas from Drifter
Trajectories Elizabeth Williams,
Thomas Lee and Villy Kourafalou,
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric
Science, University of Miami
Using Hydrologic Correlation as a Tool
to Estimate Flow at Non-Instrumented Estuarine Creeks in Northeastern
Florida Bay Mark Zucker, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for
Water and Restoration Studies, Miami, FL
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Question 2 Nutrient Dynamics
Mangrove
Carbon Sequestration in the Florida Everglades
Jordan G. Barr,
Josι D. Fuentes and Jay C. Zieman,
Department of Environmental Sciences, University
of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; Dan
Childers, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida
International University, Miami, FL
Origins and
Isotopic Characteristics of Dissolved Nitrogen Species in Ground Water,
Imported Domestic Water, and Wastewater in the Florida Keys
John Karl Bφhlke, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA; Eugene
Shinn and Christopher Reich, U.S. Geological Survey, St.
Petersburg, FL; Ann Tihansky, U.S. Geological Survey, Tampa, FL
The Distribution of Trace Metals in
Florida Bay Sediments Frank J. Millero and Valentina
Gonzalez-Caccia, RSMAS, University of Miami, FL; Albert Palanques,
Instituto de Ciencia del Mar (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
Isotopic Fingerprinting of Nutrient
Sources and Biological Sinks in Florida Bay: A Geochemical Tool for
Evaluating Ecosystem Response to Changing Nutrient Inputs Ana M.
Hoare, David J. Hollander, Cynthia A. Heil and Susan Murasko,
College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL;
Patricia M. Glibert, Marta Revilla and Jeffrey Alexander,
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Research, Horn Point
Laboratory, Cambridge, MD
Nitrogen Fixation in Microphytobenthos-Dominated
Zones of Florida Bay Eric D. Nagel, Jeffrey C. Cornwell, W.
Michael Kemp and Michael S. Owens, University of Maryland Center
for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD
Chemical Characterization of Dissolved
Organic Carbon and Dissolved Organic Nitrogen in the Florida Coastal
Everglades: Preliminary Results R. Jaffι, N. Maie and K.
Parish, Florida International University, Miami, FL; M.
Toshikatzu, AIST, Macromolecular Technology Research Center, Tsukuba,
Japan; H. Knicker, echnische Universitδt Mόnchen, Dept. Soil
Sciences, Freising, Germany; V. Jones and G. Wolff, The
University of Liverpool, Oceanography Labs., Liverpool, UK
Bacterial Enumeration in Florida Bay
Using Epifluorescent Microscopy Matthew Rogers, Susan Dailey
and Joseph Boyer, Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida
International University, Miami, FL
Sedimentary Organic Matter Sources in
Florida Bay as Revealed through Molecular Marker Analysis and Compound
Specific Stable Isotope Measurements Rudolf Jaffι,Yunping Xu
and Ralph Mead, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Surface Water Geochemical Surveys in
Florida Bay Kimberly Yates, Iuri Herzfeld, Nathan Smiley
and Chris Dufore, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal and
Watershed Studies, St. Petersburg, FL
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Question 3 Algae Blooms
Bloom in a Bottle: Experimental
Derivation of the Mechanism for the Onset and Persistence of Phytoplankton
Blooms in Florida Bay Patrick J. Gibson, Susan K.
Dailey and Joseph N. Boyer, Southeast Environmental Research
Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Florida Bay Phytoplankton Community
Structure and Algal Energetics using PAM Fluorometry Emily
Kuhnlein, Susan Dailey and Joseph N. Boyer, Southeast
Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Chemotaxomonic Assessment of Microalgal
Communities in North-Central and Western Florida Bay J. William
Louda, Organic Geochemistry Group, Florida Atlantic University, Boca
Raton, FL
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Question
4 Seagrass
Seagrass Distribution and Cover
Abundance in Northeast Florida Bay 1996-2002 Christian L. Avila,
Stephen M. Blair, Omar Z. Abdelrahman, Susan K. Kemp, Kenneth Liddell,
Forrest C. Shaw and Maurice J. Pierre, Miami-Dade County
Department of Environmental Resources Management, Miami, FL
Below-ground Structure and Productivity
of Thalassia testudinum: Root Component Eric Bricker
and Joseph C. Zieman, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Effect of Thalassia testudinum
Dieback on Sediment Biogeochemical Processes in Florida Bay
Jessica L. Davis, W. Michael Kemp and Jeffrey C. Cornwell,
Horn Point Laboratory, UMCES, Cambridge, MD
Seagrass Dynamics in Florida Bay
2000-2002: Links with Environmental Variability
Michael J. Durako,
J. Hackney, J. Kunzelman, R. Dean and
J. Brooke Landry, The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Center for Marine
Science, Wilmington, NC; M. O. Hall
and M. Merello,
Florida Marine Research Institute, St. Petersburg,
FL
Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope
Composition of Sedimentary Organic Matter from Florida Bay: Evidence of
Historic Seagrass Distribution and Paleoproductivity Samantha
Evans, William Anderson, James Fourqurean, Rudolph Jaffe, Evelyn
Gaiser, Laurel Collins and Suzie Escorcia, Florida International
University, Miami, FL
Responses of Benthic Primary Production
to Nutrient Enrichment in the Upper Florida Keys Meredith Ferdie
and James W. Fourqurean, Florida International University,
Miami, FL
Distribution
and Abundance Patterns of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Response to
Changing Salinity in the Mangrove Ecotone of Northeastern Florida Bay
Peter E. Frezza
and Jerome J. Lorenz, National Audubon Society, Tavernier, FL
Thalassia Seedlings in Florida
Bay: Can They Survive in Extreme Salinity Environments? Amanda
E. Kahn and Michael J. Durako, University of North Carolina
at Wilmington, Center for Marine Science, Wilmington, NC
Recent Changes in Macroalgal
Distribution and Abundance in Florida Bay: An Initial Analysis of FHAP
Macroalgal Data J. Brooke Landry and Michael J.
Durako, The University of North Carolina at Wilmington,Center for Marine
Science, Wilmington, NC; Manuel Merello and Margaret O. Hall,
Florida Marine Research Institute, Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, St.
Petersburg, FL
Historic, Current, and Future Seagrass
Distribution in Florida Bay: Assessing the Impacts of Water Diversion and
Everglades Restoration Paul Carlson, Kevin Madley, Kathleen OKeife, Bill Sargent and Jim Burd, Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission, Florida Marine Research Institute, St. Petersburg,
FL
A Model of Seagrass Dynamics in Florida
Bay: Evaluation and Application Amanda A. McDonald and
Christopher J. Madden, South Florida Water Management District, West
Palm Beach, FL
Macrophyte Benthic Communities and
Groundwater Nutrient Dynamics in Biscayne Bay, Florida Danielle
Mir-Gonzalez and Joseph N. Boyer, Southeast Environmental
Research Center, Florida International University, Miami FL
An Assessment of Nearshore Benthic
Communities of the Florida Keys Leanne Miller Rutten, Jim
Fourqurean and Tom Philippi, Florida International University,
Miami, FL
Vertical Variations of Chlorophyll
Concentration and C:N:P Ratio Along Leaves of Thalassia testudinum in
Florida Bay: Modeling Implications Bret S. Wolfe, T.
M.Smith, J. C. Zieman and K. J. McGlatherly, University of
Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Continuous
Light Monitoring in Florida Bay: Interannual Variations and Light
Availability to Seagrasses Laura A. Yarbro
and Paul R. Carlson, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission, St. Petersburg, FL
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Question 5 Higher Trophic Levels
The Pathological and Ecological Effects
of a Herpes-like Virus in the Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus,
from Florida Donald C. Behringer, Jr. and Mark J.
Butler, IV, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA; Jeffrey D. Shields,
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester, VA
Regional Assessment of Hard-bottom
Communities in the Florida Keys with an Emphasis on Lobster and Sponge
Dynamics Mark J. Butler IV, Old Dominion University,
Norfolk, VA; John H. Hunt, Florida Marine Research Institute,
Marathon, FL
The Use of GAM Modeling Techniques to
Evaluate the Effects of Fresh-water Flow into Florida Bay-Part 2-
Application of Models to Predict Community Composition in Extreme Wet and
Extreme Dry Years Darlene Johnson and Joan Browder,
NOAA Fisheries, Miami, FL
The Use of GAM Modeling Techniques to
Evaluate the Effects of Freshwater Flow Into Florida Bay- Part 3- Sport
Fishes Darlene Johnson and Joan Browder,
NOAA Fisheries, Miami, FL
The Relationship of Seagrass-Associated
Fish and Crustacean Communities to Habitat Gradients in Florida Bay
R. E. Matheson and David Camp, FWC, Florida Marine
Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL; Mike Robblee, USGS, Center
for Water and Restoration Studies, Miami, FL; Gordon Thayer and
Dave Meyer, NOAA, NCCOS, Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat
Research, Beaufort, NC; Lawrence Rozas, NOAA Fisheries, Estuarine
Habitats and Coastal Fisheries Center, Lafayette, LA
The Life Histories of Juvenile and
Small Resident Fishes in Florida Bay Allyn B. Powell, Gordon
Thayer, Michael Lacroix and Robin Cheshire, Center for Coastal
Fisheries and Habitat Research, Beaufort, NC
Fish and
Shrimp in Relation to Seagrass Habitat Change in Johnson Key Basin, Western
Florida Bay (1985 - 1995) Michael B. Robblee and
Andrι Daniels, USGS, Water and Restoration Studies Center, Miami, FL
Source Identification of Florida Bay's
Methylmercury Problem: Mainland Runoff versus Atmospheric Deposition and
In Situ Production Darren Rumbold, Larry Fink,
Nicole Niemeyer and Angela Drummond, South Florida Water
Management District, West Palm Beach, FL; David Evans, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Beaufort,
NC; David Krabbenhoft
and Mark Olson,
US Geological Survey, Middleton, WI
Factors Affecting the Distribution of
Two Gobies (Microgobius gulosus, Gobiosoma robustum) in
Florida Bay, U. S. A. Pamela J. Schofield, University of
Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS (current address: U. S. Geological
Survey, Gainesville, FL)
Monitoring a Sea Urchin Overgrazing
Event in Outer Florida Bay William C. Sharp and John
H. Hunt, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Marine
Research Institute, Marathon, FL
The Long-Term Recovery of Sponge
Populations In The Florida Keys, - Following a Widespread Mortality
John M. Stevely and Don E. Sweat, Florida Sea
Grant Extension Program, Gainesville, FL
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General Not linked to a specific question
Establishing Baseline Freshwater Flow
to Florida Bay for Water Management Robin Bennett, Chelsea
Donovan, David Rudnick and Joel VanArman, South Florida Water
Management District, West Palm Beach, FL
A Decade of Mangrove Forest Change
Following Hurricane Andrew Thomas J. Smith III, U.S. Geological
Survey, Center for Water and Restoration Studies, St. Petersburg, FL;
Kevin R.T. Whelan and Gordon H. Anderson, U.S. Geological Survey,
Center for Water and Restoration Studies, Miami, FL; Christa L. Walker,
Dyncorp Systems & Solutions LLC, U.S. Geological Survey, Homestead, FL;
Jeffrey S. Dismukes, ETI Professionals, Inc., USGS Center for Coastal
and Watershed Studies, St. Petersburg, FL; Thomas W. Doyle, U.S.
Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA
Mangrove Die-Off in Florida Bay: A
Recurring Natural Event? Thomas J. Smith III, U.S. Geological
Survey, Center for Water & Restoration Studies, St. Petersburg, FL;
Lenore Fahrig, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Paul W.
Carlson, Florida Marine Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL;
Thomas V. Armentano, South Florida Natural Resources Center, Everglades
National Park, Homestead, FL; Gina M. Peery, ETI Professionals, Inc.,
St. Petersburg, FL
The Florida Bay and Florida Keys
Feasibility Study: Update and Status Erwin J. Wunderlich,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL
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Florida Bay Ecosystem History
Evidence of Freshwater Influx into
Rankin Basin, central Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, prior to 1900
G. Lynn Wingard, Thomas M. Cronin and William Orem,
U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA; Charles W. Holmes and Eugene
Shinn, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL; Gary S. Dwyer,
Duke University, Durham, NC
Molluscan Shells as Recorders of
Environmental Change in South Florida G. L. Wingard, R.
Stamm and J. B. Murray, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
Florida Bay: A Historical
Reconstruction Joseph C. Zieman, Dept. of Environmental
Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
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