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Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration “From Kissimmee to the Keys” Long-Term Data from the USGS/BRD Mangrove Hydrology Sampling Network in Everglades National Park - Gordon H. Anderson, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Water & Restoration Studies, Homestead, FL; Thomas J. Smith III, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Water & Restoration Studies, St. Petersburg, FL The Role of Flow in the Everglades Ridge and Slough Landscape - Nicholas G. Aumen (for the Science Coordination Team), Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL Water Velocity and Suspended Solids Concentrations in the Proximity of Tree Islands in Everglades National Park - Jose Bazante and Helena M. Solo-Gabriele, University of Miami, Dept. of Civil, Arch., and Environmental Engineering, Coral Gables, FL; Michael Ross and Daniel L. Childers, Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL; Sherry Mitchell, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL; and Lynn Leonard, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Department of Earth Science and Geology, Wilmington, NC Isotopic Evidence for Spatial and Temporal Changes in Everglades Food Web Structure - Bryan E. Bemis, Carol Kendall and Scott D. Wankel, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA; Ted Lange, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Eustis, FL; David P. Krabbenhoft, U.S. Geological Survey, Madison, WI Late Holocene History of Oyster Reef Development in Estero Bay, Southwest Florida: Implications for Management and Future Coastal Environmental Change - Todd Bost, Harry Phillips, Heather Rein, Michael Chichester, Gayle Boyle, Christal Glinka, Carrie Moore, Dustin Cartee, Randy Hutto and Michael Savarese, Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers, FL Alligator Surveys at A. R. M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge - Laura A. Brandt, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Boynton Beach, FL; and Frank J. Mazzotti, University of Florida, Davie, FL Development of Digital Aerial Photography Archives for the Greater Everglades of South Florida - Peter R. Briere, DynCorp Systems and Solutions LLC, Gainesville, FL; Thomas J. Smith III, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL; Ann M. Foster, U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL; Alisa W. Coffin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Ken Rutchey, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL; John W. Jones and Carson Van Arsdall, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA; William B. Perry, National Park Service, Homestead, FL Preliminary Results on Crayfish Populations in The Freshwater Marshes/Coastal Mangrove Ecotones of the C-111 Basin, Everglades National Park - M. C. Bruno, O. Beceiro and S.A. Perry, South Florida Natural Resources Center, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL Monitoring and Mapping Salinity Patterns in Estero Bay, Southwestern Florida - Michael J. Byrne, U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Myers, FL Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Coral/Hardbottom Monitoring Project: Integration of Bioeroding Sponge (Genus Cliona) Survey - Michael K. Callahan, Florida Marine Research Institute, St Petersburg, FL; Christine A. Ward-Paige and Michael J. Risk, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., Canada Contaminant Status and Trends in National Estuarine Research Reserves - G. G. Lauenstein and A. Y. Cantillo, NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, MD Update of the Coastal and Estuarine Data Archaeology and Rescue Program for South Florida - A. Y. Cantillo, NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, MD; E. Collins, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD; S. Stover, Arthur Vining Davis Library, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL; M. J. Bello, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami, FL Vocal Surveys of Anuran population in the Everglades Agricultural Area - Michelle L. Casler, Wendy M. Bear, Elise V. Pearlstine and Frank J. Mazzotti, University of Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Experimental Manipulation of Iron and Phosphorus Availability in Everglades Sawgrass Marshes - Randolph M. Chambers and Ryan S. McKinney, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA Development of an Invasion Index and Remote Identification Technique for Assessing Lygodium microphyllum on Tree Islands in the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge - Faith L. Clarke and Richard D. Gragg, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL; Fred H. Sklar, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL High-Resolution, Small-Footprint, Waveform-Resolving Lidar: EAARL Applications in the Florida Keys Reef Tract - T. Clayton, J. Brock and A. Nayegandhi, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg FL; C.W. Wright, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Island, VA Creation of a Geodatabase of the Digital Aerial Photography Archives for the Greater Everglades of South Florida and the Southern Inland and Coastal System - Alisa W. Coffin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL / U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL; Heather Henkel, USGS, St. Petersburg, FL; Heather Mounts, GIS Solutions, St. Petersburg, FL; Peter R. Briere, DynCorp Systems and Solutions, LLC., Gainesville, FL; Ann M. Foster, U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL; Thomas J. Smith and Robert R. Wertz, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL ATLSS PanTrack Telemetry Visualization Tool - Louis J. Gross and E. Jane Comiskey, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Soil Productivity Relationships and Organic Matter Turnover in Dry Tropical Forests of the Florida Keys - Charles L. Coultas, Florida A&M. University, ret. Tallahassee, FL; Michael Ross, Florida International University, Miami, FL; Yuch Ping Hsieh, Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL Lower West Coast Aquifer Delineation for Hydrologic Model Development - Dan Aquaviva, Water Resource Solutions, Cape Coral, FL; Terry Bengtsson, South Florida Water Management District, Fort Myers, FL; Clyde Dabbs, South Florida Water Management District, Fort Myers, FL The Effect of Plant Community Structure on Apple Snail Abundance in the Everglades - Phil Darby and Laksiri Karunaratne, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL; Robert E. Bennetts, US Geological Survey, Center for Aquatic Resources Studies, Gainesville, FL Hyperspectral Monitoring of Kissimmee River and Stormwater Treatment Areas (STAs) - S. Tompkins, J. Sunshine, K. McNaron-Brown, L. Williams, J. Rhodes, P. Szerszen, R. Davis and R. Waterston, SAIC; W. Daniel, Lowe Engineers, LLC; J. Hess and Jerry Burchfield, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL District; C. Carlson, L. Carnal and S. Bousquin, South Florida Water Management District Application of a Finite Element Two-Dimensional Variable Saturation Flow Model to Simulate Evapotranspiration from Shallow Water Table Environments - M. S. De Silva and M. H. Nachabe, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Measuring and Mapping the Topography of the Florida Everglades for Ecosystem Restoration - Greg Desmond, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA Estimating Water Quality Along the Southwest Florida Coast for Hydrologic Models Using Helicopter Electromagnetic Surveys - David V. Fitterman and Maria Deszcz-Pan, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO Data in the Key of ZZZ: Development of a Network to Establish Vertical Reference Datum for Research Stations in the Southwest Coastal Everglades - Nancy T. DeWitt, B.J. Reynolds and Thomas J. Smith III, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies, St. Petersburg, FL; Gordon H. Anderson, Center for Water & Restoration Studies, c/o Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL Contribution of Internal Phosphorus Loads in Water Conservation Area Canal Sediments - Orlando A. Diaz, Samira H. Daroub, Jim D. Stuck and Tim A. Lang, University of Florida, Everglades Research and Education Center, Belle Glade, FL; Mark W. Clark and K.R. Reddy, University of Florida, Soil and Water Science Department, Gainesville, FL Past Stony Coral Growth (Extension) Rates on Reefs of Broward County, Florida: Possible Relationships with Everglades Drainage - Richard E. Dodge and Kevin Helmle, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, National Coral Reef Institute, Dania, FL Inventory and Monitoring of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Biscayne National Park - Kenneth G. Rice, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Water and Restoration Studies, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Amber D. Dove, Marquette E. Crockett and J. Hardin Waddle, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Effects of Water Management on the Growth and Survival of Red Mangrove Recruits - Thomas W. Doyle, U.S. Geological Survey, Lafayette, LA Development of a Southwest Florida Pre-Development Plant Community Map - Michael J. Duever, South Florida Water Management District, Fort Myers, FL Using Stable Isotope Analysis Techniques to Characterize the Food Web of the Kissimmee River, Florida - Melanie S. Edwards and Thomas F. Turner, University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, Albuquerque, NM Distribution and Occurrence of Inorganic and
Organic Contaminants in Sediments from Everglades and Biscayne National
Parks - Piero R. Gardinali*1,2,
Rudolf Jaffe2,3, Yong Cai2,3, Gary Rand1,3
, Adolfo Fernandez1 and
Mark Cejas1; Lake Trafford Restoration - Eric G. Flaig, South Florida Water Management District, Ft. Myers, FL Water Storage in Agricultural Impoundments - Eric G. Flaig, South Florida Water Management District, Ft. Myers, FL Shifts in the Position of the Marsh/Mangrove Ecotone in the Western Florida Everglades - Ann M. Foster, U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL; Thomas J. Smith III, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL Nutrient Cycling, Litter Accumulation, and Decomposition in Bayhead Tree Islands of the Southern Everglades - Tiffany T. Gann and Daniel L. Childers, Florida International University, Miami, FL Floating Peat Islands and Patch Formation in the Northeastern Everglades - Patrick J. Gleason, Camp Dresser & McKee Inc., West Palm Beach, FL; Peter A. Stone, SC Dept. Health and Environmental Control, Columbia SC Herpetofaunal Distribution and Occurrence on the Kissimmee River Floodplain Prior to Restoration - Lawrence Glenn, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL Scientific Approach for Developing an Education Plan for Endangered Species Recovery: the American Crocodile in Belize and Florida - Jocie A. Graham, Jodie Smithem and Frank J. Mazzotti, University of Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Janas Sinclair, Florida International University, Miami, FL Welcome to Your Watershed - A Model for Adult Environmental Education Programs - Kathy Gross and Peter Colverson, The Nature Conservancy, Altamonte Springs, FL Atrazine Exposure and the Occurrence of Reproductive Abnormalities in Field Caught Bufo marinus from South Florida - Timothy S. Gross1, Krista A. McCoy1,*, Marisol Sepulveda1, Carr JA2, Giesy JP3, Hosmer AJ4, Kendall RJ2, Solomon K5, Smith EE2, Van Der Kraak G5. 1USGS-FISC & University of Florida, Gainesville, 2Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 3Michigan State University, East Lansing, 4Syngenta, Greensboro, SC, 5University of Guelph, Guelph Florida’s Wetland WebGIS and Geo-Database - S. Grunwald, K.R. Reddy, V. Mathiyalagan and S. Bloom, Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Development of a High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) Protocol for Monitoring Periphyton in the Florida Everglades - Scot E. Hagerthey and Megan Jacoby, Everglades Division, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL; J. William Louda and Pam Mongkronsri, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL ATLSS Data Viewer: a Tool to Display and Analyze ATLSS Model Outputs - Jimmy Johnston and Steve Hartley, USGS - National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA; Antonio Martucci, Johnson Controls World Services, Inc., Lafayette, LA Significance of Microtopography as a Control on Surface-Water Flow in Wetlands - Jungyill Choi1, Judson W. Harvey and Jessica T. Newlin, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA; (1 - now at S.S. Papadopulos and Associates, Inc., Bethesda, MD) An Assessment of Mercury Exposure for Multiple Trophic Levels in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem - S. Haynes, T. Gross, K. Rice, F. Mazotti, T. Lange, J. Wiebe, S. Ruessler and C. Wieser, USGS-Florida Integrated Science Center, Gainesville, FL; S. Haynes, Florida A&M University, Environmental Sciences Institute, Tallahassee, FL The South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) Website - Heather S. Henkel, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies, St. Petersburg, FL The Effect of Water Velocity on Periphyton Taxonomic Composition of Experimental Mesocosms Receiving Water from Stormwater Treatment Areas - Barbara A. Hiaasen, John C. Volin and Steve P. Simmons, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL The Sustained Ecological Research Related to the Management of the Florida Keys Seascape (SEAKEYS) - J. Chris Humphrey, Michael J. Absten, John Ogden and Sandra Vargo, Florida Institute of Oceanography, Long Key, FL; Jim Hendee, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Key Biscayne, FL Habitat Suitability Indices for Linking Hydology to Ecology - Kenneth C. Tarboton, Michelle M. Irizarry-Ortiz, Steven M. Davis and Jayantha T. Obeysekera, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL; Daniel P. Loucks, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Long-Term Reference Evapotranspiration and Solar Radiation Estimation Methods for Hydrologic Modeling in South Florida - Michelle M. Irizarry-Ortiz, Kenneth C. Tarboton, Jayantha T. Obeysekera and Danielle Lyons, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL A Preliminary List of Chironomidae (Diptera) Present in Everglades National Park - Richard E. Jacobsen and Sue A. Perry, South Florida Natural Resources Center, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and Their Role in Plant Restoration In Subtropical Florida - Jack B. Fisher and Krish Jayachandran, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, FL; Environmental Studies Department and Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL Thermally-driven Vertical Mixing in the Everglades - Harry L. Jenter*, Raymond W. Schaffranek* and Thomas J. Smith, III**, *U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA; ** U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL The South Florida Satellite Image Map Series: A Tool for Research, Monitoring, and Education - John W. Jones, Jean-Claude Thomas and Angel Gonzalez, U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Region Geography, Reston, VA; Heather Henkel, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies, St Petersburg, FL Water Velocities and Total Suspended Solids Transport in the Southern Everglades - Eric Jorczak and Mark Clark, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Demise of the Brain Coral, Colpophyllia natans at Bird Key Reef, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida - James Kidney, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Marine Research Institute, Marathon, FL; Keith Hackett, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Marine Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL Southern Biscayne Bay Nearshore Fish and Invertebrate Community Structure - David Kieckbusch, Michael Robblee and André Daniels, USGS, Water and Restoration Studies Center, Miami, FL; Joan Browder and Jeremy Hall, NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL Temperature and Hypoxia Tolerances of the Indigenous Dollar Sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) and the Non-indigenous Black Acara (Cichlasoma bimaculatum) - Sean W. Kirkpatrick and John C. Volin, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL; William Loftus, U. S. Geological Survey, Center for Water and Restoration Studies, Miami, FL Vegetative Habitats of Water Conservation Area-3A: Hydrologic Impacts of IOP - Wiley M. Kitchens, USGS/Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Gainesville, FL; Paul Wetzel and Erik Powers, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Monitoring Fishes in Everglades National Park with Emphasis on the Rocky Glades - Jeffrey L. Kline and Sue A. Perry, Everglades National Park, South Florida Natural Resources Center, Homestead, FL The Effects of Hydroperiod on Life-history Parameters of Two Species of Livebearing Fishes (Poeciliidae) in the Florida Everglades - Timothy Konnert and Joel C. Trexler, Florida International University, Miami, FL; William F. Loftus, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Water and Restoration Studies, Homestead, FL Woody Debris in South Florida Mangrove Wetlands - Ken W. Krauss and Thomas W. Doyle, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA; K.R.T. Whelan, U.S. Geological Survey, Florida/Caribbean Science Center, Miami, FL; R.R. Twilley, University of Louisiana and Lafayette, Center for Ecology and Environmental Technology, Lafayette, LA RAVEN ViewTM: Video Capture Tool used for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Coral/Hardbottom Monitoring Project - Selena Kupfner and Matthew Lybolt, Florida Marine Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL Phosphorus Load Reduction Under Agricultural BMPs for South Florida Histosols - Timothy A. Lang, Samira H. Daroub and Ron W. Rice, University of Florida, Belle Glade, FL; Forrest T. Izuno, University of Minnesota, Waseca, MN Using Strip-Transect Aerial Surveys to Estimate Manatee Abundance and Population Trend in the Ten Thousand Islands Region of Southwest Florida - Dean E. Easton and Lynn W. Lefebvre, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Aquatic Resources Studies, Gainesville, FL; Terry J. Doyle, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Naples, FL Effects of Litter Quality on Landscape Scale Vegetation Patterns in Shark River Slough, Florida Everglades - Christopher G. Lewis and Mark W. Clark, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Fish Community Colonization Patterns in the Rocky Glades Wetlands of Southern Florida - William F. Loftus, Robert M. Kobza and Delissa Padilla, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Water and Restoration Studies, Miami, FL; Joel C. Trexler, Florida International University, Miami, FL Abundance of Octocorals at Stations Selected from the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Coral/Hardbottom Monitoring Project - Matthew Lybolt, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, St. Petersburg, FL Data Issues in Computing Long-Term Reference Evapotranspiration for Hydrologic Modeling - Danielle D. Lyons, Michelle M. Irrizary-Ortiz, Harold Hennessey-Correa and Lizabeth Bologna, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL Ecology of Everglades Alligator Holes - Frank J. Mazzotti, Mark R. Campbell, Michelle L. Palmer, Jocie A. Graham and Karen Minkowski, University of Florida, Davie, FL; Laura A. Brandt, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Boynton Beach, FL; Kenneth G. Rice, US Geological Survey, Davie, FL Status of the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in Southern Florida and its Role in Measuring Restoration Success in the Everglades - Frank J. Mazzotti, Michael S. Cherkiss and Mark W. Parry, University of Florida, Davie, FL; Kenneth G. Rice, U.S. Geological Survey, Davie, FL; Laura A. Brandt, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Boynton Beach, FL; Clarence L. Abercrombie, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC Establishment of Minimum Flows and Levels for the Everglades: Project Status and Future Directions - Catherine McCarthy, David Swift and Joel VanArman, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL Extinction-Colonization Dynamics Structure Genetic Diversity of Aquatic Species in the Florida Everglades - Thomas C. McElroy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; Joel C. Trexler, Florida International University, Miami, FL Water Quality in Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park ---Trends and Spatial Characteristics of Selected Constituents - Benjamin F. McPherson and Ronald L. Miller, U.S. Geological Survey, Tampa, FL; Robert Sobczak, and Christine Bates, National Park Service, Ochopee, FL Using Natural System Model and South Florida Water Management Model to Determine Tree Island Performance Measures - Sherry Mitchell-Bruker, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL Techniques Development for the Reestablishment of the Long-Spined Sea Urchin, Diadema antillarum, on Two Small Patch Reefs in the Upper Florida Keys - Martin A. Moe, Jr., Associate Investigator, Ken Nedimyer, Principal Investigator, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Marathon, FL Quantifying Internal Canal Flows in South Florida - Mitch Murray and Rick Solis, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Water and Restoration Studies, Miami, FL Characterization of Microtopography in the Everglades - Judson W. Harvey, Jessica T. Newlin and Jungyill Choi1, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA; (1- now at S.S. Papadopulos and Associates, Inc., Bethesda, MD) Whole-Ecosystem Phosphorus Budgets for Freshwater Everglades Wetlands - Gregory B. Noe, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA; Daniel L. Childers, Florida International University, Miami, FL Comparison of Benthic Cover Trend Between Satellite and In Situ Datasets (1996-2002) for Reef Ecosystems of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary - Palandro, D., Hu, C., Andrefouet, S. and Muller-Karger, F.E., University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL; Lybolt, M.,Florida Marine Research Institute, Saint Petersburg, FL Hydrologic Information for Tidal Rivers along the Southwest Coast of Everglades National Park - Eduardo Patino, Lars Soderqvist and Craig Thompson, U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Myers, FL Inventory and Review of Aquifer Storage and Recovery in Southern Florida - Ronald S. Reese, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Water and Restoration Studies, Miami, FL Movements and Habitat Requirements of Radio Tagged Manatees in Southwest Florida; Implications for Restoration Assessment - James P. Reid, Susan M. Butler, Dean E. Easton and Brad Stith, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Aquatic Resources Studies, Sirenia Project, Gainesville, FL Impact of Water Management on Coastal Hydrology in Southeastern Florida - Robert A. Renken, Joann Dixon, A. C. Lietz, Pamela Telis, Alyssa Dausman, Jeff Rogers, and Steven Memberg, U.S. Geological Survey, Miami, FL; John Koehmstedt, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va; Scott Ishman, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, IL; Richard Marella, U.S. Geological Survey, Tallahassee, FL The Next Generation South Florida Water Management Model - Moving Into the 21st Century with Version 5.0 - Everett R. Santee, Raul J. Novoa and Walter M. Wilcox, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL Applications of a Numerical Model for Simulation of Flow and Transport in Connected Freshwater-Wetland and Coastal-Marine Ecosystems of the Southern Everglades - Raymond W. Schaffranek, Harry L. Jenter and Ami L. Riscassi, U.S. Geological Survey, National Center, Reston, VA; Christian D. Langevin, Eric D. Swain, and Melinda Wolfert, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Water and Restoration Studies, Miami, FL Fire Effects on Flow in Vegetated Wetlands of the Everglades - Raymond W. Schaffranek, Ami L. Riscassi, Nancy B. Rybicki and Alfonso V. Lombana, U.S. Geological Survey, National Center, Reston, VA Sheet Flow in Vegetated Wetlands of the Everglades - Raymond W. Schaffranek and Ami L. Riscassi, U.S. Geological Survey, National Center, Reston, VA Salinity Tolerance of Introduced Swamp Eels: Implications for Range Expansion in South Florida - Pamela J. Schofield and Leo G. Nico, U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL Photochemical and Microbial Transformation of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Florida Everglades - Norman M. Scully, Nagamitsu Maie, Susan Daily, Joseph N. Boyer, Ronald D. Jones and Rudolf Jaffé, Florida International University, Miami, FL Southern Everglades Application of the Regional Simulation Model - Sharika U. S. Senarath, Randy Van Zee and A. M. Wasantha Lal, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL Restoration of Lake Okeechobee Through the Implementation of the Lake Okeechobee Protection Program - Kim Shugar, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, West Palm Beach, FL; Kim O’Dell, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL; Bo Griffin, Florida Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services, Okeechobee, FL; Mitch Flinchum, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, West Palm Beach, FL; Ron Smola, Natural Resources Conservation Service, West Palm Beach, FL Assessing the Consequence of Hurricane-Induced Conversion of Mangroves to Mudflats on Fish and Decapod Crustacean Assemblages in the Big Sable Creek Complex of Southwest Florida - Carole C. McIvor, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies, St. Petersburg, FL; Noah Silverman, ETI Professionals, Inc., St Petersburg, FL TAME Melaleuca: The Areawide Management and Evaluation of Melaleuca - Cressida S. Silvers and Paul D. Pratt, USDA-ARS Invasive Plant Research Laboratory, Fort Lauderdale, FL The Effects of Water Velocity on Phosphorus Uptake by Periphyton: Implications for Improving Phosphorus Capture by Stormwater Treatment Areas - Steven P. Simmons, John C. Volin and Dianne Owen, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, 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, Lafayette, LA Do Surface and Groundwater Fluctuations Influence Sediment Surface Elevation in the Coastal Everglades Wetlands? - Donald R. Cahoon and James C. Lynch, U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD; T. J. Smith III, Kevin R.T. Whelan and Gordon H. Anderson, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Water & Restoration Studies, St. Petersburg & Miami, FL; Christa Walker, DynCorp Systems & Solutions LLC, USGS, Everglades Field Station, Homestead, FL Invasive Exotic Plant Management at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, an Integrated Approach - Allison G. Snow, U.S. Geological Survey Center for Water and Restoration Studies, Miami, FL; William Thomas, Jr. and Laura A. Brandt, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - A.R.M. Loxahatchee NWR, Boynton Beach, FL Clipping as a Substitute for Fire to Study Seasonal Fire Effects on Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris Var. filipes) - James R. Snyder, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Water and Restoration Studies, Ochopee, FL South Florida Information Access System (SOFIA) - Roy S. Sonenshein, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Water and Restoration Studies, Miami, FL Metadata for the U.S. Geological Survey Greater Everglades Place-Based Studies - Jo Anne Stapleton, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA Diverse Organic Sediments and Stratigraphy in Large Tree-Islands of Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park - Peter Stone, SC Dept. Health and Environmental Control, Columbia SC; Michael Ross, Pablo Ruiz and David Reed, Florida International University, Miami FL Peat Stratigraphy and Long-Term Succession of Bayhead Tree-Islands in the Northeastern Everglades - Peter A. Stone, SC Dept. Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, SC; Patrick J. Gleason, Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL; Gail L. Chmura, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Design and Operation of a Remote Phosphorus Analyzer - David Struve and Meifang Zhou, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL; Tom Baber, Stevens Water Monitoring, Jacksonville, FL Data-Driven Web Application for Access and Review of CERP System-Wide Modeling - Kenneth C. Tarboton, Michelle M. Irizarry-Ortiz, Kurt D. Saari and Kevin A. Rodberg, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL Recognition of Climate Variability within South Florida - Paul Trimble and Beheen Trimble, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL Biology and Ecology of Juvenile Procambarus alleni and Procambarus fallax from the Everglades, Laboratory Studies - Peggy VanArman, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL and Nova SE University Oceanographic Center, Dania, FL Searching for Links Between Tree/Shrub Island Loss and Changes in Hydrology in the Everglades - Les Vilchek, Timothy Pinion, Callie McMuniga, and Lorraine Heisler, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Vero Beach, FL Interpreting Ecological Response to Changes in Freshwater Delivery by Periphyton Communities in the Biscayne Coastal Wetlands - Anna Wachnicka, Evelyn Gaiser, Pablo Ruiz and Mike Ross, Florida International University, Miami, FL Impacts of Off-Road Vehicle Use on Wildlife in the Prairie Ecosystem of Big Cypress National Preserve - Kenneth G. Rice, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Water and Restoration Studies, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Hardin Waddle, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Frank J. Mazzotti, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Short Term Dynamics of Vegetation Change Across a Mangrove - Marsh Ecotone in the South-west Coastal Everglades: Storms, Sea-level, Fire and Freeze - Christa L. Walker, Dyncorp Systems & Solutions LLC, USGS Everglades Field Station, Homestead, FL; Thomas J. Smith III, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Water & Restoration Studies, St. Petersburg, FL; Kevin R.T. Whelan, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Water & Restoration Studies, Miami, FL Influence of Sediment Dredging on Phosphorus Flux Between Sediment and Overlying Water of a Shallow Subtropical Lake - Yu Wang*, K.R. Reddy, and J.R. White, Wetland Biogeochemistry Laboratory Soil and Water Science Department University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; M.M. Fisher, St. Johns River Water Management Distract, Palatka, FL Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Isotopic Composition of Aquatic Organisms at Everglades Nutrient Removal Project Sites - Scott D. Wankel and Carol Kendall, U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA; Larry E. Fink and Peter J. Rawlik, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL Proposed Experiment on the Effects of Microtopography and Deep-water Refugia on Fish Concentrations in the Loxahatchee Impoundment Landscape Assessment (LILA) Research Facility - Geoffrey B. West and Dale Gawlik, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL Characteristics of Lightning Gaps in the Mangrove Forests of Everglades National Park - Kevin R. T. Whelan, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Water and Restoration Studies, Miami, FL; Thomas J. Smith III, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Water and Restoration Studies, St. Petersburg, FL An Evaluation of Contaminant Exposures and Potential Effects on Health and Endocrine Status for Alligators in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem - Jon, J. Wiebe, Ken Rice, Carla M. Wieser and Timothy S. Gross, USGS-BRD Florida Caribbean Science Center and the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL An Evaluation of Contaminant Exposures and Potential Effects on Health and Endocrine Status for Largemouth Bass in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem - Carla M. Wieser, Jon, J. Wiebe, D. Shane Ruessler and Timothy S. Gross, USGS-FISC and the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Ted Lange, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Eustis, FL Long-Term Water-Quality and Streamflow Monitoring in the Lake Okeechobee Watershed - Molly S. Wood1, Pamela A. Telis2, U.S. Geological Survey, 1Center for Aquatic Resources Studies, Altamonte Springs, FL and 2Center for Water and Restoration Studies, Jacksonville, FL |