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Session One

Biodiversity - Endangered Species

• Using Ecological Traits to Evaluate the Vulnerability of Threatened and Endangered Species to Climate Change -- Allison M. Benscoter¹, Laura A. Brandt², Frank J. Mazzotti¹, Stephanie S. Romañach³ and James I. Watling¹; ¹University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, ²U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, ³U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, Davie, FL, USA
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• Incorporating Climate Extremes into Climate Envelope Models for Florida Threatened and Endangered Species -- David N. Bucklin¹, Laura A. Brandt², Carolina Cabal¹, Frank J. Mazzotti¹, Stephanie S. Romañach³ and James I. Watling¹; ¹University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, ²U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, ³U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
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• Modeling the Impact of Climate and Anthropogenic Disturbance on the Distribution Of Florida's Threatened and Endangered Vertebrates -- Carolina Cabal¹, Laura A. Brandt², David N. Bucklin¹, Frank J. Mazzotti¹, Stephanie S. Romañach³ and James I. Watling¹; ¹University of Florida/IFAS, Davie, FL, USA, ²U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Davie, FL, USA, ³U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, Davie, FL, USA
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• eDNA Monitoring: Presence-absence Sampling Technique for a Rare Amphibian Species -- Thomas Newcomb¹, Frank Cipriano² and Eric Routman²; ¹Environ, Philadelphia, PA, USA, ²San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA
• Habitat Assessment for Smalltooth Sawfish, Pristis pectinata, along the Southwestern Coast of Florida -- G. Tiling-Range¹ and T.J. Smith III²; ¹Jacobs Technology, Inc., co Southeast Ecological Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, ²U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center,  St. Petersburg, FL, USA
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Biodiversity – Habitats

• The Role of Wetland Pattern and Climatic Change in Determining Wetland Bird Diversity, Taiwan -- Liang-Hsien Chen¹, Mark D. Barnes²and Monica Kuo³; ¹Chinese Culture University, Department of Life Science, Taiwan, ²Chinese Culture University, Department of Natural Resources, Taiwan, ³College of Environmental at Design Chairman, Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
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• Ant Diversity in the Coastal Wetlands of Louisiana -- Xuan Chen, Benjamin J. Adams and Linda M. Hooper-Bui, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
• A Study of Fresh Water Diatoms of Religious Water Ponds in Kurukshetra, Haryana (India) -- Manoj Kumar Malik¹ and Ajay Kumar²; ¹Forensic Science Laborator, Biology Division, Karnal, Haryana, India, ²Department of Zoology, Wildlife and Animal Behavior Laboratory, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
• Bias in Traditional Estimates of Ecological Diversity in Dynamic Wetland Ecosystems -- David M. Mushet, Ned H. Euliss, Jr. and Matthew J. Solensky, U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND, USA
• Reed Flads: Unique but Little-Known Wetland Environments in the Northern Baltic Sea -- Riggert Munsterhjelm and Henrietta Pitkänen; University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
• Oyster Population and Reef Community Restoration in the St. Lucie River Estuary -- Edward Proffitt and Elizabeth Salewski, Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Pierce, FL, USA
• Environmental Characteristics of Cicuta virosa Habitats -- Cha Jeong Shin, Jong Min Nam and Jae Geun Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
• Clam Bay Natural Resource Protection Area (NRPA) Benthic Habitat Assessment -- Kathy Worley and Jeffrey R. Schmid, Conservancy of Southwest Florida, Naples, Florida, USA

Biodiversity –Vegetation

• Bird Perches as a Tool to Restore Vegetation in Neotropical Grassland Dominated by Exotic Grass -- João Carlos B. da Silva¹, João B. Campos² and José F. Cândido-Jr.³; Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brasil, ²Secretaria de Estado de Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos – SEMA, Curitiba, PR, ³Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, PR, Brasil
• First Report of Rhizophora racemosa (Rhizophoraceae) in the Wider Caribbean Region -- Maria B. Barreto and Eduardo Barreto-Pittol, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
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• The Impact of Surrounding Land Uses on Plant Species Richness in Florida Wetlands -- Valerie A. Burkett, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• Predation and Productivity Gradients Affect Arthropods, Herbivory and Plant Architecture in Mangrove Forests -- Alexander J. Forde¹, Ilka C. Feller², Daniel S. Gruner¹ and John D. Parker²; ¹Entomology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, ²Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA
• Managed Disturbance Enhances Biodiversity of Restored Wetlands in the Agricultural Midwest -- Anya M. Hopple and Christopher B. Craft, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
• Declining Species Richness and Restoration Potential of Aquatic Plants in Japanese Lakes -- Jun Nishihiro and Munemitsu Akasaka, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
• Root Release of Organic Carbon and Nutrient Uptake by Three Emergent Wetland Plants --  Xu Zhai and Hans Brix, Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus, Denmark
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Biodiversity –Wildlife

• A Comparative Examination of within Wetland and Wetland Context Characteristics on Stopover Habitat Use by Migratory Shorebirds: Is the Neighborhood Important? -- Gene Albanese and Craig A. Davis, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
• Broad-Scale Relationship between Shorebirds and Landscapes in the Southern Great Plains -- Gene Albanese and Craig A. Davis, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
• Avian and Anuran Communities in Mitigated and Reference Wetlands of West Virginia -- Ann M. Anderson and James T. Anderson,  West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
• Ontogenetic, Interspecific, and Seasonal Variation in Prey Use of Three Centrarchids in a Subtropical Wetland -- Jacob W. Bransky and Nathan J. Dorn, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL, USA
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• Status and Threats to Wetland Birds of Chhilchhila Wildlife Sanctuary in Haryana, India: An Important Wintering Ground for Migratory Birds -- Parmesh Kumar, Department of Zoology, University College, Kurukshetra University, Haryana, India
• Importance of Mangroves during the Rainy Season for the Herpetofauna -- Coral J. Pacheco-Figueroa¹, Juan D. Valdez-Leal¹, Lilia M. Gama¹, Eduardo Moguel¹, Esmeralda Marcelo² Erick Estañol² and Joel Saenz³; ¹DACBiol-UJAT, Villahermosa, Tabasco, México, ²COVINSE, DACBiol-UJAT, Villahermosa, Tabasco, México, ³ICOMVIS-UNA, Heredia, Costa Rica
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• Amphibians in Agricultural Fields and Natural Areas in South Florida -- Elise V. Pearlstine¹, Ikuko Fujisaki², Juan Sebastian Ortiz¹ and Maria Alejandra Millan¹; ¹University of Florida, IFAS, Everglades Research and Education Center, Belle Glade, FL, USA, ²University of Florida, IFAS, Ft. Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Davie, FL, USA
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• Diversity and Abundance of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Tecocomulco Lake, a Wetland in Hidalgo, Mexico -- A. E. Rico Sánchez¹, A. J. Rodríguez Romero¹, E. López¹ and J. E. Sedeño Díaz²; ¹Laboratorio de Ictiología y Limnología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas del IPN, Distrito Federal MX, México, ²Programa Ambiental del IPN- Edificio Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Unidad Prifesional Adolfo López Mateos, Distrito Federal, MX, México
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• Color Characterization of Goby Species (Perciformes: Gobiidae) in Lake Mainit, Philippines -- Cheryl M. Talde and Idzel Marie D. Mijares,Department of Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies, College of Science and Mathematics, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Davao City, Philippines
• Birds From the Wetland Coastal Plains of Tabasco, Mexico -- Juan de Dios Valdez-Leal¹, Coral J. Pacheco-Figueroa¹, Lilia M. Gama¹, Elias J. Gordillo-Chavez²,  Eduardo Moguel-Ordoñez¹, Eduardo Méndez-López² and Stefan Arriaga W.¹; ¹DACBiol-UJAT, Villahermosa, Tabasco, México, ²COVINSE DACBiol-UJAT, Villahermosa, Tabasco, México, ³ICOMVIS-UNA, Heredia, Costa Rica
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Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology - Biogeochemical Processes

• Carbon and Phosphorus Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Substances in Low-nutrient Surface Waters from South Florida Constructed Treatment Wetlands and Natural Marshes -- K. A. Grace, S. D. Jackson, N. Larson and T. A. DeBusk, DB Environmental, Inc. Rockledge, FL, USA
• Seasonal Dynamics of Soil Nitrogen Processing in Contrasting Seasonally-Flooded, Calcareous, Subtropical Wetlands -- Xiaolin Liao, Kanika S. Inglett and Patrick W. Inglett, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• Temperature Effects on Anaerobic C Processing in Two Subtropical Peat Soils of Differing Vegetation -- Patrick W. Inglett , Kanika S. Inglett and Cassandra A. Medvedeff, Department of Soil and Water Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• Relationship between Soil Core Diameter and Nutrient Flux -- L. Keenan¹, A.L. Wright², E. Dunne¹ and K.R. Reddy²; ¹St. Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, FL, USA, ² University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• Sediment Porewater Chemistry and Phosphorus Release for Parallel Emergent Macrophyte and Submerged Macrophyte Treatment Wetlands  --  Michelle D. Kharbanda¹, Dawn E. Sierer¹, Forrest E. Dierberg¹, Karen Hileman¹, Sara Carrano¹ and Delia Ivanoff²; ¹DB Environmental, Inc., Rockledge, FL, USA, ²South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
• An Ecosystem Model for Detritus Decomposition in a Eutrophic Wetland, China -- Xia Li^1,2, Baoshan Cui¹, Hanqin Tian^2,3, Qichun Yang^2,3, Yan Lan¹, Tingting Wang¹, Zhen Han¹; ¹School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Beijing, China, ²Ecosystem Dynamics and Global Ecology (EDGE) Laboratory, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA, ³International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
• Review of Novel Analytical Approaches to Determine Soil Organic Matter Stability in Wetlands -- Anna E. Normand and K. Ramesh Reddy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• Seasonal Patterns in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from US Gulf Coast Baldcypress Swamps -- Brian J. Roberts¹, Samantha B. Primer¹, Tiffany R. Warner¹, Carrie M. Semmler¹, Brendan Young¹ and Beth Middleton²; ¹Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, LA, USA, ²U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA
• Spatial Variability of Dissolved Organic Carbon and Sulfate in Groundwater in Central Pennsylvania Headwater Wetlands -- Aliana Reichert-Eberhardt¹, Denice Wardrop^1,2 and Elizabeth Boyer³; ¹Intercollegiate Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, ²Geography Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, ³School of Forest Resources, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
• Influence of Extracellular Enzyme Activities on Macroelemental Cycling in Subtropical Treatment Wetlands -- Christine M. VanZomeren, Rupesh K. Bhomia, Kanika S. Inglett and K. Ramesh Reddy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• Horizontal and Vertical Variability in Soil Bulk Density and Organic Matter across Coastal Louisiana Wetlands Detected by the Coast-wide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS)-Wetlands -- Hongqing Wang¹, Gregory D. Steyer¹, Sarai C. Piazza¹, Guerry O. Holm, Jr²., Camille L. Stagg³,  John M. Rybczyk⁴,  Craig J. Fischenich⁵, Brady R. Couvillion¹, Ronald G. Boustany⁶, Michelle R. Fischer¹ and Leigh A. Sharp⁷; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, ²CH²M HILL, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, ³U.S. Geological Survey, Lafayette, LA, USA, ⁴Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA, ⁵U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS, USA, ⁶U.S.  Department of Agriculture, Lafayette, LA, USA, ⁷Louisiana Governor's Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology - Linkages between Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemical Functions 

• Transfer and Biodegradation of Chloroacetamide Herbicides in Lab-Scale Wetlands -- Gwenaël Imfeld¹, ElodieMaillard¹, Omniea Elsayed¹, Hans Richnow² and Stéphane Vuilleumier³; ¹Laboratory of Hydrology and Geochemistry of Strasbourg (LHyGeS), University of Strasbourg/ENGEES, CNRS, Strasbourg Cedex, France, ²Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany, ³Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Genomics and Microbiology, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg cedex, France
• Enzyme Activity in Lake Sediments and Its Relation with Eutrophication from East Plain Region -- Yu Zhang, Baoshan Cui¹, Shengrui Wang², Yan Lan¹, Zhen Han¹; ¹Beijing Normal University, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Beijing, China, ²Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China

Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology - Microbial Diversity and Functions

• Many Wetlands Capable of Anaerobic Dechlorination -- James P. Amon, Tracy Collins and David Duell, Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA
• Methanotrophic Community Is Different in Natural and Drained Peatlands -- A.K. Kizilova¹, I.K. Kravchenko¹ and A.A. Sirin²; ¹Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology RAS, Moscow, Russia, ²Institute of Forest Science RAS, Uspenskoe, Moscow region, Russia
• Species-Specific Effects of Vegetation on the Abundance of Denitrifying Bacteria in Freshwater Wetlands -- Joseph C. Morina, Ember M. Morrissey and Rima B. Franklin, Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
• Changes in Microbial Populations Affected by Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico  -- Joong-Wook Park and Astha Gupta, Troy University, Troy, AL, USA
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• Microbial Degradation of Pesticides in Wetlands: Influence of Photosynthesizing Algae -- Pieter Vandermeeren, François Moesen, Jan Diels and Dirk Springael, Division Soil and Water Management, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Climate Change - Carbon Sequestration

• Carbon Storage in Piermont Marsh, Hudson River Estuary -- Destiny Torres¹, Rossibel Fernandez¹, Areej Haroon¹, Amira Chowdhury¹, Shiying Feng¹, Cristal Lopez¹, Marshalee Lopez¹, Susan Vincent¹and Katherine Allen²; ¹The Young Women’s Leadership School of East Harlem, NY, USA, ²Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, NY, USA
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Communication Education & Outreach - Extension and Outreach

• Cooperative Extension Master Watershed Steward Program and Wetland Education Opportunities -- Christopher K. Jones, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Gila County, Globe, AZ, USA
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Communication Education & Outreach - Knowledge Transfer Tools 

• It is all in the Questions: Incorporating Archeological Data in Wetland Studies -- Grady H. Caulk and Cynthia Thomas, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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• simGlades: A Web Site for Sharing Everglades Ecological Modeling Information -- Leonard Pearlstine, Janice H. Lynch and Alicia M. LoGalbo, Everglades National Park, South Florida Natural Resources Center, National Park Service, Homestead, FL, USA
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Communication Education & Outreach - Undergraduate and Graduate Education 

• Incorporating Wetland Delineation Skills into an Undergraduate Wetland Ecology Course --Melody S. Durrett, Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
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• Undergraduates Perform Protein Expression Profiling to Understand Environmental Influences on Estuarine Organisms -- Terri J. Seron, Flagler College, Saint Augustine, FL, USA
• Teaching Undergraduates How to Conduct Research: From Concepts to Publication -- R. M. Strecker and L. M. Hooper-Bùi, Department of Entomology Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

Conservation and Management 

• Increasing Coastal Wetland Fish Habitat Protection under the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System -- Patricia Chow-Fraser, Daniel Rokitnicki-Wojcik and Jonathan D. Midwood, McMaster University Department of Biology, Hamilton, ON
• How to Use Ecosystem Services for Wetlands Conservation Planning in Remote Areas? -- Jérôme Cimon-Morin^1,2,3, Monique Poulin^1,3,4,5 and Marcel Darveau^2,1,6 ; ¹Laval University, Plant Science department, Quebec, Qc, Canada, ²Ducks Unlimited Canada, Quebec, Qc, Canada, ³Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science, Montreal, Qc, Canada, ⁴EDS institute, Quebec, Qc, Canada, ⁵Centre for Northern Studies, Quebec, Qc, Canada, ⁶Centre for Forest Research, Montreal, Qc, Canada
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• Recreational Angler Perspectives of Nonnative Fish Species and Mercury Advisories -- Christopher Edwards, Jennifer S Rehage, Joel Heinen and Mahadev Bhat, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
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• Minimum Flows and Levels: Balancing Hydrologic Requirements of Natural Resources and Human Uses -- G.B. “Sonny” Hall and Jane Mace, St. Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, Florida, USA
• Conservation of Nine Ponds through Three Decades: Consequences for Marsh Vegetation -- Marjorie M. Holland¹, C. John Burk² and David McLain³; ¹University of Mississippi, University, MS, USA, ²Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA, ³Massachusetts Audubon Society, Easthampton, MA, USA
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• Coastal Wetlands of the Delaware Estuary: Past, Present and Future -- Danielle Kreeger^1,4, Angela Padeletti¹, Tracy Quirk², Andrew Homsey³ and Kelly Somers⁴; ¹Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Wilmington, DE, USA, ²Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel, Philadelphia, PA, USA, ³University of Delaware, Newark, De, USA, ⁴Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• Insights into the Management of Wetlands under Disturbance from Experimental and Theoretical Models -- Seungjun Lee, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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• Multi-Agency Ecological Models for Everglades Restoration -- Leonard Pearlstine¹, Stephanie Romañach², Doug Donalson³, Laura Brandt⁴, Alicia M. Lo Galbo¹ and Craig Conzelmann⁵; ¹Everglades National Park, National Park Service, Homestead, FL, USA, ²Southeast Ecological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Davie, FL USA, ³U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL, USA, ⁴U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Davie, FL USA, ⁵National Wetlands Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Lafayette, LA, USA
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• Tools and Strategies to Address Coastal Wetland Loss -- Susan-Marie Stedman¹, Nancy Laurson², Jennifer Linn², Arleen O’Donnell³, Janine Harris⁴, Martina McPherson³, Emily Sheehan⁵, Clay Miller² and Brittany Croll⁶; ¹National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Silver Spring, MD, USA, ²Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington D.C., USA, ³Eastern Research Group, Lexington, MA, USA, ⁴I.M. Systems Group, contractor to NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, USA, ⁵Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Fellow at EPA, ⁶EPA at the time of the study, now at NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Ecosystem Restoration - Governance Policy and Politics

• The Fen River Watershed Hydro-Ecosystem Restoration -- Hongji Jia and Xinxi Guo, Shanxi Provincial Department of Water Resources, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, China
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• Private Natural Reserves as a Strategy for the Conservation of the Brazilian Pantanal -- Cristina Cuiabália Rodrigues Pimentel Neves¹ and Sueli Angelo Furlan²; ¹Post graduation Program in Environmental Science, University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ²Post graduation Program in Environmental Science, University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil
• The Role of Politics in Wetlands Management, Case of the Kilombero Valley Flood Plain Ramsar Site in Morogoro Tanzania -- Donasian O. Shayo, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Wildlife Division, United Republic of Tanzania

Ecosystem Restoration - Indicator and Performance Measures

• Generating CERP Performance Measures from Spatio-temporal Habitat Suitability Indices -- James M. Beerens¹, Erik G. Noonburg¹, Dale E. Gawlik¹ and Douglas D. Donalson²; ¹Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA, ²US Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL, USA
• Assessing Wetland Function Using Phosphorous Speciation -- Kurt Chowanski, PV Sundareshwar and Christine Sandvik, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Rapid City, SD, USA
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• A Water Level Performance Measure for Everglades Restoration – Integrating Everglades and Florida Bay Restoration Requirements -- Donald R. Deis¹, Frank E. Marshall², Patrick A. Pitts³ and Andrew D. Gottlieb¹; ¹Atkins, Jacksonville, FL, USA, ²Cetacean Logic Foundation, New Smyrna Beach, FL, USA, ³U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Vero Beach, FL, USA
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• Can the Soil Seed Bank Provide a Means for the Restoration of Riparian Ecosystems? -- Siobhan B. Gorham and Stephen T. Threlkeld, University of Mississippi, University, MS, USA
• Wetland Restoration on the Texas Gulf Coast: Heavy Clay and High pH -- Dan Keesee, USDA-NRCS, Temple, Texas, USA
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• Effects of Water Condition on Survival and Growth of Persicaria thunbergii Seedling -- Do Hee Kim, Heung-Tae Kim and Jae Geun Kim, USeoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
• Hydroperiod, Resources, and Competitor Density Affects Condition of Everglades’ Fish and Crayfish -- Jessica A. Klassen and Dale E. Gawlik, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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• Diatom-based Assessment of Hydrology and Calcareous Periphyton Abundance in a Subtropical Wetland -- Sylvia S. Lee, Evelyn E. Gaiser and Joel C. Trexler, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
• Can Mine Pit Lakes be Representative of Regional Water Bodies? A Case Study from Silica Sand Mining -- Mark A. Lund¹ and Clint D. McCullough^2,1; ¹School of Natural Sciences, Edith Cowan University, WA, Australia, ²Golder Associates, West Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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• A Salinity Performance Measure for Everglades Restoration Planning and Assessment -- Patrick A. Pitts¹, Susan Kemp² and David Rudnick³; ¹U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USA, ²U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USA, ³South Florida Water Management District, USA
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• Ecological Benefits Quantification Method and Results from PIR-1 of the CERP WCA-3 Decompartmentalization and Sheetflow Enhancement (DECOMP) Project -- Gregg A. Reynolds¹, A. McLean¹ and M. Nassuti²; ¹NPS South Florida Ecosystem Office, Homestead, FL, USA, ²USACE Jacksonville District, Jacksonville, FL, USA
• Sediment-slurry Addition in Salt Marsh Restoration: A Viewpoint from the Benthic Macroinvertebrate -- Chunfu Tong, State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

Ecosystem Restoration - Large Scale Restoration Programs

• A Holistic Assessment of Lake and Wetland Restoration Best Management Practices in Florida -- Ni-Bin Chang, Martin Wanielista, Jamie Jones and Kamrul Islam, Stormwater Management Academy, Orlando, FL, USA
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• Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) Standards-Driven Software Development: Benefiting Greater Everglades and the Nation -- Craig Conzelmann¹, Stephanie S. Romañach², Kevin Suir³, Christina Hunnicutt³, Mark McKelvy³ and Sumani Chimmula⁴; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, Lafayette, LA, USA, ²U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL, USA, ³Five Rivers Services, LLC, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, ⁴University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA
• Integrated Hydrologic Modeling for Wetland Restoration - Lessons from Picayune Strand Project -- Ke Feng¹, Ananta Nath¹, Michael Duever² and Andrew Potts¹; ¹South Florida Water Management District, Naples, FL, USA, ²Natural Ecosystems LLC, Naples, FL, USA
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• San Dieguito Wetlands Restoration: A Twenty Year Odyssey in Restoring a Southern California Lagoon -- Michael Josselyn¹, Hany Elwany², Tracey Alsobrook³ and David Kay³; ¹WRA, San Rafael, CA, USA, ²Coastal Environments, La Jolla, CA, USA, ³Southern California Edison, Rosemead, CA, USA
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• Evaluation of Alternatives for WCA-3 Decompartmentalization Project -- Fahmida Khatun¹, Raul J. Novoa¹, Sashi Nair¹, Veerabhadra R. Karri¹ and Charles Sawyer²; ¹South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA, ²US Army Corps of Engineers,  Jacksonville, FL, USA
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• Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Target Validation -- Anwar Khan, HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
• Everglades Collaborative Adaptive Management Program Progress -- Sarah Bellmund¹, Rebecca Burns², Susan Gray³, Matthew Harwell⁴, Kent Loftin⁶, Andrew LoSchiavo⁷, Laura Mahoney⁷, Ernest Marks⁸, Agnes McLean⁹, Jennifer Pratt-Miles¹⁰, Barbara Stinson¹⁰, Steve Traxler¹¹, Tom St. Clair² and Jim Vearil⁷; ¹Biscayne Bay National Park, Homestead, FL, USA, ²Everglades Partners Joint Venture, Jacksonville, FL, USA, ³South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA, ⁴Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf Breeze, FL, USA, ⁵U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alexandria, VA, USA, ⁶Hydroplan, LLC, Hobe Sound, FL, USA, ⁷U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL, USA, ⁸Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, FL, USA, ⁹Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL, USA, ¹⁰Meridian Institute, Dillon, CO, USA, ¹¹U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Vero Beach, FL, USA
• Best Management Practices in the Everglades: Using an Herbicide to Redefine the Leading Edge of the Nutrient Enriched Cattail Zone -- Michael Manna, Susan Newman, LeRoy Rodgers, David Black and Mark Cook, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
• Wetland Restoration on Florida Cattle Ranches:  NRCS Wetland Reserve Program -- Shannon E. McMorrow¹, Scott Kuipers², Jessica Mixon², Sam C. Arden¹, Judith L. Dudley¹, Jeremy M. Paris³, Joy M. Ryan¹, Charlene A. Stroehlen¹ and William A. Tucker¹; ¹AMEC E&I, Inc., Newberry, FL, USA, ²USDA Natural Resource Conservation Services, Okeechobee, FL, USA, ³AMEC E&I, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL, USA
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• Analysis of Land Use, Hydrology, and Water Quality of Beneficial Reuse for Natural Systems Restoration -- R. Vazquez-Burney¹, J. Bays¹, M. Hancock², K. Kenty¹ and J. Harris³; ¹CH²MHILL, Tampa, FL, USA, ²Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, FL, USA, ³Pasco County, FL, USA
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• Is a Partnership Enough? A Look Back and Look Ahead for a SW Florida Barrier Island -- Tara L. Wertz¹, Eric C. Milbrandt² and James T.  Evans³; ¹J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel, FL, USA, ²Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, Sanibel, FL, USA, ³City of Sanibel, Sanibel, FL, USA
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• If You Restore It, Will They Come? Functional Restoration Trajectories in a Southern California Wetland -- C. R. Whitcraft, B.J. Allen, and T. Champieux, Biological Sciences Department, California State UniversityLong Beach, Long Beach, CA, USA
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Ecosystem Restoration - Monitoring and Assessment

• Mangrove Restoration Experience in Yucatan Peninsula: The Approach and Results -- J.A. Herrera-Silveira¹, Arturo Zaldívar Jiménez¹, Claudia Teutli Hernández¹, Rosela Pérez Ceballos¹, Juan P. Caamal-Sosa¹, Teresa Andueza Briceño¹,Tomas Zaldívar Jiménez¹, Ricardo Ortegón¹,Maria Fernanda Adame¹, Adriana Hernández², Mario Méndez², Gabriel Benavides², Jose Luis Andrade³and Isaac Castillo³; ¹CINVESTAV-IPN Unidad Mérida, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, ²SEMARNAT-Delegación Yucatán, Mexico, ³Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Mexico
• Innovative Restoration Methods for Ditched Salt Marshes: Techniques and Performance Measures -- Susan C. Adamowicz¹, Geoff Wilson², Jonathan Franklin³, Britt Argow⁴ and Zoe Hughes⁴; ¹Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, USA, ²Northeast Wetland Restoration, USA, ³Dalhousie University, Canada, ⁴Boston University, USA
• Scale in the Use of Continuous Recording Data and the Effects of Groundwater on the Coastal Wetlands and Biscayne Bay  -- Sarah Bellmund¹, Herve Jobert², Gregory Garis¹ and Diana Aranda¹; ¹Biscayne National Park, Homestead Florida, USA, ²Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami Florida, USA
• Ecological Value of Restored Wetlands in Northern NY: An Assessment of Wetland Quality Using Biological Indicators -- Tom A. Langen and Catherine E. Benson, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA
• Site Occupancy of Anurans in the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge: Development of a Monitoring Protocol -- Ryan L. Lynch¹, Frank J. Mazzotti¹, Laura A. Brandt², Wiley Kitchens³, J. Hardin Waddle⁴, Ikuko Fujisaki¹; ¹University of Florida, Ft. Lauderdale Research & Education Center, Davie, FL, USA, ²U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ft. Lauderdale Research & Education Center, Davie, FL, USA, ³University of Florida, Department of Wildlife Ecology, Gainesville, FL, USA, ⁴U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA
• Spatial Ecology of the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and American Crocodile (Crocodylusacutus) in Estuarine Areas of Everglades National Park -- S. Michael Cherkiss¹, Kristen M. Hart¹, Frank J. Mazzotti², Brian M. Jeffery², Jeff Beauchamp² and Edward J. Larrivee²; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, ²University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
• Development of a Synthetic Hydrograph Application to Generate Inputs to the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) Water-Surface Model --Paul A. Conrads¹ and Edwin A. Roehl, Jr.²; ¹USGS South Carolina Water Science Center, Columbia, SC, USA, ²Advanced Data Mining International, Greenville, SC, USA
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• Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) Performance-Measure Products for the Evaluation of Everglades Restoration -- Paul A. Conrads¹, Bryan J. McCloskey² and Pamela Telis³; ¹USGS South Carolina Water Science Center, Columbia, SC, USA, ²USGS St. Petersburg Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, ³USGS Florida Water Science Center, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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• Water-Level Record Extension of the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) -- Paul A. Conrads¹, Bryan J. McCloskey², and Andrew M. O’Reilly³; ¹USGS South Carolina Water Science Center, Columbia, SC, USA, ²USGS St. Petersburg Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, ³USGS Florida Water Science Center, Orlando, FL, USA
• Successes of Restoration in Gunston Cove, an Embayment of the Tidal Freshwater Potomac River -- Kim de Mutsert and R. Christian Jones, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
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• Wetland Plant Community Responses to Sediment Removal in the Prairie Pothole Region -- Shawn DeKeyser¹, Caitlin Smith², and Cami Dixon³; ¹North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA, ²U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, New Richmond, WI, USA, ³U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Woodworth, ND, USA
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• Linking Ecosystem Metabolism and Plant Species Composition through Ecological Stoichiometry -- Matthew J. Cohen and Rachel L. Douglass, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• Innovative Solution for Storing and Retrieving Everglades Monitoring Data -- Maria Asencio¹, Gretchen Ehlinger², Deborah Scerno², Susan Kemp², Greg Graves¹, Bill Hall¹, Barbara Burch², Al Yonick², Heather Kostura² and Liz Darling²; ¹South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA, ²United States Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL, USA
• Does Removal of Degraded Peat Help to Restore Mire Ecosystem Services? Results of a Field Experiment -- Łukasz Kozub^1,2 , Wiktor Kotowski^1,2, Petter Hedberg¹; ¹Department of Plant Ecology and Environmental Conservation, University of Warsaw, Poland, ²Wetland Conservation Center, Warsaw, Poland
• Applying SOFIA Classifications to Herbaceous and Graminoid Dominated Plant Communities within the Hole-in-the-Donut, Everglades National Park -- Suzanne M. Kennedy¹, Steven W. Woodmansee², Chris D. Haddad¹, Gerald C. Horak³  and Jonathan E. Taylor⁴; ¹Floravista, Inc., Merritt Island, FL, USA, ²Pro Native Consulting, Miami, FL, USA, ³CSS-Dynamac Corporation, Fort Collins, CO, USA, ⁴National Park Service, Homestead, FL, USA
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• Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Rehabilitation: Synthesizing Year 1 Responses to Hydrologic Reconnection -- K. P. Kowalski¹, M. Eggleston¹, A. Czayka¹, S. Green¹ and D. Wilcox²; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, ²Department of Environmental Science and Biology, SUNY- College at Brockport, Brockport, NY, USA
• Oyster Reef Health and Restoration Potential Along a Salinity Gradient in Naples Bay, Florida -- S. Katie Laakkonen¹, Michael R. Bauer¹, and Aswani K. Volety² ; ¹ City of Naples, Naples, FL, USA, ² Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, USA
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• Effect of Below-ground Vegetation on Macrobenthic Community of Two Mangrove Swamps in Hong Kong: Implication of Plantation and Plant Invasion -- Jonathan Y.S. Leung, Ying Wang, Qin Hong Cai and Nora F.Y. Tam, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
• Evolution of Self-designed Wetlands in the Snohomish River Estuary, Washington -- Scott Luchessa, Environ International Corporation, Seattle, Washington, USA
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• Planting Success of Riparian Shrubs and Trees on an Urban Stream Restoration in Utah -- Eric McCulley¹ and Ty Harrison²; ¹SWCA Environmental Consultants, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, ²Emeritus Professor of Biology, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
• Restoration of a Gulf of Mexico Coastal Salt Marsh Ecosystem through Beneficial Use of Dredge Sediments: Successes, Challenges and Lessons Learned from Four Years of Monitoring and Adaptive Management -- Douglas J. Partridge¹, Sara Mondziel², Gary Markiewicz¹ and Jonathan Olsen²;¹ARCADIS, U.S., Inc., Cranbury, NJ, USA, ²ARCADIS, U.S., Inc., Houston, TX, USA
• Using Inferential Sensors for Quality Control of the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) -- Matthew D. Petkewich¹, Paul A. Conrads¹ and Ruby C. Daamen²; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia, SC, USA, ²Advanced Data Mining Intl., Greenville, SC, USA
• Vegetation Response in a Restored Marsh, Jamaica Bay, New York, USA -- Patricia S. Rafferty¹, Mary-Jane James-Pirri² and Charles T. Roman³; ¹National Park Service, Northeast Region, Patchogue, NY, USA, ²University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, USA, ³National Park Service, Narragansett, RI, USA
• Apple Snail Population Model for Use in Greater Everglades Restoration Project Assessment -- S. Romañach¹, P. Darby², D. DeAngelis¹, J. Bridevaux³ and K. Suir³; ¹Southeast Ecological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Davie, FL, USA, ²University of North Florida,  Department of Biology, Pensacola, FL, USA
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• Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM): Models and Data Tools for Greater Everglades Restoration – S. Romañach¹ and C. Conzelmann²; ¹Southeast Ecological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Davie, FL, USA, ²National Wetlands Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Lafayette, LA, USA
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• Modeling Amphibian Occurrence and Richness as Ecosystem Indicators in the Greater Everglades -- J. Hardin Waddle¹, Susan C. Walls² and Stephanie S. Romañach³; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, Lafayette, LA, USA, ²U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL, USA, ³U.S. Geological Survey, Davie, FL, USA
• Pre- and Post-Dredging Monitoring of Spartina alterniflora Productivity in a Threatened Salt Marsh -- Ellen Russell¹, Kevin McGarigal¹, Michelle DaCosta¹, Baoshan Xing¹ and Eric Cody²; ¹University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA, ²Friends of Ellisville Marsh, Inc., Plymouth, MA, USA
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• Effect of Climate Change on Function and Structure of a Restored Salt Marsh -- Anastasia C. Shippey and Christine R. Whitcraft, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, USA\
• Evaluation of Potential Impacts to Near Shore Salinity in Western Biscayne Bay from Offshore Groundwater Withdrawals -- Roy S. Sonenshein, Amy Renshaw and Erik Stabenau, National Park Service, Homestead, FL, USA
• A Closer Look at the Ecosystem History of South Florida’s Estuaries Database -- Bethany Stackhouse, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA
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• Quantity, Quality, Timing, and Distribution of Flow along the Transition Zone of Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park, Florida -- Mark Zucker and Jeff Woods, U.S. Geological Survey, Davie, FL, USA
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Ecosystem Services - Valuation of Ecosystem Services

• Evaluating Wetland Ecosystem Services in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA -- Douglas Patton¹, John Bergstrom¹, Alan Covich², Rebecca Moore³; ¹Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, ²Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, ³Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
• Traditional Low-Density Cattle Ranching as a Tool for the Protection of the Pantanal -- Wolfgang J. Junk^1,2 & Catia Nunes da Cunha^1,2; ¹Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, ²Brasilian Institute of Science and Technology for Wetland
• Restoration of a Riparian Buffer: Traditional and Non-Market Benefits and Costs -- Ron Nelson¹, Heather MacKay²; ¹ Whatcom Farm Friends, Lynden, WA, USA, ² FHB Consulting Services Inc., Lynden, WA, USA
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• Carbon Accumulation in Coastal Louisiana Wetlands: What is the Carbon Credit Value of Restoration? -- John R. White, Ronald D. DeLaune, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
• How Does the Provision of Ecosystem Services Change along a Gradient of Ecological Condition: A Case Study of Carbon Sequestration -- Sally A. Wilson¹, Siobhan Fennessy¹, Denice Wardrop², Jessica Moon², and Alexandra Stamatoiu¹; ¹Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, USA, ²Penn State University, State College, PA, USA

Hydrology

• Daily Streamflow Prediction of a Coastal Forested Watershed by Independently Estimating Streamflow Magnitude and Sequence – H. Ssegane¹, D. M. Amatya², E. W. Tollner¹, Z. Dai³ and J.E. Nettles⁴; ¹University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, ²Center for Forested Wetlands Research, USDA-FS, Cordesville, SC, USA, ³University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA, ⁴Weyerhauser Company, Columbus, MS, USA
• Simulation of Natural System Hydrology -- M. Clay Brown¹ and Winifred P. Said²; ¹South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA, ²Jupiter, FL, USA
• Use of LiDAR for Wetland Hydrologic Analysis -- Christina Uranowski¹ and B.J. Bukata²; ¹Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, FL, USA, ²Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc., Gainesville, FL, USA
• Determining Changes in Hydrologic Behaviors in the Florida Everglades -- Paul A. Conrads¹ and Stephen T. Benedict²; ¹USGS South Carolina Water Science Center, Columbia, SC, USA, ²USGS South Carolina Water Science Center, Clemson, SC, USA
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• On the Calculation of the Flux of Materials through Wetlands and Estuaries under Oscillatory Motion -- Chunyan Li, John White and Sibel Bargu, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, School of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
• Analysis of Hydroperiod in Isolated Wetlands on Well Fields in the Northern Tampa Bay Region -- Kim H. Haag and Patricia A. Metz, U.S. Geological Survey, Tampa, FL, USA
• Factors that Influence the Hydrologic Recovery of Wetlands in the Northern Tampa Bay Area, Florida -- P. A. Metz, U.S. Geological Survey, Tampa, FL, USA
• Water Residence Time and Water Quality in Taylor Slough – Everglades National Park, Fl, USA -- Estefania Sandoval, René M. Price, Dean Whitman and Assefa M. Melesse, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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• Develop a Finer Resolution DEM to Support Hydrological Modeling and Ecological Study in the Northern Everglades Freshwater Wetland -- Zhixiao Xie, Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
• Hydrologic Modeling for Rolling Meadows Wetland Restoration in Polk County, Florida -- Tony Guan¹, Jing-Yea Yang² and Giles Rhoads¹;¹ZFI & Construction, Inc., Orlando, FL, USA, ²Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. (ECT), Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Invasive Species

• Environmental DNA Detection of Aquatic Invasive Species:  A Monitoring Tools for Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge -- Diaz-Ferguson, E.^1,2 and Moyer G. R.² ; ¹Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, GA, USA, ²Conservation Genetics Laboratory, Fish Technology Center, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Warm Springs, Georgia, USA
• Comparing Two Modeling Approaches to Predicting Island Apple Snail Range Expansion in the Southern United States -- Jacoby Carter and Christopher Wells, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA
• A Comparison of Three Methods for Detecting the Presence of Green Treefrogs (Hyla Cinerea) in an Urban Pond System -- Jacoby Carter¹ and Sergio Merino²; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA, ²Fiver Rivers Services, LLC, US Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA
• A Review of Nutria (Myocastor coypus) Habitat Use in Urban Ecosystems --Jacoby Carter¹, Trevor Sheffles², Mark Sytsma² and Sergio Merino³; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA, ²Center for Lakes and Reservoirs, Portland State University, Portland USA, ³Five Rivers Services LLC, USGS, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, USA
• Using Habitat and Climate Models to Predict Coypu (Myocastor coypus) Invasions -- Jacoby Carter¹, Trevor Sheffles², Catherine Jarnevich³ and Mark Sytsma²; ¹USGS, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA, ²Center for Lakes and Reservoirs, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA, ³USGS, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, CO, USA
• Nutrient and Water Level Effects on Phalaris arundinacea and Carex acuta: A Mesocosm Experiment -- Keith R. Edwards, Miroslava Káplová, Jan Květ, Department of Ecosystem Biology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
• Nonnative Fishes in Freshwater Canals of the Florida Everglades: Implications for Better Management -- D. A. Gandy¹, J.S. Rehage¹ J. Kline², K. R. T. Whelan³and R. Urgelles³; ¹Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA, ²Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL, USA, ³National Park Service, Miami, FL, USA
• Back Home with Hydrilla: A Massachusetts Town and the Good Fight -- Rob Gatewood, Town of Barnstable Conservation Division, Hyannis, MA, USA
• Determining the Source(s) for Cichlasoma urophthalmus (Mayan cichlid) in South Florida -- Elizabeth Harrison, Timothy Collins and Joel C. Trexler, Florida International University, Department of Biology, Miami, FL, USA
• Home Range, Habitat Use, and Movement Patterns of Non-Native Burmese Pythons in Everglades National Park -- M. Kristen Hart¹, Michael S. Cherkiss¹, Frank J. Mazzotti², Ikuko Fujisaki², Skip Snow³ and Michael E. Dorcas⁴; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, ²University of Florida, Davie, FL, USA, ³U.S. National Park Service, Homestead, FL, USA, ⁴Davidson College, Davidson, NC, USA
• Movement and Activity of Invasive Burmese Pythons (Python molurusbivittatus) Determined through use of Acceleration and GPS Loggers -- M. Kristen Hart¹, Michael S. Cherkiss¹, Nicholas M. Whitney² and Frank J. Mazzotti³; ¹ U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, ²Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, USA, ³University of Florida, FLREC, Davie, FL, USA
• Phragmites australis Expansion in a Restored Brackish Marsh Documented at Different Time Scales -- Rebecca J. Howard¹ and Theodore D. Turluck²; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA, ²University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Department of Biology, Lafayette, LA, USA
• Next Generation Sequencing, Molecular Tool Development, and Genetic Characterization of the Invasive Burmese Python in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem -- Margaret Hunter¹ and Kristen M. Hart²; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, Gainesville, FL, USA, ²U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, Davie, FL, USA
• Synergistic Effects of Invasive Species (Melaleuca quinquenervia) and Management Practices on Native Plant Community Resilience in the Florida Everglades -- James J. Lange and Brian W. Benscoter, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL, USA
• Does Hybridization Contribute to Cattail Invasion of Wetlands in the Midwest? -- Steven E.Travis¹, Joy E. Marburger², and Rachel Tamulonis¹; ¹Department of Biological Sciences, University of New England, Biddeford, ME, USA, ²Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, National Park Service, Porter, IN, USA
• Diet of Invasive Burmese Pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) in Southern Florida -- J. Frank Mazzotti¹, Kristen M. Hart², Michael S. Cherkiss², Michael R. Rochford¹, Skip Snow³, Laurie Wilkins⁴ and Carla Dove⁵; ¹University of Florida, Davie, FL, USA, ² U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, ³Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL, USA, ⁴Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA, ⁵Smithsonian Institute Bird Lab, USA
• Reducing the Risk of Misidentification of Hydrilla, Egeria, and Elodea with DNA Fingerprinting -- Nancy B. Rybicki¹, Julie D. Kirshtein¹ and Mary A. Voytek²; ¹US Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA, ²National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC, USA
• Physiological Stress Effects Induced by the Non-Native African Jewelfish on Native Dollar Sunfish -- Vanessa Trujillo, Philip K. Stoddard and Jennifer S. Rehage, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
• An Assessment of a Reproducing Population of the Oustalet’s Chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti) in South Florida -- Joy Vinci¹, Jennifer K. Ketterlin Eckles², Dustin Smith³, Joshua Holbrook⁴ and Frank J. Mazzotti¹; ¹University of Florida, Davie, FL, USA, ²Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Boca Raton, FL, USA, ³Zoo Miami, Miami, FL, USA, ⁴Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL, USA
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Sea Level Rise - Coastal Wetlands

• Carbon Sequestration in Mangroves and Salt Marshes in South East Queensland -- Catherine E. Lovelock, Ruth Reef and Matthew Hayes; School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia

Water Quality/Contaminants - Emerging Contaminants

• Development of Optimization Method of Wetland Networks to Reduce the Enrichment of Pollutants in Food Webs in an Estuary -- Honggang Zhang, Baoshan Cui, Zhiming Zhang and Xiaoyun Fan, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
• The Influence of the Connection Mechanism for Wetland Network to the Saltwater Intrusion in the Pearl River Delta -- Zhiming Zhang, Baoshan Cui, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Beijing, China

Water Quality/Contaminants - Metals Mercury

• Accumulation of Metals in the Water, Sediment and Fish Species of Two Impoundments of the Olifants River, South Africa -- A. Addo-Bediako¹, A. Jooste² and W. Luus-Powell³; Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, Sovenga, South Africa
• Trace Metals in Sediments from Three Protected Areas in South Florida: Assessment of Background Concentrations and Evaluation of Risk for Management Purposes -- Joffre E. Castro¹, Adolfo M. Fernandez², Valentina Gonzalez-Caccia² and Piero R. Gardinali^2,3; ¹Everglades National Park, South Florida Ecosystem Office, Homestead, FL, USA, ²Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA, ³Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
• Copper Isotope Fractionation: A Proxy for Biogeochemical Processes in Wetlands Receiving Copper-Contaminated Runoff? -- Gwenaël Imfeld, I. Babcsanyi, M. Granet and F. Chabaux, Laboratory of Hydrology and Geochemistry of Strasbourg (LHyGeS), University of Strasbourg/ENGEES, CNRS, Strasbourg Cedex, France
• Zero Order Sulfate Disappearance Rate in an Everglades Wetland Estimated Using Model Calibration -- Michael G. Waldon¹, Chunfang Chen², Hongqing Wang³, Hamid Bazgirkhoob²and Ehab A. Meselhe²; ¹A.R.M. Loxahatchee NWR, Boynton Beach, FL, USA, ²University of Louisiana-Lafayette, USA, ³USGS National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA

Water Quality/Contaminants - Non-point Source Best Management Practices

• Polymer Enhanced Best Management Practices (PEBMPs): Wetland Water Quality, Construction, and Maintenance -- Kyla J. Iwinski¹, Steven R. Iwinski² and ; ¹Applied Polymer Systems, Inc., Woodstock, GA, USA, ²Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, USA, ³University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA
• Best Management Practices for Water Resource Conservation: What Are We Learning? -- Robert Kröger, J. Dan Prevost and Trey Cooke, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University,  Mississippi State,  MS, USA
• Using Ditch Vegetation to Reduce Pesticide Loads in Runoff:  First Flush and Beyond -- Matthew T. Moore, Heather L. Tyler and Martin A. Locke, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Oxford, MS, USA
• A Cost Analysis of Low Impact Development Stormwater Treatment Methods in Florida -- Daniel C Penniman¹, Mark Hostetler², Tatiana Borisova³ and Glenn Acomb⁴; ¹School of Natural Resource and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, ²Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA, ³Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, ⁴Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• Vegetation Buffers, Water Quality and Ecosystem Restoration -- Felicia Orah Rein¹, Karen Holl², Mark Los Huertos³, Daniel Mountjoy⁴, Robert Curry³ and Jean Langenheim²; ¹Geosciences Department, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA, ²Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, ³Watershed Institute, California State University, Monterey Bay, CA, USA, ⁴USDA, Natural Resources, Salinas, CA, USA
• Effects of Root-Zone Glyphosate Exposure in Two Ditch Species -- Lyndsay E. Saunders¹, Melissa B. Koontz¹, Matthew T. Moore², S. R. Pezeshki¹; ¹University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA, ²National Sedimentation Laboratory, Oxford, MS, USA
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Water Quality/Contaminants - Nutrients

• Prediction of Phosphorus Release from Wetland Soils -- Vimala D. Nair, Mark W. Clark and K. Ramesh Reddy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• Water Quality Modeling of Golden Gate Canal System --  Marcelo Lago¹ and Moris Cabezas²; ¹DHI Water and Environment, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA, ²Atkins, Tampa, FL, USA
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• Effects of a Large Mississippi River Diversion on Estuarine Sediment Phosphorus Concentrations and Internal Loading -- Nhan Nguyen, John R. White, Eric D. Roy, and Sam J. Bentley, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
• Effects of Species Composition and Diversity on Dissolved Nutrients in Stair-Step Mesocosms -- Samuel C. Pierce¹, Robert Kröger¹ and Matthew T. Moore²; ¹Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA, ²USDA-ARS National Sedimentation Laboratory, Water Quality and Ecology Unit, Oxford, MS, USA
• Modeling Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) Dynamics in Flooded Wetlands -- Amirreza Sharifi¹, Latif Kalin¹ and Mohamed M. Hantush²; School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA, ²U.S. EPA National Risk Management Research Lab, Cincinnati, OH, USA
• Long-term Macronutrient Accumulation in Isolated Subtropical Wetlands – Yu Wang, Wetland Biogeochemistry Laboratory, Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• Chaotic, Non-linear Dynamics of Water Chemistry in a Florida Freshwater Spring -- Danielle L. Watts, Matthew J. Cohen and Ray G. Huffaker, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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• Effects of Agricultural Activity on Temporospatial Variation of Water Quality in a Bog Pool, Lake Miyajima-numa, Northern Japan -- Makoto Yokoyama¹, Hiroyuki Yamada² and Yutaka Kaizu²; ¹Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JAPAN, ²Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JAPAN
• Enhancement of Purification for Eutrophic Water by DPAOs Inoculated Stereo Floating Bed -- Fengliang Zhao¹, Ning Yu^1,2, Hong Li¹, Weidong Yang¹, Shu Xi¹, Jianjian Li¹ and Xiaoe Yang¹; ¹MOE Key Lab of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resources Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, ²Ningbo Drinking Water Source Group Ltd., Ningbo, China

Water Quality/Contaminants - Oil Spills

• Determining the Effect of Oil Weathering and Dosage on Juncus roemerianus: A Wetland Mesocosm Experiment -- Thomas A. Hess and Christopher J. Anderson, Auburn University, School of Forestry and Wildlife Science, Auburn AL, USA
• Silent Spring Revisited: Insects and Spiders in Louisiana’s Saltwater Marshes after the Macondo Blowout -- Linda M. Hooper-Bùi, R. M. Strecker, O. Osisioma, B. J. Adams, X. Chen and E. Overton, R.E. Turner, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
• Toxicities of Oils, Dispersants and Dispersed Oils to Aquatic Plants: Summary and Database Value to Resource Sustainability -- Michael Lewis and Rachel Pryor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf Breeze, FL, USA
• Freshwater Diversions Provided Pulsed Hydrology to Coastal Swamps for Remediation -- Beth A. Middleton¹ and Brian Roberts²; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA, ²Louisiana University Marine Consortium (LUMCON). Chauvin, LA, USA
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Water Quality/Contaminants – Salinity

• Monitoring of Florida Estuaries with a Flow Mapping System -- Mayra Ashton, Cecilia Conrad and Barbara Welch, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
• Variation in Salinity Tolerance of Larval Amphibians:  Implications for Community Composition in Coastal Wetlands -- M. E. Brown and S. C. Walls, U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL, USA

Water Quality/Contaminants - Toxic Organics

• Historical Deposition of PAH, Pesticide, and Metal Contaminants in Clam Bayou, St. Petersburg, Florida -- Renee A. Price¹, Thomas J. Whitmore², Melanie A. Riedinger-Whitmore¹, William F. Kenney² and James G. Flocks³; ¹University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, ²University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, ³U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
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• The Role of Groundwater Flow in Everglades Landscape Restoration -- René M. Price¹&², Pamela L. Sullivan¹, Michael S. Ross¹&², Leonard J. Scinto¹&², Eric Cline³, Thomas Dreschel³ and Fred Sklar³; ¹Department of Earth and the Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA, ²Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA, ³South Florida Water Management District, Everglades Systems Assessment Section, West Palm Beach, FL, USA

Session Two


Climate Change - Carbon Sequestration

• Carbon Sequestration in Constructed Wetlands Treated with Swine Wastewater -- Gudigopuram B. Reddy¹, Patrick G. Hunt², Kyoung Ro², Ariel Szogi² and Johnsely Cyrus¹; ¹North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, USA, ²USDA-ARS, Coastal Plains, Soil, Water and Plant Research Center, Florence, SC, USA
• Carbon Storage at Managed and Natural Marshes in the Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina, USA -- Judith Z. Drexler¹, M. Craig Sasser², Ken W. Krauss³, James Orlando¹, Amber M. Powell¹ and Christopher M. Swarzenski⁴; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, California Water Science Center, Sacramento, CA, USA, ²U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Georgetown, SC, USA, ³U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA, ⁴U.S. Geological Survey, Louisiana Water Science Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
• Spruce-Peatland Responses Under Climatic and Environmental Change: An In Situ Warming by CO₂ Manipulation of a Characteristic High-Carbon Ecosystem -- Colleen M. Iversen¹, Paul J. Hanson¹, Randall K. Kolka², Stephen D. Sebestyen², Richard J. Norby¹, Joanne Childs¹, Brian Palik², Peter Thornton¹, Jeffrey Warren¹, Stan D. Wullschleger¹and Les Hook¹; ¹Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA, ²USDA Forest Service, Marcell Experimental Forest, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA
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• Photosynthesic Responses to Temperature in the Genus Phragmites (Poaceae): An Important Mediator of Climate Responses? -- Nguyen X. Loc, Brian K. Sorrell, Carla Lambertini and Hans Brix, Department of Bioscience, Plant Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
• Biogenic Carbon Storage in Shallow Lakes from Brazilian Pantanal and Colombian Llano -- Luisa F. Vega¹, Karl-Otto Rothaupt¹, Catia Nunes da Cunha², Marcelo Z. Moreira³ and Matthias Wantzen⁴; ¹Limnologisches Institut, Universität Konstanz, Mainaustraße, Konstanz / Egg, Germany, ²Laboratório de Ecologia Vegetal (NEPA), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiaba, MT, Brazil, ³Laboratorio de Ecologia Isotopica, CENA/USP - Piracicaba/SP, CEP, Brazil, ⁴Université Francois Rabelais, Parc Grandmont, Tours, France
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• Polyphenol Inhibits CO₂ Emissions under Prolonged Drought in an Unsaturated Pocosin Shrub Peatland -- Curtis J. Richardson, Hongjun Wang and Mengchi Ho, Duke University Wetland Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Climate Change - Extreme Events

• Susceptibility of Macrophyte Productivity to Variations in Flood Intensity in the Amazon Floodplain -- Thiago S. F. Silva¹, Tarik S. Araújo¹, Evlyn M. L. M. Novo¹and John M. Melack²; ¹Remote Sensing Division, National Institute for Space Research, S. José dos Campos, SP, Brazil, ²Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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Climate Change - Greenhouse Gas Emissions

• Pattern of Greenhouse Gases Emission from Rice-field Wetland -- Hwey-Lian Hsieh¹, Lan-Feng Fan¹, Tsanyao Frank Yang², Chun-Han Huang¹, Chun-Ming Chiu² and Chang-Po Chen¹; ¹Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ²National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
• Quantifying Methane Cycling Dynamics in Alaskan Arctic Lakes -- G. E.  McGowan, K. Bretz , D. Lofton and S. C. Whalen; Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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• Evaluation of Direct and Indirect Phosphorus Limitation of Methanogenic Pathways in Calcareous Subtropical Wetland Soils -- C. A. Medvedeff, K. S. Inglett and P. W. Inglett, Department of Soil and Water Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Natural, Restored, and Prior-converted Wetlands of the Mid-Atlantic – J. O. Miller, P.G. Hunt and T.F. Ducey, USDA-ARS, Florence, SC, USA
• Estimating Annual Soil Carbon Release from Everglades Tree Islands -- Robert Schroeder^1,2, Leonard Scinto^1,2, Alexandra Serna^1,2, Eric Cline³, Thomas Dreschel³ and Fred Sklar³; ¹Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA, ²Department of Earth and the Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA, ³South Florida Water Management District, Everglades Systems Assessment Section, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
• Nutrient Removal Efficiency and Biomass Production of Different Bioenergy Plants in Hypereutrophic Water -- Fengliang Zhao¹, Wencheng Wang², Xiaoe Yang¹, Hong Li¹, Hongyun Peng ¹, Zhenli He³, Binhe Gu⁴ and Hong Jiang¹; ¹MOE Key Lab of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resource Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China, ²Ningbo Drinking Water Source Group Ltd., Ningbo, China, ³University of Florida, IFAS, Indian River Research and Education Center, FL, USA, ⁴South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA

Climate Change - Hydrologic Processes and Variability

• Shifts in Evapotranspiration Due to Historical Wet Meadowland Conversion to Agriculture in Sweden -- Fernando Jaramillo^1,2 and Georgia Destouni^1,2; ¹Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University, Sweden, ²Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Sweden
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• Predicting Everglades Nutrient Distributions in Response to Climate Change Projections -- Rajendra Paudel^1,2, H. Carl Fitz^1,2 and R. K. Shrestha³; ¹Ft. Lauderdale Research & Education Center, University of Florida, Davie, FL, USA, ²Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, ³Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, Calverton, MD, USA
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Communication Education & Outreach - Extension and Outreach

• Marsh Madness: A Science Education Adventure Focused on Wetland Environments -- Robert D. Doyle¹, Melissa Mullins¹, Nora Shell² and Tom Conry²; ¹Baylor University, CRASR, Waco, Texas, USA, ²City of Waco Water Utilities, Waco, Texas, USA
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Conservation and Management

• Management Criteria Estimated by Tree-Ring Analysis Fortabebuia Spp. in the Brazilian Pantanal -- Patrícia T. de P. Leite^1,2, Catia Nunes da Cunha^1,2 and Jochen Schöngart^2,3; ¹Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), Postgraduate Program in Ecology and Conservation of Biodiversity, , Institute of Bioscience, Cuiabá, Brazil, ²National Institute for Science and Technology in Wetlands (INCT-INAU), Cuiabá, Brazil ³Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany

Constructed Wetlands - Design Criteria and Treatment Efficiency

• Drought and Construction Techniques Influence Ecosystem-Level Restoration of a Brackish Marsh -- Anna R. Armitage, Chuan-Kai Ho, Eric N. Madrid, Michael T. Bell, Erin Kinney and Antonietta S. Quigg, Texas A&M University at Galveston, TX, USA
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• Soil Characteristics and Tree Growth in a Created Wetland -- S. P. Charles and J. E. Perry, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, USA
• Influences of Inflow Total Phosphorus Concentration and Loading and Vegetation Type on Phosphorus Removal Performance in the Everglades Stormwater Treatment Areas -- Hongjun Chen, Kathleen Pietro and Delia Ivanoff, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
• Integrated Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetland Treating Domestic Sewage in Beijing, China -- Bingbing Jiang and Jian-ming Hong, College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
• George W. Shannon Wetlands Water Recycling Facility – From Research to Reality -- Loretta Mokry¹, Darrel Andrews² and Mark Ernst²; ¹Alan Plummer Associates, Inc., Fort Worth, TX, USA, ²Tarrant Regional Water District, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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• Modeling Reservoirs to Enhance the Phosphorus Removal Performance of Everglades Stormwater Treatment Areas – Naming Wang, Jeremy C. McBryan, Zaki Moustafa and Walter Wilcox, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA

Constructed Wetlands - Long-term Sustainability

• Influence of Wetland Vegetation Type on the Stability of Accreted Phosphorus in the Everglades Stormwater Treatment Areas -- Rupesh Bhomia¹, K R Reddy¹ and Delia Ivanoff²; ¹Soil and Water Science Dept., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, ²South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
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• Everglades Stormwater Treatment Areas: Two Decades of Integrating Science and Engineering for Ecosystem Restoration -- Jeremy C. McBryan, Tracey T. Piccone and Lawrence R. Gerry; South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
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• Long-Term Treatment of Industrial Discharge for Metals with Constructed Wetlands -- Eric A. Nelson, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC, USA
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• Spatial Soil Characteristics and Phosphorus Stability in Emergent and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Cells of Stormwater Treatment Areas -- Delia Ivanoff¹, Rupesh Bhomia² and Manuel Zamorano¹; ¹South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA, ²University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA\

Ecosystem Restoration - Large Scale Restoration Programs

• It Takes More than Science and Engineering! Benefits of Effective Program Management in Ecosystem Restoration -- Brian K. Files, Parsons, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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Ecosystem Services - Valuation of Ecosystem Services

• On the Mechanism and Valuation of Ecological Services of the Danshuei River, Taiwan -- Hwey-Lian Hsieh and Chang-Po Chen; Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Extreme Events - Fire

• Plant Nutrient Availability and Soil Organic Matter Decomposition Response to Prescribed Winter Burns in Mid-Atlantic Tidal Marshes -- George W. Geatz¹, Brian A. Needelman², Raymond R. Weil², Martin C. Rabenhorst² and Patrick J. Megonigal³; ¹Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA, ²University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, ³Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA
• Estimating Everglades Peat Vulnerability to Combustion -- James T. Johnson and Brian W. Benscoter; Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL, USA
• Effective Use of Prescribed Fire for the Control of Melaleuca quinquenervia and Lygodium microphyllum in the Florida Everglades -- Todd Z. Osborne¹, Robert Compitello¹ and Jimi Sadle²; ¹Wetland Biogeochemistry Laboratory, Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, ²National Park Service, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL, USA

Sea Level Rise - Coastal Wetlands

• Effects of Saltwater Intrusion on Tidal Freshwater Marsh Surface Elevation and Vegetation; An Experimental Study in Chesapeake Bay -- Leah Beckett and Andrew H. Baldwin, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  ³²¹      Assessing the Role of Tidal Inundation in Determining the Spatial Structure of a Southeastern US Salt Marsh -- Tracy L. Buck and Erik M. Smith, North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Georgetown, SC, USA
• Forecasting Coastal Change under Sea Level Rise: A Mid-Atlantic Case Study -- S. Kyle McKay^1,2, Austin V. Davis², Jay J. Ratcliff³ and Kelly Burks-Copes²; ¹Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Athens, Georgia, USA, ²Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA, ³Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Athens, Georgia, USA
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• The Drowning of a Coastal Estuary: How Hurricanes and Sea-Level Rise Altered Big Sable Creek -- Paul R. Nelson¹and Tom J. Smith III²; ¹Jacobs Technology/USGS Southeast Ecological Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, ²USGS Southeast Ecological Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
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Sea Level Rise - Salinity Gradients

• Soil Surface Elevation Change along a Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetland to Marsh Transition -- Nicole Cormier¹, Camille L. Stagg¹, Ken W. Krauss¹, William H. Conner² and Donald R. Cahoon³; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA, ²Clemson University, Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science, Georgetown, SC, USA, ³U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Beltsville, MD, USA
• Vegetation Diversity and Nutrient Allocation along a Salinity Gradient -- Lori A. Sutter¹, James E. Perry, III¹ and Randolph M. Chambers²; ¹Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, USA, ²The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
• Geographically Weighted Modeling of Surface Salinity in the Florida Bay Using Landsat TM Data -- Zhixiao Xie, Caiyun Zhang and Leonard Berry, Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

Sea Level Rise - Vegetation Shifts and Diversity

• Results from a Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Mouth of the South Harney River, Southwest Coastal Region, Everglades National Park, Florida -- James B. Murray and Herbert Pierce, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA
• Monitoring Mangrove Ecotonal Movement into Everglades Marshes -- Kevin R. T. Whelan¹, Timothy A. Fotinos² and Robert B. Shamblin¹; ¹National Park Service, Palmetto Bay, FL, USA, ²Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

SWS – Student Mentoring Program(SMP)

• The Effect of Salinity on Respiration, Growth and Survival of Blue Tilapia, Oreocromis aureus -- Lindsey Callier and Ajoy Chakrobarti, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC, USA
• A Behavioral Study of Sharks in Captivity -- Mario C Flunory¹, Mary T Ortiz¹ and Anjelique M Restrepo²; ¹Kingsborough Community College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY, USA, ²Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY, USA
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• Why Do Small Ponds Really Matter? A Case of Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis, IN -- Jahuan C. Jarrett and Mamta Singh, Martin University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
• Scaling of Respiration with Body Size in a Suspension-Feeding Gastropod -- Edwige P. Lauture, Andrew Bellinger and Dianna K. Padilla, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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• Assessing the Effect of Human Disturbance on Lilly Lake Water Parameters -- Philip A. Peterson and Mamta Singh, Martin University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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• The Contribution of Evapotranspiration to the Water Budget of an Aridland Urban Treatment Wetland -- Christopher Sanchez¹, Daniel L. Childers², Laura Turnbull² and Nicholas Weller²; ¹Department of Ecosystem Science and Policy, University of Miami, Miami FL, USA, ²School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
• Effects of Increased Temperature on a Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae Species Found in Costa Rica -- Katharine Stewart¹ and David Rogowski²; ¹Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK, USA, ²Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
• Recolonization of Blue Spring Run by Rare Snail Species after Tropical Storm Fay -- Sierra Taliaferro, Rashan Moss, Michael Reiter and Alexis Brooks-Walter, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL, USA
• East Winston North Carolina Master Plan: Open Space Network -- James Totton¹ and Anna Reaves²; ¹North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, USA, ²Goler CDC, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

Urban Wetlands

• An Investigation of the Influence of Urbanization on Amphibians in Headwater Slope Wetlands -- Diane Alix and Christopher Anderson, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
• Land-use Effects on Carbon Cycling and Hydrologic Function in Alabama Headwater Wetlands -- W. Flynt Barksdale and Christopher J. Anderson, Auburn University, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn, AL, USA
• Carbon Storage and Sequestration by Urban Wetland Forests in Orlando, Florida, USA -- Edem K. Ekpe¹, C. Ross Hinkle¹, K. Elizabeth Becker¹, and Francisco Escobedo²; ¹Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA, ²School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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• Conceptual Model of Habitat Restoration for Gobies in Tokyo Bay, Japan -- Keita Furukawa, Tomonari Okada, Satomi Kamimura and Jun Yoshida; National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
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• Inorganic Nitrogen Dynamics in an Urban Constructed Wetland under Base Flow and Storm Flow Conditions -- Miranda Kearney¹, Weixing Zhu¹, and Joseph Graney²; ¹Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, USA, ²Department of Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, USA
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• Similarity between the Standing Vegetation and Seed Bank Varies at Two Spatial Scales in an Urban Retention Wetland -- Megan A. Larson and John E. Titus, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, USA
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• Mitigation of Two Insecticides by Wetland Plants: Feasibility Study for the Treatment of Agricultural Runoff in Suriname -- Shirley S. Mahabali, Walter Steurbaut and Pieter Spanoghe, Ghent University, Department Crop Protection, Ghent, Belgium
• Community Ecology of Urban Pondcypress Domes and Reference Equivalents -- Kelly Chinners Reiss, HT Odum Center for Wetlands, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• Urban Watershed Based Restoration: Habitat Conversion in the Green-Duwamish Ecosystem -- James R. Thomas, U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle, WA, USA
• The Effects of Artificial Floating Wetland Island (FWI) Type on Plant Biomass and Growth Dynamics -- Julie Vogel¹, Alexandra Jangrell-Bratli², James Bays³, Melanie Riedinger-Whitmore⁴ and Deby Cassill⁴; ¹St. Petersburg College, Seminole, FL, USA, ²ALS Environmental, Jacksonville, FL, USA, ³CH²MHILL, Tampa, FL, USA, ⁴University of South Florida St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
• Urban Land-Use Effects on Salt Marsh Resident Cyprinodontiformes in the Gulf of Mexico -- Chris J. Anderson and Madeline E. Wedge, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA

Wetland Assessment & Regulation - Creation Mitigation and Monitoring

• Benefits of Tree Spading When Creating Cypress Systems in West Central Florida -- Eva E. Bailey, Cardno ENTRIX, Riverview, FL, USA
• Effects of Well Design and Sensor Type on the Measured Hydroperiod of a High Clay Created Wetland Soil in Virginia, USA -- W. Lee Daniels, Michel Beck, Nicole Troyer, John Galbraith and Gaber Hassan, Dept. of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
• Pioneering Large-scale Coastal Wetland and Prairie Restoration Design in Southeastern Texas -- Pamela J. Fetterman¹, Richard W. Earp², Peter K. Partlow² and Ryan Mitchell²; ¹E Sciences, Inc., Sarasota, FL, USA, ²E Sciences, Inc., Orlando, FL, USA
• Two Year Survival and Growth of Seven Wetland Tree Species in Three Hydrologically Distinct Habitats -- H. W. Hudson, III and J. E. Perry, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, USA
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• An Experimental Approach to Creating Wet Meadows in the Lower Platte River Corridor - John A. Shelman, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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• Reproducibility of a Plant-based Index of Biological Integrity in Wet and Dry Conditions -- Matthew Wilson, Suzanne Bayley and Rebecca Rooney, Dept of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Wetland Assessment & Regulation - Delineation and Assessment

• Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 Isolated Wetland Assessments in the NC and SC Coastal Plain -- Virginia Baker¹, Dan Tufford², Robert Truesdale³, John Dorney⁴, Amy Keyworth⁵, Ross Vander Vorste¹, Breda Munoz³, Frank Obusek⁶, Ray Milosh⁵, Rich Bolich³, Rick Savage¹, Warren Hankinson², Chenille Williams², Kim Matthews³ and Heather Preston⁷; ¹NC Division of Water Quality, Surface Water Protection Section (DWQ), Raleigh, NC, USA, ²University of SC, Columbia, SC, USA, ³RTI International, Raleigh, NC, USA, ⁴Atkins North America, Raleigh, NC, USA, ⁵NC Division of Water Quality, Aquifer Protection Section (DWQ), Raleigh, NC, USA, ⁶NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (CGIA), Ashville, NC, USA, ⁷SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), Columbia, SC, USA
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• Regional Supplements to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: 2012 Status Report -- Jacob F. Berkowitz, Engineer Research and Development Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS, USA
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• The Cypress Situation in the Southern USA, circa 2012 -- Mark Brown, U.S. Forest Service, Knoxville, TN, USA
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• Developing a Database and Algorithms to Support the National Wetland Plant List -- Matthew F. Buff¹, Robert W. Lichvar² and Donald J.Leopold¹; ¹SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, NY, USA, ²U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hanover, NH, USA
• A Review of Anthropogenic Landscape Disturbance Effects on Wetland Function with Respect to Integrating Landscape Metrics into Assessments of Wetland Condition -- Daniel Dvorett¹, Craig A. Davis¹ and Joseph Bidwell²; ¹Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA, ²School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia
• Wetlands Correction Factors for LiDAR Digital Elevation Models -- Sandra Fox¹, Palmer Kinser¹, Lawrence Keenan¹, Debra Hydorn², William Wise³ and Clay Montague³; ¹St Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, FL, USA, ²University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, USA, ³University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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• Landscape-Scale Wetland Functional Assessment on Alaska’s North Slope -- Zachary Halstead, Anne Leggett, Tobin Lilly, Malcolm Salway, George Hoden, and Douglas Jewell, HDR Alaska, Inc., Anchorage, AK, USA
• Local Wetland Inventories and ORWAP: Applications for Assessing, Protecting, and Mitigating Wetlands -- Sarah Hartung¹ and Paul Adamus²; ¹Environmental Science Associates, Inc., Portland, OR, USA, ²Adamus Resource Assessment, Inc., Corvallis, OR, USA
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• Adaptive Techniques for Large-Scale Wetland Delineation -- Dale F. Knapp, Stantec Consulting Services Inc., Topsham, Maine, USA
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• HGM Poster -- Chris Noble, USACE, Vicksburg, MS USA
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• Comparative Analysis of Coastal Wetland Health in the Delaware Estuary Assessed Using Rapid Methods -- Angela T. Padeletti¹, Danielle Kreeger¹, Kelly Somers¹, Andrew Howard² and Alison Rogerson²; ¹Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Wilmington, DE, USA, ²Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Dover, DE, USA
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• Functional Assessment of Alpine Wetland Habitats at a Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Facility in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado -- Erin L Page, HDR Engineering, Bellingham, WA, USA
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• Initial Regulatory Applications of the Florida Wetland Condition Index for Vegetation (FWCI-V) -- Ashley O’Neal¹, Nia Wellendorf¹ and Kelly Reiss²; ¹Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, FL, USA, ²HT Odum Center for Wetlands, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• Comparison of Wetland Functional Assessments in Texas and Louisiana -- Matthew G. Stahman¹, Jody N. Schaap¹, Kevin D. Janni² and Daniel R. Bollich³; ¹SWCA Environmental Consultants, Houston, TX, USA, ²SWCA Environmental Consultants, Arlington, TX, USA, ³Delta Land Services, Port Allen, LA, USA
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• Examination of Statewide Wetland Assessment Methods for North Dakota -- Matthew P. Stasica, Edward S DeKeyser, Christina L.M Hargiss and Lindsey M. Meyers, School of Natural Resource Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
• Rugged Mobile Wetland Data Collection Solutions for Assessment and Monitoring -- Brandon Tolle¹ and Rick Gosalvez²; ¹Navigation Electronics, Lafayette, LA, USA ²Trimble Navigation, USA
• Application of GIS and Statistical Tools for the Identification and Assessment of Isolated Wetlands on the Southeast Coastal Plain -- Robert S. Truesdale¹, Frank Obusek², Breda Munoz¹, John Dorney³, Dan Tufford⁴, Virginia Baker⁵ and Kim Matthews¹; ¹RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, ²GeoIterations LLC, Asheville, NC, USA, ³Adkins North America, Raleigh, NC, USA, ⁴University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA, ⁵Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Raleigh, NC, USA
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• Multi-Element Fingerprinting of Wetland Soils Yields Insight into Wetland Quality and Functioning -- A.H. Yellick¹, D.L. Jacob¹, E.S. DeKeyser², C.L.M. Hargiss², C. Yan³ and M.L. Otte¹; ¹Wet Ecosystem Research Group, Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA, ²Natural Resources Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA, ³Computer Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
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Wetland Ecosystems Processes & Functions - Coastal Wetlands (Mangroves Marshes SAVs)

• The Role of Crab Burrows as Preferential Conduits for Tidal Water in Low Hydraulic Conductivity Mangrove Peat in Everglades National Park, Florida, USA -- Gordon H. Anderson, Karen M. Balentine and Thomas J. Smith III, U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, Gainesville, FL USA
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• Partitioning Root Zone and Deep Sediment Dynamics Using Paired Surface Elevation Tables in Everglades National Park, Florida, USA -- Karen M. Balentine and Thomas J. Smith III, U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, Gainesville, FL USA
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• Organic Carbon Burial Rates in Southwestern Everglades Mangrove Sediments -- Joshua L. Breithaupt¹, Joseph M. Smoak¹, Thomas J. Smith² and Christian J. Sanders³; ¹University of South Florida, Environmental Science, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, ²U.S Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, ³Universidade Federal de Fluminense (UFF), Departamento de Geoquímica, Niterói-RJ, Brazil
• Developing Realized Niche Space Probability Distribution Functions for the Everglades Landscape Vegetation Succession Model -- Steve Friedman and Leonard Pearlstine, Everglades National Park; National Park Service, Homestead, FL, USA
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• A Seagrass Habitat Suitability Index Spatial Model -- Althea S. Hotaling¹, Thomas K. Frazer², Robert Swett², L. Rex Ellis³; ¹University of Florida, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Gainesville, FL, USA, ²University of Florida, Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Gainesville, FL, USA, ³University of Florida, Soil and Water Science, Gainesville, FL, USA
• The Emergy Analysis on Wetland Ecosystem of Chiku, Taiwan -- Shu-Mei Huang, Ming-Chee Wu, Mon-Shieh Yang and Howar Lee, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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• Estimation of Land-Surface Elevation Using Aerial Photos and Parameter Estimation Techniques for Hindcast Modeling of Everglades Hydrology -- Melinda Lohmann¹, Eric D. Swain¹, Ann Foster², Thomas J Smith², Don L. DeAngelis³ and Jiang Jiang⁴; ¹U.S. Geological Survey- Florida Water Science Center, Davie, FL, USA, ²U.S. Geological Survey- Southeast Ecological Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, ³U.S. Geological Survey- Southeast Ecological Science Center, Coral Gables, FL, USA, ⁴University of Miami, Department of Biology, Coral Gables, FL, USA
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• Nitrogen Limitation in Dwarf Avicennia marina Mangroves -- Gonasageran Naidoo and Yougasphree Naidoo, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu -Natal, Durban, South Africa
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• Trophic Dynamics in Mangrove Ecosystems in Port Everglades -- Amy C. Hirons and Kelly Parks, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, FL, USA
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• Establishment of Long Term Soil Surface Elevation Monitoring Sites in Biscayne National Park -- Kevin R. T. Whelan¹ and Michelle C. Prats²; ¹National Park Service, Palmetto Bay, FL, USA, ²Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
• Effects of Interior Pond Creation on Sedimentation, Hydrology, and Elevation Changes of Salt Marshes -- Tracy Elsey-Quirk¹, S. Adamowicz², M. Brannin¹ and D.J. Velinsky¹; ¹Patrick Center for Environmental Research, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, ²U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Wells, ME, USA
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• Denitrification Rates in Coastal Louisiana Bayou Sediment and Marsh Soil: Role of Macrophytes and Consequences for Diversion Management -- Christine M. VanZomeren¹, John R. White² and Ronald D. DeLaune²; ¹University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, ²Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
• Mangrove Conversion and Aquaculture Development in Wave-Dominated Estuary in Northeastern Brazil from Landsat Images -- R. Suzan Waleska Pequeno and Pedro Walfir M. Souza Filho, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brasil
• Heavy Metals in Phragmites australis and Soil in Tidal Wetland of the Yellow River Delta -- Junjing Wang and Junhong Bai, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Beijing, China
• Effects of PBDEs on Enzymatic and Non-enzymatic Antioxidants in Seedlings of Kandelia obovata -- Nora Fung Yee TAM and Ying WANG, Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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• Tracking Predator Movement along an Estuarine Gradient: Effects of Temperature and Salinity -- Rebecca R Ward, Ross Boucek and Jennifer Rehage, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
• Monitoring the Coastal Wetland Geomorphologic Evolution by Series of Historical Maps -- Ming-Chee Wu¹, Mon-Shieh Yang¹, Chao-Kuo Wang² and Shu-Mei Huang¹; ¹National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC, ²Tainan City Government, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC

Wetland Ecosystems Processes & Functions - Freshwater Wetlands (Marshes Swamps Isolated Littoral Peatlands)

• Environmental Correlates of Wetland Plant Litter Decomposition in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands, USA -- James T. Anderson, R. Tristan Gingerich and George Merovich, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
• Degradation of Natural Wetlands Receiving Permitted Sewage Discharges -- J.E. Bodker, Dept. of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
• Comparisons of Nitrogen Content among Wetland Plants and Effects on Local Environment -- C. Allisa Vincent, Julia A. Cherry and Amelia K. Ward, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
• Comparing Newly Building Wetlands in the Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California -- Lindsay Dunaj, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA
• Hydrological and Biogeochemical Controls on Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) Production and Consumption in Isolated Wetlands in Grassland Ecosystems -- Jing Hu, Kanika S. Inglett, Mark W. Clark and K. Ramesh Reddy, Wetland Biogeochemistry Laboratory, Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida, FL, USA
• Plant Functional Types Identification in the Lower Paraná River Floodplain, Argentina -- Natalia S. Morandeira^1,2, M. Marta Borro^1,2, Gabriela González Trilla^1,2, M. Mercedes Salvia^1,2, Nora Madanes³ and Patricia Kandus¹; ¹LETyE, ³iA-UNSAM, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina, ³Grupo de Investigaciones en Ecología de Humedales, FCEN-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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• Ambient Ex-Situ Denitrification in Isolated Wetlands of Ohio, North Carolina, and Florida -- C.R. Lane¹, B.C. Autrey¹, Terri Jicha², LaRae Lehto², Colleen Elonen² and Lindsey Seifert²; ¹U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Ecological Exposure Research Division, Cincinnati, OH, USA, ²U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Health and Ecological Effects Research Laboratory, Mid-Continent Ecology Division, Duluth, MN, USA
• Modeling the Effects of Macrophyte Communities on Phosphorus Retention at Low Concentrations -- Darryl E. Marois and William J. Mitsch, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
• An Investigation of Peatlands: Floating Mat Fens -- Luke T. Martinson and J.R. Boehrs, Western Ecosystems Technology, Inc., Cheyenne, WY, USA
• Hydrogeologic Conditions that Affect Restored Pitcher Plant Bog Habitat, SE Virginia, USA -- John McLeod, G. Richard Whittecar and Kerby M. Dobbs, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
• Critical Determinants of Vegetation Composition at Abandoned Paddy Terraces in a Montane Valley: Founder Effect and Water Depth -- Jihyun Park, Mun-Gi Hong and Jae Geun Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
• Hydrogeologic Variations across a Barrier Island that Influence Inter-Dune Wetlands, SE Virginia, USA -- Matthew C. Richardson¹, G. Richard Whittecar¹ and Jones, R. Harold²; ¹Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, ²Sigma Environmental Services, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
• Life Cycle of a Tape Grass (Vallisneria americana) Bed -- Jennifer J. Sagan, Water and Air Research, Inc., Gainesville, FL USA
• Use of Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) to Evaluate the Water Conservation Area 3A Snail Kite Transition Strategy -- Pamela A. Telis¹, Bryan McCloskey², Heather C. Tipton³ and Kevin Palmer³; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, Jacksonville, FL, USA, ²U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, ³U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Vero Beach, FL, USA
• Choosing between Evils: Management Dilemmas in Sulfur-Rich Subsiding Peat Meadows -- José M.H. Van Diggelen¹, Alfons J.P. Smolders^1,2 and Leon P.M. Lamers²; ¹B-Ware Research Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, ²Radboud University Nijmegen, AJ Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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• The Biocriteria of Isolated Wetlands in the North and South Carolina Coastal Plain -- Ross Vander Vorste¹, Virginia Baker¹, Dan Tufford², Warren Hankinson², Chenille Williams², Amy Keyworth³, Ray Milosh³, Rich Bolich³, John Dorney⁴, Rick Savage¹, Robert Truesdale⁵, Breda Munoz⁵, Kim Matthews⁵, Frank Obusek⁶ and Heather Preston⁷; ¹NC Division of Water Quality, Surface Water Protection Section, (DWQ), Raleigh, NC, USA, ²USA University of SC, Columbia, SC, USA, ³NC Division of Water Quality, Aquifer Protection Section (DWQ), Raleigh, NC, USA, ⁴Atkins North America, Raleigh, NC, USA,⁵RTI International, Raleigh, NC, USA, ⁶NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (CGIA), Ashville, NC, USA. ⁷SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), Columbia, SC, USA
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• The Carbon (C) : Nitrogen (N) : Phosphorus (P) : Potassium (K) Stoichiometry of Boreal Peatland Ecosystems -- Meng Wang and Tim Moore, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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• Turion Production and Nutrient Reserves in Potamogeton crispus L. Are Influenced by Sediment Nutrient Level -- Dong Xie^1,2 and Dan Yu²; ¹Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China, ²Wuhan University, Wuhan, P.R. China
• Effects of Snow Load and Plant Shade on the Growth of Sphagnum papillosum in Relation to Water Depth in a Cool Temperate Bog in North Japan -- K. Yabe¹ and T. Yazaki²; ¹Graduate School of Design, Sapporo City University, Sapporo, Japan, ²NARO Hokkaido Agriculture Research Center (NARO/HARC), Memuro-cho, Kasai-gun, Hokkaido, Japan

Wetland Ecosystems Processes & Functions - Hydrologic Processes

• Estimation of Depression Storage on Wetland Watersheds -- Devendra M. Amatya¹, Joseph K.O. Amoah²; ¹Center for Forested Wetlands Research, USDA Forest Service, Cordesville, SC, USA, ²Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
• Connectivity of Everglades Landscapes (CEL): A Tool for Relating Changing Flow Conditions to Functional Quality of Everglades Landscapes -- Jay Choi¹, Laurel Larsen¹, Martha Nungesser², Katherine Skalak¹ and Jud Harvey¹; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA, ²South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
• Development of a Floodplain Connectivity Metric for the Improvement of Nutrient Flux Modeling in Monitored Stream Networks -- Durelle T. Scott and Daniel D. Chuquin,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
• Development of Sub-area Surface-Water Models within the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) Model Domain -- Paul A. Conrads¹, Zhixiao Xie², Bryan J. McCloskey³ and Pamela Telis⁴; ¹USGS South Carolina Water Science Center, Columbia, SC, USA, ²Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA, ³USGS, St. Petersburg Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, ⁴USGS Florida Water Science Center, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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• Watershed-Scale Effects of Isolated Wetlands on Downstream Hydrology: Modeling Approaches -- Heather E. Golden¹, Heather A. Sander², Charles R. Lane¹, Katie Price³ and Ellen D’Amico⁴; ¹US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Ecological Exposure Research Division, Cincinnati, OH, USA, ²University of Iowa, Department of Geography, Iowa City, IA, USA, ³US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Ecosystems Research Division, Athens, GA, USA, ⁴Dynamac Corporation, Cincinnati, OH, USA
• Determination of Flow Velocity in the Everglades at Different Scales: Results from SF6  Tracer Release Experiments and Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter Measurements -- Sara Ferrón¹, Laurel Larsen², David T. Ho¹ and Victor C. Engel³; ¹University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA, ²US Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA, ³Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL, USA
• Measuring and Modeling Spatiotemporal Variation in Vegetative Flow Resistance in Wetlands and Floodplains -- Katherine Skalak¹, Judson W. Harvey¹, John W. Jones², Laurel Larsen¹, Gregory Noe¹ and Nancy Rybicki¹; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program, Reston, VA, USA, ²U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Geographic Science Center, Reston, VA, USA
• Isolated Wetlands - The Groundwater Connection – 2. Hydrogeology -- Amy J. Keyworth¹, Dan Tufford², Rick Bolich¹, Chenille Williams², Warren Hankinson², Virginia Baker³, Ray Milosh¹, Ross Vander Vorst³ and John Dorney⁴; ¹NC, Division of Water Quality, Aquifer Protection Section, Raleigh, NC, USA, ²University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA, ³NC, Division of Water Quality, Wetlands Program Development Unit, Raleigh, NC, USA, ⁴Atkins North America, Raleigh, NC, USA
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• Hydrologic Connectivity as a Window into Fluvial Landscape Pattern Origin, Degradation, and Restoration -- Laurel G. Larsen¹, Jungyill Choi¹, Martha K. Nungesser² and Judson W. Harvey¹; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA, ²South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
• Specific Yield at Ecosystem and Landscape Scales to Infer Local and Regional Hydrologic Functions of Isolated Wetlands -- Daniel L. McLaughlin and Matthew J. Cohen, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• An Effective Tool for Post-Reclamation Wetland Design: Wetland Hydroperiod Water Balance Model -- Bradley S. Pekas¹, Theodore A. Smith², Gary P. Uebelhoer¹ and Yuan Li¹; ¹Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc., Tampa, FL, USA, ²Mosaic Fertilizer LLC, Lithia, FL, USA
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• Flood Exposure and Plant Community Characteristics in Restored Floodplain Wetlands -- Geoffrey E. Pociask¹, Jeffrey W. Matthews² and Eric T. Plankell¹; ¹Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA, ²Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA
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• Estimating Evapotranspiration in a Large Subtropical Wetland Ecosystem at Multiple Spatial Scales -- Amartya K. Saha¹&², Pamela L. Sullivan¹&², David Lagomasino¹&², Rene’ M. Price¹&², Jordan Barr³ and Vic Engel³; ¹Southeastern Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami FL, USA, ²Department of Earth and the Environment, Florida International University, Miami FL, USA, ³National Park Service, Everglades National Park, Homestead FL, USA
• Assessing the Role of Mobile Organic Sediment in a Free-Flowing Everglades -- Laurel G. Larsen¹, Sue Newman², Katherine Skalak¹, Morgan Maglio¹, Trevor Langston¹, Geoff Sinclair¹, Jai Singh¹ and Judson W. Harvey¹; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA, ²South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
• Using a Hydrologic Monitoring Network to Evaluate the Role of Enhanced Flow in Everglades Restoration: Quantifying Velocities in the Everglades and Implications for Enhanced Flows and Restoration -- Morgan Maglio, Laurel Larsen, Katie Skalak, Trevor Langston, Jay Choi, Jai Singh and Jud Harvey, U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program, Reston, VA, USA
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• Confidence Index Computation for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) Water-Level Surfaces -- Pamela A. Telis¹ and Bryan McCloskey²; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, Jacksonville, FL, USA, ²U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
• Isolated Wetlands – The Groundwater Connection -1. Water Table Monitoring -- Daniel L. Tufford¹, Amy J. Keyworth², Rick Bolich², Chenille Williams¹, Virginia Baker³ and John Dorney⁴; ¹University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA, ²NC, Division of Water Quality, Aquifer Protection Section, Raleigh, NC, USA,. ³NC, Division of Water Quality, Wetlands Program Development Unit, Raleigh, NC, USA, ⁴Atkins, Raleigh, NC, USA
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• Uncoupling Effects of Climate Cycles and Land Use upon Water-Level Dynamics and Amphipod Densities in Wetlands of the Prairie Pothole Region -- Mark T. Wiltermuth^1,2 and Michael J. Anteau¹; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND, USA, ²North Dakota State University, Environmental and Conservation Sciences Program, Fargo, ND, USA
• Groundwater Flow Reversal at a Raised Bog in Sarobetsu Mire, Mid Latitude Peatland -- H. Yamada¹, R. Hiraoka², Y. Tanaka² and T. Hirano¹; ¹Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JAPAN, ²Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JAPAN

Wetland Ecosystems Processes & Functions - Landscape Ecology

• Movement and Activity Patterns of Fishes in a Dynamic Landscape -- Michael R. Bush and Joel C. Trexler, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
• Differential Use of Wetland Habitat by Small Fishes and a Large Predator in Coastal Marshes of Eastern Georgian Bay, Lake Huron -- Jonathan D. Midwood and Patricia Chow-Fraser, McMaster University Department of Biology, Hamilton, ON, Canada
• Response of Wetland Invertebrate Communities to Local and Landscape Factors in Oklahoma -- Micah D. Meyer and Craig. A. Davis, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
• Restoring Wetlands at Hazardous Waste Sites -- Anthony Esposito, ARCADIS-US, Syracuse, New York, USA
• Mechanism for Soil Stable Nitrogen Isotope Ratio and Phosphorus Enrichment in Tree Islands -- Daniel L. Irick¹, Binhe Gu², Yuncong Li¹, Patrick W. Inglett¹, Michael Ross³ and Alan Wright¹; ¹University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, ²South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA, ³Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
• Monitoring Paraná River Wetland Dynamics Using MODIS NDVI Time Series -- M Salvia¹, P. Kandus², F. Grings¹, H. Karszenbaum¹; ¹Grupo de Teledetección, Institute of Astronomy and Space Physics, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Laboratorio de Ecología Teledetección y Ecoinformática, Instituto de Investigaciones e Ingeniería Ambiental (³iA), Universidad Nacional General San Martín, San Martin, Argentina
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• Everglades Patterning: Altered Water, Altered Landscape -- Martha K. Nungesser, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
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• Wetlands and the Kyoto and Carbon Initiative -- Lisa-Maria Rebelo¹, Ake Rosenqvist² and Maycira Costa; ¹International Water Management Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ²SoloEO, Tokyo, Japan
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• Quantifying Habitat Use by Centrarchids in Response to Seasonal Hydrological Variation in the Everglades – J. Rehage¹, A. Saha, A. Narducci¹, M. Anderson¹, M. Cook², T. Dreschel²; ¹Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA,  ²South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
• Mapping Mangroves at Genus Level from Object-Based Classification of IKONOS Image -- Cesar G. Diniz, Pedro W.M. Souza-Filho and Marcelo C.L. Cohen, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belem, PA, Brazil
• Wetland Belts and Wet to Dry Grassland Areas on Dunes at Lake Shores -- K. Siegmar Thomas, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Dresden University of Technology, Saxony, Germany
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• Linking Wetland Hydrology to Ecosystem Services Using a Graph Theoretical Approach -- Abbey A. Tyrna and Robert P. Brooks, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
• Analysis of Patch Geometry Characteristics in the Ridge-Slough Patterned Landscape in the Everglades -- Jing Yuan¹, Joseph Delesantro², Stephen Casey³, Sergio Padilla Paz⁴, Danielle Watts¹ and Matthew J. Cohen²; ¹School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, ²School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, ³Environmental Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, ⁴Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Wetland Ecosystems Processes & Functions - Riverine and Floodplain Wetlands

• Multi-Element Fingerprinting of Riparian Wetlands -- Aida Asgary¹, Donna L. Jacob² and Marinus L. Otte³; ¹U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA, ²North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
• Zooplankton Body-Size Structure and Biomass and Planktivorous Fishes in Tropical Floodplain Lakes -- Claudia Costa Bonecker¹, Fábio de Azevedo², Horácio Ferreira Júlio Junior¹ and Nadson Ressye Simões¹; ¹Universidade Estadual de Maringá/Nupélia/PEA, PR, Brazil, ²Faculdade Estadual de Educação, Ciências e Letras de Paranavaí, PR, Brazil
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• Vegetation Persistence in Extreme Riverine Wetlands: Hydrology-mediated Reproductive Strategies Drive Ecological Success in Melaleuca -- C. Chong^1,2; ¹Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia, ²Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
• The Role of the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway in the Sediment Budget of Coastal Louisiana -- Richard H Day¹ and Daniel E. Kroes²; ¹U.S. Geological Survey, Lafayette, LA, USA, ²U.S. Geological Survey, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
• The Effects of Hydrologic Mean Condition and Variation on Wetland Structure and Function -- Joseph M. Delesantro and Matthew J. Cohen, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• Groundwater and Stratigraphy in Toe-Slope/Valley Bottom Wetlands, Central Piedmont, Virginia, USA -- Kerby M. Dobbs and G. Richard Whittecar, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
• Ecophysiological Proficiency of Mature Baldcypress on Hummocks and in Hollows within a Freshwater Tidal Swamp -- Jamie A. Duberstein¹, Ken W. Krauss², and William H. Conner¹; ¹Clemson University, Georgetown, SC, USA, ²U.S. Geological Survey, Lafayette, LA, USA
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• Integrated GIS Model for Evaluating Surface Water Withdrawal Impacts on Wetlands -- Sandra Fox¹, Palmer Kinser¹, Lawrence Keenan¹, Fay Baird¹, William Wise² and Clay Montague²; ¹St Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, FL, USA, ²University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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• Long-Term Effects of Creek Channelization on Riparian Swamps in Central Florida, US -- Michael J. Jerauld¹, Craig V. Duxbury², Peter M. Wallace³ and Thomas A. DeBusk¹; ¹Azurea, Inc., Rockledge, FL, USA, ²WDI, Orlando, FL, USA, ³Ecosystem Research Corp., Gainesville, FL, USA
• Multitemporal Remote Sensing Approach for Mapping Wetlands Shallow Lakes in the Paraná River Floodplain -- M. Marta Borro^1,3, Natalia S. Morandeira^1,3, Gabriela Gonzalez Trilla^1,3, Mercedes Salvia^2,3, Priscilla Minotti¹ and Patricia Kandus¹; ¹LETyE, ³iA, UNSAM, Bs.As., Argentina, ²Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. Ciudad Universitaria, CABA, Argentina, ³Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina
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• Potential Effects of Water Management Practices on Wetland-Dependent Species in the St. Johns River, Florida -- D. Curtis, L. McCloud, S. Fox and D. Dobberfuhl, St. Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, FL, USA
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• Fire, Floodplains and Fish: Conservation of Native Fishes in the Riverine and Floodplain Wetlands of the Cosumnes River, California -- Michelle L. Stevens¹ and Joshua L. Moore²; ¹CSU Sacramento Environmental Studies Dept, Sacramento, CA, USA, ²CSU Sacramento Environmental Studies Dept, Sacramento, CA, USA
• Remote Sensing Approach for Monitoring the Flood Extent in the Amazon River Floodplain -- Allan S. Arnesen¹, Thiago S. F. Silva¹, Laura L. Hess² and Evlyn M. L. M. Novo¹; ¹Remote Sensing Division, National Institute for Space Research, S. José dos Campos, SP, Brazil, ²Earth Research Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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• The Walk-A-Way System: A Multi-Benefit Planting Regime for Reintroducing Hard Mast into Wetland Restoration -- Mike Thompson¹and Ken Dalrymple²; ¹Wetlands Forever, Inc., Bartelso, IL, USA, ²SoggyBottom LLC, Annada, MO, USA

Wetland Ecosystems Processes & Functions - Tropical and Subtropical Wetlands

• Interannual Variation in Bulk Soil Properties in the Coastal Everglades -- Randolph M. Chambers, Rosemary L. Hatch and Timothy M. Russell, Keck Environmental Field Lab, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
• Methane Production Pathways in Subtropical (Everglades) and Tropical (Panama) Wetlands -- Beth Huettel¹, Jeffrey Chanton¹, Hee-Sung Bae² and Andrew Ogram²; ¹Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA, ²University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• Phenology of the Species of Tropical Forests wetlands in the Coastal Plain of Veracruz, Mexico -- Dulce Infante Mata¹, Patricia Moreno-Casasola² and Carolina Madero-Vega²; ¹El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Tapachula, CHIAPAS, MEXICO, ²Instituto de Ecologia A.C., Xalapa, VER, MEXICO
• Multiple Tracer Study in a Small, Natural Wetland in the Humid Tropics of Costa Rica -- David A. Kaplan¹, Manon Bachelin^1,2, Congrong Yu¹ and Rafael Munoz-Carpena¹; ¹University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, ²École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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• Vegetation Changes along a Gradient of Salinity in the Ortega River of Northeast Florida -- Palmer Kinser¹, Clay Montague², Sandra Fox¹, Pete Sucsy¹ and Ken Riddick¹; ¹St. Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, Florida, USA, ²University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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• Drought and Large Fish Re-Colonization Have Variable Effects on Macroinvertebrates in Experimental Wetlands -- Natalie Knorp and Nathan J. Dorn, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL, USA
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• What Drives Growth and Biodiversity of Algae in the Okavango Delta? -- Anson W. Mackay and Luca Marazzi, Environmental Change Research Centre, UCL, London WC¹E ⁶BT, UK
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• Classifying Palm Swamp Wetland Ecosystems and Assessing their Inundation State Using High and Low Resolution Microwave Remote Sensing Datasets -- Erika Podest¹, Kyle McDonald^1,2, Ronny Schroeder^1,2, Naiara Pinto³, Reiner Zimmermann⁴ and Viviana Horna⁵; ¹Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA, ²City College of New York, New York City, NY, USA, ³University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, ⁴University of Hohenheim, Hohenheim, Germany, ⁵University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
• Land-Use History and Flood Regime as Drivers for Woody Species Diversity and Biomass Accumulation in Amazonian Floodplain Forests -- Christine M. Lucas¹, Pervaze Shiekh², Jochen Schöngart³, Florian Wittmann³, Paul Gagnon⁴ and Maria T.F. Piedade⁵; ¹Department of Wildlife and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, ²Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA, ³Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, ⁴Murray State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Murray, KY, USA, ⁵Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM, Brazildend

Wetland Ecosystems Processes & Functions - Vegetation Dynamics

• Clump Structures of Two Sedge Species Induced by Soil Moisture Regime in an Ephemeral Wetland -- Takashi Asaeda¹, Md Harun Or Rashid¹, Lalith Rajapakse² and Jagath Manatunge²; ¹Saitama University, Sakura, Saitama, Japan, ²University of Moratuwa, Katubedda, Sri Lanka
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• Quantify How Stage Variability Affects Plant Species Populations Using Paleoecological and Hydrological Time Series Data -- Paul A. Conrads¹, Edwin A. Roehl Jr.² and Christopher Bernhardt³;¹U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia, SC, USA, ²Advanced Data Mining Services, LLC, Greer, SC, USA, ³U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA
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• Biogeomorphic Feedbacks Drive Dynamics of Vegetation–Landform Complex in a Coastal Riparian System -- Daehyun Kim, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
• Physiological Responses to Submergence in Tecticornia Species growing at Salt Lakes in Australia -- Dennis Konnerup¹, Ole Pedersen² and Timothy David Colmer¹; ¹University of Western Australia, Australia, ²University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Wetland Vegetation Reestablishment Following Large Sedimentation (Burial) Events -- Todd J. Lemein¹ and Dennis Albert²; ^1,2Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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• Impacts of Flooding on Successional Species Turnover in Restored Floodplain Wetlands -- Jeffrey W. Matthews¹, Geoffrey E. Pociask² and Eric T. Plankell²; ¹Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA, ²Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA
• Modelling Space-Time Dynamics of Wetland Vegetation of the Pantanal of Mato Grosso (Brazil) Based on Neighborhood Interaction and Flooding Effect -- J. Arieira¹, D. Karssenberg², C. Nunes da Cunha¹ and E.G. Couto³; ¹Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Áreas Úmidas (INAU)/ Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá-MT, Brazil, ²Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, ³Department of Soils, Faculty of Agronomy, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá-MT, Brazil
• A Split-root Approach to Monitor Responses of Salix nigra to Spatial Heterogeneity in Soil Redox -- Samuel C. Pierce¹, Melissa B. Koontz², S. Reza Pezeshki² and Robert Kröger¹; ¹Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA, ²Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
• Dendroecology of Calophyllum brasiliense in Brazilian Wetlands -- Sejana A. Rosa^1,2, Andressa B. Scabin³, Patrícia T. de P. Leite^1,4, Catia N. da Cunha^1,5 and Jochen Schöngart^1,6; ¹National Institute for Science and Technology in Wetlands (INAU), Cuiabá, Brazil, ²National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA), Postgraduate Program in Climate and Environment, Manaus, Brazil, ³National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA), Postgraduate Program in Ecology, Manaus, Brazil, ⁴Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), Postgraduate Program in Ecology and Conservation of Biodiversity, Cuiabá, Brazil, ⁵Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), Department of Botany and Ecology, Institute of Bioscience, Cuiabá, Brazil, ⁶Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
• The Biomechanical Properties of Salt Marsh Vegetation Related to Wave and Storm Surge Attenuation -- James Chatagnier, Guoping Zhang and Q. Jim Chen, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

Wetlands in Agricultural Watersheds

• The Impacts of Wetland Loss in a Prairie Watershed -- Pascal H. Badiou¹, Bryan Page¹, Lyle Boychuk², Shane Gabor¹ and Wanhong Yang³; ¹Ducks Unlimited Canada, Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research, Stonewall, MB, Canada, ²Ducks Unlimited Canada, Regina, SK, Canada, ³Department of Geography, University of Guelph, ON, Canada
• Eutrophication Effects on Plant-Soil Interactions in Wet Grasslands -- Keith R. Edwards, Hana Čížková, Eva Kaštovská and Tomáš Picek, Department of Ecosystem Biology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
• Effect of Plant Combinations on Nitrate Removal in Chesapeake Bay Wetlands -- Team SWAMP (Superior Wetlands Against Malicious Pollutants) – Arsh Agarwal, Allison Bradford, Kerry Cheng, Ramita Dewan, Enrique Disla, Addison Goodley, Nathan Lim, Lisa Liu, Lucas Place, Raevathi Ramadorai, Jaishri Shankar, Michael Wellen, Diane Ye and Edward Yu; University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
• Greenhouse Gas Emission from Agricultural Wetland (Rice Field): Organic vs. Conventional Farming -- H. Pathak¹, Debjani Sihi², D. K. Sharma¹ and P. W. Inglett²; ¹Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India, ²University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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• Macroinvertebrate and Waterfowl Communities of Rotationally Grazed Prairie Pothole Wetlands -- Carly Silver¹ and Steven Vamosi²; ¹TERA Environmental Consultants, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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• Treatment Wetlands for Removal of Sulfate from Tile Drain Water -- A. J. Stalboerger¹, W. Lin², D. L. Jacob¹, M. L. Otte¹; ¹Wet Ecosystem Research Group, NDSU, Fargo, ND, USA, ²Department of Civil Engineering, NDSU, Fargo, ND, USA
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• Plant Communities of Isolated Wetlands and Their Relationship to Surrounding Land Use -- O. Stribling Stuber^1,2, L. Katherine Kirkman² and Jeff Hepinstall-Cymerman³; ¹Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, ²Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center at Ichauway, Newton, GA, USA, ³Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

Wetlands in Global Context

• Sulfur is a Potential Chemical Tool for Plant Invasions: An Insight from the Spartina Invasions -- Shuqing An and lu Xia, The Institute of Wetland Ecology and School of Life Science, Nanjing University, China
• The Wetlands Working Group: Opportunities for Collaborative Research in Tropical Wetlands of Panama -- Omar R. Lopez^1,2, Alexander W. Cheesman², Jorge Hoyos³, Sofie Sjogersten³ and Benjamin L. Turner²; ¹ Institute of Advanced Scientific Research and High Technology Services (INDICASAT), Clayton, Republic of Panama, ²Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama, ³University of Nottingham, School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington Campus, UK
• An Inundated Wetlands Earth System Data Record: Global Monitoring of Wetland Extent and Dynamics -- Kyle C. McDonald^1,2, Ronny Schroeder^1,2, Bruce Chapman², Erika Podest², Marzieh Azarderakhsh¹, Jane Whitcomb³, Mahta Moghaddam³, Lucas Jones⁴, John Kimball⁴ and Laura Hess⁴; ¹City College of New York, City University of New York, USA, ²JPL/California Institute of Technology, USA, ³The University of Michigan, USA, ⁴The University of Montana, USA, ⁵University of California Santa Barbara, CA, USA
• A Global Model of Human Impact on the Biodiversity of Wetlands and Aquatic Ecosystems -- Jan H. Janse¹, M.H.J.L. Jeuken¹, J.J. Kuiper², J.R.M. Alkemade¹ and J.T.A. Verhoeven²; ¹PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, ²Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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• Genetic Diversity, Ecotype Hybrid and Mixture of Invasive Spartina alterniflora loisel in Coastal China -- Lu Xia and Shuqing An, The Institute of Wetland Ecology and School of Life Science, Nanjing University, China

 

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