Poster Presentations

First Name Last Name Organization Abstract Title Poster PDF
Cara  Abbott  The Institute for Regional Conservation  THE EFFECT OF SEA LEVEL RISE ON JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS IN A HIGH NUTRIENT ENVIRONMENT
Katherine  Abbott  Louisiana State University  BLUE CARBON ACCUMULATION AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN A CHRONOSEQUENCE OF RESTORED SALT MARSHES IN SW LOUISIANA 
Joshua  Allen  Florida International University  HYDROLOGIC AND NUTRIENT CONDITIONS IN WEST AND SEVEN PALM LAKE DRAINAGES IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES 
Eric  Anderson  Palm Beach County  Grassy Flats Restortation: Creatively Capping Muck to Restore Lake Worth Lagoon 
Megan  Bartholomew  Auburn University  LONG TERM VEGETATION RESPONSE TO HYDROLOGIC RECOVERY IN ISOLATED CYPRESS DOMES OF WEST-CENTRAL FLORIDA 
Tyler  Bassett  Michigan State University  Achieving diversity and function in tallgrass prairie restoration 
James  Beerens 

US Geological Survey

WADER DISTRIBUTION EVALUATION MODELING (WADEM) AS A GREATER EVERGLADES RESTORATION PERFORMANCE MEASURE   
Nur  BELKAYALI  Kastamonu University  Evaluation of Open-Green Spaces in Turkey Kastamonu Region in terms of Ecological Restoration 
Lesley  Bertolotti  South Florida Water Management District  INNOVATION FOR RESTORATION: THE C-43 WATER QUALITY TREATMENT AND TESTING PROJECT 
William  Brammell  Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC  HORSE CREEK ENHANCEMENT PLAN 
John  Brazner  Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources  RESTORATION OF BIG MEADOW BOG AND RECOVERY OF THE ENDANGERED EASTERN MOUNTAIN AVENS 
Aaron  Brown  University of South Florida  Designing for Success: Long-term Trends of Constructed Freshwater Wetlands in Hillsborough County, Florida 
Ansel  Bubel  Florida Departmetn of Environmental Protection  Development of a new methodology for setting lacustrine restoration targets based on phytoplankton community assemblages 
Kate  Buenau  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory  USING “EFFECTS ANALYSIS” TO BUILD SCIENCE-BASED ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT ON THE MISSOURI RIVER 
Gwen  Burzycki  Miami-Dade County RER-DERM  RESTORATION OF SEASONALLY-FARMED EVERGLADES PRAIRIE WITHOUT REMOVAL OF DISTURBED SOIL 
Sahale  Casebolt  Florida Museum of Natural History  MOLLUSK DEATH ASSEMBLAGES CAN RECORD FINE-SCALE SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN MARINE COMMUNITIES   
Julia  Chapman  US Geological Survey  Small Mammal Communities as Indicators of Restoration Success in the Greater Everglades   
Hongjun  Chen  SFWMD  Hypoxia in the post-phase I Kissimmee River channel and implications for discharge management   
Paul  Conrads  USGS  APPLICATION OF THE COASTAL DROUGHT INDEX TO SITES IN FLORIDA BAY AND THE GULF OF MEXICO 
Katherine  Cummings  University of Florida  MOLLUSK ASSEMBLAGES AS PROXY FOR WITHIN-HABITAT DIFFERENCES IN SEAGRASS BEDS   
Nora  Demers  Florida Gulf Coast University CHALLENGES OF COMPETING INTERESTS, LOGISTICS, AND PAYOFFS IN TWO DIFFERENT RESTORATION PROJECTS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
Rachael  Dunn  University of Florida Levin College of Law  Policy, Planning, and Permitting for Tethered Coastal, Estuarine, and Marine Restoration 
Ralph  Elliott  Enviro Water Restoration, LLC  WHY WOULD YOU EVER DREDGE ORGANIC SEDIMENT FROM AN ECOSYSTEM? 
Thomas  Frankovich  Florida International University  LIGHT ATTENUATION IN ESTUARINE MANGROVE LAKES   
Emma  Garrison  University of Miami  A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SUMMER GROWTH OF SPAT AND JUVENILE CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA IN NEW YORK HARBOR AND IMPLICATIONS FOR URBAN OYSTER RESTORATION   
Sergio  Gonzalez  Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission  Assessing impacts of an active water schedule on vegetation and mammal communities in Holey Land Wildlife Management Area 
Andrew  Gottlieb  SFEC  ESTIMATION OF PREDEVELOPMENT AND CURRENT HYDROLOGY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF A FLORIDA PINE FLATWOODS 
Matt   Grabau Colorado River Delta Program BINATIONAL RESTORATION EFFORTS TO REVIVE THE COLORADO RIVER DELTA
Yavuz  GULOGLU  Kastamonu University  The Effects of Supreme Courts’ Decisions on Environmental Protection in Turkey 
Kelly  Haggar  Riparian, Inc.  Some Critical Legal Aspects of Coastal Change Resulting from Both Anthropogenic and Natural Causes 
Dennis  Hanisak  FAU Harbor Branch  DEVELOPMENT OF A SEAGRASS NURSERY FOR RESTORATION OF SEAGRASS IN THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON   
Matthew  Harwell  USEPA Office of Research and Development  THE SCIENCE OF STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND ITS UTILITY IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
Mark  Hester  University of Louisiana  Vegetation Colonization Thresholds and Marsh Platform Expansion Dynamics at a Tidal Freshwater Restoration Site in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, USA 
Daniel  Hope  Florida Institute of Technology  THE IMPACT OF EUTROPHIC ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS ON BENTHIC INFAUNAL DIVERSITY IN THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON 
Tonya  Howington  Everglades National Park  Does What We Know About Biodiversity Have a Place in Ecosystem Restoration Planning? 
Ondrea  Hummel  US Army Corps of Engineers  Restoration and Monitoring Techniques in the Middle Rio Grande 
Amber  Inggs  The Louis Berger Group  Eye-Opening Outcomes through the Power of Modeling in the Holly Pond Watershed 
Moses  Katkowski  The Nature Conservancy  Demonstrating oyster reef breakwaters and other living shoreline techniques in the Delaware Estuary as part of a Tidal Marsh Resilience Program 
Kevin  Keeler  US Geological Survey  EVALUATING HABITAT RESTORATION IN THE ST. CLAIR-DETROIT RIVER SYSTEM USING EGG DEPOSITION ON SPAWNING REEFS AND LARVAL DRIFT OF NATIVE FISHES
Elizabeth  Kelly  University of Miami  BACTERIAL LEVELS AT RECREATIONAL BEACHES INFLUENCED BY OUTFLOWS FROM FLORIDA BAY AND THE CALOOSAHATCHEE AND ST. LUCIE RIVERS  
Dan  Kelner  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers  RESTORING THE FEDERALLY ENDANGERED HIGGINS EYE PEARLYMUSSEL (LAMPSILIS HIGGINSII) IN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER – PROPAGATION AND REINTRODUCTION.
Sean  King  Southwest Florida Water Management District  Submerged aquatic vegetation restoration in Florida spring systems 
Peter  Kotulak  Moffatt & Nichol  MASONVILLE COVE MITIGATION DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION   
Joelle  Laing  University of Florida  Restoration strategies for reestablishing submerged aquatic vegetation on sites high in sediment organic matter.
Carolyn  Lanza  Clemson University  Choose Your Weapon: Comparing Invasive Removal Methods in an Urban Watershed 
Marit  Larson  NYC Parks  Urban Salt Marsh Restoration over two decades in NYC: Assessment Strategies and Preliminary Results   
Jabari  Lee  Florida Gulf Coast University  Using Native Cottonwood to Improve Water Quality in Urban Streams 
Bill  Louda  Florida Atlantic University  PIGMENT-BASED CHEMOTAXONOMY: A RELATIVELY EASY AND ECONOMICAL METHOD FOR MICROALGAL COMMUNITY ASSESMENT AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT.
Frank  Marshall  Cetacean Logic Foundation  COUPLING PALEOECOLOGICAL DATA AND MODEL-PRODUCED HYDROLOGY TO ESTIMATE CIRCA 1900 CE CONDITIONS IN FRESHWATER MARSHES AND MARL PRAIRIES WITHIN EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK (ENP) 
Mark  McKelvy  USGS  Web Tools to Support the Upcoming EverVIEW Lite Visualization Platform   
Agnes  McLean  NPS/EVER  ESTABLISHING INTERIM GOALS AS TOOLS FOR ASSESSING RESTORATION SUCCESS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN 
Damon  Moore  Manatee County Parks and Natural Resources Department  PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, AND ADAPTIVE MANAGMENT FOR RESTORATION OF FORMER AGRICULTURAL LANDS AT PERICO PRESERVE IN COASTAL SOUTHWEST FLORIDA 
Peter  Murdoch  US Geological Survey  PRACTICAL FIRST STEPS IN UNDERSTANDING AND MEASURING CHANGES IN COASTAL RESILIENCE: THE DOI HURRICANE SANDY RESPONSE PROGRAM   
Kim  O'Dell  South Florida Water Management District  ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES EVALUATION 
William  Precht  Dial Cordy & Assoc., Inc.  DECIPHERING PATTERNS OF CORAL HEALTH AND MORTALITY USING A REPEATED MEASURES MONITORING PROTOCOL – LESSONS FROM MIAMI HARBOR   
Rene  Price  Florida International University  CONTROLS ON GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE IN TAYLOR SLOUGH/C-111 BASIN OF EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK   
Andres Eduardo  Prieto Estrada  Florida International University  EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EFFECTS ON THE ACCUMULATION OF CARBONATE MINERALS IN RECREATED EVERGLADES’ TREE ISLANDS 
Doug  Robison  Environmental Science Associates  PLANNING FOR LARGE-SCALE COASTAL RESTORATION: DEVELOPMENT OF THE FLORIDA STATE EXPENDITURE PLAN 
Stephanie  Romañach  US Geological Survey  DESIGNING THE EVERGLADES HEADWATERS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FOR HABITAT NEEDS CONSIDERING URBANIZATION ENCROACHMENT   
Shaye  Sable  Dynamic Solutions, LLC  DEVELOPMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE AQUATIC SYSTEMS MODELS (CASMS) FOR COASTAL LOUISIANA
Brad  Schonhoff  Florida International University  Gaseous Carbon Emissions (Methane and Carbon Dioxide) from Wetland Soils in a Re-created Everglades Landscape 
Anne  Sexton  University of Florida  Reducing labile phosphorus in agricultural drainage canal sediments by suppressing floating aquatic vegetation in the Everglades Agricultural Area 
Dilip  Shinde  Everglades National Park  Modeling the probability of alligator nest-sighting to evaluate and anticipate effects of water-management decisions on the everglades ecosystem   
Alison  Simon  FIU  CHEMICAL AND CANINE ANALYSIS AS COMPLIMENTARY TECHNIQUES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF ACTIVE ODORS IN AN INVASIVE PATHOGEN, RAFFAELEA LAURICOLA 
Lawrence  Spencer  South Florida Water Management District  OBJECT-ORIENTED CLASSIFICATION OF WETLAND VEGETATION: MAPPING FASTER ON A BUDGET ON THE KISSIMMEE RIVER FLOODPLAIN 

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St Aubin  Cardno  Building Habitat: Post-Dredging Restoration Design Considerations at Onondaga Lake   
Anthony  St Aubin  Cardno  REVITILIZATION OF THE EAST BRANCH GRAND CALUMET RIVER REACHES 4A & 4B   
Bethany  Stackhouse  US Geological Survey  Habitat Response Due to Seagrass Die-off in Western Florida Bay 
Theresa  Strazisar  Florida Atlantic University  LINKING WATER QUALITY TO VEGETATION RESTORATION: A CASE STUDY OF RUPPIA MARITIMA (WIGEONGRASS) AT THE HIGHLY VARIABLE EVERGLADES-FLORIDA BAY ECOTONE   
Erik  Tate-Boldt  South Florida Water Management District  Application of Synthetic Floc to Evaluate Sediment Transport within the Everglades ridge and slough landscape as part of the Decompartmentalization Physical Model Project 
Seth  Theuerkauf  North Carolina State University  A GIS-based decision support tool for oyster reef habitat restoration 
Taylor  Theulen  Stanley Consultants, Inc.  DRAINAGEWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND LAKE DREDGING CLEAR THE WATER AT FORT DES MOINES PARK 
Cassondra  Thomas  SFWMD  SERFIS: AN ECOSYSTEM MONITORING TOOL FOR RAPID ASSESSMENT OF ESTUARINE HABITAT RESPONSE TO FRESHWATER INFLOW MANAGEMENT 
Ashlee  Tyce  EA Engineering, Science, and Technology Inc., PBC  Photointerpretation - How an Old-School Method Still has Relevance and Benefit to Ecosystem-Scale Habitat Restoration   
Dean  Whitman  Florida International University  Electromagnetic Surveying in the Mangrove Lakes Region of Everglades National Park 
Lynn  Wingard  US Geological Survey  SURVIVAL AND EXTINCTION DURING PAST CLIMATE CHANGES – INSIGHTS FROM THE PALEONTOLOGICAL RECORD 
Simeon  Yurek  University of Miami  PERSISTENCE AND DIVERSITY OF DIRECTIONAL LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY IMPROVES BIOMASS PULSING IN EXPANDING AND CONTRACTING WETLANDS   
Michael  Yustin  Martin County Board of County Commissioners  A Partnership Approach to Restoration of Cypress Creek in the Loxahatchee River Watershed   
Angelica  Zamora-Duran  Florida Institute of Technology  Benthic foraminifera as bioindicators of environmental conditions in the Indian River Lagoon 
Manuel  Zamorano  South Florida Water Management Disrtrict  Investigation of STA-3/4 PSTA Performance, Design, and Operational Factors 
Bo Zhang University of Miami  MODELING THE DYNAMICS OF THE INVASIVE TREE, MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA, IN THE EVERGLADES, WITH AND WITHOUT BIOLOGICAL CONTROL   

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