FINAL AGENDA

 

Sustaining Our Environment

 

THE 2nd Annual South Florida CAribbean-CESU

Science Forum

 

Florida Atlantic University

Liberal Arts Auditorium, Rm. 120

2912 College Avenue, Davie, FL

 

 

Friday, July 9, 2004

 

0900     Registration.

 

0930     Welcome.       

    Gerald N. Goldberger, Ph. D., Director Sponsored Research, Florida Atlantic University

                 Peter K. Swart, Ph. D., Director SFC-CESU

 

0945     The Joint Ecosystem Modeling Laboratory: An Integrated, Adaptive Approach to Evaluating and Assessing Everglades Restoration Alternatives.  Ronnie Best1, Don DeAngelis1 and Frank Mazzotti2.  1U. S. Geological Survey, 2University of Florida, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

 

1000     Habitat Suitability Index for Roseate Spoonbills Nesting In North East Florida Bay. Jerome J. Lorenz1, Steven M. Bartell2 and William Nuttle3. 1Audubon of Florida, 2CADMUS Group, 3Consultant.

 

1015     NEO-NEON: WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?  Jim Fourqurean, Florida International University.   

 

1030     COFFEE/ POSTERS.

 

1040     Habitat Evaluation Decision Aids for the Southwest Florida Feasibility Study.   Leonard G. Pearlstine1, Frank J Mazzotti1, Tomma K. Barnes 2, Stephen A. Bortone3 and Donald L. DeAngelis4.  1University of Florida, Davie,  2South Florida Water Management District, Fort Myers, 3Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, Sanibel,  4US Geological Survey, Miami.

 

1100     MULTIPLE STRESSOR EFFECTS ON SEAGRASSES IN FLORIDA BAY: A MESOCOSM RESEARCH APPROACH.  Marguerite S. Koch, Florida Atlantic University.

 

1120     Status of CESI and the National Academy of Sciences Review.  Tonya Howington, National Park Service.

 

1140     Viroids.  Shally Mathur, Florida Atlantic University.

 

1200     LUNCH.

 

1300     Compilation and Synthesis of Existing Persistent Organic Pollutants and Heavy Metals Data for Gulf Coast Network National Parks. Aubree A. Gallaher, University of Florida.

 

1320     Update on National Park Service South Florida/Caribbean Inventory and Monitoring Network activities.  Matt E. Patterson, National Park Service.

 

1340     Natural resource database for DeSoto National Memorial. Jeremy Montague, Barry University.

 

1400     AttRacTing the 11th International Coral Reef Conference to South Florida.  Richard Dodge, Nova Southeastern University, NCRI.

 

1420     Salinity Records in Biscayne National Park from CoRal Skeletons.  Peter K. Swart.  University of Miami, RSMAS.

 

1440     INFORMATION NEEDS IN Biscayne Bay. Sarah Bellmund, National Park Service.

 

1500     COFFEE/ POSTERS.

 

1520     Web-Based Interactive Archive Of Caribbean-Wide Coral Collections Including Site-Maps, Collection Information, X-Radiographs, Growth Data, And Isotopic Data.  Kevin P. Helmle, Nova Southeastern University, NCRI.

 

1540     THE STRATEGIC PLAN: AN UPDATE.   Peter K. Swart, Ph. D., Director SFC-CESU.

 

1600     CLOSING REMARKS/ ADJOURN.      

 

 

 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

 

P-1       Pigments as probes to microalgal community structure and flux.  Dr. J. William Louda, Florida Atlantic University.

 

P-2       Status of the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in Southern Florida and its Role in Measuring Restoration Success in the Everglades.  Michael S. Cherkiss, University of Florida, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

 

P-3    Sustainability Education Through Interactive Technology. David D. Kumar and Jennifer N. Waldman, Florida Atlantic University.

 

P-4       The effect of off-road vehicle use on the distribution of amphibian species in Big Cypress National Preserve. J. Hardin Waddle, University of Florida.

 

P-5       Ecology and Conservation of the American Crocodile in Florida. Frank J. Mazzotti and Michael S. Cherkiss, University of Florida, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Fort Lauderdale, FL.  

 

P-6       PHOSPHATE KINETICS IN SEAGRASS-DOMINATED FLORIDA BAY. Dr Ole I. Nielsen, Florida Atlantic University.