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meetings > annual technical presentations meeting - SFWMD/USGS cooperative program Annual Technical Presentations Meeting - SFWMD/USGS Cooperative Program Wednesday, October 1, 2003 Please note: these presentations have not received Director’s approval and are subject to revision. Storch Conference Room 8:30 - 8:45 Coffee and donuts 8:45 - 8:50 Welcome and Introductions: John Mulliken, Deputy Department Director, Water Supply 8:50 - 9:00 SFWMD Comments: Chip Merriam, Deputy Executive Director, Water Resources 9:00 - 9:10 USGS Comments: Carl Goodwin, Director, FL Integrated Science Center - Miami 9:10 - 9:25 FY04 Co-op projects: Maggie Irrizary, USGS, Deputy Director FL Integrated Science Center - Miami 9:25 - 9:30 Break     Session A: Hydrogeology 9:30 - 12:20 Storch Conference Room Hydraulic characterization of the Biscayne Aquifer in Miami-Dade Kevin Cunningham Salt-water interface in Broward County Alyssa Dausman Tracer test at the Northwest Wellfield in Miami-Dade Bob Renken Salinity patterns and sediment runoff within Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve Mike Byrne Everglades ET measurement and modeling Ed German Coupling groundwater and surface water flow and transport - TIME/SICS Eric Swain   Session B: Ecology 9:30 - 12:20 2A Bridge Conference Room Impacts of hydrologic restoration on three estuarine communities Carole McIvor Avian ecology (limpkins/spoonbills) Nick Funicelli /Jerry Lorenz Influence of hydrology on freshwater fishes Bill Loftus American alligator ecology/use of amphibians as indicators for restoration success Kenneth Rice Empirical studies in support of a pink shrimp simulation model for Florida Bay Mike Robblee Fresh water discharge into Florida Bay Clinton Hittle     ~~ 12:20 - 1:30 Lunch and Poster Session ~~ Note: Many of the speakers on this page presented posters in addition to their talks. Other posters included: James Snyder (Fire ecology) and David Chin (Urban Hydrology)     Session C: Landscape and Ecology 1:30 - 3:30 Storch Conference Room Paleosalinity as a key for success criteria in south FL restoration Lynn Wingard Dynamics of land margin ecosystems in south Florida Tom Smith High accuracy elevation data collection Greg Desmond Bathymetry and sediment characterization Mark Hansen Geophysical Monitoring of the Southwest Florida Coast (talk included a slideshow of resistivity-water-quality-depth sections) Dave Fitterman ATLSS hydrologic scenarios in the Everglades Don DeAngelis   Session D: Data 1:30 - 3:30 2A Bridge Conference Room South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) geospatial interface Roy Sonenshein SW Florida coastal and wetland systems monitoring Eduardo Patino SOFIA Information management: metadata management and maintenance Heather Henkel The Florida ET network David Sumner Analysis of historical water quality data: LNWR and Big Cypress Ben McPherson For more information, please visit: U. S. Geological Survey USGS South Florida Informaton Access (SOFIA) website South Florida Water Management District

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