South Florida Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Program: Funded Projects

Funded Projects - 2000/01

Physical Oceanography

Tom Lee, Doug Wilson, and Elizabeth Johns
- Florida Bay Inner Basins Circulation and Exchange Study
  - Project abstract/summary
  - Progress report
- Contact Information
  - Thomas N. Lee
    University of Miami/RSMAS
    4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
    Miami, FL 33149
    tlee@rsmas.miami.edu
    
    Elizabeth Johns and Doug Wilson
    NOAA/AOML/PhOD
    4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
    Miami, FL 33149
    libby.johns@noaa.gov
    Research Scientists: Elizabeth Williams, University of Miami/RSMAS and Ryan Smith, NOAA/AOML
Ned Smith
- Field Studies for Validation of Florida Bay Models
- Contact Information
  - Ned Smith
    Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
    5600 North U.S. 1
    Fort Pierce, FL 33034
    nsmith@hboi.edu
    561-465-2400
    561-468-0757 (fax)
René Price, Peter Swart, and Bill Nuttle
- Estimating Evaporation Rates in Florida Bay
  - Project abstract
  - Progress reports
- Contact Information
  - Rene' Price and Peter Swart
    Marine Geology and Geophysics Division
    University of Miami/RSMAS
    4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
    Miami, FL 33149
    305-361-4810 (Price)
    305-361-4103 (Swart)
    305-361-4632 (fax)
    rprice@rsmas.miami.edu
    pswart@rsmas.miami.edu
    
    William Nuttle
    11 Craig Street
    Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA K1S 4B6
    613-234-8720
    nuttlew@fiu.edu

Algal Blooms

Joe Boyer
- The Importance of Organic Phosphorus in Promoting Cyanobacterial Blooms in Florida Bay: Competition between Bacteria and Phytoplankton
- Contact Information
  - Joseph N. Boyer
    Southeast Environmental Research Center
    Florida International University
    Miami, FL 33199
    305-348-4076
    305-348-4096 (fax)
    boyerj@fiu.edu
Mike Dagg and Shailer Cummings
- Wind Events and Benthic-Pelagic Coupling in Western Florida Bay
- Contact Information
  - Michael J. Dagg, PhD
    Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
    8124 Highway 56
    Chauvin, LA 70344
    504-851-2800
    mdagg@lumcon.edu
    
    Shailer R. Cummings, PhD
    NOAA/Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
    4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
    Miami, FL 33149
    305-361-4385
    305-361-4392 (fax)
    cummings@aoml.noaa.gov
Bill Louda
- Chemotaxonomic Assessment of Phytoplankton and Epiphyte Succession in the Rankin Bight-Whipray Basin Areas of North-Central Florida Bay
- Contact Information
  - Dr. J. William Louda
    Faculty / Scientist
    Organic Geochemistry Group
    Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Environmental Sciences Program
    Florida Atlantic University
    777 Glades Road
    Boca Raton, Florida 33431
    561-297-3309 (office)
    561-297-0010 (lab)
    561-297-2759 (fax)
    blouda@fau.edu
Gabe Vargo, Gary Hitchcock, and Dan DiResta
- The Role of Phytoplankton in Benthic-Pelagic Coupling
- Contact Information
  - Gabe Vargo, PhD
    Department of Marine Science
    University of South Florida
    140 Seventh Avenue South
    St. Petersburg, FL 33701
    727-553-1167
    727-553-1189 (fax)
    vargo@seas.marine.usf.edu
    
    Gary Hitchcock, PhD and Daniel DiResta, PhD
    Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries
    University of Miami/RSMAS
    4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
    Miami, FL 33149
    305-361-4926
    305-361-4765 (fax)
    ghitchcock@rsmas.miami.edu
    ddiresta@rsmas.miami.edu

Nutrients

Jeff Cornwell and Mike Kemp
- Nitrogen and Phosphorus Biogeochemistry of Florida Bay Sediments
  - April 2001 progress report
  - April 2002 progress report
- Contact Information
  - Jeff Cornwell¹ and Mike Kemp²
    University of Maryland
    Center for Environmental Science
    Horn Point Laboratory
    2020 Horns Point Road
    PO Box 775
    Cambridge, MD 21613
    410-221-8445¹
    410-221-8490¹
    cornwell@hpl.umces.edu
    410-221-8436²
    410-221-8490²
    kemp@hpl.umces.edu
Frank Millero
- The Carbonate System in Florida Bay
  - Project abstract
  - April 2001 progress report
  - April 2002 progress report
  - Other related work
    - The Role of Suspended Calcium Carbonate in the Phosphorus Cycle in Florida Bay
      - Final Report - June 2000
      - Project Web Site
- Contact Information
  - Frank Millero
    Marine & Atmospheric Chemistry Division
    University of Miami/RSMAS
    4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
    Miami, FL 33149
    305-361-4707
    305-361-4689 (fax)
    fmillero@rsmas.miami.edu
Jia-Zhong Zhang
- The Role of Sediment Resuspension in the Phosphorus Cycle in Florida Bay
- Contact Information
  - Jia-Zhong Zhang, PhD
    NOAA/AOML/OCD
    4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
    Miami, FL 33149
    305-361-4397
    305-361-4392 (fax)
    zhang@aoml.noaa.gov

Higher Trophic

Jim Bohnsack and Jerry Ault
- Reef Fish Community Dynamics and Linkages with Florida Bay
Mark Butler
- Changing Salinity Effects on Spiny Lobster and Hard-Bottom Habitats
Jeff Chanton and Chris Koenig
- Past and Present Trophic Structure of Florida Bay
  - Project abstract
  - April 2002 progress report
- Contact Information
  - Jeffrey P. Chanton
    Department of Oceanography
    Florida State University
    Tallahassee, FL 32306-4320
    850-644-7493
    850-644-2581 (fax)
    jchanton@mailer.fsu.edu
    
    Christopher C. Koenig, Felicia Coleman
    Department of Biological Science
    Florida State University
    Tallahassee, FL 32306-1100
    850-644-4509
    850-644-9829 (fax)
    koenig@bio.fsu.edu
Dave Evans and Darren Rumbold
- Linking Everglades Restoration and Enhanced Freshwater Flows to Elevated Concentrations of Mercury in Florida Bay
Bill Richards, John Lamkin, Cynthia Yeung, and Maria Criales
- The Influence of Gyres on the Transport of Pre-Settlement Stages into Florida Bay
  - Project abstract/summary
  - Progress report
- Contact Information
  - PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): William J. Richards¹, Cynthia Yeung², Maria M. Criales², and John T. Lamkin¹,
    
    INSTITUTIONS: 1. NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL 33149; 2. Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS), Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149.
Bill Sharp, Brian Keller, John Hunt, and Tom Matthews
- Monitoring a Sea Urchin Overgrazing Event in Outer Florida Bay

Monitoring

Tom Lee, Doug Wilson, Elizabeth Johns, and Peter Ortner
- Long-Term Interdisciplinary Monitoring
John Ogden, Sandy Vargo, and Jim Hendee
- The SEAKEYS/C-MAN Project: Environmental Monitoring of the Florida Keys and Florida Bay
  - The Florida Institute of Oceanography's (FIO) SEAKEYS (Sustained Ecological Research Related to Management of the Florida Keys Seascape) program began in 1989 and has continued until the present. This program, now being supported through NOAA's South Florida Ecosystem Restoration, Prediction and Modeling Program (SFERPM), implements a framework for long-term monitoring and research along the 220 mile Florida coral reef tract and in Florida Bay at a geographical scale encompassing the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS). The impetus for such a framework was the perceived marked regional decline in coral reefs and the critical need to provide data and options for resource management. The network consists of six instrument-enhanced Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations, cooperatively managed with NOAA's National Data Buoy Center, plus a proposed new one in northwest Florida Bay. These stations measure the usual C-MAN meteorological parameters, such as wind speed, gusts and barometric pressure, but are enhanced with oceanographic instruments measuring salinity, sea temperature, fluorometry and turbidity.
- Contact Information
  - John C. Ogden and Sandra Vargo
    Florida Institute of Oceanography
    830 First Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL 33701
    813-893-9100
    727-553-1100
    jogden@seas.marine.usf.edu
    svargo@seas.marine.usf.edu
    
    Chris Humphrey and Jeff Absten
    Keys Marine Laboratory
    Long Key, Florida
    305-664-9101
    
    James C. Hendee
    Ocean Chemistry Division
    Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
    Miami, FL 33149-1026
    
    Cathy Woodey
    National Data Buoy Center
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    Stennis Space Center, MS

Other Program Elements

Jim Cato and Douglas Gregory
- Florida Bay Outreach and Community Education Program
Peter Ortner and Dawn Marie Boyer (nee Welcher)
- South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Prediction and Modeling (SFERPM) Program Management Office
Linda Pikula and Adriana Cantillo
- Coastal and Estuarine Data/Document Archeology and Rescue for South Florida

Physical Oceanography

Tom Lee, Doug Wilson, and Elizabeth Johns

Ned Smith

Field Studies for Validation of Florida Bay Models
Contact Information
- Ned Smith
  Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
  5600 North U.S. 1
  Fort Pierce, FL 33034
  nsmith@hboi.edu
  561-465-2400
  561-468-0757 (fax)

René Price, Peter Swart, and Bill Nuttle

Algal Blooms

Joe Boyer

Mike Dagg and Shailer Cummings

Bill Louda

Chemotaxonomic Assessment of Phytoplankton and Epiphyte Succession in the Rankin Bight-Whipray Basin Areas of North-Central Florida Bay
Contact Information
- Dr. J. William Louda
  Faculty / Scientist
  Organic Geochemistry Group
  Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Environmental Sciences Program
  Florida Atlantic University
  777 Glades Road
  Boca Raton, Florida 33431
  561-297-3309 (office)
  561-297-0010 (lab)
  561-297-2759 (fax)
  blouda@fau.edu

Gabe Vargo, Gary Hitchcock, and Dan DiResta

The Role of Phytoplankton in Benthic-Pelagic Coupling
Contact Information
- Gabe Vargo, PhD
  Department of Marine Science
  University of South Florida
  140 Seventh Avenue South
  St. Petersburg, FL 33701
  727-553-1167
  727-553-1189 (fax)
  vargo@seas.marine.usf.edu
  
  Gary Hitchcock, PhD and Daniel DiResta, PhD
  Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries
  University of Miami/RSMAS
  4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
  Miami, FL 33149
  305-361-4926
  305-361-4765 (fax)
  ghitchcock@rsmas.miami.edu
  ddiresta@rsmas.miami.edu

Nutrients

Jeff Cornwell and Mike Kemp

Frank Millero

Jia-Zhong Zhang

Higher Trophic

Jim Bohnsack and Jerry Ault

Reef Fish Community Dynamics and Linkages with Florida Bay

Mark Butler

Changing Salinity Effects on Spiny Lobster and Hard-Bottom Habitats

Jeff Chanton and Chris Koenig

Dave Evans and Darren Rumbold

Linking Everglades Restoration and Enhanced Freshwater Flows to Elevated Concentrations of Mercury in Florida Bay

Bill Richards, John Lamkin, Cynthia Yeung, and Maria Criales

The Influence of Gyres on the Transport of Pre-Settlement Stages into Florida Bay
- Project abstract/summary
- Progress report
Contact Information
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): William J. Richards¹, Cynthia Yeung², Maria M. Criales², and John T. Lamkin¹,
  
  INSTITUTIONS: 1. NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL 33149; 2. Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS), Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149.

Bill Sharp, Brian Keller, John Hunt, and Tom Matthews

Monitoring a Sea Urchin Overgrazing Event in Outer Florida Bay

Monitoring

Tom Lee, Doug Wilson, Elizabeth Johns, and Peter Ortner

Long-Term Interdisciplinary Monitoring

John Ogden, Sandy Vargo, and Jim Hendee

The SEAKEYS/C-MAN Project: Environmental Monitoring of the Florida Keys and Florida Bay
- The Florida Institute of Oceanography's (FIO) SEAKEYS (Sustained Ecological Research Related to Management of the Florida Keys Seascape) program began in 1989 and has continued until the present. This program, now being supported through NOAA's South Florida Ecosystem Restoration, Prediction and Modeling Program (SFERPM), implements a framework for long-term monitoring and research along the 220 mile Florida coral reef tract and in Florida Bay at a geographical scale encompassing the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS). The impetus for such a framework was the perceived marked regional decline in coral reefs and the critical need to provide data and options for resource management. The network consists of six instrument-enhanced Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations, cooperatively managed with NOAA's National Data Buoy Center, plus a proposed new one in northwest Florida Bay. These stations measure the usual C-MAN meteorological parameters, such as wind speed, gusts and barometric pressure, but are enhanced with oceanographic instruments measuring salinity, sea temperature, fluorometry and turbidity.
Contact Information
- John C. Ogden and Sandra Vargo
  Florida Institute of Oceanography
  830 First Street South
  St. Petersburg, FL 33701
  813-893-9100
  727-553-1100
  jogden@seas.marine.usf.edu
  svargo@seas.marine.usf.edu
  
  Chris Humphrey and Jeff Absten
  Keys Marine Laboratory
  Long Key, Florida
  305-664-9101
  
  James C. Hendee
  Ocean Chemistry Division
  Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
  Miami, FL 33149-1026
  
  Cathy Woodey
  National Data Buoy Center
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  Stennis Space Center, MS

Other Program Elements

Jim Cato and Douglas Gregory

Florida Bay Outreach and Community Education Program

Peter Ortner and Dawn Marie Boyer (nee Welcher)

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Prediction and Modeling (SFERPM) Program Management Office

Linda Pikula and Adriana Cantillo

Coastal and Estuarine Data/Document Archeology and Rescue for South Florida

Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR)