The purpose of the 2000 GEER conference was to provide a forum for physical, biological, and social scientists to share their knowledge and research results concerning Everglades restoration. The objectives of the conference was to define specific restoration goals, determine the best approaches to meet these goals, and provide benchmarks that could be used to measure the success of restoration efforts over time. To these ends, the conference recognized the need to synthesize information gathered since the first Everglades conference, the interdisciplinary nature of Everglades restoration, and the need to adapt scientific understanding to management action.

The conference was held December 11-15, 2000, in Naples, Florida. (Visit the official GEER Conference website.) Below you will find links to several of the posters and talks that were given by USGS scientists at the GEER conference.

Also available: Open File Report 00-449 - U.S. Geological Survey Program on the South Florida Ecosystem: 2000 Proceedings. This publication contains presentations from the 2000 GEER conference.

Posters:

• Amphibian Inventory of Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve
• Aquatic Cycling of Mercury in the Everglades (ACME) Project: Synopsis of Phase I Studies and Plans for Phase II Studies
• The Data Web Pages of the Tides and Inflows in the Mangroves of the Everglades (TIME) Project (Note: This is a (0.5 MB) PDF File. PDF files require the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader ® to be read.)
• Design and Development of the Florida Bay Salinity Database
• Development and Testing of a Surface-Water Flow Model for Shark River Slough
• The Effects of Canals on Alligators in the Everglades
• Evaluation of Flows in Wetlands Adjacent to Canal C-111
• Ground Water and Surface Water Interactions in the Freshwater Wetlands of Taylor Slough
• Home Range and Movement of Alligators in the Everglades
• Internal Surface Water Flows FL96-620 Fresh Water to and from Native American Lands
• Long-term Experimental Study of Fire Regimes in South Florida Pinelands: Pine mortality following three seasons of burns
• Modeling Alligator Production Probabilities in the Everglades
• Molluscan Faunal Distribution in Florida Bay, past and present: An integration of down-core and modern data
• Nutrient Transport to Biscayne Bay and Water-Quality Trends at Selected Sites in Southern Florida
• Quantifying Hydrologic Exchange Between Surface and Ground Water in the Florida Everglades, WCA-2a
• Quantifying Seepage Losses From The Everglades
• Simulation of Seasonal Inundation Patterns in the South Florida Everglades
• South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) Website
• Summary of Ground-Water Related Geophysical Investigations in Everglades National Park
• Synthesis on the Impact of 20th Century Water-Management and Land-Use Practices on the Coastal Hydrology of Southeastern Florida
• Thermoregulation of the American Alligator in the Everglades
• Trophic Patterns in the Everglades Freshwater Fish Community Across Habitats and Seasons
• Velocity and Stage Data Collected in a Laboratory Flume for Water-Surface Slope Determination Using a Pipe Manometer

Talks:

• Dedication and Thanks to Aaron Higer
• Quantity, Timing, and Distribution of Freshwater Flows into Northeastern Florida Bay (Note: this file is currently only available as MS Powerpoint (.ppt) file. In addition, this file is appox. 13 MB, and may take awhile to download.)

Flow Workshop:

• Flow Workshop Summary Concurrent Session III Hydrology and Hydrologic Modeling
• The Role of Flow in the Everglades Ridge and Slough Landscape