A5090773835- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine and fisheries research
- Water resources management and optimization
- Plant responses to water stress
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Water Systems and Optimization
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
- Water Quality and Resources Studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Environmental Conservation and Management
Everglades Foundation
2016-2025
Everglades University
2016-2025
Texas A&M University
2001-2015
Arcadis (United States)
2012
University College Dublin
2012
Mitchell Institute
2004-2011
Queen's University Belfast
2006
Florida International University
1999-2003
University of Ottawa
1984
We present 8 yr of long‐term water quality, climatological, and management data for 17 locations in Everglades National Park, Florida. Total phosphorus (P) concentration from freshwater sites (typically <0.25 µmol L −1 , or µg ) indicate the oligotrophic, P‐limited nature this large freshwater—estuarine landscape. P concentrations at estuarine near Gulf Mexico (average ~0.5 demonstrate marine source limiting nutrient. This “upside down” phenomenon, with nutrient supplied by ocean not...
Subtropical estuaries worldwide face increased pressure on their ecosystem health and services due to increasing human population growth associated land use/land cover changes, expansion of ports, climate change. We investigated freshwater inflows (river discharge) the physico-chemical characteristics Galveston Bay (Texas, USA) as mechanisms driving variability in phytoplankton biomass community composition between February 2008 December 2009. Results multivariate analyses (hierarchical...
From 8/95 to 2/01, we investigated the ecological effects of intra- and inter-annual variability in freshwater flow through Taylor Creek southeastern Everglades National Park. Continuous monitoring intensive sampling studies overlapped with an array pulsed weather events that impacted physical, chemical, biological attributes this region. We quantified three representing a range characteristics (duration, amount precipitation, storm intensity, wind direction) on hydraulic connectivity,...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 316:17-22 (2006) - doi:10.3354/meps316017 Trophic importance of kelp-derived suspended particulate matter in a through-flow sub-Antarctic system S. Kaehler1,*, E. A. Pakhomov2,3, R. M. Kalin4, Davis4 1Southern Ocean Group, Rhodes University, PO Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa 2Department Earth and...
The authors summarize the main findings of Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research (FCE-LTER) program in EMER, within context Comprehensive Restoration Plan (CERP), to understand how regional processes, mediated by water flow, control population and ecosystem dynamics across EMER landscape. Tree canopies with maximum height <3 m cover 49% particularly SE region. These scrub/dwarf mangroves are result a combination low soil phosphorus (P < 59 μg P g dw−1) calcareous marl...
Abstract Coastal wetlands are globally important sinks of organic carbon (C). However, to what extent wetland C cycling will be affected by accelerated sea‐level rise ( SLR ) and saltwater intrusion is unknown, especially in coastal peat marshes where water flow highly managed. Our objective was determine how the ecosystem balance influenced elevated salinity. For two years, we made monthly situ manipulations salinity freshwater FW brackish BW sites within Everglades National Park, Florida ,...
Summary Comparative research and generalisations in lotic ecology are challenged by the dynamic hydrology of fluvial systems. The aim this study was to understand more fully how factors such as light, nutrients flow can predict variation autochthonous production algal biomass. We measured seasonal changes percent bankfull discharge, inorganic nutrient concentrations, turbidity, instream primary production, respiration biomass littoral zone five floodplain rivers one temperate two tropical...
Reclaimed wastewater is increasingly important to satisfaction of water-sustainability objectives in water-short municipalities throughout the United States and particularly Southwest. Water reclamation reuse present new challenges for urban planners, who now tend consider renewable freshwater reclaimed as unique parts a single water resources portfolio. Efficiency geographically dispersed communities lead planners explore relative merits centralized versus decentralized wastewater-treatment...
The Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) in South Florida (USA) is a recognized source of total phosphorus (TP) that has impacted downstream oligotrophic marshes. Treatment wetlands, called stormwater treatment areas (STAs), were constructed and subsequently expanded to remediate EAA-derived TP, ideally yielding long-term outflow concentrations the Protection (EvPA) 13 µg/L TP or less. To date, TP-remediation been insufficient relative loads discharged from some EAA basins. We assessed 20...
ABSTRACT This study is the first to document glass American Eels Anguilla rostrata in Texas, and it provides critical information about recruitment timing along northern Gulf Coast. The Eel a facultative catadromous fish. Data are lacking related juvenile (glass eel elver) into bays estuaries of Mexico. Objective goal was elver distribution for Texas. Methods implemented year-round monitoring rivers streams using ramps environmental DNA (eDNA) increase likelihood detecting even highly...
Abstract. Extensive datasets document the distribution and composition of benthic macrofauna in some estuaries, yet their impact on carbon cycling remains poorly quantified. To address this, we investigated (1) how water chemistry sediment correlate with biomass (2) contributions macrofaunal fluxes to estuarine budgets. We analyzed 8,128 samples collected from Chesapeake Bay (1995–2022) used generalized additive models relate observed modeled environmental variables biomass. also estimated...