SFP Publications
Journal articles and other literature resulting from the AOML South Florida Program.
Journal Articles
Cannizzaro, J. P. , C. Hu, K. L. Carder, C. R. Kelble, N. Melo,
E. M. Johns, G. A. Vargo (2013). On the accuracy of SeaWiFS ocean
color data products on the west Florida shelf.
Continental Shelf Research, in press.
Zhao, J., C. Hu, B. LaPoint, N. Melo, E. M. Johns, and R. H. Smith (2013).
Satellite-observed black water events off Southwest Florida:
Implications for coral reef health in the Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary. Remote Sensing, vol. 5(1), 415-431;
doi:10.3390/rs5010415.
Zhao, J., B. Barnes, N. Melo, D. English, B. LaPointe, F.
Muller-Karger, B. Schaeffer, and C. Hu (2013). Assessment of
satellite-derived diffuse attenuation coefficieants and euphotic
depths in south Florida coastal waters. Remote Sensing of
Environment, vol. 38-50, 131.
Manzello, Derek P., I. C. Enochs, N. Melo, D. K. Gledhill, and
E. M. Johns (2012). Ocean Acidification Refugia of the Florida Reef
Tract. PLoS ONE 7(7): e41715. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041715.
Johns, E., and T. N. Lee (2012). Weather and climate strongly
influence salinity, water quality, and circulation of south
Florida coastal waters and bays. In: Tropical Connections: South
Florida’s Marine Environment. Eds. W. L. Kruczynski and P. J. Fletcher.
IAN Press, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science,
Cambridge, Maryland, 72-73.
Keller, B. D., and E. Johns (2012). Strong ocean currents
connect geographic regions. In: Tropical Connections: South
Florida’s Marine Environment, W. L. Kruczynski and P. J. Fletcher
(eds.). IAN Press, University of Maryland Center for Environmental
Science, Cambridge, Maryland, 15.
Smith, R. H., and E. Johns (2012). Oceanographic data are
collected in many different ways. In: Tropical Connections:
South Florida’s Marine Environment, W. L. Kruczynski and P. J. Fletcher
(eds.). IAN Press, University of Maryland Center for Environmental
Science, Cambridge, Maryland, 66.
Melo, N., and T. N. Lee (2012). Weather and climate strongly
influence salinity, water quality, and circulation of south Florida
coastal waters and bays. In: Tropical Connections: South Florida’s
Marine Environment, W. L. Kruczynski and P. J. Fletcher (eds.).
IAN Press, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science,
Cambridge, Maryland, 80-82.
Kelble, C. R., P. B. Ortner, G. L. Hitchcock, M. J. Dagg, and J. N.
Boyer. (2010). Temporal and spatial variability of mesozooplankton in a
shallow sub-tropical bay: Influence of top-down control. Estuaries and
Coasts 33:723-737.
Gramer, L. J., E. M. Johns, J. C. Hendee, and C. Hu (2009). Characterization of
biologically significant hydrodynamic anomalies on the Florida Reef Tract, In
Dodge, R., ed., Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, July 7-11, 2008, 470-474.
Conmy, R. N., P. G. Coble, J. P. Cannizzaro, and C. A. Heil (2009),
Influence of extreme storm events on West Florida Shelf CDOM
distributions, J. Geophys. Res.-Biogeosci., 114.
Zhang, J. Z., C. R. Kelble, C. J. Fischer, and L. Moore. (2009). Hurricane
Katrina induced nutrient runoff from an agricultural area to coastal
waters in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
84:209-218.
Boyer, J. N., C. R. Kelble, P. B. Ortner, and D. T. Rudnick. (2009).
Phytoplankton bloom status: Chlorophyll a biomass as an indicator of
water quality condition in the southern estuaries of Florida, USA.
Ecological Indicators 9:S56-S67.
Fiechter J, B. K. Haus, N. Melo, C. N.K. Mooers (2008). Physical processes impacting passive
particle dispersal in the Upper Florida Keys. Continental Shelf Research, 28, 1261-1272.
Lee, T. N., N. Melo, E. Johns, C. Kelble, R. H. Smith, P. Ortner. (2008). On Water Renewal and
Salinity Variability in the Northeast Subregion of Florida Bay. Bulletin of Marine Science,
82(1): 83-105.
Li, Q. P., D. A. Hansell, and J. Z. Zhang (2008), Underway monitoring of
nanomolar nitrate plus nitrite and phosphate in oligotrophic seawater,
Limnol. Oceanogr. Meth., 6, 319-326.
Caccia, V. G., and F. J. Millero (2007), Distribution of yttrium and
rare earths in Florida Bay sediments, Marine Chemistry, 104(3-4), 171-185.
Jurado, J. L., G. L. Hitchcock, and P. B. Ortner (2007), Seasonal
variability in nutrient and phytoplankton distributions on the southwest
Florida inner shelf, Bulletin of Marine Science, 80(1), 21-43.
Kelble, C. R., E. M. Johns, W. K. Nuttle, T. N. Lee, R. H. Smith, and P.
B. Ortner (2007), Salinity patterns of Florida Bay, Estuarine Coastal
and Shelf Science, 71(1-2), 318-334.
Lee, T. N., E. Johns, N. Melo, R. H. Smith, P. B. Ortner, and D. Smith (2006).
On Florida Bay hypersalinity and water exchange. Bull. Mar. Sci. 79(2), 301-327.
Hu, C. M., F. E. Muller-Karger, C. Taylor, K. L. Carder, C. Kelble, E.
Johns, and C. A. Heil. (2005). Red tide detection and tracing using MODIS
fluorescence data: A regional example in SW Florida coastal waters.
Remote Sensing of Environment 97:311-321.
Hu, Chuanmin, J. R. Nelson, E. Johns, Z. Chen, R. H. Weisberg, and F. E. Muller-Karger (2005).
Mississippi River water in the Florida Straits and in the Gulf Stream off Georgia in summer 2004.
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 32, L14606, 5 pp.
Kelble, C. R., P. B. Ortner, G. L. Hitchcock, and J. N. Boyer. (2005).
Attenuation of photosynthetically available radiation (PAR) in Florida
Bay: Potential for light limitation of primary producers. Estuaries
28:560-571.
Li, Q. P., J. Z. Zhang, F. J. Millero, and D. A. Hansell (2005),
Continuous colorimetric determination of trace ammonium in seawater with
a long-path liquid waveguide capillary cell, Marine Chemistry, 96(1-2),
73-85.
Hu, Chuanmin, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Gabriel A. Vargo, Merrie Beth Neely, and Elizabeth
Johns (2004). Linkages between coastal runoff and the Florida Keys ecosystem:
A study of a dark plume event. Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 31, L15307, 4 pp.
Caccia, V. G., and F. J. Millero (2003), The distribution and seasonal
variation of dissolved trace metals in Florida Bay and adjacent waters,
Aquat. Geochem., 9(2), 111-144.
Caccia, V. G., F. J. Millero, and A. Palanques (2003), The distribution
of trace metals in Florida Bay sediments, Marine Pollution Bulletin,
46(11), 1420-1433.
Lee, T.N., E. Williams, D. Wilson, E. Johns, and N. Smith (2002). Transport
processes linking south Florida coastal ecosystems. The Everglades, Florida Bay and
Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys: An Ecosystem Sourcebook, Porter and Porter, eds., CRC Press, pp. 309-342.
Southwest Florida Dark Water Observations Group (2002). Satellite Images
Track 'Black Water' Event off Florida Coast, EOS, Trans. AGU,
Vol. 83, No. 26, 25 June 2002, 281-285.
Millero, F. J., W. T. Hiscock, F. Huang, M. Roche, and J. Z. Zhang
(2001), Seasonal variation of the carbonate system in Florida Bay,
Bulletin of Marine Science, 68(1), 101-123.
Zhang, J. Z., C. R. Kelble, and F. J. Millero (2001), Gas-segmented
continuous flow analysis of iron in water with a long liquid waveguide
capillary flow cell, Analytica Chemica Acta, 438(1-2), 49-57.
Theses and Dissertations
Kelble, C. R. (2010), The effect of salinity variability on the
mesozooplankton community of Florida Bay, Ph.D. Dissertation, 174 pp,
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.
Kelble, C. R. (2003), Attenuation of Photosynthetically Active Radiation
(PAR) in Florida Bay, USA, M.S. Thesis, University of Miami, Coral
Gables, Florida.
Jurado, J. L. (2003). The dynamics of diatom blooms and silicon cycling
in coastal waters of the southwestern Florida shelf and northwestern
Florida Bay, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami, Coral Gables,
Florida.
Conference Talks, Posters, and Abstracts
Johns, E. M., C. R. Kelble, T. N. Lee, N. Melo, P. B. Ortner, and R. H. Smith (2010).
Sea surface temperature, salinity and chlorophyll variability in the Florida Keys and
surrounding coastal waters, 1997 - 2010: Means, seasonal patterns, interannual variability
and extreme events. Proceedings, Conference and Workshop on the Florida Keys Marine
Ecosystem, Duck Key, FL October 19-22, 2010. University of Florida, 87.
Johns, E., M. O. Baringer, F. Bringas, S. R. Cummings, P. N. Di Nezio,
C. M. Featherstone, G. J. Goni, L. J. Gramer, G. R. Halliwell, J. C.
Hendee, C. R. Kelble, D. Lindo, R. Lumpkin, F. D. Marks, J. R. Molina,
R. H. Smith, J. A. Trinanes, and A. M. Wood (2010). Oil spill response
activities conducted by NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and
Meteorological laboratory (AOML) during summer 2010. Proceedings,
Linking Science to Management - A Conference and Workshop on the
Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem. Duck Key, FL, October 19-22, 2010.
Kelble, C. R., P. B. Ortner, G. L. Hitchcock, and D. L. DeAngelis (2010). A Bay Anchovy
induced trophic cascade in Florida Bay. Proceedings, Conference and Workshop on the Florida
Keys Marine Ecosystem, Duck Key, FL October 19-22, 2010. University of Florida, 92.
Kourafalou, V. (2010). Physical factors driving the oceanographic regime around the
Florida Keys. Proceedings, Conference and Workshop on the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem,
Duck Key, FL October 19-22, 2010. University of Florida, 100.
Hu, C., J. Cannizzaro, F. Muller-Karger, J. Hendee, E. Johns, L. Gramer,
C. Kelble and N. Melo (2008). Remote Sensing Of Water Quality Index in
Florida Bay and Florida Keys: Current Status and Challenge. Proceedings,
2008 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference, Naples,
FL December 8-11, 2008. University of Florida, 98.
Johns, E. M., T. N. Lee, C. R. Kelble, R. H. Smith, N. Melo, P. B. Ortner and V. H. Kourafalou (2008).
Surface Salinity Variability of South Florida Coastal and Estuarine Waters from Gridded Shipboard Observations,
1995 - 2008. Proceedings, 2008 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference, Naples, FL December
8-11, 2008. University of Florida, 104.
Lee, T. N., N. Melo, N. Smith, E. M. Johns, R. H. Smith, C. R. Kelble and P. B. Ortner (2008).
On Florida Bay Circulation and Water Exchange with Focus on the Western Subregion. Proceedings,
2008 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference, Naples, FL December 8-11, 2008.
University of Florida, 121.
Melo, N., T. N. Lee, E. M. Johns, R. H. Smith, C. R. Kelble and P. B. Ortner (2008).
South Florida Coastal Oceanographic Database. Proceedings, 2008 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine
Systems Science Conference, Naples, FL December 8-11, 2008. University of Florida, 137.
Johns, E. M., C. R. Kelble, T. N. Lee, N. Melo, R. H. Smith, and P. B. Ortner (2008), Salinity
variability of south Florida coastal waters on time scales from episodic to multidecadal: How might
the Everglades Restoration change these patterns? Proceedings, AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting - From the
Watershed to the Global Ocean, Orlando, FL, March 2-7 2008, pg. 181.
Kelble, C. R., P. B. Ortner, G. L. Hitchcock, M. J. Dagg, and E. M. Johns (2008), Salinity and meso-zooplankton
communities in Florida Bay. Proceedings, AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting - From the Watershed to the Global Ocean,
Orlando, FL, March 2-7 2008, pg. 204.
Melo, N., T. N. Lee, E. M. Johns, R. H. Smith, C. R. Kelble, and P. B. Ortner (2008), Understanding Florida Bay
Hypersalinity. Proceedings, AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting - From the Watershed to the Global Ocean, Orlando,
FL, March 2-7 2008, pg. 268.
Johns, E. M., T. N. Lee, P. B. Ortner, V. H. Kourafalou, R. H. Smith, and C. R. Kelble (2006).
The evolution and future of the South Florida Regional Observing System (SF-ROS). EOS Trans. AGU,
87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS15J-12.
Smith, R. H., P. B. Ortner, V. H. Kourafalou, T. N. Lee, E. M. Johns, S. R. Cummings, C. R. Kelble and C.
Hu. (2006). Post-Katrina pollutant and contaminant pathways: downstream transport or local retention?,
EOS Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS16H-18.
Smith, R. H., E. M. Johns, S. R. Cummings, P. B. Ortner, C. R. Kelble, N. Melo and T. N. Lee (2005).
The Influence of the 2005 hurricane season on water quality in Florida Bay and surrounding coastal waters.
Proceedings, 2005 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference, Duck Key, FL December 11-14, 2005.
University of Florida, 146-147.
Johns, E., R. H. Smith, P. B. Ortner, T. N. Lee, C. R. Kelble, N. Melo (2005). Real-time oceanographic and
meteorological observations in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Proceedings, 2005 Florida Bay and
Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference, Duck Key, FL December 11-14, 2005. University of Florida, 133-134.
Johns, E., R. H. Smith, P. B. Ortner, T. N. Lee, C. R. Kelble, N. Melo (2005). Salinity variability in south
Florida coastal waters, 1995-2005. Proceedings, 2005 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference,
Duck Key, FL December 11-14, 2005. University of Florida, 135-136.
Lee, T. N., E. M. Johns, N. Melo, R. H. Smith, P. B. Ortner, D. Smith, N. Smith (2005). On Florida Bay
hypersalinity and water exchange. Proceedings, 2005 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference,
Duck Key, FL December 11-14, 2005. University of Florida, 123-124.
Johns, E., P. Ortner, R. H. Smith, C. Kelble, S. Cummings, J. Hendee, N. Melo, T. N. Lee, E.Williams (2003).
New interdisciplinary oceanographic observations in the coastal waters adjacent to Florida Bay. Proceedings,
2003 Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem,
Palm Harbor, FL April 13-18, 2003. University of Florida, 45-47.
Lee, T. N., E. Williams, E. Johns, R. H. Smith, N. Melo (2003). Circulation and exchange processes within
Florida Bay interior basins. Proceedings, 2003 Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of the
Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem, Palm Harbor, FL April 13-18, 2003. University of Florida, 26-27.
Melo, N., T. N. Lee, E. Williams, D. Smith, M. Framinan, R. H. Smith, E. Johns (2003). A movie of Florida Bay
sea level response to local wind forcing. Proceedings, 2003 Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of
the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem, Palm Harbor, FL April 13-18, 2003. University of Florida, 59-60.
Lee, T.N., E. Johns, N. Smith, D. Wilson, E. Williams, and R. Smith (2001). Circulation and exchange processes
linking South Florida coastal waters. Proceedings, Spring Meeting of The Oceanography Society, April 2001, Miami, FL.
Johns, E., T.N. Lee, D. Wilson, P. Ortner, R. Smith, and E. Williams (2001). Salinity variability in Florida Bay
from monthly high resolution surveys. Proceedings, 2001 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference,
Key Largo, FL, April 23-26, 2001.
Johns, E., T.N. Lee, D. Wilson, R. Smith, and E. Williams (2001). Influence of hurricanes, tropical storms, and
cold fronts on South Florida coastal waters. Proceedings, 2001 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science
Conference, Key Largo, FL, April 23-26, 2001.
Smith, R. H., E. Johns, D. Wilson, T. N. Lee, and E. Williams (2001). Moored observations of salinity variability
in Florida Bay and South Florida coastal waters on daily to interannual time scales. Proceedings, 2001 Florida Bay
and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference, Key Largo, FL, April 23-26, 2001.
Lee, T.N., E. Williams, E. Johns, and D. Wilson (1999). First year results from enhanced observations of
circulation and exchange processes in western Florida Bay and connecting coastal waters, including effects of
El Nino and Hurricane Georges. Proceedings, 1999 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference,
Key Largo, FL, November 1-5, 1999.
Johns, E., W. D. Wilson, and T. N. Lee (1999). Surface salinity variability of Florida Bay and southwest Florida
coastal waters. Proceedings, 1999 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference, Key Largo, FL, November 1-5, 1999.
Wilson, W. D., E. Johns, R. Smith, T. N. Lee, and E. Williams (1999). Interaction of freshwater riverine
discharges from the Everglades with the Gulf of Mexico and Florida Bay: Preliminary results from a moored array
and shipboard surveys. Proceedings, 1999 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference, Key Largo,
FL, November 1-5, 1999.
Wilson, W. D., E. Johns, T. N. Lee, R. H. Smith, and E. J. Williams (1998). Interaction of freshwater riverine
discharges from the Everglades with the Gulf of Mexico and Florida Bay: Preliminary results from a moored array
and shipboard surveys. Proceedings, 1998 Florida Bay Science Conference, Miami, FL, May 12-14, 1998.
Hitchcock, G., G. A. Vargo, T. Lee, E. Johns, E. Williams, and J. Jurado (1998). The influence of circulation
on nutrient distributions in Florida Bay. Proceedings, 1998 Florida Bay Science Conference, Miami, FL, May 12-14, 1998.
Lee, T. N., E. Johns, W. D. Wilson, and E. Williams (1998). Florida Bay circulation and exchange study.
Proceedings, Florida Bay Science Conference, Miami, FL, May 12-14, 1998.
Johns, E., W. D. Wilson and T. N. Lee (1998). Interaction of Florida Bay waters with the Gulf of Mexico
and the Atlantic Ocean. Proceedings, 1998 Meeting of The Oceanography Society and the IOC on Coastal and
Marginal Seas, Paris, France, June 1-4, 1998.
Other Reports
Hunt, J. H., and W. Nuttle, eds. (2007). Florida Bay Science Program:
A Synthesis of Research on Florida Bay. Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Technical Report TR-11, 148 pp. (Chapter 4: Physical Processes, authored by
T. N. Lee, E. Johns, and P. B. Ortner.)
Johns, E., P. B. Ortner, and T. N. Lee (2006), Interdisciplinary coastal
ocean observations in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary with
real-time data links, In: 2002-03 Sanctuary Science Report: An Ecosystem Report
Card after Five Years of Marine Zoning, B. D. Keller and S. Donahue, eds., 2006.
U. S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, Marathon, FL.
Johns, E., T. N. Lee, and W. Nuttle (2003). Mixing it up in Florida Bay. Florida Bay News,
published by the Everglades National Park, Summer 2003, 8 pp.
Johns, E., and T. N. Lee (2003). Red tides on the southwest Florida shelf: The effect of
physical oceanographic and meteorological forcing on the onset, severity and persistence of
Karenia brevis blooms. Report submitted to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission's Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI), 4 pp.
Johns, E., T. N. Lee, and P. B. Ortner (2002). Surface currents connect south Florida
and the Keys. Sounding Line, News of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS).
Winter 2002 issue, 4-5.
Lee, T. N., and E. Johns (2001). South Florida's 'Current' Concerns Require a Global View,
Florida Bay Watch Report, a synthesis document of the Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems
Science Program, Florida Bay Education Project.
Lee, T.N., E. Johns, W.D. Wilson, and E. Williams (2000). Site characterization for the
Tortugas region: Physical oceanography and recruitment, Tortugas 2000 Report.
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.