South Florida Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Program (SFP)

Funded Projects – 2004/05

NUTRIENTS

Wayne Gardner, Peter Lavrentyev, James Cotner, and Frank Jochem – Salinity, nutrients, and food webs in Florida Bay.

Rudolf Jaffé, Joseph Boyer, James Fourqurean, and Nagamitsu Maie – Seagrass derived dissolved organic matter in Florida Bay: molecular biogeochemistry and microbial bioavailability.

Jia-Zhong ZhangEffect of salinity and temperature on the sediment/water exchange of P: predicting response of P cycling to increasing freshwater flow into Florida Bay.

WATER QUALITY

Cynthia Heil, David Hollander, and Patricia Glibert – From source to sink: linking inorganic and bioavailable organic nutrients to microbial dynamics in Florida Bay.

Elizabeth Johns, Peter Ortner, James Hendee, and Thomas Lee – Real-time currents and water quality monitoring in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

Wade McGillis, Peter Raymond, and Joseph Boyer – CO2 and O2 air-water exchange in Florida Bay: hydrodynamic controls on the gas transfer velocity (k) and linkages to net ecosystem metabolism.

Richard Stumpf, Varis Ransibrahmanakul, and Kristine Holder – Sources, transport, and variability of water turbidity.

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Vassiliki Kourafalou, Eric Chassignet, and Gustavo Goni – Regional model for South Florida coastal seas.

Thomas Lee, Elizabeth Johns, Ned Smith, and Clinton Hittle – Transport and exchange of Florida Bay interior waters.

Peter Ortner, Elizabeth Johns, Jia-Zhong Zhang, Thomas Lee, and Chuanmin Hu - Long-term measurement of physical, chemical, and biological water column properties in the South Florida coastal ecosystem.

HIGHER TROPHIC LEVEL

James Bohnsack and Jerald Ault - Reef fish community dynamics and linkages with Florida Bay.

Joan Browder, Steven Hoalon Wong, Maria Criales, and John Wang – Modeling connections between life stages and habitats of pink shrimp in South Florida.

Read - Habitat Use and Distribution Ecology of Bottlenose Dolphins in Florida Bay.

William Richards, David Jones, Monica Lara, and Sarah Frias-Torres – Settlement, growth, and migration of snappers in Florida Bay and adjacent marine ecosystems.

HABITAT

Carl Beaver and Walter Jaap – Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (CREMP).

Mark Butler and Andrew Gordon – Hard bottom dynamics in the Florida Keys: monitoring and targeted research.

James FourqureanLong-term seagrass monitoring in the FKNMS.

Diego LirmanMonitoring and modeling approaches to assess the condition of coral communities within patch reef habitats of the Florida Reef Tract.

John Ogden, Struan Smith, and Richard Aronson – Coral population dynamics in fully protected zones of the Florida Keys.

OTHER

Adriana CantilloData/document archeology and rescue for South Florida.

Peter Ortner and Dawn Boyer – South Florida Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Program (SFP) management.