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 Zhang – Effect 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 Fourqurean – Long-term seagrass monitoring in the FKNMS.
- • Diego Lirman – Monitoring 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 Cantillo – Data/document archeology and rescue for South Florida.
- • Peter Ortner and Dawn Boyer – South Florida Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Program (SFP) management.
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