CESI Assessment Projects by Title

These projects include those that lead to the development of decision support tools that can automate assessments of restoration alternatives. They utilize information and design ideas from Baseline Research, Long-term Monitoring, and Simulation Modeling projects to streamline assessment of the success of restoration efforts.

Projects below can be sorted according to year, project title, or principal investigator. Where available, click on project titles for more in-depth project information.

 

Year	Project Title	Principal Investigator(s)	Affiliation
1998	Analysis of Relationships of Fish with Hydrology Using Long-term Databases	Trexler, J.	FIU
2001	Analysis of Historical Water Quality Data	Miller, R.	USGS
1999	Analysis/Synthesis of Existing Information on Higher Trophic Levels in Florida Bay	Browder, J.	NOAA
1999	Analyzing Historical Data to Set Restoration Targets for Wading Bird Nesting	Pimm, S.	UTK
2003	Assessment of EPOCs in Wastewater Influent/Effluent	Leitz, C.	USGS
1997	Assessment of Marsh Vegetation in Response to Hydrologic Restoration of Shark Slough	Ross, M.	FIU
1999	Assessment of Selected Threatened & Endangered Wildlife in the Pine Rocklands/Hammocks of Miami-Dade County	Hofstetter, S.	DERM
1999	Baywatch: Nature Conservancy	Keller, B.	TNC
2001	Biological/Physical Database Development/Management/Dissemination	Rishe, N.	FIU
1998	Canal/Wetland Flow/Transport Interaction	Schaffranek, R.	USGS
2003	Combined Structural and Operational Plan	Sikkema, D.	NPS
1999	Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem	Parker, S.	NAS
1999	Compilation of Alligator Datasets	Rice, K.	UF
1999	Cooperative Planning Program	Salt, R.	FAU
2007	Developing Periphyton-based Hydrologic Indicators for the Everglades Marl Prairie	Gaiser, E.	FIU
2002	Development of a Digital Library of Biological Information on the South Florida Ecosystem	Sonenshein, R.	NPS
2001	Development of a NBII Node	Sonenshein, R.	NPS
2001	Development of an Ecosystem Thesaurus	Clement, G.	USGS
2004	Diatom-based Water Quality Performance Metrics	Gaiser, E.	FIU
1999	Dispersal/Habitat Selection/Survivorship of Juvenile Florida Grasshopper Sparrows in Winter	Vickery, P.	CBC
1998	Distribution/Abundance of Jewfish as an Indicator	Eklund	NOAA
2007	Effects of Fire as a Management Tool on Water Quality and Evaluation of Effectiveness in Deterrence of Invasive Species	Osbourne, T.	UF
1998	Estuarine Fish Community Structure Stability, Change Succession in Relation to C-111	Sulak, K.	USGS
1998	Evaluation of Environmentally Friendly Plant Production Systems for Use In or Adjacent to Everglades National Park	Pena, J.	FSU
2008	Everglades Fellowship Program at Florida International University	Rudolf, J.	FIU
2008	Everglades Fellowship Program at Florida Atlantic University	Gawlik, D.	FAU
1998	Fish Communities/Swamp Eel Pop of Canal/Stream Ecosystems as Indicators	Williams, J.	USGS
1998	Flamingo Waste Water Study	Rand, G.	FIU
1997	Florida Bay Fish Habitat Assessment Program	Durako, M.	UNC
1998	Ground Water/Surface Water Hydrologic Exchange Fluxes/Relation to Mercury	Judson	USGS
2001	Handbook on Community Involvement	Gladwin, H.	FIU
2001	Historical Biological/Physical Database Development	Rishe, N.	FIU
2004	Hydroperiod Analyses Tools	Kotun, K.	NPS
2007	Impacts of Increased Freshwater Flow & Nutrient Input on Benthic Community Structure & Trophic Interaction	Fourqurean, J.	FIU
1997	Incorporating Advanced Water Quality Treatment Technologies into Stormwater Treatment Area Design	Kadlec, R.	WMS
1998	Information System Support	Buker, D.	NPS
2003	Interim Operational Plan Report	Sikkema, D.	NPS
1998	Issue of Journal "Estuaries" on Florida Bay	Fourqurean, J.	FIU
2007	Linking Land, Air and Water Management in the Southern Everglades and Coastal Zone to Water Quality
2001	Methodologies & Tools to Support Decision-making	Perry, William B.	NPS
1997	Network Analysis of Trophic Dynamics of Wetlands	Ulanowicz, R.	UMD
2002	Performance Measure Development of Salinities in Northeast Florida Bay	Nuttle, W.	Cadmus
2001	Plankton Indicators of Ecological Change	Brand, L.	UM
2004	Rapid Assessment of Restoration Performance Measures using NIRS	Cohen, M.	UF
2010	Recommendations for Adaptive Management of Apple Snails and Snail Kites in Florida	Darby, P.	UWF
1997	Spatial/Temporal Changes in Tree Islands to Altered Hydrologies in the Arthur R. Marshall National Wildlife Refuge	Kitchens, W.	UF
1999	Staff Assistant: Governor's Commission	Salt, R.	FDEP
2006	Synthesis of Existing Data on Aquatic Communities in Everglades National Park in a Framework	Trexler, J.	FIU
1997	Temporal/Spatial Patterns in Taylor Slough Vegetation Due to Hydrologic Restoration	Jones, R.	NPS
2007	Use of Amphibian Communities as Indicators of Restoration Success in Southwest Florida	Waddle, J.	UF
2001	Water Demands / Economic Growth / Economic Impacts	Weisskoff, R.	UM
2006	Wood Stork Foraging Habitat Assessment for Southwest Florida	Lauritsen, J.	CSS