FCE LTER Journal Articles
Articles from 2009
Ecological indicators for system-wide assessment of the greater everglades ecosystem restoration program, Robert F. Doren, Joel C. Trexler, Andrew D. Gottlieb, and Mathew C. Harwell
Invasive exotic plant indicators for ecosystem restoration: An example from the Everglades restoration program, Robert F. Doren, John C. Volin, and Jennifer H. Richards
Nutrient effects on seagrass epiphyte community structure in Florida Bay, Thomas A. Frankovich, Anna R. Armitage, Anna Honorata Wachnicka, Evelyn E. Gaiser, and James W. Fourqurean
The White Ibis and Wood Stork as indicators for restoration of the everglades ecosystem, Peter Frederick, Dale E. Gawlik, John C. Ogden, Mark I. Cook, and Michael Lusk
Periphyton as an indicator of restoration in the Everglades, Evelyn E. Gaiser
Multidecadal climate oscillations detected in a transparency record from a subtropical Florida lake, Evelyn E. Gaiser, Nancy D. Deyrup, Roger W. Bachmann, Larry D. Battoe, and Hilary M. Swain
Effects of climate variability on transparency and thermal structure in subtropical, monomictic Lake Annie, Florida, Evelyn E. Gaiser, Nancy D. Deyrup, Roger W. Bachmann, Larry E. Battoe, and Hilary M. Swain
Florida Bay: Water quality status and trends, historic and emerging algal bloom problems, Patricia M. Glibert, Cynthia A. Heil, David T. Rudnick, Christopher J. Madden, Joseph N. Boyer, and Stephen P. Kelley
Submerged aquatic vegetation and bulrush in Lake Okeechobee as indicators of greater Everglades ecosystem restoration, Mathew C. Harwell and Bruce Sharfstein
Physical factors influencing the distribution of a top predator in a subtropical oligotrophic estuary, Michael R. Heithaus, Bryan K. Delius, Aaron J. Wirsing, and Meagan M. Dunphy-Daly
Phosphorus Availability and Salinity Control Productivity and Demography of the Seagrass Thalassia testudinum in Florida Bay, D. A. Herbert and James W. Fourqurean
Changes in Community Structure of Sediment Bacteria Along the Florida Coastal Everglades Marsh–Mangrove–Seagrass Salinity Gradient, Makoto Ikenaga, Rafael Guevara, Amanda L. Dean, Cristina Pisani, and Joseph N. Boyer
Roseate spoonbill reproduction as an indicator for restoration of the Everglades and the Everglades estuaries, Jerome J. Lorenz, Brynne Langan-Mulrooney, Peter E. Frezza, Rebecca G. Harvey, and Frank J. Mazzotti
Ecological indicators for assessing and communicating seagrass status and trends in Florida Bay, Christopher J. Madden, David T. Rudnick, Amanda A. MacDonald, Kevin M. Cunniff, and James W. Fourqurean
Carbon (d13c) and Nitrogen (d15n) Isotopic Discrimination in Mangroves in Florida Coastal Everglades as a Function of Environmental Stress, Josè Ernesto Mancera- Pineda, Robert R. Twilley, and Victor H. Rivera-Monroy
Alligators and crocodiles as indicators for restoration of Everglades ecosystems, Frank J. Mazzotti, G. Ronnie Best, Laura A. Brandt, Michael S. Cherkiss, Brian M. Jeffery, and Kenneth G. Rice
Antipredator Responses by Native Mosquitofish to Non-Native Cichlids: An Examination of the Role of Prey Naiveté, Jennifer S. Rehage, Katherine L. Dunlop, and William F. Loftus
Chilling damage in a changing climate in coastal landscapes of the subtropical zone: a case study from south Florida, Michael S. Ross, Pablo L. Ruiz, Jay P. Sah, and Erin j. Hanan
Photochemical alteration of 3-oxygenated triterpenoids: Implications for the origin of 3,4-seco-triterpenoids in sediments, Bernd R.T. Simoneit, Yunping Xu, Renato R. Neto, Joshua B. Cloutier, and Rudolf Jaffe´
Determining Spatial and Temporal Inputs of Freshwater, Including Submarine Groundwater Discharge, to a Subtropical Estuary Using Geochemical Tracers, Biscayne Bay, South Florida, Jeremy C. Stalker, René M. Price, and Peter K. Swart
Aquatic fauna as indicators for Everglades restoration: Applying dynamic targets in assessments, Joel C. Trexler and Charles W. Goss
Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) as an indicator for restoration of Everglades Ecosystems, Aswani K. Volety, Michael Savarese, S. Gregory Tolley, William S. Arnold, Patricia Sime, Patricia Goodman, Robert H. Chamberlain, and Peter H. Doering
Hurricane Wilma’s impact on overall soil elevation and zones within the soil profile in a mangrove forest, Kevin R.T. Whelan, Thomas J. Smith, Gordon H. Anderson, and Michelle L. Oullette
Articles from 2008
Mangrove production and carbon sinks: A revision of global budget estimates, Steven Bouillon, Alberto V. Borges, Edward Castañeda-Moya, Karen Diele, Thorsten Dittmar, Norman C. Duke, Erik Kristensen, Shing Y. Lee, Cyril Marchand, Jack J. Middleburg, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Thomas J. Smith III, and Robert R. Twilley
A spatial-temporal analysis of section 404 wetland permitting in Texas and Florida: Thirteen years of impact along the coast, Samuel D. Brody, Steven E. Davis III, Wesley H. Highfield, and Sarah P. Bernhardt
Identification of a hydrodynamic threshold in karst rocks from the Biscayne Aquifer, south Florida, USA, Vincent J. DiFrenna, René M. Price, and M. Reza Savabi
Comment on Estimating Ecological Thresholds for Phosphorus in the Everglades, Evelyn E. Gaiser, Robert F. Doren, Paul V. McCormick, Susan Newman, Jennifer H. Richards, and Joel C. Trexler
Ecosystem Structure and Function Still Altered Two Decades After Short-Term Fertilization of a Seagrass Meadow, Darrell A. Herbert and James W. Fourqurean
Macroinvertebrate community response to eutrophication in an oligotrophic wetland: An in situ mesocosm experiment, Shawn E. Liston, Susan Newman, and Joel C. Trexler
Mangrove tannins in aquatic ecosystems: Their fate and possible influence on dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen cycling, Nagamitsu Maie, Oliva Pisani, and Rudolf Jaffe´
The Everglades Ecosystem and the Politics of Nature, Laura Ogden
Seasonal and spatial variation in the stable isotopic composition (δ18O and δD) of precipitation in south Florida, René M. Price, Peter K. Swart, and Hugh E. Willoughby
Disturbance and the rising tide: the challenge of biodiversity management on low-island ecosystems, Michael S. Ross, Joseph J. O'Brien, R. Glenn Ford, Keqi Zhang, and Anne Morkill
The effects of manipulation of sedimentary iron and organic matter on sediment biogeochemistry and seagrasses in a subtropical carbonate environment, Sergio Ruiz-Halpern, Stephen A. Macko, and James W. Fourqurean
Biotic and abiotic determinants of intermediate-consumer trophic diversity in the Florida everglades, Brooke L. Sargeant, Evelyn E. Gaiser, and Joel C. Trexler
Articles from 2007
Tropical seagrass-associated macroalgae distributions and trends relative to water quality, Ligia Collado-Vides, Valentina G. Caccia, Joseph N. Boyer, and James W. Fourqurean
Importance of water source in controlling leaf leaching losses in a dwarf red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.) wetland, Stephen E. Davis and Dan Childers
Crayfish assemblage shifts in a large drought-prone wetland: the roles of hydrology and competition, Nathan J. Dorn and Joel C. Trexler
Water Uptake Patterns of an Invasive Exotic Plant in Coastal Saline Habitats, Sharon Ewe and Leonel da Silveira Lobo Sternberg
Seasonal plant water uptake patterns in the saline southeast Everglades ecotone, Sharon Ewe, Leonel da S. L. Sternberg, and Dan Childers
Occurrence and distribution of novel botryococcene hydrocarbons in freshwater wetlands of the Florida Everglades, Min Gao, Bernd R.T. Simoneit, Miroslav Gantar, and Rudolf Jaffe´
Composition of a protein-like fluorophore of dissolved organic matter in coastal wetland and estuarine ecosystems, Nagamitsu Maie, Norman M. Scully, Oliva Pisani, and Rudolf Jaffe´
Phosphorus budgets in Everglades wetland ecosystems: the effects of hydrology and nutrient enrichment, Gregory B. Noe and Dan Childers
Belowground decomposition of mangrove roots in Florida coastal everglades, Nicole Poret, Robert R. Twilley, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, and Carlos Coronado-Molina
Variation and Uncertainty in Evaporation from a Subtropical Estuary: Florida Bay, René M. Price, William K. Nuttle, Bernard J. Cosby, and Peter K. Swart
Seasonal fish community variation in headwater mangrove creeks in the southwestern Everglades: an examination of their role as dry-down refuges, Jennifer S. Rehage and William F. Loftus
Patterns of nutrient exchange in a riverine mangrove forest in the Shark River Estuary, Florida, USA, Victor H. Rivera, Kim de Mutsert, Robert R. Twilley, Edward Castañeda-Moya, Melissa M. Romigh, and Stephen E. Davis III
Oxygen isotope ratios of cellulose-derived phenylglucosazone: An improved paleoclimate indicator of environmental water and relative humidity, Leonel da S.L. Sternberg, Maria C. Pinzon, Patricia F. Vendramini, William T. Anderson, A. Hope Jahren, and Kristina Beuning
Patterns of phosphorus, nitrogen and δ15N along a peat development gradient in a coastal mire, Panama, Tiffany Troxler-Gann
Articles from 2006
Rapid responses of vegetation to hydrological changes in Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, Thomas V. Armentano, Jay P. Sah, David T. Jones, Hillary C. Cooley, Craig S. Smith, and Michael S. Ross
Variable responses within epiphytic and benthic microalgal communities to nutrient enrichment, Anna R. Armitage, Thomas A. Frankovich, and James W. Fourqurean
Hydrologic measurements and implications for tree island formation within Everglades National Park, Jose Bazante, Gary Jacobi, Helena M. Solo-Gabriele, David Reed, Sherry Mitchell-Bruker, Daniel L. Childers, Lynn Leonard, and Michael Ross
Shifting N and P limitation along a north-south gradient of mangrove estuaries in South Florida, Joseph N. Boyer
The role of dissolved organic matter bioavailability in promoting phytoplankton blooms in Florida Bay, Joseph N. Boyer, Susan K. Dailey, Patrick J. Gibson, Mathew T. Rogers, and Danielle Mir-Gonzalez
Responses of neotropical mangrove seedlings grown in monoculture and mixed culture under treatments of hydroperiod and salinity, Pablo Cardona-Olarte, Robert R. Twilley, Ken W. Krauss, and Victor Rivera-Monroy
Variation in soil phosphorus, sulfur, and iron pools among south Florida wetlands, Randolph M. Chambers and Kristin A. Pederson
A synthesis of long-term research by the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program, Dan Childers
Relating precipitation and water management to nutrient concentrations in the oligotrophic ‘‘upside-down’’ estuaries of the Florida Everglades, Dan Childers, Joseph N. Boyer, Stephen E. Davis, Christopher J. Madden, David T. Rudnick, and Fred H. Sklar
Responses of sawgrass and spikerush to variation in hydrologic drivers and salinity in Southern Everglades marshes, Dan Childers, David Iwaniec, David Rondeau, Gustavo Rubio, Emilie Verdon, and Christopher J. Madden
The contribution of leaching to the rapid release of nutrients and carbon in the early decay of wetland vegetation, Stephen E. Davis, Dan Childers, and Gregory B. Noe
Exploring the role of large predators in marsh food webs: evidence for a behaviorally-mediated trophic cascade, Nathan J. Dorn, Joel C. Trexler, and Evelyn E. Gaiser
Spatial variability in Florida Bay particulate organic matter composition: combining flow cytometry with stable isotope analyses, Samantha L. Evans, William T. Anderson, and Frank J. Jochem
Spatial and temporal patterns of aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) along two freshwater-estuarine transects in the Florida Coastal Everglades, Sharon M.L. Ewe, Dan Childers, Evelyn E. Gaiser, David Iwaniec, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, and Robert R. Twilley
Linking Ecology and Economics for Ecosystem Management, Stephen Farber, Robert Costanza, Mathew Wilson, Jon Erickson, Dan Childers, Katherine Gross, Morgan Grove, Charles S. Hopkinson, James Kahn, Stephanie Pincetly, and Paige Warren
Spatial and temporal distributions of epiphytic diatoms growing on Thalassia testudinum Banks ex König: relationships to water quality, Thomas A. Frankovich, Evelyn E. Gaiser, J. C. Zieman, and Anna Honorata Wachnicka
Periphyton responses to eutrophication in the Florida Everglades: Cross-system patterns of structural and compositional change, Evelyn E. Gaiser, Joel C. Trexler, Ronald D. Jones, Daniel L. Childers, Jennifer H. Richards, and Leonard J. Scinto
Tracking rates of ecotone migration due to salt-water encroachment using fossil mollusks in coastal South Florida, Evelyn E. Gaiser, Angelikie Zafiris, Pablo L. Ruiz, Franco A.C. Tobias, and Michael S. Ross
Nutrient impacts on epifaunal density and species composition in a subtropical seagrass bed, Melissa Gil, Anna R. Armitage, and James W. Fourqurean
Comparative study of periphyton community structure in long and short-hydroperiod Everglades marshes, Andrew D. Gottlieb, Jennifer H. Richards, and Evelyn E. Gaiser
Spatial patterns of fish communities along two estuarine gradients in southern Florida, David P.J. Green, Joel C. Trexler, Jerome J. Lorenz, Carole C. McIvor, and Tom Philippi
Molecular characterization of Cladium peat from the Florida Everglades: biomarker associations with humic fractions, Neghie Hajje and Rudolf Jaffe´
Effects of hydrologic and water quality drivers on periphyton dynamics in the southern Everglades, David M. Iwaniec, Dan Childers, David Rondeau, Christopher J. Madden, and Colin Saunders
Molecular characterization of proteinaceous material in the Florida coastal Everglades, Vera Jones, Kathleen Parish, Anu Thomson, George A. Wolff, Nagamitsu Maie, and Rudolf Jaffe´
Evaluating the relative contributions of hydroperiod and soil fertility on growth of south Florida mangroves, Ken W. Krauss, Thomas W. Doyle, Robert R. Twilley, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, and Jason K. Sullivan
Leaf gas exchange characteristics of three neotropical mangrove species in response to varying hydroperiod, K W. Krauss, R R. Twilley, T W. Doyle, and E S. Gardiner
Characteristics of surface-water flows in the ridge and slough landscape of Everglades National Park: implications for particulate transport, Lynn Leonard, Alexander L. Croft, Dan Childers, Sherry Mitchell-Bruker, Helena Solo-Gabriele, and Michael S. Ross
Interactions between nutrient availability and hydroperiod shape macroinvertebrate communities in Florida Everglades marshes, Shawn E. Liston
Subtroprical wetland fish assemblages and changing salinity regimes: Implications for everglades restoration, Jerome J. Lorenz and Joseph E. Serafy
Spatial, geomorphological, and seasonal variability of CDOM in estuaries of the Florida Coastal Everglades, Nagamitsu Maie, Joseph N. Boyer, Chengyon Yang, and Rudolf Jaffe´
Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects of Dissolved Organic Carbon Leached from Senescent Plants in an Oligotrophic Wetland, Nagamitsu Maie, Rudolf Jaffe´, Toshikazu Miyoshi, and Dan Childers
Chemical characterization of dissolved organic nitrogen in an oligotrophic subtropical coastal ecosystem, Nagamitsu Maie, Kathleen J. Parish, Akira Watanabe, Heike Knicker, Ronald Benner, Tomonori Abe, Karl Kaiser, and Rudolf Jaffe´
Organic Biogeochemistry of Detrital Flocculent Material (Floc) in a Subtropical, Coastal Wetland, Renato R. Neto, Ralph N. Mead, J. William Louda, and Rudolf Jaffe´
Potential role of sponge communities in controlling phytoplankton blooms in Florida Bay, Bradley J. Peterson, Charles M. Chester, Frank J. Jochem, and James W. Fourqurean
Coastal groundwater discharge – an additional source of phosphorus for the oligotrophic wetlands of the Everglades, René M. Price, Peter K. Swart, and James W. Fourqurean
Assessing the net effect of anthropogenic disturbance on aquatic communities in wetlands: community structure relative to distance from canals, Jennifer S. Rehage and Joel C. Trexler
Adventures and Misfortunes in Macondo: Rehabilitation of the Cienaga Grande, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Robert R. Twilley, Ernesto Mancera, Ariel Alcantara-Eguren, Edward Castañeda-Moya, Oscar Casas Monroy, Paola Reyes, Jorge Restrepo, Laura Perdomo, Elizabeth Campos, Gustavo Cotes, and Efraín Viloria
Flux of organic carbon in a riverine mangrove wetland in the Florida Coastal Everglades, Melissa M. Romigh, Stephen E. Davis III, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, and Robert R. Twilley
Chilling damage in a changing climate in coastal landscapes of the subtropical zone: a case study from south Florida, Michael S. Ross, Sherry Mitchell-Bruker, Jay P. Sah, Stuart Stothoff, Pablo L. Ruiz, David L. Reed, Krish Jayachandran, and Charles L. Coultas
Controls on herbaceous litter decomposition in the estuarine ecotones of the Florida Everglades, Gustavo Rubio and Daniel L. Childers
Using soil profiles of seeds and molecular markers as proxies for sawgrass and wet prairie slough vegetation in Shark Slough, Everglades National Park, Colin J. Saunders, MIn Gao, Jason A. Lynch, Rudolf Jaffe´, and Daniel L. Childers
Comparison of Belowground Biomass in C3- and C4-Dominated Mixed Communities in a Chesapeake Bay Brackish Marsh, Colin J. Saunders, J. Patrick Megonigam, and James F. Reynolds
Mapping Height and Biomass of Mangrove Forests in Everglades National Park with SRTM Elevation Data, Marc Simard, Keqi Zhang, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Michael S. Ross, Pablo L. Ruiz, Edward Castañeda-Moya, Robert R. Twilley, and Ernesto Rodriguez
Ecophysiological characteristics of Avicennia germinans and Laguncularia racemosa coexisting in a scrub mangrove forest at the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, M. A. Sobrado and Sharon M.L. Ewe
Variation in oxygen isotope fractionation during cellulose synthesis: intramolecular and biosynthetic effects, Leonel Sternberg, Maria Camila, William T. Anderson, and A. Hope Jahren
Quantifying the responses of calcareous periphyton crusts to rehydration: A microcosm study (Florida Everglades), Serge Thomas, Evelyn E. Gaiser, Miroslav Gantar, and Leonard J. Scinto
Effects of shading on calcareous benthic periphyton in a short-hydroperiod oligotrophic wetland (Everglades, FL, USA), Serge Thomas, Evelyn E. Gaiser, and Franco A. Tobias
Taxonomy and distribution of taxa in the genus Gomphonema from the Florida Everglades, U.S.A., Franco Angelo C. Tobias and Evelyn E. Gaiser
Influence of teleost abundance on the distribution and abundance of sharks in Florida Bay, USA, Leigh G. Torres, Michael R. Heithaus, and Bryan Delius
Interaction of hydrology and nutrients in controlling ecosystem function in oligotrophic coastal environments of South Florida, Joel C. Trexler, Evelyn E. Gaiser, and Dan Childers
Relationships Between Hydrology and Soils Describe Vegetation Patterns in Seasonally Flooded Tree Islands of the Southern Everglades, Florida, Tiffany Troxler-Gann and Dan Childers