Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
B1&2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
SS 25 - Everglades restoration efforts: Using landscape features, chemistry, and biology as indices of success
This session will include presentations on the restoration of the remnant Everglades and related wetlands ecosystem restoration efforts. Presentations will include research on ridge and slough microtopography, tree islands, the mapping of vegetation, the monitoring, and control of the invasion of exotic plants and issues with water and sediment quality including phosphorus, sulfur, and mercury. In addition, green technologies and accelerated recovery efforts will be discussed. Invited speakers will include staff from academia, state and federal agencies, and private foundations.
Organizer:	Thomas Dreschel, South Florida Water Management District
Co-organizer:	Jamie Serino, South Florida Water Management District
Speakers:	Kenneth Rutchey, South Florida Water Management District Martha Nungesser, South Florida Water Management District Carlos Coronado-Molina, South Florida Water Management District Cassondra Thomas, South Florida Water Management District Binhe Gu, South Florida Water Management District Christopher J. Madden, South Florida Water Management District Fred Sklar, South Florida Water Management District Jamie Serino, South Florida Water Management District
8:00 PM	[Abstract]		Vegetation monitoring and assessment plan for Everglades restoration Kenneth Rutchey, South Florida Water Management District, Ted Schall, South Florida Water Management District, Thomas Dreschel, South Florida Water Management District
8:15 PM	[Abstract]		Using the natural abundance of the radioisotope (14C) to measure carbon flow and restoration performance in the Everglades Protection Areas Binhe Gu, South Florida Water Management District, Thomas Dreschel, South Florida Water Management District, Jennifer Stern, NASA, Yang Wang, Florida State University & National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
8:30 PM	[Abstract]		Landscape patterns as indicators of hydrologic change Martha Nungesser, South Florida Water Management District
8:45 PM	[Abstract]		Belowground processes in forest ecosystems of the Everglades: Implications for tree islands preservation and restoration Carlos Coronado-Molina, South Florida Water Management District, Michael S. Korvela, South Florida Water Management District, Laura A. Bauman, H.T. Harvey & Associates, Fred Sklar, South Florida Water Management District
9:00 PM	[Abstract]		Everglades restoration: Connecting research and monitoring to decision making Jamie Serino, South Florida Water Management District, Thomas Dreschel, South Florida Water Management District
9:15 PM	[Abstract]		Soil phosphorus in a nutrient-enriched Everglades wetland: The effect of prescribed burns on P storage Cassondra Thomas, TBE Group, Chris Edelstein, TBE Group, Shili Miao, South Florida Water Management District
9:30 PM	[Abstract]		How and why have landscape patterns changed in the Everglades: The ecological underpinnings of restoration Fred Sklar, South Florida Water Management District, Kenneth Rutchey, South Florida Water Management District, Carlos Coronado-Molina, South Florida Water Management District
9:45 PM	[Abstract]		Ecosystem-based management of Florida Bay and its Everglades Watershed Christopher J. Madden, South Florida Water Management District

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