• Overview of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS): https://coast.noaa.gov/nerrs/ 

• Overview of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve: GTM Guide 2020 
  Note: This was created for our 20th Anniversary Celebration two years ago but it still contains a lot of relevant information 

• Maps of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve 

  • GTM Research Reserve Boundary 

  • Conservation Lands in and near GTM – North 

  • Conservation Lands in and near GTM – South  

  • Conservation Land Cover (CLC) Communities – North  

  • Conservation Land Cover (CLC) Communities – South  
    

Major Topics for Research & Restoration 

Coastal Wetlands (marshes and mangroves) 

• The state of the marshes in the Guana Tolomato Matanzas Estuary, Nikki Dix, Ph.D., GTM Research Reserve (from 2021 State of the Reserve, recorded PowerPoint presentation) 

  • Additional detailed information about the Wetland Surface Elevation Table (SET) Data mentioned in this presentation. Wetland Surface Elevation Table (SET) Data for Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTM) Florida, 2013-2019 

• Warming and mangrove encroachment alter belowground processes with positive implications for surface elevation maintenance at the GTM Research Reserve: Findings from the WETFEET project, Samantha Chapman, Ph.D., Villanova University (from 2021 State of the Reserve, recorded PowerPoint presentation) 

• Salt marsh plant community structure influences success of Avicennia germinans during poleward encroachment, Tess Adgie, Villanova University (from 2021 State of the Reserve, recorded PowerPoint presentation) 

• How big changes are affecting the marsh’s smallest residents: How warming and shifting vegetation can affect benthic algae in coastal marshes, Gabriela Canas, University of North Florida (from 2021 State of the Reserve, recorded PowerPoint presentation) 

• Belowground warming alters the growth responses of Avicennia germinans and Spartina alterniflora, Harris Stevens, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (from 2021 State of the Reserve, recorded PowerPoint presentation) 

• The role of elevation in the northward advance of Avicennia germinans at GTM Research Reserve, Ches Vervaeke, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (from 2021 State of the Reserve, recorded PowerPoint presentation) 

• Implications of mangrove migration into saltmarsh habitat: Resilience to sea level rise, Jim Morris, Ph.D., University of South Carolina (from 2021 State of the Reserve, recorded PowerPoint presentation) 

• Challenges and Opportunities for Sustaining Southeastern US Coastal Wetlands and Reefs, Christine Angelini, Ph.D., University of Florida (from 2020 State of the Reserve, slide deck only) 

• Many of the presentations listed above are part of the National Science Foundation-funded WETFEET Project: www.wetfeetproject.com. Within this website is information about a new, NERRS Science Collaborative-funded project that is exploring restoration options for coastal marshes, Experimenting with Elevation (EWE). 

• Coastal Vulnerability Index Tool developed as part of the WETFEET and Experimenting with Elevation projects: http://cons.scienceontheweb.net/ewe/# 

Guana Water Quality  

Water quality monitoring takes place throughout the reserve, but an intensive focus has been the Guana system for the past 5 years 

• Impacts of land use and impoundment management on water quality in a coastal river, Jessica Lee, University of North Florida (from 2021 Oyster and Water Quality Task Force meeting, recorded PowerPoint presentation) 

• Guana Water Quality Two-Year Summary Report (2019) 

Oysters 

• NERRS National Science Collaborative-funded project to create a stakeholder-driven oyster sustainability model: http://www.nerrssciencecollaborative.org/project/White18 

• Oyster spat monitoring in the GTM Research Reserve, Alee Knoell, GTM Research Reserve (from 2021 State of the Reserve, recorded PowerPoint presentation)

• Oyster Monitoring Report 2014-2016