Full Program

Presentations

• Are birds enhanced salt marsh resilience to drought and vegetation dieback?, Sean Sharp, University of Florida

• Comparison of the nearshore and nekton fish communities in the Matanzas River Estuary, Ed McGinley, Ph.D., Flagler College

• Demographic rates of the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) with the advancing threat of Crown Conch (Melongena corona) in the Matanzas River, Tim Pusack, Ph.D., University of South Florida and David Kimbro, Ph.D., Northeastern University

• Effect of Spartina alterniflora Harvest Intensity on Recovery in Donor Marsh, Cheryl Mannel, Northeast Florida Aquatic Preserves

• Effects of oyster harvesting on shell availability in the Matanzas River, Northeast Florida, Silas Tanner, GTM Research Reserve

• Information and Assessment Tools to Support Management and Research Priorities in the GTM Research Reserve, Len Balthis, Ph.D., National Centers for Coastal Ocean Service

• Long-term spatiotemporal patterns of marine turtle nesting on an undeveloped beach in Northeast Florida, Scott Eastman, University of Florida

• Microplastics: What’s the BIG deal?, Maia McGuire, Ph.D. University of Florida IFAS Extension, Sea Grant

• Re-engineering living shorelines to halt erosion and restore coastal habitat functioning in high-energy environments, Christine Angelini, Ph.D., University of Florida

• Shore-term variability in water quality and weather as an effect of tropical cyclone events in the southeastern United States, Shannon Dunnigan, GTM Research Reserve