Full Program

Presentations

• Challenges and Opportunities for Sustaining Southeastern US Coastal Wetlands and Reefs, Christine Angelini, Ph.D., University of Florida

• Establishing a Water Quality Baseline in the Impounded Guana River Estuary, Nikki Dix, Ph.D., GTM Research Reserve

• Experimental evidence for local adaptation of oysters to environmental stress but not predation pressure in the GTM NERR, Adrienne Breef-Pilz, Northeastern University

• GTM Sentinel Site Application Module 1 Project Update, Pam Marcum, GTM Research Reserve

• More Than Just a Gold Star: How Middle- and High-School Students Can Contribute Valuable Data for Scientific Research, Josie Spearman, GTM Research Reserve

• Shorelines and Shipwrecks: Heritage Monitoring Scouts Efforts at the GTM Research Reserve, Emily Jane Murray, Florida Public Archaeology Network and Allyson Ropp, St. Augustine Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program

• The Spatial and Temporal Water Quality Trends of an Impounded Estuary, Jessica Lee, UNF Graduate Fellow

• Stakeholder driven modeling to understand oyster population sustainability, Laura Storch, Oregon State University

• An Investigation of Water Quality Parameters in the San Sebastian River, Matthew Brown, Ph.D., Flagler College

Posters

• Analysis of Bottlenose Dolphin Social Structure in St. Augustine, Florida, Savannah DeBauche, Flagler College

• Exploring patterns of thermal acclimation of leaf respiration in a marsh-mangrove ecotone, Matt Sturchio, University of North Florida

• Living shorelines can dissipate boat wakes and increase sediment deposition…sometimes, Amie Acevedo, Flagler College

• Do hurricanes impact waterways more than other common storm events?, Tracey Schafer, University of Florida

• Synthesizing monitoring and research data to assist local and regional decision makers, Tricia Kyzar, University of Florida

• Assessing Virtual Reality technology as an environmental education teaching tool for use in classrooms, Kaitlyn Campbell, GTM Research Reserve