Nova Southeastern University NSUWorks Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures 12-2005 Monthly Variability in Florida Bay Benthic Foraminifera Community Structure C. Featherstone NOAA Patricia Blackwelder University of Miami, Nova Southeastern University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facpresentations Part of the Marine Biology Commons, and the Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Commons NSUWorks Citation Featherstone, C. and Blackwelder, Patricia, "Monthly Variability in Florida Bay Benthic Foraminifera Community Structure" (2005). Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures. 172. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facpresentations/172 This Conference Proceeding is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences at NSUWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures by an authorized administrator of NSUWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 2005 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference December 11-14, 2005 Hawk’s Cay Resort Duck Key, Florida, USA PROGRAM AND ABSTRACT BOOK Project # 0521 December 11-14, 2005 z Duck Key, FL, USA Welcome to Florida Bay! On behalf of the Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Program Management Committee (PMC), I welcome you to the sixth Florida Bay Science Conference. We are returning to our roots this year with a three-day conference highlighting the science themes in the Florida Bay Science Plan plus adding a half-day session highlighting science from adjacent ecosystems. As you know, the purpose of this joint conference is to provide a forum for physical, biological, and social scientists to share their knowledge and research results regarding the Florida Bay and Adjacent Ecosystems. Furthermore, this conference is designed to bring these scientists together with engineers, managers and regulators who are actively involved in all aspects of restoration. I encourage everyone to take the opportunity meet new colleagues and learn about the entire ecosystem. The following pages provide a background and overview of the science themes and the conference. Please take a few moments to review this information and familiarize yourself with what is in store throughout the next few days. We have an exciting combination of presentations and posters that span a wide variety of scientific disciplines. In addition to the poster reception Monday evening, the posters will be on display throughout the entire conference, so please take advantage of catching the authors during breaks to discuss their poster. Finally, I thank Beth Miller-Tipton and her staff at the University of Florida/IFAS Office of Conferences and Institutes (OCI) for their tireless efforts to organize this conference and past Florida Bay conferences. The PMC appreciates their contribution immensely. Again, welcome to the conference, and please let me or any member of the OCI staff know if you need our assistance. John H. Hunt Co-Chair Florida Bay PMC iii 2005 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference iv December 11-14, 2005 z Duck Key, FL, USA Table of Contents Welcome Letter ...................................................................................................... i Program Management Committee.................................................................... vii Organizing Committee ....................................................................................... vii Scientific Oversight Panel ................................................................................. viii Conference Themes.............................................................................................. ix Program Agenda .................................................................................................. xi Poster Session Directory.................................................................................... xxi Conference Abstracts Applications and Restoration Targets Oral Abstracts ........................................................................................1 Poster Abstracts .....................................................................................9 Mangrove-Estuarine Transition Zone Oral Abstracts ......................................................................................21 Poster Abstracts ...................................................................................31 Benthic Habitats Oral Abstracts ......................................................................................49 Poster Abstracts ...................................................................................63 Water Quality Oral Abstracts ......................................................................................81 Poster Abstracts ...................................................................................95 Physical Processes Oral Abstracts ....................................................................................117 Poster Abstracts .................................................................................129 Higher Trophic Levels Oral Abstracts ....................................................................................153 Poster Abstracts .................................................................................167 Adjacent Systems Oral Abstracts ....................................................................................193 Poster Abstracts .................................................................................207 Author Index ......................................................................................................225 Notes....................................................................................................................229 v 2005 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference vi December 11-14, 2005 z Duck Key, FL, USA Program Management Committee The Program Management Committee (PMC) is the sponsor of this conference. The PMC’s primary role is to establish direction and priorities for science activities in Florida Bay and ensure close coordination of science activities with adjacent marine systems. The PMC consists of scientific program managers from: ● Florida Department of Environmental Protection ● Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission* ● Miami-Dade Department of Environmental Resources Management ● National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration* ● National Park Service ● South Florida Water Management District ● U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ● U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ● U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ● U.S. Geological Survey * Current PMC Co-Chairs Organizing Committee ● Program Management Committee (PMC) ● Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Program ● Florida Sea Grant College Program ● University of Florida/IFAS, Office of Conferences and Institutes (OCI) vii 2005 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference Scientific Oversight Panel Independent expert review is an integral component of the Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Program. This need is served by a Science Oversight Panel (SOP) which participates in the conference by leading question and answer sessions and providing subsequent technical and management review of the quality of research, modeling and monitoring activities in Florida Bay and the scientific inferences from these activities. The SOP consists of six senior scientists with significant experience in major estuarine restoration programs. Its current memberships includes: Dr. William C. Boicourt Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD Dr. Boicourt is a Professor of Physical Oceanography and specializes in physical oceanographic processes including circulation of the continental shelf and estuaries. Dr. William C. Dennison University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, MD Dr. Dennison is the Vice President for Science Applications at the University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science. He is a marine ecologist with a specialty in ecophysiology of marine plants and has conducted coastal marine research in all of the world’s oceans. Dr. John E. Hobbie (Chair) The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA Dr. Hobbie is Co-Director of The Ecosystems Center and is a coastal microbial ecologist specializing in biogeochemical cycles of large coastal and wetlands systems. Dr. Edward D. Houde University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD Dr. Houde is a professor at the University of Maryland and specializes in fisheries science, larval fish ecology, and resource assessment and management. Dr. Steven C. McCutcheon Hydrologic & Environmental Engineering, Athens, GA Dr. McCutcheon is a specialist in water quality issues, hydrodynamic modeling, sediment transport, and hazardous waste management. Dr. Hans W. Paerl Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Morehead City, NC Dr. Paerl is Kenan Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences and his research includes nutrient cycling and production dynamics of aquatic ecosystems, environmental controls of algal production, and assessing the causes and consequences of eutrophication. viii December 11-14, 2005 z Duck Key, FL, USA Conference Themes