2008 Florida Coastal Everglades LTER All Scientists Meeting

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1 2008 Florida Coastal Everglades LTER All Scientists Meeting Theme: Synthesis, Synthesis, Synthesis! PARTICIPATING AGENCIES: Everglades National Park South Florida Water Management District U.S.G.S., BRD & WRD, NASA National Audubon Society PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS: Florida International University College of William & Mary Florida Gulf Coast University Harbor Branch Ocean. Institute Louisiana State University Michigan State University Nova Southeastern University Rutgers University Texas A&M University University of Alabama University of Florida University of Colorado University of Miami University of North Carolina University of South Florida University of Virginia

2 2008 Florida Coastal Everglades LTER All Scientists Meeting 1. Welcomes & Thanks Supplements requested to NSF in Feb Schoolyard LTER RETs (2), REUs (3) International Research Support Social Science Supplement other supplements 3. State of the Program Report 4. Forward thinking 5. Synthesis goals

3 State of the FCE Program

4 State of the FCE Program Affiliated Institutions/Agencies # Affiiliated Institutions/Agencies

5 State of the FCE Program Personnel # Personnel Staff Collaborators Students

6 State of the FCE Program Student Activity Cumulative # Degrees

7 State of the FCE Program 140 Publications Cumulative # Publications Hydrobiol. issue

8 State of the FCE Program Publications ~30 pubs per year, sustainable goal of 300 by FCE III

9 State of the FCE Program Presentations Cumulative # Presentations

10 Forward thinking Our mid-term (3 yr) review will be in 2009 IEC recommends a Fall 09 review preceded by a Spring 09 planning ASM Target for synthesis plans FCE and the Decadal Plan Fitting to be thinking about the following (in terms of proposals): Cross-site initiatives Integrating with social sciences Broadening Ed & Outreach; CI

11 Synthesis, Synthesis, Synthesis The goal of this meeting is for each Working Group and Cross-Cutting Theme to: Identify questions requiring synthesis (w/in and x group) Identify data needs (w/in and x group) Present progress toward goals Goals for 3 year review (incl. publication titles) Goals for 6 year renewal (incl. publication list) Should we be shooting for a synthesis volume by 2009? And then converge on overall synthesis plan

12 FCE II Central Theme & Approach In the coastal Everglades landscape, population & ecosystem-level dynamics are controlled by the relative importance of water source, water residence time, and local biotic processes. This phenomenon is best exemplified in the oligohaline ecotone, where these 3 factors interact most strongly and vary over many [temporal & spatial] scales.

13 FCE II Central Hypotheses 1. Increasing inputs of freshwater will enhance oligotrophy in nutrient-poor coastal systems, as long as the inflowing water has low nutrient content; this dynamic will be most pronounced in the oligohaline ecotone.

14 FCE II Central Hypotheses 1. Increasing inputs of freshwater will enhance oligotrophy in nutrient-poor coastal systems, as long as the inflowing water has low nutrient content; this dynamic will be most pronounced in the oligohaline ecotone. 2. An increase in freshwater inflow will increase the physical transport of detrital organic matter to the oligohaline ecotone, which will enhance estuarine productivity. The quality of these allochthonous detrital inputs will be controlled by upstream ecological processes. 3. Water residence time, groundwater inputs, and tidal energy interact with climatic and disturbance regimes to modify ecological pattern and process in oligotrophic estuaries; this dynamic will be most pronounced in the oligohaline ecotone.

15 FCE II Conceptual Model

16 GW LEVEE REMOVAL CLIMATE STORMS RAIN TIDES SLR Nutrients N,P Bacteria Fish FRESH WATER Algae Emergents Mangroves DOM Water Soil POM MARINE WATER Emergents Mangroves Oligohaline Ecotone Nutrients N,P OM

17 Understanding Ecosystem Function Hydrology Primary Production Nutrient Cycling Trophic Interactions Organic Matter Dynamics XCT: Disturbance and Landscape Factors XCT: Modelling and Synthesis XCT: Human Dimensions and Ecosystem Services Central Hypotheses

18 FCE II Organizational Structure FCE II Cross-Cutting Themes: 1. Modelling and synthesis (Colin S.) 2. Climate & Disturbance (Bill A.) 3. Human dimensions (Laura O.) FCE II Working Groups: 1. Hydrology (René P. & Vic E.) 2. Nutrient cycling (Joe B. & Anne H.) 3. Primary production (Jim F. & Evelyn G.) 4. Trophic interactions (Mike H. & Joel T.) 5. Organic matter dynamics (Rudolf J. & Randy C.)

19 2008 Florida Coastal Everglades LTER All Scientists Meeting Agenda - Day 1 9:00-9:30 Welcome and State of the Program Gaiser 9:30-10:00 State of the FCE database and Website Powell & Rugge 10:00-10:30 10:30-10:45 10:45-11:00 11:00-12:00 12:00-1:00 1:00-2:00 2:00-3:00 3:00-3:30 3:30-4:30 5:00-7:00 State of Education & Outreach FCE Graduate Student activities Break Modelling & Synthesis CCT Lunch Climate & Disturbance CCT Trophic Dynamics WG Break and Group Photo Organic Matter WG Poster Session and Social Oehm & Dailey Williams Saunders et al. Anderson et al. Heithaus et al. Jaffé et al.

20 2008 Florida Coastal Everglades LTER All Scientists Meeting Agenda - Day 2 8:45-9:00 Welcome Gaiser 9:00-10:00 Human Dimensions CCT Ogden et al. 10:00-10:15 10:15-11:15 11:15-11:30 11:30-12:00 12:00-1:15 1:15-2:15 2:15-2:30 2:30-3:30 Break Primary Production WG Break Discussion and updates Lunch - IEC mtg. Biogeochemistry WG Break Hydrology WG Fourqurean et al. Boyer et al. Price et al. 3:30-4:00 Discussion and meeting of advisors 4:00-5:00 Report back from advisors 5:00- Post-ASM BBQ at Gaiser s