Watershed Symposium Poster Session

Total Maximum Daily Loads

Jennifer Thera, Renee Duffy, Jennifer Nelson, FL DEP

Influence of Salinity and Freshwater Inflow on the Recruitment of Commensal Decapod Crustaceans to Oyster Reefs in Estero Bay, Florida

Bethany M. Bachelor¹, S. Gregory Tolley¹Scott E. Burghart²
Florida Gulf Coast University, Coastal Watershed Institute, 10501 FGCU Blvd S, Fort Myers, FL 33965²
University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, 140 7^thAve S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Effects of Metals and Pesticides on Health and Physiology of Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in Estero Bay Estuary: Implications for Management of Water Quality

Erin Dykes¹*, AswaniVolety²and Jennifer Nelson¹

¹FL Department of Environmental Protection-South District, and
²Florida Gulf Coast University

Preparing Citizen Scientists via Science Research Opportunities in Southwest Florida Part A K-12 and Post-Secondary Education

Part B Community Education

Demers, Nora Egan, E Everham, M Savarese, B Bovard, A Hartley, J . Kakareka, A N Loh,  B Brooks, CREW Land and Water Trust,  J Cassani, Lee County Hyacinth Control, and  M Owen, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

The Effect of Freshwater Inflow on the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Ichthyoplankton and Gelatinous Zooplankton in Estero Bay, Florida

James Evans¹, Jennifer Nelson¹, Bethany Bachelor¹, Scott Burghart², Greg Tolley¹

¹Florida Gulf Coast University, Coastal Watershed Institute, 10501 FGCU Blvd South, Fort Myers, Florida 33965-6565

²University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, 140 7th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701-5016

Relocation and expansion of least term Sterna antillarum nesting colony at high visition beach

Brie Jamison Ochoa, Pamela Jones-Morten, Michael Hensley

Fl. DEP Lover's Key State Park, Fort Myers Beach, FL

Hydropattern Study of the DR/GR

Kevin L Erwin Consulting Ecologist, Inc.

Influence of Freshwater Inflow on the Distribution and Community Structure of Decapod Zooplankton in the subtropical Florida estuary of Estero Bay

Jennifer  L. Nelson¹, James Evans¹, Bethany Bachelor¹, Scott Burghart², Greg Tolley¹

¹Florida Gulf Coast University, Coastal Watershed Institute
²University of South Florida, College of Marine Science

Oyster Reef Restoration in Estero Bay

Aswani Volety, Lacey Smith, Lesli Haynes

Coastal Watershed Institute, Florida Gulf Coast University

Fine Spatial Variation in Total Mercury Levels in Mollusdcan Bivalves from Southwest Florida

Jennifer Thera, Lesli Haynes, Darren Rumbold, Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University

Estero Bay Water Quality Monitoring Programs

FDEP South District

Trophic Transfer and Habitat Use of Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Reefs in Southwest Florida Using Stable Isotope Analysis: Are Oyster Reefs Used for Refuge, Food, or Both?

Holly A. Abeels, Aswani K. Volety, Ai Ning Loh, S. Gregory Tolley

Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida

Ecological Succession within a Holocene Oyster Reef: An Indicator of Estuary Development in Southwest Florida

Sasha Linsin-Wohlpart and Michael Savarese

Coastal Watershed Institute, Florida Gulf Coast University

A Journey Down the Corkscrew Watershed: An Activity-Based Curriculum Focused on Sustainability

David Patrick James Green FGCU - Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University

Animal Behavior in the Estero Bay Watershed

Christina Golden, Geusaldo Nardiello, Allyson Schmidt, Virginia Crosbie, David Cavanaugh, Zack Lahey, Brian Mitterko, Stephanie Campbell, Hannah Diss, Elliot Kneba, Jeff Metcalf, Jason Pruitt, Shea Jones, John Renfranz, Jessica Harpin, Charles W. Gunnels IV

Animal Behavior Research Group, Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers, FL