Thursday, February 17, 2005

9:00: Announcements

Catherine Corbett, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program

Session 4: Accounting for the Variability in Nature

Moderator - Chris Anastasiou

9:00: Seasonal and Interannual Variation in Fish Sound Production in Charlotte Harbor

James Locascio and David Mann

9:20: Dissolved Oxygen Dynamics in Charlotte Harbor and its Contributing Watershed, in Response to Hurricanes Charley and Frances

David A. Tomasko, Chris Anastasiou, Charles Kovach and Philip W. Stevens

9:40: Short-term Effects of a Low Dissolved Oxygen Event to Fish Communities following the passage of Hurricane Charley

J. Patrick Casey, Philip W. Stevens, and David A. Tomasko

10:00: Response of Elasmobranchs to Hurricane Charley

Michelle R Heupel, Angela Barker and Beua G Yeiser

10:30: Break

Session 4: Accounting for the Variability in Nature (continued)

Moderator - Debra Highsmith

10:50: An Initial Assessment of Hurricane Impacts to Southwest Florida Forested Ecosystems

Kevin B. Kaufman, Edwin M. Everham III, Brenda Brooks-Solveson and Samuel Miles

11:10: Pre- & Post-Hurricane Coastal Erosional Effects on Shoreline Sediment Grain-size of Lovers Key, Lee County, Southwestern Florida

D. Summerville and H.J. Mitchell-Tapping

11:30: Sediment Particle Flux and Grain-size Analysis in Estero Bay, Southwestern Florida

H.J. Mitchell-Tapping, T.C. Winter and J.C. Mallon

11:50: Occurrence and Demise of a Unique Monotypic Stand of Spartina alterniflora in Central Estero Bay

J.C. Mallon and H.J. Mitchell-Tapping

12:10: Lunch

Session 5: Applying Monitoring and Research Results to Models as a Tool for Better Management

Moderator - Jon Hubertz

1:10: Lee County Master Mitigation Plan

Wayne Daltry and Roland Ottolini

1:30: Application of a 3-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model to Evaluate Historical Changes in Flows and Salinity in the Lower Peace River

J. Raymond Pribble, Anthony Janicki and Keith Hackett

1:50: The Hydrology, Ecology, and Simulation of Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve

John Murray, Brenda Brooks-Solveson, Roger Clark, Julianna da Frota, Clyde Dabbs, Michael Duever, William Hammond, Anura Karuna-Muni, Jeff Key and C. Michael Knight

2:10: Ecological Evaluation in Coastal Southwestern Florida: a Policy Decision Model for the Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

Tomma Barnes, Frank Mazzotti and Leonard Pearstine

2:30: Development and optimization of Habitat Suitability Index Model for oysters, Crassostrea virginica, in SW Florida estuaries: Implications for restoration of oyster reefs and Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program

Aswani K. Volety

3:00: Break

Session 5: Applying Monitoring and Research Results to Models as a Tool for Better Management (continued)

Moderator - Catherine Corbett

3:20: A Numerical Simulation of the Hurricane Charley Storm Surge

Robert H. Weisberg and Lianyuan Zheng

3:40: Modeling the Effect of Hurricane Charley and Frances on Charlotte Harbor Circulation and Transport

Y. Peter Sheng

4:00: Modeling Hypoxia in Upper Charlotte Harbor

Y. Peter Sheng

4:30: Closing Remarks

Lisa Beever, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program