Tuesday, February 15, 2005

8:15: Registration

9:00: Welcome and Announcements

Lisa Beever, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program

9:05: Conference Theme: Lessons Learned in Transferring Science to Watershed Management

Lisa Beever, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program

Session 1: Identifying Potential Environmental Issues

Moderator: Ernest Estevez

9:20: Coastal Conditions Report -- Charlotte Harbor: How do we stack up?

Barry Burgan, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--invited

9:50: Creating an Estuaries Report Card for Southwest Florida

Jennifer Hecker and Gary Davis

10:10: Ecological Relationships and Resource Management Issues in Two Estuaries along the West Coast of Florida

Jason Hale

10:30: Break

10:50: An Evaluation of Environmental Education Programs in Southwest Florida

Ernesto Lasso de la Vega

11:10: Identifying the Sources and Threats from Pesticides in Southwest Florida Surface Water

Judith Hushon

11:30: Quantitative Assessment of Ecoestrogen Activity in Charlotte Harbor Waters Using the E-SCREEN Bioassay

James Gelsleichter, H. Cox, and S. Mouzi

11:50: Interpretation of Pesticide Data for the Caloosahatchee River

Judith Hushon and Gary Davis

12:15: Lunch

Session 1: Identifying Potential Environmental Issues (continued)

Moderator - Peter Doering

1:00: Benthic Invertebrate Fauna Calibration of the Estero Bay Watershed Assessment

David Ceilley and Stephen Bortone

1:20: Assessing the Densities and Potential Water Quality Impacts of Septic Tank Systems in the Peace and Myakka River Basins

Elizabeth Staugler and Michael Heyl

1:40: Detection of Optical Brighteners in High Humic Waters: Successes and Cautions

L. Kellie Dixon, Holly M. Taylor, Elizabeth A. Staugler and Jon S. Perry

2:00: Results from Assessment of Boat Propeller Scar Damage within the Greater Charlotte Harbor Region

Kevin Madley, Jim Krolick and Bill Sargent

2:30: Break

Session 2: Transferring Monitoring and Research Results to Management

Moderator: Keith Kibbey

2:50: The Introduced Nile monitor in Cape Coral: Distribution, Effects, and Potential for Eradication

Todd Campbell

3:10: Surface Water Quality Trends in the Charlotte Harbor Watershed and Management Applications

David Wade, Anthony Janicki and Lisa Beever

3:30: Combining Fixed Station and Probablistic Water Quality Data to Identify Status and Trends for the Long-term Health and Management of the Charlotte Harbor Estuaries

Judith Ott, Catherine Corbett, Stephanie Erickson, Katie Fuhr, Bobbi Rodgers and Melynda Schneider

3:50: Spatial Variability in the Response of Chlorophyll a to Nutrient Loading and Freshwater Discharge in the Caloosahatchee Estuary

Peter Doering, Robert Chamberlain and Kathleen Haunert

4:10: Development of Water Quality Targets for Charlotte Harbor, Florida using Seagrass Light Requirements

Catherine Corbett and Jason Hale

4:45: Closing Remarks

Lisa Beever, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program

5:30: Evening Social aboard King Fisher Fleet vessel