Florida Research: Projects, Research Publications, Presentations, Thesis and Dissertations, Technical Publications

Florida Research Activities

The southeastern U.S. supports important stop over and overwintering areas for Red Knots.

Projects

Project	Completion Date
Evaluating the use of high-resolution aerial photgraphy acquired by unmanned aerial systems for use in mapping everglades wetland plant communities	2013-06-30		None
88394	2013-06-30		None
Decision Support for Public Alligator Harvesting in Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina	2017-06-30	Regulations for public alligator harvesting in the states of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina are based on an assessment of current-year alligator population size against statistically-estimated historical trends in abundance. However, mechanistic models offer certain advantages over statistical models in that (1) they may be able to better predict harvest outcomes that are outside of historical experience, (2) they facilitate the making of optimal harvest decisions based on threshold conditions tied to the biology of the species, not the population's past performance, and (3) they provide a straightforward way to account for biological uncertainty about the response of populations to harvest management. In this project, we will employ a structured decision making approach to consider the problem of public alligator harvesting in the three participating state agencies. The approach will explicitly recognize the policy differences (management objectives and regulatory options) among the agencies, but it will take advantage of regional commonalities in population biology, habitat relationships, and sampling characteristics in the development of a set of decision models. Under this design, we expect that efficiencies can be created because the model set can be informed and improved by data contributed by any agency, and the models may indicate uncertainties toward which agencies can coordinate focused research efforts.
Pre-assessment Plan to Determine Potential Exposure and Injuries of Nesting and Hatching Loggerhead Sea Turtles	2011-07-31	The purpose is to determine and quantify exposure and injuries to the nesting adult loggerhead sea turtles that reside in and nest along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico resulting from exposure to MS Canyon 252 oil (hereafter referred to as oil). This study is being conducted in partnership with a separate yet identical project to quantify exposure and injury to adult Kemp’s ridley turtles that nest primarily along the Texas coast. Combined, these two studies will assess nesting turtle impacts along the entire Gulf coast of the United States.	None
Incubation temperatures of loggerhead turtle (caretta caretta) nests On NW Florida Beaches	2012-03-01	The ratio of males to females in a population is an important feature of population structure. Sex ratio directly relates to reproductive rate and adaptive capability of a population (Ridley 1993) and is necessary for determining size, status, and dynamics of the population. For all species of sea turtles, basic knowledge of natural existing sex ratios has been missing until recently and is still not complete for most nesting groups. Sex determination of sea turtles is dependent upon the temperature at which the eggs are incubated (Yntema and Mrosovsky 1982).	Sex determination of sea turtles is dependent upon the temperature at which the eggs are incubated (Yntema and Mrosovsky 1982). Several features of nesting beaches have been shown to impact incubation temperatures therefore understanding temperatures of the beach in which eggs incubate is critical to our knowledge of sex ratios.
Gopher Tortoise (gopherus polyphermus)Population Survey For St. Marks NWR-Line Transect Distance Sampling	2011-08-21	The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus), unlisted range, is among the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ecological Services 2008 priorities as a “preclude the need to list” species. This project furthers the Strategic Habitat Conservation process by providing critical information necessary for outcome-based monitoring, planning and management at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.
Collection of Digital Serial Imagery in Support of Aquatic Invasive Species Program And CERP	2011-05-15	In its 10th year, 2010 was a landmark year for the UF/USACE UAS Program. The team now has developed a very reliable, waterproof platform (Nova 2.1) which is totally autonomous including takeoff (hand tossed) and landing. The FAA requirement to fly within 1 nautical mile line of sight required land and water landings in the extensive Everglades and Lake Okeechobee. The Nova 2.1 performed 40+ individual flights without incident in 2010.	None
Southeastern Adaptive Management Group (SEAMG)	2013-09-30	The Southeastern Adaptive Management Group (SEAMG) was created in 2001 for the purpose of achieving a better science-based approach to wildlife conservation and management. The principal mission of the group is “To better integrate research and management for the purpose of improving how natural resource management decisions are made.” As part of this mission, the SEAMG is responsible for exploring and developing quantitative tools that improve and facilitate the integration of research and management. A distinguishing feature of the SEAMG is that it seeks ways to achieve a heightened level of integration between researchers and managers. At this level of integration, management actions themselves are viewed as opportunities for learning through experimentation, and the selection of management actions generally includes compromises between the (possibly) long-term value of learning and the short-term value of achieving more immediate management objectives. SEAMG scientists interact closely with scientists and managers of cooperating organizations to solve problems of natural resource management.	None
Startegic Habitat Conservation for Florida Scrub-Jays at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge	2011-07-01	This project involves the development of a management strategy for oak (Quercus spp.) scrub that will maximize the long-term demographic performance of Florida scrub-jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens). The project focuses on the Happy Creek Scrub Reserve Unit of Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which is an area with an ecological legacy of fire suppression. The objective of this project is to determine how creation of bare ground by plowing could supplement prescribed burning to help maintain better habitat conditions for Florida scrub-jays.	None
Linking Snail Kite Foraging Activity, Habitat Quality, and Critical Demographic Parameters to Guide Effective Conservation	2012-04-30	Recent demographic studies reveal alarming trends in the snail kite population in Florida. Kite numbers have drastically declined since 1999, with the population essentially halving from 2000 to 2002 and again from 2006 to 2008.	Information gaps (identified in Figure 1) currently preclude our ability to simultaneously manage hydrology with respect to vegetation, snails and kites in WCA3A. Synthesizing and analyzing available overlapping datasets, as well as collecting additional targeted data, will help elucidate key components in this system’s dynamics, which will aid management decisions for WCA3A and improve recovery planning efforts for the endangered snail kite.
Nesting Habitat and Nest Failures of the Everglad Snail Kite on Kissimmee Lakes and Nesting, Recruiting and Foraging Ecology of the Florida Snail Kite in Lake Tohopekaliga	2013-03-30	The Snail Kite is a federally endangered raptor whose population in Florida has recently undergone precipitous declines. The remaining population remains heavily dependent upon the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes (KCOL), a group of lakes in central-Florida that is subject to many anthropogenic influences, including water and vegetation management. It is therefore crucial to gain an understanding of how the habitat on these lakes influences kite reproduction as well as determining reasons for nesting failure and success.	The proposed study will provide critical information regrading reasons for snail kite nesting failure, by looking at the vegetative communities that supply nesting substrate, presence of predators, and the role that interspecific avian assemblages play on the success rate of the nests.
Demographic, Movement, and Habitat of the Endangered Snail Kite in Response to Operational Plans in Water Conservation Area 3A	2011-04-30	The objective of this research is to monitor the birds' response to environmental changes (anthropogenic and natural) focusing on the most critical demographic parameters: survival, reproduction, recruitment, and population growth rate.	None
Surveys of Snail Kite Breeding and Habitat Use in the Upper St. Johns River Basin	2011-02-28	The purpose of this project is to document snail kite usage and reproduction within the Blue Cypress Marsh Complex (BCMC) during 2008,2009, and 2010. Since the snail kite population in Florida is best viewed as a single population, we also report additional demographic data at the scale of the whole population.	None
Production and evaluation of an autonomous UAV system for natural resources management	2009-12-31	The multidisciplinary team of collaborators at University of Florida has developed a small autonomously-controlled UAV system for the detection, classification, tracking, and counting of animals, plants, or other objects or terrain characteristics. The purpose of this project is to pursue enhancements to an existing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system to improve its present applicability and future potential for a variety of natural-resource uses. The research is interdisciplinary in nature and includes engineering, ecological, photogrammetric, and remote sensing elements and experts in those disciplines. Research objectives and major tasks of this three-year project include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. Improvements in construction and electronics to enhance the reliability and ease of operation of the aircraft. 2. Progress in the development of geographical referencing capability for imagery collected from the aircraft. 3. Training of personnel for testing of a complete UAV system for research and management applications. 4. Development and testing of thermal infrared (TIR) sensor capability. 5. Evaluation of operating and maintaining a UAV system. 6. Exploration of future UAV system enhancements for remote-sensing applications. [continuation of RWO 228]	None
Biodiversity Using Prediction	2013-05-31	The objectives of this project are to develop the knowledge necessary to make accurate predictions of the response of species and their ecosystems to climate change. These predictions are necessary to inform natural resource managers on how to appropriately adapt conservation strategies for a changing future, and both Federal and Florida state agencies have identified the understanding of global climate change impacts as priority issues. This project is a subset of a larger project with the USGS Southeast Ecological Science Center and Florida State Universitiy that will used downscaled climate predictions from coupled Atmospheric-Ocean General Circulation Models (AOGCMs) to peninsular Florida, and then use existing hydrologic models for each basin to predict how the changes in climate will influence water flow and stage in the systems. Our part of the project will then link floral and faunal responses of particular indicator species (an endangered vole and small mammal, raptor, and fish communities) to those predicted changes in water availability using empirical analyses of both newly collected and existing data and population models for each taxon.	None
	2011-09-30	None	None
Alligator distribution, size, and hole occupancy and crocodile juvenile growth and survival	2015-03-31	Responses of crocodilians are directly related to suitability of environmental conditions including hydropattern. Correlations between biological responses and environmental conditions contribute to understanding of species' status and trends over time. Positive or negative trends of this indicator relative to hydrologic changes permit assessment of positive or negative trends in restoration impacts. Restoration success or failure would be evaluated by comparing recent and future trends and status of crocodilian populations with historical population data and model predictions; as stated in the CERP hypotheses related to alligators and crocodiles (CERP MAP section 3.1.2.5 and 3.1.2.6, 2004). Importantly, these data can be used in an analysis designed to distinguish between effects of CERP and non-CERP events such as hurricanes or droughts. Data from this MAP project will be used to develop, refine, and validate spatially explicit crocodilian population models, which can then be applied in setting interim goals and targets. This project also fills a critical research need (refining crocodile/salinity relationship) identified as part of RECOVER recommendations for setting interim goals and targets. The objectives and work proposed here follow the recommendations from the MAP, Part 2: 2006 Assessment Strategy for the MAP and the RECOVER GE Trophic Sub-team, to enhance and build upon research and monitoring programs for alligators and crocodiles that have been funded as part of the CESI, Modified Water Deliveries, and RECOVER MAP. This work is designed to satisfy requirements for monitoring changes in alligator and crocodile populations over different time scales as a result of restoration. Generally, the statement of work (SOW) described below is intended to support four broad objectives of the MAP: 1. Establish pre-CERP reference state including variability for each of the performance measures; 2. Determine the status and trends in the performance measures; 3. Detect unexpected responses of the ecosystem to changes in stressors resulting from CERP activities; 4. Support scientific investigations designed to increase ecosystem understanding, cause-and-effect, and interpret unanticipated results. CERP and RECOVER MAP hypotheses and goals related to crocodilians Alligators � Expand distribution of reproducing alligators and alligator holes to southern marl prairies/rocky glades and restore the keystone role of alligator holes as refugia for aquatic fauna; � Provide salinity regimes that are suitable for expansion of reproducing alligators into oligohaline portions of estuaries; � Increase in current populations and body condition of reproducing alligators in ridge and slough landscape. Crocodiles � Restoration of freshwater flows to estuaries and salinity regimes will increase growth and survival of crocodiles. � Restoration of location of freshwater flow will result in an increase in relative density of crocodiles in areas of restored flow, such as Taylor Slough/C-111 drainage. Tasks Alligators 1. Finish developing and testing a monitoring program for relative distribution, size (condition), nesting and hole occupancy rates of the American alligator in response to CERP projects as specified in the MAP. The monitoring program and procedures developed will provide the baseline for future comparisons and an effective means for evaluating restoration success for the American alligator in the GE ecosystem. 2. Monitor changes in alligator populations due to restoration over short (body condition), medium (distribution, hole occupancy) and long (nesting) temporal and spatial scales. Crocodiles 1. Finish developing and testing a monitoring program for nesting, condition, growth and survival of crocodiles in areas that will be affected by CERP projects. 2. Monitor changes in nesting, condition, growth, and survival of crocodiles in response to CERP projects.	None
Adaptive Management of Gulf Coast Salt Marshes Considering Sea Level Rise and Recovery of the Endangered Florida Salt Marsh Vole	2010-09-30	The Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (FCFWRU) is proposing a multidisciplinary, coordinated research effort on the effects of the combination of decreased fresh water flow and sea level rise to coastal ecosystems and habitats in the Big Bend region of Florida. A key species of interest is the salt marsh vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus dukecampbelli) which is possibly the rarest of Florida's mammals. The Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (FCWRU) and Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge (LSNWR) collaborated to trap for salt marsh voles and to establish several transects through salt marshes during winter 2008.	None
Structured decision making, ecological thresholds and the establishment of management trigger points	2009-12-31	Discussions of "ecological thresholds", "acceptable variation" and "management trigger points" occur frequently in discussions of ecological monitoring programs (e.g., Noon 2003). However, these discussions tend to be vague and rambling, with some agreement on the general need for thinking about such issues, but little detail about how to proceed to actually define these concepts either generally or for specific problems (e.g., specific monitored systems). This recognition appears to have motivated the Request for Proposals on this topic as part of the USGS National Park Monitoring Program. Researchers thus propose to do the following. (1) Provide a conceptual framework for thinking about the concepts of thresholds, acceptable variation and trigger points in terms of a structured decision process. In particular, researchers will demonstrate that structured decision making provides a natural framework for such concepts and leads to clear thinking about the nature of such concepts and means of defining them. (2) Provide a step by step procedure that leads to a decision matrix for optimal decisions. Decision matrices specify what management action to take for each possible set of values of the state variable(s) of interest and thus explicitly provide thresholds and trigger points that are optimal with respect to objectives. Researchers will work with National Park personnel from one or more parks to implement the approach with one or more example issues. Specifically, they will begin with the development of objectives and available management actions, move to model(s) development, consider the kind of monitoring program(s) available to estimate system state and then develop decision matrices that are optimal with respect to the objectives.	None
St. Joseph Peninsula beach restoration project.	2008-10-31	None	None
Assessment of beach compaction and associated effects on loggerhead sea turtles nesting on natural and nourished beaches in northwest Florida.	2008-09-30	None	None
Assessing the effects of coastline alteration on sea turtle nesting and faunal assemblages at Cape San Blas, Florida.	2009-03-31	None	None
Living Green: Living with sea turtles.	2010-04-30	None	None
Assessment of coastal habitats and listed species.	2010-03-31	None	None
Spectral and response assessment of wildlife-friendly lighting.	2010-04-30	None	None
Effects of climate change on barrier island habitat and nesting sea turtles.	2012-05-31	As the global climate changes it is likely to have significant effects on coastal habitats and the species that rely on this habitat for survival. Warmer temperatures and rising seas can increase beach erosion, altering oceanographic patterns and influencing sand temperatures. These changes to the coastal environment may greatly affect species such as sea turtles. Sea turtles spend most of their life at sea but rely on the shoreline for one critical life-history phase: nesting. Changes to beach topography, sand temperatures and oceanographic patterns may impact nesting success, change incubation rates and influence nesting site fidelity. Determining the effects of climate change on nesting sea turtles will help provide better management information for this threatened species.	None
Range-wide population viability analysis for the Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)	2021-06-30	.	.
Assessing effects of anthropogenic and climate-induced change on health of coastal ecosystems.	2022-12-31	Florida’s coastline is constantly reworked by long and short-term climatic cycles. Shifts in the frequency and intensity of those cycles due to global change, in conjunction with anthropogenic alterations, are affecting the resilience of coastal habitats and the species that rely on them. This research will integrate existing approaches with novel techniques to examine the coupling of oceanographic and onshore processes and their effects on sea turtle nest incubation and dune stabilization. Sea turtles nest in a variety of beach environments, and the success of an individual nest is influenced by its location on the beach and the resulting incubation micro-environment. The effects of tide-driven gas exchange on sea turtle nest incubation, beach microbial communities, and dune stabilization have received little attention. Our recent research indicates that incursion and retreat of the saltwater wedge causes substantial movement of gases through the beach during the tidal cycle, and that alterations like beach nourishment have the potential to suppress this natural pumping effect. We will evaluate how nest incubation dynamics and productivity respond to altered gaseous environments. Additionally, we will examine the role of beach nourishment in shifting offshore/onshore organic matter budgets, and the implications for greenhouse gas emissions. The results of this work will identify how and where habitat suitability issues might arise, and inform sound conservation planning measures and better nourishment practices, including mitigation and alternative actions.	Florida’s coastline is constantly reworked by long and short-term climatic cycles. Shifts in the frequency and intensity of those cycles due to global change, in conjunction with anthropogenic alterations, are affecting the resilience of coastal habitats and the species that rely on them. This research will integrate existing approaches with novel techniques to examine the coupling of oceanographic and onshore processes and their effects on sea turtle nest incubation and dune stabilization. Sea turtles nest in a variety of beach environments, and the success of an individual nest is influenced by its location on the beach and the resulting incubation micro-environment. The effects of tide-driven gas exchange on sea turtle nest incubation, beach microbial communities, and dune stabilization have received little attention. Our recent research indicates that incursion and retreat of the saltwater wedge causes substantial movement of gases through the beach during the tidal cycle, and that alterations like beach nourishment have the potential to suppress this natural pumping effect. We will evaluate how nest incubation dynamics and productivity respond to altered gaseous environments. Additionally, we will examine the role of beach nourishment in shifting offshore/onshore organic matter budgets, and the implications for greenhouse gas emissions. The results of this work will identify how and where habitat suitability issues might arise, and inform sound conservation planning measures and better nourishment practices, including mitigation and alternative actions.
Birdsbesafe: Is a novel cat collar more effective at stopping domestic cats from killing birds at higher latitudes?	2022-02-01	Up to 4 billion birds are killed annually in the US alone by domestic cats. We examine a novel conservation tool that has the potential to be effective at keeping domestic cats from killing songbirds: the Birdsbesafe® cat collar cover. We are testing whether the BCC is differentially effective at various latitudes. Because birds at higher latitude birds have a shorter breeding season and a concurrent higher spike in testosterone then birds at lower latitudes, we predict that the more "distracted" breeding birds in the northern latitudes will show a higher magnitude difference in predation by cats with and without the BCC.	Up to 4 billion birds are killed annually in the US alone by domestic cats. We examine a novel conservation tool that has the potential to be effective at keeping domestic cats from killing songbirds: the Birdsbesafe® cat collar cover. We are testing whether the BCC is differentially effective at various latitudes. Because birds at higher latitude birds have a shorter breeding season and a concurrent higher spike in testosterone then birds at lower latitudes, we predict that the more "distracted" breeding birds in the northern latitudes will show a higher magnitude difference in predation by cats with and without the BCC.
Ecology of the Endangered Nordmann's Greenshank	2021-12-31	The Nordmann's Greenshank is a critically endangered shorebird that breeds in far eastern Russia and migrates through and overwinters in east and southeast Asia. Little is known about this critically endangered species. We will work with Russian collaborators and the Wildlife Conservation Society to find and describe breeding areas and capture and mark birds. Resightings of marked birds can assist in determining migratory pathways and overwintering areas in the East Asian - Australasian Flyway.	The Nordmann's Greenshank is a critically endangered shorebird that breeds in far eastern Russia and migrates through and overwinters in east and southeast Asia. Little is known about this critically endangered species. We are working with Russian collaborators and the Wildlife Conservation Society to find and describe breeding areas and capture and mark birds. In 2019 we discovered the first Nordman's Greenshank nest found since the 1970s. Information on basic life history of the species can assist in making management decisions that will protect important breeding areas. Resightings of marked birds can assist in determining migratory pathways and overwintering areas in the East Asian - Australasian Flyway.
Movements and overwinter survival of juvenile Red Knots in Southeast US: Information needs for recovery planning	2024-12-31	Much of the focus of Red Knot research and conservation over the past twenty years has largely focused on just a few sites along the Atlantic flyway, primarily in the mid-Atlantic region. We currently do not fully know the distribution of juvenile Red Knots (approx. first 22 months after hatch). Without knowing where juvenile Red Knots occur, we could be missing key threats to this group such as habitat loss or degradation or human disturbance that need to be addressed. The primary goal of this project is to develop the information needed to make good conservation and management decisions on the juvenile life stage of Red Knots that will significantly contribute to the de-listing of the species. Specifically, we aim to identify the main area(s) where juvenile Red Knots occur during their first two years of life, how long they survive, if they recruit into the adult population, to achieve a better understanding of the potential threats where they occur, and to develop management recommendations to improve the conditions they face.	Much of the focus of Red Knot research and conservation over the past twenty years has largely focused on just a few sites along the Atlantic flyway, primarily in the mid-Atlantic region. We currently do not fully know the distribution of juvenile Red Knots (approx. first 22 months after hatch). Without knowing where juvenile Red Knots occur, we could be missing key threats to this group such as habitat loss or degradation or human disturbance that need to be addressed. The primary goal of this project is to develop the information needed to make good conservation and management decisions on the juvenile life stage of Red Knots that will significantly contribute to the de-listing of the species. Specifically, we aim to identify the main area(s) where juvenile Red Knots occur during their first two years of life, how long they survive, if they recruit into the adult population, to achieve a better understanding of the potential threats where they occur, and to develop management recommendations to improve the conditions they face. Partners for this study include USFWS, Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
Colonial Nesting Wading Bird Tracking and Habitat Use Assessment	2024-08-29	This study may inform and enhance future restoration planning for key colonial nesting wading bird species along the Alabama coast that were injured by the DWH oil spill. Overall research objectives include determining daily and seasonal movements, home range size, and habitat use by several species of colonial-nesting wading birds (tricolored herons, little blue herons, and possibly white ibis) in Mobile Bay, Mississippi Sound, and Perdido Bay, Alabama. The goals of this proposed project are to better understand the extent to which declines in colonial nesting wading bird populations result from habitat limitation versus other potential population-limiting factors, and in turn, which restoration approaches and techniques are most appropriate to effectively target and restore wading bird populations.	This study may inform and enhance future restoration planning for key colonial nesting wading bird species along the Alabama coast that were injured by the DWH oil spill. Overall research objectives include determining daily and seasonal movements, home range size, and habitat use by several species of colonial-nesting wading birds (tricolored herons, little blue herons, and possibly white ibis) in Mobile Bay, Mississippi Sound, and Perdido Bay, Alabama. Partners include USFWS and Alabama DCNR. The goals of this proposed project are to better understand the extent to which declines in colonial nesting wading bird populations result from habitat limitation versus other potential population-limiting factors, and in turn, which restoration approaches and techniques are most appropriate to effectively target and restore wading bird populations.
Effects of Coastal Dynamics & Climate on Loggerhead Turtle N...	2018-05-31	While some sea turtle populations appear to be in recovery due to protections enacted decades ago, loss of suitable nesting habitat, driven by climatic factors and anthropogenic responses to those factors, poses an increasing threat to the sustainability of established and newly founded nesting populations. Data on the responses of nesting sea turtles to perturbations and change in the onshore and nearshore coastal habitat is lacking, and this research seeks to fill those data gaps with relevant, actionable information. The study is a collaborative effort that include the University of Florida (Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program,The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Biosciences, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, and the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research), the U.S. Geological Survey, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Estuarine Research Reserve. Biological and physical beach data collected in monitoring efforts to date have contributed to the establishment of the first conservation easement for sea turtles in the United States.	While some sea turtle populations appear to be in recovery due to protections enacted decades ago, loss of suitable nesting habitat, driven by climatic factors and anthropogenic responses to those factors, poses an increasing threat to the sustainability of established and newly founded nesting populations. Data on the responses of nesting sea turtles to perturbations and change in the onshore and nearshore coastal habitat is lacking, and this research seeks to fill those data gaps with relevant, actionable information. The study is a collaborative effort that include the University of Florida (Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program,The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Biosciences, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, and the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research), the U.S. Geological Survey, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Estuarine Research Reserve. Biological and physical beach data collected in monitoring efforts to date have contributed to the establishment of the first conservation easement for sea turtles in the United States.
Evaluation of the impact of artificial lighting on sea turtle hatchling orientation.	2020-12-31	Light pollution that associates with human development disorients sea turtle hatchlings. Although the light management to reduce artificial lighting is underway, the quantified spatial data on hatchling orientation accuracies and measurements to show the progress of the management efforts are limited. The present project provides information on the threats of artificial lighting that can be directly reduced in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. The partners of the study include the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and multiple counties in the state of Florida. The project produces the models that predict hatchling orientation accuracies using light intensity data that can be easily collected by the stakeholders.	Light pollution that associates with human development disorients sea turtle hatchlings. Although the light management to reduce artificial lighting is underway, the quantified spatial data on hatchling orientation accuracies and measurements to show the progress of the management efforts are limited. The present project provides information on the threats of artificial lighting that can be directly reduced in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. The partners of the study include the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and multiple counties in the state of Florida. The project produces the models that predict hatchling orientation accuracies using light intensity data that can be easily collected by the stakeholders.
Nutritional ecology and husbandry of Dermatemys mawii	2020-08-14	Dermatemys mawii is a critically endangered fresh-water turtle endemic to Central America. Captive breeding programs for wild release have been identified as an important component of conservation efforts for D. mawii, but relatively little is known about their biology and ecology. Research is needed that will inform captive and wild management. Only a few scientific studies have been conducted that focus on the unique biology and ecology of D. mawii. This project is collaborating with the Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education and the Turtle Survival Alliance. Knowledge gained from this study will address the long-term conservation goals by informing husbandry practices, captive breeding protocols, and wild management of D. mawii. In broader terms, this study will contribute to our understanding of life-history strategies of herbivorous reptiles.	Dermatemys mawii is a critically endangered fresh-water turtle endemic to Central America. Captive breeding programs for wild release have been identified as an important component of conservation efforts for D. mawii, but relatively little is known about their biology and ecology. Research is needed that will inform captive and wild management. Only a few scientific studies have been conducted that focus on the unique biology and ecology of D. mawii. This project is collaborating with the Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education and the Turtle Survival Alliance. Knowledge gained from this study will address the long-term conservation goals by informing husbandry practices, captive breeding protocols, and wild management of D. mawii. In broader terms, this study will contribute to our understanding of life-history strategies of herbivorous reptiles.
Green turtle spatial distribution, abundance and habitat models in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico.	2021-08-14	Understanding the distribution and habitat requirements of threatened species is one of the keys to managing their recovery. Threatened juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) recruit to shallow lagoons, bays and estuaries in Florida, yet, in many areas, we lack key information about their distribution, abundance and specific habitat requirements. A number of indicators suggest green turtles are recovering in the North Atlantic after centuries of human exploitation. However, the nearshore habitats they depend upon are rapidly changing through human-induced regime shifts and climate change. The Sea Turtle Conservancy, one of the world's oldest and most respected sea turtle NGOs, is collaborating with the University of Florida and the Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit to study green turtles in the northeast Gulf of Mexico. The main goals of this research are to develop a habitat model that predicts green turtle abundance and understand their health, diet and movement patterns in the region. This work will inform federal and state wildlife managers on the important link between juvenile green turtles and their habitat in one of the largest remaining seagrass beds in the Gulf of Mexico.	Understanding the distribution and habitat requirements of threatened species is one of the keys to managing their recovery. Threatened juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) recruit to shallow lagoons, bays and estuaries in Florida, yet, in many areas, we lack key information about their distribution, abundance and specific habitat requirements. A number of indicators suggest green turtles are recovering in the North Atlantic after centuries of human exploitation. However, the nearshore habitats they depend upon are rapidly changing through human-induced regime shifts and climate change. The Sea Turtle Conservancy, one of the world's oldest and most respected sea turtle NGOs, is collaborating with the University of Florida and the Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit to study green turtles in the northeast Gulf of Mexico. The main goals of this research are to develop a habitat model that predicts green turtle abundance and understand their health, diet and movement patterns in the region. This work will inform federal and state wildlife managers on the important link between juvenile green turtles and their habitat in one of the largest remaining seagrass beds in the Gulf of Mexico.
Impacts of translocation on a cooperatively breeding bird in Ocala National Forest	2020-06-30	Translocation has been considered as a conservation tool to increase the population numbers of Florida scrub-jays, especially in areas that have been recently restored, and where small, isolated populations reside and are unlikely to increase naturally through dispersal. The majority of translocation research has focused on the success at recipient sites, while the impacts associated with the donor population have not been monitored. Ocala National Forest is home to the largest remaining population of Florida scrub-jays and is currently the donor site for translocations. As the goal of any translocation is to have a positive impact on the species population, it is imperative that the costs to the donor population are minimized to the greatest extent possible. This study intends to focus on the impacts that translocation could place on the donor population through monitoring of nesting success and productivity. During two field seasons, a subset of helpers will be removed from groups for translocation. Nests will be monitored within three categories of family groups: (1) no helpers, (2) helpers, (3) helpers removed. Data will be collected on productivity, nest success, weight of nestlings, time spent provisioning, and breeder persistence. Monitoring nests in groups with and without helpers will increase the understanding of how this cooperative breeder benefits from the presence of non-breeding individuals. If data show evidence that helpers do not increase productivity or nest success, then future translocations can focus on removing helpers as opposed to entire family groups.	Translocation has been considered as a conservation tool to increase the population numbers of Florida scrub-jays, especially in areas that have been recently restored, and where small, isolated populations reside and are unlikely to increase naturally through dispersal. The majority of translocation research has focused on the success at recipient sites, while the impacts associated with the donor population have not been monitored. Ocala National Forest is home to the largest remaining population of Florida scrub-jays and is currently the donor site for translocations. As the goal of any translocation is to have a positive impact on the species population, it is imperative that the costs to the donor population are minimized to the greatest extent possible. This study intends to focus on the impacts that translocation could place on the donor population through monitoring of nesting success and productivity, and is a collaboration with state, federal, and university scientists and wildlife managers. Data will be collected on productivity, nest success, weight of nestlings, time spent provisioning, and breeder persistence. Monitoring nests in groups with and without helpers will increase the understanding of how this cooperative breeder benefits from the presence of non-breeding individuals. If data show evidence that helpers do not increase productivity or nest success, then future translocations can focus on removing helpers as opposed to entire family groups.
Overwintering survival of shorebirds on Florida's Panhandle	2020-12-31	The beaches and coastal bayside wetlands along Florida’s panhandle are important to migrant and resident shorebirds, including species of conservation concern including Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) and Red Knots (Calidris canutus). Human disturbance and development, dredged and hardened inlets, and sea level rise have impacted much of the natural beach habitat in this region. Systematic surveys for non-breeding shorebirds have taken place either biweekly or monthly for the past 3-5 years. The objectives of this study are to use existing data and collect additional field data to: (1) summarize/analyze regional data on non-breeding shorebirds using public lands along Florida’s Panhandle region, and (2) where data on banded birds permits, determine overwintering survival of select species (e.g. Piping Plover, Red Knot) at targeted sites along NW Florida beaches. This work will inform managers of potential areas that may need additional protection or alternative management to enhance survival of migrating and overwintering shorebirds.	The beaches and coastal bayside wetlands along Florida’s panhandle are important to migrant and resident shorebirds, including species of conservation concern including Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) and Red Knots (Calidris canutus). Human disturbance and development, dredged and hardened inlets, and sea level rise have impacted much of the natural beach habitat in this region. Systematic surveys for non-breeding shorebirds have taken place either biweekly or monthly for the past 3-5 years. This work is collaborative between the USFWS, Audubon, and the University of Florida. The objectives of this study are to use existing data and collect additional field data to: (1) summarize/analyze regional data on non-breeding shorebirds using public lands along Florida’s Panhandle region, and (2) where data on banded birds permits, determine overwintering survival of select species (e.g. Piping Plover, Red Knot) at targeted sites along NW Florida beaches. This work will inform managers of potential areas that may need additional protection or alternative management to enhance survival of migrating and overwintering shorebirds.
Integration, Validation and fusion of Small Unmanned Aircraft systems	2019-08-01	This project addresses the design and development of unmanned aerial platforms and their control and support systems, integration of sensors, and post-processing of data outputs in support of natural resource-related investigations.	This project addresses the design and development of unmanned aerial platforms and their control and support systems, integration of sensors, and post-processing of data outputs in support of natural resource-related investigations.
Composition, distribution and ecology of the Nature Coast sea turtle assemblage	2020-08-14	Initial objectives: 1) Visual transect surveys using a surface vessel will identify areas of high occurrence and will be conducted with methods similar to the work of Inwater Research Group (2012), but with the addition of line transects with distance sampling to account for detectability issues. 2) Polling of fishers and recreationists will provide a survey of local knowledge to identify turtle “hotspots”. Some of the impetus for the proposed work comes from the recent rise in anecdotal reports of the increased presence of sea turtles in coastal areas adjacent to the NCBS. 3) Aerial transects with Box on Strut (BoS)/Aerial transects with Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) – will leverage the research interests of the UF Unmanned Aerial Systems Research Program to perform BoS and Nova 2.1 (fixed-wing platform) flights. Resulting imagery will address the efficacy of these tools for aquatic megafaunal surveys, and provide additional data for demographic analyses. 4) Assessment of nearshore bottom types and health with tethered Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) transects and sampling – will allow examination and possible correlation of edaphic factors driving prey/forage availability and habitat selection. 5) Overlay of climatic data on historical and current sea turtle distribution and assemblage composition – will investigate the role of climate/SST and related variability on species distribution and dominance. This may allow examination of the hypothesis that localized increases in turtle sightings may reflect responses to changing conditions and are not solely an indication of increased populations.	Initial objectives: 1) Visual transect surveys using a surface vessel will identify areas of high occurrence and will be conducted with methods similar to the work of Inwater Research Group (2012), but with the addition of line transects with distance sampling to account for detectability issues. 2) Polling of fishers and recreationists will provide a survey of local knowledge to identify turtle “hotspots”. Some of the impetus for the proposed work comes from the recent rise in anecdotal reports of the increased presence of sea turtles in coastal areas adjacent to the NCBS. 3) Aerial transects with Box on Strut (BoS)/Aerial transects with Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) – will leverage the research interests of the UF Unmanned Aerial Systems Research Program to perform BoS and Nova 2.1 (fixed-wing platform) flights. Resulting imagery will address the efficacy of these tools for aquatic megafaunal surveys, and provide additional data for demographic analyses. 4) Assessment of nearshore bottom types and health with tethered Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) transects and sampling – will allow examination and possible correlation of edaphic factors driving prey/forage availability and habitat selection. 5) Overlay of climatic data on historical and current sea turtle distribution and assemblage composition – will investigate the role of climate/SST and related variability on species distribution and dominance. This may allow examination of the hypothesis that localized increases in turtle sightings may reflect responses to changing conditions and are not solely an indication of increased populations.
D. Duke Conservation Scholars Program Partnership Through UF	2023-09-30	DCSP is a two-year research and mentorship program, fostering a generation of conservation professionals with diverse backgrounds, as well as excellent research and leadership skills. Five other universities send students to this program, and all meet and learn from each other, as well as from graduate students and faculty mentors.	DCSP is a two-year research and mentorship program, fostering a generation of conservation professionals with diverse backgrounds, as well as excellent research and leadership skills. Five other universities send students to this program, and all meet and learn from each other, as well as from graduate students and faculty mentors.
Productivity of American Oystercatchers nesting on spoil islands at the Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area	2019-08-15	Within Florida, oystercatchers are breeding at about 50 areas (managed land boundaries, DOD properties, etc.), with >90% of the population concentrated on the Gulf Coast. Nesting habitat within the Nature Coast is limited to a few small offshore islands around Cedar Key, the Horseshoe Beach jetties, and on spoil islands in Citrus County. The Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area (CFG) spoil islands in Citrus County support the largest concentration of nesting oystercatchers along the Nature Coast Region and the fourth largest concentration in the state. The objectives of this study are to use existing data and collect additional field data (2016-2018) to: (1) determine causes of mortality and disturbance (using existing data as well as conducting direct observations and use of remote cameras) (2) estimate annual productivity (2012-2018) with respect to covariates such as potential sources of disturbance, presence of predators, and food supply. (3) propose management actions to increase annual productivity of oystercatchers nesting on spoil islands in the Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area	Within Florida, oystercatchers are breeding at about 50 areas (managed land boundaries, DOD properties, etc.), with >90% of the population concentrated on the Gulf Coast. Nesting habitat within the Nature Coast is limited to a few small offshore islands around Cedar Key, the Horseshoe Beach jetties, and on spoil islands in Citrus County. The Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area (CFG) spoil islands in Citrus County support the largest concentration of nesting oystercatchers along the Nature Coast Region and the fourth largest concentration in the state. The objectives of this study are to use existing data and collect additional field data (2016-2018) to: (1) determine causes of mortality and disturbance (using existing data as well as conducting direct observations and use of remote cameras) (2) estimate annual productivity (2012-2018) with respect to covariates such as potential sources of disturbance, presence of predators, and food supply, (3) propose management actions to increase annual productivity of oystercatchers nesting on spoil islands in the Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area.
Migration Trends for King and Common Eiders and Yellow-billed Loons Past Point Barrow in a rapidly changing environment	2018-12-30	Most of the king (Somateria spectabilis) and common eiders (S. mollissima v-nigra) and yellow-billed loons (Gavia adamsii) nesting in northern Alaska and northwestern Canada migrate twice-annually past Point Barrow, Alaska during their northward spring migration and their southward fall migration. In 1996, spring and fall counts indicated both eider species experienced population declines of approximately 50% between 1976 and 1996. The counts were repeated in 2002-2004, at which time it appeared that since 1996 the number of common eiders passing Point Barrow had increased, but only slightly, and that the number of king eiders had remained stable but had not come back to the 1970 levels. Loon species were also counted in the surveys in 2002-2004, but data have not been analyzed. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the North Slope Borough (NSB) successfully completed a spring count in 2015 and propose to repeat the spring migration count in 2016. Our objectives are to: (1) obtain estimates of king and common eider populations to be analyzed with the current 2015 count and that can be compared with those from 1970s, 1996 and the early 2000s in order to evaluate long-term and current trends; (2) evaluate observer error through photographic and radar techniques; and (3) obtain estimates of yellow-billed loon populations that can be compared to the previous counts. Such data is critically needed in order to assess conservation needs of these species, both now and in the future.	Most of the king (Somateria spectabilis) and common eiders (S. mollissima v-nigra) and yellow-billed loons (Gavia adamsii) nesting in northern Alaska and northwestern Canada migrate twice-annually past Point Barrow, Alaska during their northward spring migration and their southward fall migration. In 1996, spring and fall counts indicated both eider species experienced population declines of approximately 50% between 1976 and 1996. The counts were repeated in 2002-2004, at which time it appeared that since 1996 the number of common eiders passing Point Barrow had increased, but only slightly, and that the number of king eiders had remained stable but had not come back to the 1970 levels. Loon species were also counted in the surveys in 2002-2004, but data have not been analyzed. This study is a collaboration among the Wildlife Conservation Society, North Slope Borough, and University of Alaska, Fairbanks . Our objectives are to: (1) obtain estimates of king and common eider populations to be analyzed with the current 2015 count and that can be compared with those from 1970s, 1996 and the early 2000s in order to evaluate long-term and current trends; (2) evaluate observer error through photographic and radar techniques; and (3) obtain estimates of yellow-billed loon populations that can be compared to the previous counts. Such data is critically needed in order to assess conservation needs of these species, both now and in the future.

Research Publications

Research Publications	Publication Date
Zweig, C.L., K.G. Rice, F.J. Mazzotti, and H. Franklin Percival. Body Condition Factor Analysis for the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Herpetological Review. 2014. 45(2) pg. 216-218	2014-06-30
Zweig, C.L., B.E. Reichert, and W. M. Kitchens. 2011. Implications of discontinuous elevation gradients on fragmentation and restoration in patterned wetlands. Ecosphere 2(8):art98. doi: 10.1890/ES11-00119.1	2011-04-30
Zweig, C.L. and W.M. Kitchens. 2009. Defining the present before restoring the past: Everglades vegetation communities. Society of Wetland Scientists Online Brief Series. http://www.sws.org/researchbrief.	2009-05-31
Zweig, C. and W.M. Kitchens. 2009. Multi-state succession in wetlands: A novel use of state and transition models. Ecology. 90:1900-1909.	2009-05-31
Zweig, C. and W.M. Kitchens. 2008. Effects of landscape gradients on wetland vegetation communities: Information for large-scale restoration. Wetlands. 28(4) 1086–1096.	2008-12-31
Zweig, C. L. and W. M. Kitchens. 2010. The Semiglades: The collision of restoration, social values, and the ecosystem concept. Restoration Ecology 18(2): 138–142.	2010-12-31
Yosapong, T., A. R. Woodward, J. P. Ross, P. S. Kubilis, and H. F. Percival. 2006. Survival and growth of American alligator hatchlings after artificial incubation and repatriation. Journal of Herpetology. 40(4):415-423.	2006-09-30
Woodward, A.R., H.F. Percival, R. Conrow, T.S. Gross, K.G. Rice, R.H. Rauschenberger. 2011 Lake Apopka's abnormal alligators in J. Elliott, C. Bishop, and C. Morrisey. Coeds. Wildlife Toxicology: Forensic Approaches. Springer, New York. pp 153-187	2011-09-30
Wooding, J. B., and R. R. Carthy. 2000. Interactions of humans and manatees in Crystal River, Florida. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, 52:260-264.	2000-09-30
Williams,N.C., Bjorndal, K. A., Lamont, M.M., Carthy, R.R. 2014. Winter diets of immature green turtles (Chelonia mydas) on a northern feeding ground: integrating stomach contents and stable isotope analyses. Estuaries and Coasts. 37:986-994. \| Download	2014-07-31
Wilkinson, B., H. A. Lassiter, A. Abd-Elrahman, R. R. Carthy, P. Ifju, E. Broadbent, and N. Grimes. Geometric targets for UAS Lidar. Remote Sensing 11(24), 3019; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11243019	2019-12-31
Wetzel, P. R., and W. M. Kitchens. 2007. Vegetation change from Chronic stress events: Detection of the effects of tide gate removal and long-term drought on a tidal marsh. Journal of Vegetation Science. 18: 431-442.	2007-07-31
Wetzel, P. R., W. M. Kitchens, J. M. Brush, and M. L. Dusek. 2004. Use of a reciprocal transplant study to measure the rate of plant community change in a tidal marsh along a salinity gradient. Wetlands, Vol. 24(4):879-890.	2004-07-31
Welch, Z.C. and W.M. Kitchens. 2007. Predicting freshwater and oligohaline tidal marsh vegetation communities in the vicinity of the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. Proceedings of the 2007 Georgia Water Resources Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.	2007-12-31
Watts, A.C., L. N. Kobziar, and H. F. Percival. 2011. Unmanned aircraft systems for wildland fire monitoring and research. In K.M. Robertson, R.E Masters and K.E.M. Galley, eds. Proceedings of the 24th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference: The Future of Fire: Public Awareness, Health, and Safety. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL. pp 86-90.	2010-12-31
Watts, A. C., W. S. Bowman, A. H. El-Rahman, A. Mohamed, B. E. Wilkinson, J. Perry, Y. O. Kaddoura, and K. Lee 2008. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) for ecological research and natural-resource monitoring. Ecological Restoration, 26:13-14.	2008-01-31
Watts, A. C., J. H. Perry, S. E. Smith, M.A. Burgess, B.E. Wilkinson, Z. Szantoi, P.G. Ifju, H. F. Percival. 2010. Small unmanned aircraft systems for low-altitude aerial surveys. Journal of Wildlife Management, 74(7):1614-1619. \| Download \| Publisher Website	2010-09-30
Waddle, J. H., K. G. Rice, F. J. Mazzotti, and H. F. Percival. 2008. Modeling the effect of toe clipping on treefrog survival: beyond the return rate. Journal of Herpetology 42:467-473.	2008-06-30
Waddle, J. H., K. G. Rice and H. F. Percival. 2003. Using personal digital assistants for collection of wildlife data. Wildlife Society Bulletin, Vol. 31(1):306-308.	2002-09-30
Waddle, A. R, J. M. Kinsella, J. P. Ross, E. Rojas-Flores, H. F. Percival, D. J. Forrester. 2009. Nematodes collected by gastric lavage from live American alligators, alligator mississippiensis, in Florida. Journal of Parasitology 95(5): 1237–1238.	2009-10-31
Vitale, N., Brush, J. and A. Powell. 2020. Loss of coastal islands along Florida’s Big Bend Region: Implications for breeding American Oystercatchers. Estuaries and Coasts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00811-3	2020-09-30
Valentine-Darby, P.L., P.C. Darby, and H.F. Percival. 2012. Gender-based differences in Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa) movements. Malacologia 54(1):109-118.	2012-12-31
Valentine-Darby, P. L., R. E. Bennetts, and W. M. Kitchens. 1998. Seasonal patterns of habitat use by snail kites in Florida. Journal of Raptor Research, Vol. 32:98-103.	1998-04-30
Valentine-Darby, P. L., R. E. Bennetts and W. M. Kitchens. 1997. Breeding season masses of snail kites in Florida. Florida Field Naturalist, Vol. 25(2):60-63.	1997-02-28
Valentine-Darby, P. L., P. C. Darby, R. E. Bennetts, W. M. Kitchens, and H. F. Percival. 2008. The use of mark-recapture to estimate Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa Say) density in wetland habitats. Florida Scientist. 71(2): 115-127.	2007-08-31
Tiwari, M., R. R. Carthy, A. Silveria, and K. A. Bjorndal. 2003. A comparison of nest architecture in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) nesting in Florida and Brazil. Herpetological Review, Vol. 34(2):138-139.	2003-08-31
Temsiripong, Y., J. P. Ross, A. R. Woodward, P. S. Kubilis, and H. F. Percival. Submitted. Survival and growth of American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) hatchlings after artificial incubation and repatriation. Journal of Herpetology, 40(4): 415-423.	2006-09-30
Swindall, J.E., H.K. Ober, M.M. Lamont and R.R. Carthy. 2019. Informing sea turtle outreach efforts to maximize effectiveness. Wildlife Society Bulletin 1–11; 2019; DOI: 10.1002/wsb.1004 \| Download	2019-09-30
Sullivan, R. S., J. Richardson, W. M. Kitchens, and T. J. Smith, III. 1989. Monitoring water quality and habitat: Guidelines for National Wildlife Refuges in Region IV. Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Gainesville, FL.	1989-05-31
Stolen, E.D., J.A. Collazo, H.F. Percival. 2012. Group foraging effects on capture rate in wading birds. Condor. IP-032594 \| Abstract	2012-10-31	CONDOR-11-0159.R1
Stolen, E. D., J. A. Collazo, and H. Franklin Percival. 2009. Vegetation Effects on Fish Distribution in Impounded Salt Marshes. Southeastern Naturalist 8:503-814.	2009-08-31
Stolen, E. D., J. A. Collazo, and H. F. Percival. 2007. Scale-dependent habitat selection of nesting Great Egrets and Snowy Egrets. Waterbirds 30:384-393.	2007-10-31
Stevens, A. J., Z. C. Welch, P. C. Darby and H. F. Percival. 2002. Temperature effects on Florida applesnail activity: implications for snail kite foraging success and distribution. Wildlife Society Bulletin, Vol. 30(1):75-81.	2002-03-31
Sonsthagen, S., C. Haughey, M. Sexson, D. Solovyena, M. Petersen, and A. Powell. 2020. Temporal variation in genetic structure within the endangered spectacled eider. Conservation Genetics 21:175-179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01234-9	2019-11-30
Smith, S., Z. Szantoi, J. Perry, and H.F. Percival. 2011. Design considerations for remote sensing payloads on inexpensive small unmanned autonomous vehicles. Surveying and Land Information Sciences Journal. \| Download	2010-10-31
Singh, TC Hines, HF Percival, MK Oli. Published. Does nest-site selection influence bobwhite nesting success in South Florida? Wildlife Research.37:489–496.	2010-10-31
Singh, A., T.C. Hines, J.A. Hostetler, H. F. Percival, and M.K. Oli, 2011. Patterns of space and habitat use by northern bobwhites in South Florida, USA. Eur J Wildl Res (2011) 57:15–26 \| Download	2011-01-31
Silveira, J. E., J. R. Richardson and W. M. Kitchens. 1993. A geographic information systems model of fire damage and vegetation recovery in the Everglades. In: Wetlands: Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference Society of Wetland Scientists, New Orleans, LA., Florida Cooperative Research Unit, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, pp. 455-458.	1993-03-31
Shamblin, B.M., M.G. Dodd, D.A. Bagley, L.M. Ehrhart, A.D. Tucker, C. Johnson, R.R. Carthy, R.A. Scarpino, E. McMichael, D.S. Addison, K.L. Williams, M.G. Frick, S. Ouellette, A.B. Meylan, M.H. Godfrey, S.R. Murphy, C.J. Nairn. Genetic structure of the southeastern United States loggerhead turtle nesting aggregation: evidence of additional structure within the peninsular Florida recovery unit. 2010. Marine Biology (2011) 158:571-587	2010-12-31
Shamblin, B.M., A.B. Bolten, K.A. Bjorndal, P.H. Dutton, J.T. Nielsen, F.A. Abreu-Grobois, K.J. Reich. B.E. Witherington, D.A. Bagley, L.M. Ehrhart, A.D. Tucker, D.S. Addison, A. Arenas, C. Johnson, R.R. Carthy, M.M. Lamont, M.G. Dodd, M.S. Gaines, E. LaCasella, and C.J. Nairn. 2012. Expanded mitochondrial control region sequences increase resolution of stock structure among North Atlantic loggerhead turtle rookeries. Marine Ecology Progress Series,. 469:145-160. \| Abstract	2012-07-31	The southeastern USA hosts the largest nesting concentration of loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta in the Atlantic. Regionally significant nesting also occurs along the Caribbean coast of Mexico, in Cuba, and in the Bahamas. Previous studies of North Atlantic loggerhead turtle rookeries based on a 380 bp fragment of the mitochondrial control region supported recognition of 8 demographically independent nesting populations (management units) in the Northwest Atlantic in addition to Cape Verde in the eastern Atlantic. Recent analysis of expanded mitochondrial control region sequences revealed additional genetic diversity and increased population structure between western and eastern Atlantic loggerhead turtle rookeries. We sequenced an 817 bp mitochondrial DNA fragment in 2427 samples from nesting beaches in the southeastern USA, Cay Sal Bank, Bahamas, and Quintana Roo, Mexico. Pairwise F-ST comparisons, pairwise exact tests of population differentiation, and analysis of molecular variance support previously proposed management unit designations and additionally indicate that southeastern and southwestern Florida rookeries should be recognized as distinct management units. Therefore, Northwest Atlantic loggerhead turtle rookeries can be subdivided into 10 management units, corresponding to the beaches from (1) Virginia through northeastern Florida, (2) central eastern Florida, (3) southeastern Florida, (4) Dry Tortugas, Florida, (5) Cay Sal, Bahamas, (6) southwestern Cuba, (7) Quintana Roo, Mexico, (8) southwestern Florida, (9) central western Florida, and (10) northwestern Florida. We confirmed increased resolution of stock structure between many Northwest Atlantic management units and the Cape Verde rookery with the expanded control region haplotypes.
Sexson, M.G., M. R. Petersen, G. A. Breed, and A. N. Powell. 2016. Shifts in the distribution of molting Spectacled Eiders (Somateria fischeri) indicate ecosystem change in the Arctic. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 118:463-476. \| Download \| Publisher Website	2016-06-30
Senko, J., V. Koch, W.M. Megill, R.R. Carthy, R.P. Templeton, W.J. Nichols. 2010. Fine scale daily movements and habitat use of East Pacific green turtles at a shallow coastal lagoon in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 391(2010): 92-100	2010-07-31
Schwarzer, A. C., Jaime A. Collazo, Lawrence J. Niles, Janell M. Brush, Nancy J. Douglass, and H. Franklin Percival. 2012. Annual Survival and Plasma Metabolites of Red Knots (Calidris canutus rufa) wintering in Florida. Auk 129:725-733. \| Download	2012-10-31
Schmid, J. R., A. B. Bolten, K. A. Bjorndal, W. J. Lindberg, H. F. Percival and P. D. Zwick. In Press. Home range and habitat use by Kemp's ridley turtles in west-central Florida. Journal of Wildlife Management, Vol. 67(1):196-206.	2003-01-31
Salmon, M., R. Carthy, C. M.F. Lohmann, K. J. Lohmann, and J. Wyneken. 2012. Collecting a sample of loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings before a natural emergence does not reduce nest productivity. Endangered Species Research. 16: 296-299. doi: 10.3354/esr00409 IP-034556 \| Download	2012-03-31
Rolland, V.M.O., H.F. Percival, T. Hines, M. Hostetler. Factors influencing reproductive performance of northern bobwhite in south Florida.European Journal of Wildlife Research. DOI 10.1007/s10344-010-0479-5.2010. \| Download	2010-12-31
Rolland, V., J.A. Hostetler, T.C. Hines, F.A. Johnson, H.F. Percival, and M.K. Oli. 2011. Effects of harvest and climate on population dynamics of northern bobwhites in south Florida. Wildlife Research. 38(5):396-407.	2011-10-31
Rolland, V., J. Hostetler, T. Hines, H. F. Percival, and M. Oli. 2010. Impact of harvest on survival of a heavily hunted game bird population. Journal of Applied Ecology. Published Wildlife Research, 37, 392–400	2010-08-31
Robinson, B. H., L. M. Phillips, and A. N. Powell. 2019. Energy intake rate influences survival rates of Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani broods. Marine Ornithology 47:277-283.	2019-10-31
Robinson, B. H., L. M. Phillips, H. A. Coletti, and A. N. Powell. 2018. Are prey remains accurate indicators of chick diet? A comparison of diet quantification techniques for Black Oystercatchers. Wader Study 125(1):20–32, DOI 10.18194/ws.00105.	2018-05-31
Richardson, J. R., W. L. Bryant, W. M. Kitchens. 1993. Spatial relationships of vegetation, water quality and hydrology in a northern Everglades Ecosystem. In: Landin, M. C., ed. Wetlands: Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference of the Society of Wetlands Scientists, New Orleans, LA. Utica, MS.	1993-04-30
Richardson, J. R., W. L. Bryant, Jr., and W. M. Kitchens. 1993. Spatial relationships ofvegetation, water quality and hydrology in a norther everglades ecosystem. Everglades: Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference, Society of Wetland Scientists, New Orleans, LA. Department of Wildlife and Range Sciences, Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Universityof Florida, Gainesville, FL, pp. 401-405.	1993-03-31
Richardson, J. R., W. L. Bryant and W. M. Kitchens. 1993. A spatial hydrologic model ofLoxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and its integration into a GIS analysis. In: Wetlands: Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference, Society of Wetland Scientists, New Orleans, LA. Departments of Wildlife and Range Sciences, Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences and the Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, pp. 450-454.	1993-03-31
Richardson, J. R., K. R. Pope and W. M. Kitchens. 1987. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Vegetation and Modeling Study. Proceedings of the 8th Annual Society of Wetland Scientist Meeting, Seattle, WA, pp. 204-210.	1987-09-30
Rice, K. G., Waddle, J. H., Crockett, M. E., Bugbee, C. D., Jeffery, B. M., and Percival, H. F., 2007, Herpetofaunal inventories of the national park of south Florida and the Caribbean: Volume IV. Biscayne National Park: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1057, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.	2007-01-31
Rice, K. G., J. H. Waddle, M. E. Crockett, R. R. Carthy, and H. F. Percival. 2005. Herpetofaunal inventories of the National Parks of South Florida and the Caribbean: Volume III. Big Cypress National Preserve. US Geological Survey, Open File Report 2005-1300, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.	2006-03-31
Rice, K. G., H. F. Percival and A. R. Woodward. 2002. Estimating sighting proportions of American alligator nests during helicopter survey. 2000 Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Vol. 54:314-321.	2002-02-28
Rice, A. N., G. P. Ross, A. R. Woodward, D. A. Carbonneau, and H. F. Percival. 2007. Alligator diet in relation to alligator mortality on Lake Griffin, FL. Southeastern Naturalist 6(1):97-110.	2007-04-30
Rice KG, JH Waddle, MW Miller, ME Crockett, FJ Mazzotti, and HF Percival. 2011. Recovery of Native Treefrogs After Removal of Nonindigenous Cuban Treefrogs, Osteopilus Septentrionalis. Herpetelogica. 67(2): 105-117.	2011-05-31
Reichert, Brian,J. Martin, W.Kendall, C. Cattau, W. Kitchens. 2009. Interactive Effects of Senescence and Natural Disturbance on the Survival Probabilities of Snail Kites. Oikos. DOI: 10.111/j.1600-0706.2010. 18366.x	2009-12-31
Reichert, B., C. Cattau, R. Fletcher, W. Kendall, W. Kitchens. 2012. Extreme weather and experience influence reproduction in an endangered bird. Ecology. 2012. Ecology http:dx.doi.org/10.10890/12-0233.1 (IP-041148)	2012-10-31
Reichert, B. E., C. E. Cattau, R. J. Fletcher, Jr., W. L. Kendall, and W. E. Kitchens. 2012. Extreme weather and experience influence reproduction in an endangered bird. Ecology 93:2580-2589.	2012-10-31
Rees, A. F., L. Avens, K. Ballorain, E. Bevan, A. C. Broderick, R. R. Carthy, M. J. Marjolijn, J. A. Christianen, G. Cuclos, M. R. Heithaus, D. W. Johnston, J . C. Mangel, F. Paladino, K. Pendoley, R. D. Reina, N. J. Robinson, R. Ryan, S. T. Sykora-Bodie, D. Tilley, M. R. Varela, E. R. Whitman, P. A. Whittock, T. Wibbels, and B. J. Godley. 2018.The potential of unmanned aerial systems for sea turtle research and conservation: a review and future directions. Endangered Species Research. 35: 81-100.	2018-02-28
R. McCleery, Zweig, C.L., M.A. DeSa, H.F. Percival, and W.M. Kitchens. In review. A novel trapping method for small mammals. Wildlife Society Bulletin.	2014-12-31
Powell, A.N., R. Bentzen, and R. Suydam. 2018. Migration trends for king and common eiders and yellow-billed loons past Point Barrow in a rapidly changing environment. Final OCS Study BOEM 2018-059.	2018-12-31
Powell A.N., R.T.Churchwell , K. H. Dunton, J.G. Baguley, A.D. Kamikawa, C. Kellogg, B. Crump, and P. Bucolo. 2016. Sediment Characteristics and Infauna of Deltaic Mudflats Along the Alaskan Beaufort Sea. US Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Alaska OCS Region, Anchorage. OCS Study BOEM 2015-045. 77 pp.	2016-06-30
Pope, K. R., J. R. Richardson and W. M. Kitchens. 1987. Vegetation patterns in a northEverglades marsh. Proceedings of the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists, pp. 211-215.	1987-08-31
Pias, K., Z. Welch, and W.M. Kitchens. Extraction Platforms:2012. An Artificial Perch to Help Snail Kites Handle an Exotic Apple Snail. Waterbirds 35(2):347-351.	2012-06-30
Phillips, A.C.N., J. Coutou, S. Rajh, N. Stewart, A. Watson, A. Jehu, H.Asmath, F. Dziva, C. Unakal R.B. Holder, and R.R. Carthy. 2017. Temporospatial dynamic and public health significance of bacterial flora identified on a major leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) nesting beach in the Southern Caribbean. Marine Ecology. 15pp IP- 068594. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12412 \| Abstract \| Publisher Website	2017-04-30	Grande Riviere beach, on the island of Trinidad, supports the largest nesting population of leatherback turtles in the Caribbean region. Throughout the nesting season, nests are naturally disturbed by newly nesting females, resulting in egg breakage and loss of some nest viability. This environment is ideal for the growth and proliferation of microorganisms. The range of bacterial flora present in beach sand and egg shells was examined, with emphasis on bacteria that may pose a threat to public and animal health. The extent to which the bacterial load and genera on the beach changed throughout the season was also assessed. Twenty-five genera were identified, with Pseudomonas spp. found to be the most predominant environmental bacteria. Four genera identified possess zoonotic potential, while five additional genera are known to be of public and animal health significance. Distinct shifts in the density and distribution of bacteria were observed along the beach from early to peak nesting season. Shifts were seen across heavily traversed zones, thus highlighting the potential exposure threats posed to beach visitors and animals alike. Further studies aimed at speciating this population of bacteria, as well as isolating potential fungal pathogens may mitigate this threat. Identification of bacterial agents that are specifically pathogenic to leatherback turtles, turtle eggs, hatchlings and those who may interact with these animals will serve to enhance and guide efforts to better conserve this species and protect the health of all who visit this ecologically significant site.
Peterson, L. P., G. W. Tanner, and W. M. Kitchens. 1995. A comparison of passerine feeding habits in two tidal marsh communities. Wetlands, Vol. 14(4).	1995-09-30
Pearlstine, L., S. E. Smith, L. Brandt, C. Allen, W. Kitchens, and J. Sternberg. 2002. Assessing state-wide biodiversity in the Florida Gap Analysis Project. Environmental Management, Vol. 66(2):127-144.	2002-02-28
Pearlstine, L. G., and W. M. Kitchens. 1987. A succession modelling approach to wetland impact assessment. National Wetlands Newsletter, Vol. 9(1):13-15.	1987-02-28
Pearlstine, L. G., and W. M. Kitchens. 1986. Community succession modelling for resource management., pp 1369-1381. In Coastal Zone '85: Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium On Coastal Ocean Management, O. T. Magoon, H. Converse, D. Miner, and D. Clark, eds. American Society of Civil Engineers. New York, NY.	1986-03-31
Pearlstine, L. G., W. M. Kitchens, P. J. Latham and R. D. Bartleson. 1993. Tide gate influences on a tide marsh. Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 29(6):1009-1019.	1993-08-31
Pearlstine, L. G., W. M. Kitchens, P. J. Latham and R. D. Bartleson. 1993. Tide gate influences on a tidal marsh. American Water Resources Association, pp. 433-440 and 625-626.	1993-03-31
Pearlstine, L. G., W. M. Kitchens and P. Latham. 1993. Modeling tidal marsh succession in the coastal Savannah River, GA. Wetlands: Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference, Society of Wetland Scientists, New Orleans, LA, pp. 445-449.	1993-03-31
Pearlstine, L. G., L. A. Brandt, W. M. Kitchens and F. J. Mazzotti. 1995. Impacts of citrus development on habitats of Southwest Florida. Conservation Biology, Vol. 9:1020-1032.	1995-02-28
Pearlstine, L. G., L. A. Brandt, F. Mazzotti and W. M. Kitchens. 1997. Fragmentation of pineflatwood and marsh communities converted for ranching and citrus. Landscape and Urban Planning, Vol. 38:159-169. Special Issue.	1997-08-31
Parris, L., M. M. Lamont, and R. R. Carthy. 2002. Increased incidence of red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: formicidae) presence in loggerhead sea turtle (testudines: cheloniidae) nests and observations of hatchling mortality. Florida Entomologist, Vol. 85(3):514-517.	2002-09-30
Overduijn, K. S., C. M. Handel, and A. N. Powell. 2020. Does habitat partitioning by sympatric plovers affect nest survival? The Auk 137:1-16. DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukaa018	2020-05-31
Nomani, S. Z., R. R. Carthy and M. K. Oli. Comparison of methods for estimating abundance of gopher tortoises. Applied Herpetology. 5:13-31	2008-01-31
Nomani, S. Z., M. K. Oli, and R.R. Carthy. 2012. Line transects by design: the influence of study design, spatial distribution and density of objects on estimates of abundance. The Open Ecology Journal. 5: 25-44. \| Abstract	2012-10-31	The line transect distance sampling method provides unbiased estimates of abundance when organisms are distributed randomly or line transects are laid out randomly, sample sizes are large and other assumptions of the method are met; such, however, is rarely the case in real life. We conducted a simulation study to investigate how spatial distribution and density of objects, and total length, layout and number of transects influence bias, precision, and accuracy of estimates of abundance obtained by distance sampling along line transects. Overall, density estimated using the distance sampling method was within 4.9% of the true density, but it varied substantially depending upon spatial distribution of objects. Of the three spatial distribution patterns considered, estimates of density were least biased, and most precise and accurate when objects were distributed randomly; they were most biased, and least precise and accurate when objects followed a clumped distribution. The estimated bias (% difference between true density and estimated density) for clumped, random and uniform distribution was 13.1%, -0.4%, and 2.1%, respectively; precision (% coefficient of variation, CV( D ˆ )) was 13.7%, 9.1%, and 9.2%; and accuracy (root mean-squared error, RMSE) was 27.9%, 7.4%, and 11.7% for clumped, random, and uniform distribution, respectively. Increasing total transect length and using several short transects (as opposed to few long transects) generally reduced bias, and increased accuracy and precision of estimates of abundance. A systematic layout of transects worked as well as, or better than, random layout, except when objects were distributed uniformly in space. This study advances the utility of the line transect method by providing information both on how study design affects accuracy and precision of abundance estimates, and how it can be improved when assumptions of the method are not strictly met based on a priori knowledge of the spatial distribution and presumed density of the target organism through appropriate changes in the study design.
Morea, C. R., K. G. Rice, H. F. Percival, and S. R. Howarter. 2000. Home range and daily movement of the American alligator in the Everglades. Proceedings of the 15th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, pp. 485-504.	2001-09-30
Mooij, W. M., R. E. Bennetts, D. L. De Angelis, and W. M. Kitchens. 2002. Exploring the effects of drought extent on the Florida Snail Kite: interplay between spatial and temporal scales. Ecological Modelling, Vol. 149(2002):25-39.	2002-02-28
Mooij, W. M., J. Martin, W. M. Kitchens, and D. L. DeAngelis. 2007. Exploring the Temporal Effects of Seasonal Water Availability on the Snail Kite of Florida. In: Bissonette, J., and I. Storch, eds. Temporal Explicitness in Landscape Ecology: The Missing Dimension. Springer. New York	2007-07-31
McMichael, E., R.R. Carthy, J.A. Seminoff and R.A. Scarpino. Kemp's ridley turtles in St. Joseph Bay, Florida, USA: Results from an in-water study in the northern Gulf of Mexico. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-630	2012-05-31
McMichael, E., J. Seminoff, R. Carthy. Kemp's ridley sea turtles in St. Joseph Bay, Florida, USA: results from an in-water study in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. 2009. Journal of Natural History. 42 (43-44; 2293-2307).	2009-12-31
McMichael, E., J. A. Seminoff and R. R. Carthy. Growth rates of wild green turtles, Chelonia mydas, at a temperate foraging habitat in the northern Gulf of Mexico: assessing short-term affects of cold stunning on growth. Journal of Natural History.	2008-12-31
McGuire, R., R. Suydam, L. Quakenbush, and A. Powell. 2019. Population trends of king and common eiders from spring migration counts at Point Barrow, Alaska between 1994 and 2016 Polar Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02581-6	2019-09-30
McFarland, H. R., S. Kendall, and A. N. Powell. Nest-site selection and nest success of an arctic-breeding passerine, Smith's Longspurs, in a changing climate. The Condor: Ecological Applications 119:85-97. DOI: 10.1650/CONDOR-16-87.1	2017-02-28
Martin, Julien, Wiley M. Kitchens, Madan K. Oli, Christopher E. Cattau. 2008. Exploring the importance of natural disturbances and habitat degradation on Snail Kite population dynamics. Endangered Species Research. 6: 25-39.	2008-10-31
Martin, J., W. M. Kitchens, and J. E. Hines. 2006. Why are well designed monitoring programmes so critical for the conservation of endangered species? A case study of the snail kite. Conservation Biology. 21 (2): 472-481	2007-07-31
Martin, J., H.H. Edwards, M.A. Burgess, H.F. Percival, D.E. Fagan, B.E. Grdner, J.G. Ortega-Ortiz, P.G. Ifju, B.S. Evers, and T.J. Rambo. 2012. Estimating distribution of hidden objects with drones: from tennis balls to manatees. PLos ONE 7(6): e38882. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.003882. 2012.	2012-06-30
Martin J., W. M. Kitchens, and J. E. Hines. 2007. Natal location influences on movement and survival of a spatially structured population of snail kites. Oecologia. 153(2): 291-301	2007-05-31
Martin J., W. M. Kitchens, and J. E. Hines. 2007. Immportance of well designed monitoring programs for the conservation of Endangered Species: Case study of the snail kite. Conservation Biology. 21(2): 472-481	2007-05-31
Martin J., J. D. Nichols, W. M. Kitchens, and J. E. Hines. 2006. Multiscale patterns of movement in fragmented landscapes and consequences on demography of the snail kite in Florida. Journal of Animal Ecology. 75 (2):527-540.	2006-07-31
Martin J., J. D. Nichols, W. M. Kitchens, J. E. Hines. 2006. Multiscale patterns of movement in fragmented landscapes and consequences on demography of the snail kite in Florida. Journal of Animal Ecology. 75: 527-539. \| Download	2006-12-31
Maglothin, M. L., M. M. Lamont, and R. R. Carthy. 2002. Nest Chamber anomalies in loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nests from Northwest Florida, USA. Herpetological Review., Vol. 33(1):48-50.	2002-08-31
Loftin, C. S., W. Rasberry, and W. M. Kitchens. 2000. Development of a grid-cell topographic surface for Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia. Wetlands 20(3): 487-499.	2000-09-30
Loftin, C. S., S. B. Aicher, and W. M. Kitchens. 2000. Effects of the Suwannee River sill on the hydrology of the Okefenokee Swamp: application of research results in the environmental assessment process. In: McCool, S. R., D. N. Cole, W. T. Borrie, and J. O'Loughlin, comps. Wilderness Science in a time of Change Conference-Volume 3. Wilderness as a place for scientific inquiry: Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-3. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, UT. pp. 102-110.	2000-01-31
Loftin, C. S., N. Ansay, and W. M. Kitchens. 2001. Development and Application of a spatial hydrology model of Okefenokee Swamp, GA. Journal American Water Resources, Vol. 37(4): 1-22.	2001-09-30
Layton, J.E., T. Wibbels, T. Tucker, J. Wyneken, L. Ehrhart, R. Carthy, E.R. Martin, M. Bressette, C.Johnson, S. Fournier, and J. Schmid. 2009. Developing a Comprehensive Long-term Database on Nesting Beach Temperatures of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle in the Southeastern U.S: Applications and Implications for Global Climate Change. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 49:E227-E227 \| Publisher Website	2009-10-31
Latty, C. J., T. E. Hollmén, M. R. Petersen, A. N. Powell, and R. D. Andrews. 2016. Biochemical and clinical responses of Common Eiders to implanted satellite transmitters. The Condor: Ecological Applications 118:489-501. \| Download	2016-06-30
Latham, P. J., L. G. Pearlstine, and W. M. Kitchens. 1993. Species association changes across a gradient of fresh, oligohaline, and mesohaline tidal marshes along the lower Savannah River. Wetlands, Vol. 14(3):174-178.	1993-07-31
Latham, P. J., L. G. Pearlstine, and W. M. Kitchens. 1991. Spatial distribution of the softstem bulrush, Scripus validus, across a salinity gradient. Estuaries, Vol. 14(2):192-198.	1991-03-31
Latham, P. J., L. G. Pearlstine and W. M. Kitchens. 1987. Plant patterns and distribution of a south Atlantic coastal tidal marsh. Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists, "Wetland and Riparian Ecosystems of the American West, " May 26-29, Seattle, Washington.	1987-05-31
Lamont, M.M., Fujisaki, I., Carthy, R.R. 2014. Estimates of vital rates for a declining loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) subpopulation: implications for management. Marine Biology. 161:2659–2668 DOI 10.1007/s00227-014-2537-0	2014-09-30
Lamont, M. M., and R. R. Carthy. 2007. Response of nesting sea turtles to barrier island dynamics. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6(2): 206-212	2007-01-31
Lamont, M. M., H. F. Percival, and S. V. Colwell. 2002. Influence of vehicle tracks on loggerhead hatchling seaward movement along a northwest Florida beach. Florida Field Naturalist, Vol. 30(3):77-109.	2002-01-31
Lamont, M. M. D. Johnson, and R. R. Carthy. 2020. The incubation environment of nests deposited by a genetically distinct group of loggerhead sea turtles in Northwest Florida. Global Ecology and Conservation 23: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01070 \| Abstract \| Publisher Website	2020-09-30	The warming climate presents a challenge to conservation of all threatened and endangered species but particularly to those that exhibit temperature-dependent sex determination such as sea turtles. Changes in temperature may result in changes in the sex ratio of the population which can directly affect reproductive rate, abundance and population dynamics. The NW Atlantic loggerhead turtle population is listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, and one of the smallest subpopulations in this assemblage nests in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Here, we describe the incubation environment of northern Gulf of Mexico loggerheads nesting at several different beaches in Northwest Florida. Temperature dataloggers were placed inside and adjacent to nests on different nesting beaches across Northwest Florida. In addition, incubation durations were recorded from nests deposited on those same beaches. Internal nest temperatures were higher than those in the sand, however sand temperatures were correlated with incubation durations. Sand temperatures differed along the vertical beach profile and according to depth. Temperatures also differed along a geographic gradient across Northwest Florida and in relation to distance from the Apalachicola River. Incubation durations followed a similar pattern. Mean monthly temperatures at all sites were at or lower than 29 °C (range 23.1 °C–29.6 °C at the dunes; 23.8 °C–29.4 °C at mid-beach) which suggests nests in Northwest Florida may be producing a significant number of males, in contrast to the large number of females being produced on Florida’s Atlantic coast. The temperatures and incubation durations on these nesting beaches may be regulated by differing sources of sand and beach orientations across Northwest Florida. <br><br>
Kitchens, W. M., R. E. Bennetts, and D. L. DeAngelis. 2001. Linkages between the snail kite population and wetland dynamics in a highly fractured South Florida hydroscape. In: Porter, J. W., and K. G. Porter, eds. Linkages Between Ecosystems: the South Florida Hydroscape. CRC /St. Lucie Press. 183-203.	2002-06-30
Kitchens, W. M., L. G. Pearlstine and R. D. Bartleson. 1993. Tide gate influences on thehydrology of the coastal Savannah River, SC. Wetlands: Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference, Society of Wetland Scientists, New Orleans, LA. p. 638.	1993-03-31
Kitchens, W. M., H. N. McKellar, J. Booth, and L. G. Pearlstine. 1985. Impact analysis in the Santee/Cooper River Re-diversion Project: an overview of a pilot community modeling approach. Proceedings of the 8th Annual Environmental Review Conference, Environmental Protection Agency.	1985-09-30
Jordan, C.F., H. L. Jelks and W. M. Kitchens. 1994. Habitat use by the fishing spider 'Dolemedes triton' in Northern Everglades. Wetlands 14(3). 18. \| Download	1994-12-31
Jordan, C. F., H. L. Jelks, and W. M. Kitchens. 1997. Habitat structure and plant community composition in a northern Everglades wetland landscape. Wetlands, Vol. 17(2):275-283.	1997-02-28
Jordan, C. F. H. L. Jelkand W. M. Kitchens. 1994. Habitat use by the fishing spider (Dolemedes triton) in northern Everglades. Wetlands, Vol. 14(3).	1997-06-30
Jones, G. P., L. G. Pearlstine, and H. F. Percival. 2006. An assessment of small unmanned aerial vehicls in wildlife research. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 34(3):750-758	2006-10-31
Jelks, H. L., J. R. Richardson, and W. M. Kitchens. 1992. Changes in the foraging patterns of wading birds (Ciconiiforms) in response to fluctuating hydrologic conditions in the impounded northern Everglades. In: Wetlands: proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference, Society of Wetland Scientists, New Orleans, LA. Department of Wildlife and Range Sciences, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, pp. 490.	1992-06-30
Jacobson, S. K., J. K. Morris, J. S. Sanders, E. N. Wiley, M. B. Brooks, R. E. Bennetts, H. F. Percival and S. Marynowski. 2006. Understanding, measuring, and overcoming barriers to the implementation of an adaptive land management program. Conservation Biology. 20(5):1516-1527.	2006-10-31
Howarter, S. R., K. G. Rice, H. F. Percival, K. M. Portier, and C. R. Morea. 2000. Thermal ecology of the American alligator in the Everglades. Proceedings of the 15th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, pp. 470-485.	2001-09-30
Hotaling, A.S., J. Martin, W.M. Kitchens. 2009. Estimating Transition Probabilities Among Everglades Wetland Communities Using Multistate Models. Wetlands 20(4):1224-1233.	2009-12-31
Hotaling, A., H. F. Percival, W. M. Kitchens, J. W. Kasbohm. 2010. The persistence of the endangered Florida salt marsh vole in the salt marshes of the Central Florida gulf coast. Southeastern Naturalist 9(4):795-802.	2010-12-31
Honeyfield, D. A., J. P. Ross, D. A. Carbonneau, S. P. Terrell, A. R. Woodward, T. R. Schoeb, H. F. Percival, J. P. Hinterkopf. 2008. Pathology, physiological parameters, tissue contaminants, and tissue thiamine in morbid and healthy adult American alligators (Alligator mississipiensis) on Lake Griffin, FL. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 44(2): 280-294.	2007-11-30
Hill, M. K., M. C. Monroe, T. T. Ankersen, R. R. Carthy, and T. A. Kay. 2019. Conservation easements and coastal armoring: protecting sea turtle nesting habitat through property ownership., Ocean and Coastal Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.104944	2019-09-30
Hill, M. K., M. C. Monroe, T. T. Ankersen, R. R. Carthy, T. A. Kay. 2019. Coastal Armoring and Sea Turtles: Beachfront Homeowners’ Opinions and Intent. Coastal Management, DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2019.1669102	2019-09-30
Harwood, C. H., R. E. Gill, Jr. and A. N. Powell. 2016. Nesting ecology of Whimbrels in boreal Alaska. Wader Study. 123(2):99-113, DOI 10.18194/ws.00037.	2016-08-31
Hart, K.M., M. Lamont, I. Fujisaki, A.D. Tucker, R.R. Carthy. Common coastal foraging areas in the Gulf of Mexico used by nesting loggerheads from 3 different subpopulations: Opportunities for marine conservation. Published.Biological Conservation. (145) 1:185-194. 2012.	2012-01-31
Haas, Sara, Rebecca Kimball, Julien Martin, and Wiley Kitchens. 2008. Genetic divergence among Snail Kite subspecies: implications for the conservation of the endangered Florida Snail Kite. Ibis (Published on-line): Aug 11 2008 DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00872.x	2008-08-31
Guillette, L. J. Jr., A. R. Woodward, D. A. Crain, D. B. Pickford, A. R. Rooney, and H. F. Percival. 1999. Plasma steroid concentrations and male phallus size in juvenile alligators from seven Florida lakes. General and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol. 116:356-372.	2000-01-31
Gregory, C. J., R. R. Carthy, and L. G. Pearlstine. 2006. Application of Species at Risk at Camp Blanding Training Site, FLARNG(Florida). Southeastern Naturalist. 5(3):473-498.	2006-01-31
Glorioso, BM, J. Waddle, M. Crockett, K. Rice, and H. Percival. 2012. Diet of the Invasive Cuban treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) in Pine Rockland and Mangrove Habitats in South Florida. Caribbean Journal of Science.46:2-3:346-355.	2012-08-31
Garmestani, A. S., and H. F. Percival. 2005. Raccoon removal reduces sea turtle nest depredation in the Ten Thousand Islands of Florida. Southeastern Naturalist 4(3):469-472. (Submitted May 2004) (Published July 2005)	2005-07-31
Garmestani, A. S., and H. F. Percival. 2005. Control of the Ten Thousand Islands raccoon Procyon lotor marinus (L. ) reduces sea turtle nest depredation in the Ten Thousand Islands of Florida. Southeastern Naturalist 4(3):469-472	2006-10-31
Garmestani, A. S., H. F. Percival, and K. M. Portier. 2001. Preliminary evaluation of helicopter survey as a method of assessing sea turtle nesting distribution in the Ten Thousands Islands of Florida. Marine Turtle Newsletter No. 93:1-5.	2001-09-30
Garmestani, A. S., H. F. Percival, K. M. Portier, and K. G. Rice. 2000. Nest-site selection by the loggerhead sea turtle in Florida's Ten Thousand Islands. Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 34(4):504-510.	2000-01-31
Garland, K.A. and R.R. Carthy. 2010. Changing taste preferences, market demands and traditions in Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua: a community reliant on Chelonia mydas for income and nutrition. Conservation and Society 8(1):55-72.	2010-04-30
Gallaway, Benny J. ,William J. Gazey, Charles W. Caillouet, Jr., Pamela T. Plotkin, Donna J. Shaver, F. Alberto Abreu Grobois, Anthony M. Amos, Patrick M. Burchfield, Ray R. Carthy, Marco A. Castro Martínez, John G. Cole, Andrew T. Coleman, Melissa Cook, Steven DiMarco, Sheryan P. Epperly, Allen M. Foley, Masami Fujiwara, Daniel Gomez Gamez, Gary L. Graham, Wade L. Griffin, Selina S. Heppell, Francisco Illescas Martínez, Jackie Isaacs, Margaret M. Lamont, Rebecca L. Lewison, Kenneth J. Lohmann, James M. Nance, Jonathan Pitchford, Nathan F. Putman, Scott W. Raborn, Jeffery K. Rester, Jack J. Rudloe, Laura Sarti Martínez, Mark Schexnayder, Jeffrey R. Schmid, Christopher Slay, Mandy Tumlin, Thane Wibbels and Blanca M. Zapata Najera. 2017. Development of a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Stock Assessment Model. Gulf of Mexico Science. \| Publisher Website	2017-02-28
Fujisaki, I., M. Lamont and R.R. Carthy. 2018.Temporal shift of loggerhead nest sites in a highly eroding beach in a dynamic barrier island. Ocean and Coastal Management. 155 (2018) 24–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.12.032	2018-04-30
Fujisaki, I., K. G. Rice, A. R. Woodward, H. F. Percival. 2007. Possible generational effects of habitat degradation on alligator reproduction. Journal of Wildlife Management. 71(7):2284-2289	2007-09-30
Fletcher, R.J. Jr., M. Acevedo, B.Reichert, K. Pias, and W. Kitchens. 2011. Revisiting the foundations of spatial network analysis for ecology and conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108(38): 19282-19287.	2012-05-31
Fletcher, R.J. Jr., A. Revell, B.E. Reichert, W.M. Kitchens, J.D. Dixon, and J.D. Austin. 2013. Network modularity reveals critical scales for connectivity in ecology, evolution, and conservation. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3572.	2013-12-31
Evans, D. R. , R. R. Carthy, and S. A. Ceriani. 2019. Migration routes, foraging behavior, and individual fidelity of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) satellite tracked from a globally important rookery. Marine Biology, 166:134 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3583-4. \| Publisher Website	2019-09-30
Enge, K. M., H. F. Percival, K. G. Rice, M. L. Jennings, G. R. Masson, and A. R. Woodward. 2000. Summer nesting of turtles in alligator nests in Florida. Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 34(4):497-503.	2000-01-31
Elston, LM, JH Waddle, KG Rice, and HF Percival. 2013 Co-ocurrence of Invasive Cuban treefrogs and native treefrogs in PVC pipe refugia. Herpetological Review. 024733	2013-08-31
Duberstine, J., and W. M. Kitchens. 2007. Chapter 12- Community composition of select areas of tidal freshwater forests along the Savannah River. In: W. H. Conner, T. W. Doyle, and K. W. Krauss (Eds. ) Ecology of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands of the Southeastern United States. Springer. 321-348.	2007-05-31
Duberstein, J., and W. M. Kitchens. 2007. Community composition of select areas of freshwater tidal forest along the Savannah River. In: Conner, W. H., T. W. Doyle, and K. W. Krauss, eds. Ecology of Tidal Freshwater Swamps of the Southeastern United States. Springer. New York	2007-07-31
Dreitz, V. J., and J. A. Duberstein. 2001. use of red mangrove for nesting by snail kites in Florida. Florida Field Naturalist, Vol. 29(2):49-50.	2001-01-31
Dreitz, V. J., W. M. Kitchens, and D. L. DeAngelis. 2004. The effects of natal dispersal and environmental state on survival of juvenile snail kites in Florida. Auk, Vol. 104(3):1-10.	2004-03-31
Dreitz, V. J., R. E. Bennetts, B. Toland, W. M. Kitchens, and M. W. Collopy. 2001. Spatial and temporal variability in nest success of snail kites in Florida: a meta-analysis. Condor, Vol. 103:502-509.	2001-09-30
Dreitz, V. J., R. E. Bennetts, B. Toland and W. M. Kitchens. 2002. Snail kite nest success and water levels: a reply to Beissinger and Snyder. Condor, Vol. 104:216-221.	2002-08-31
Dreitz, V. J., J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, R. E. Bennetts, W. M. Kitchens and D. L. DeAngelis. 2002. Use of resighting data to estimate the rate of population growth of the snail kite in Florida. Journal of Applied Statistics, Vol. 29(1-4):609-623.	2002-09-30
Dimmick, Ralph W., Madan Oli, Jeff Hostetler, Tommy Hines, Steve Brinkley, H. Franklin Percival. 2009. Hunting pressure, harvest rates, mortality, and survival of northern bobwhites in south Florida. Pages A1-xx in Cederbaum, SB, BC Faircloth, TM Terhume, JJ Thompson, JP Carroll, eds. Gamebird 2006: Quail VI and Perdix XII. University of Georgia. Athens, GA, USA	2009-07-31
DeSa, M., C.L. Zweig, H.F. Percival, W.M. Kitchens, J. Hayes, J.W. Kasbohm. 2012. Comparison of Small Mammal Capture Techniques in Tidal Salt Marshes of the Central Gulf Coast of Florida. Southeastern Naturalist.11(1)89-100.	2012-01-31
Darby, Philip C., Robert E. Bennetts, Steven J. Miller and H. Franklin Percival. 2002. Movements of Florida apple snails in relations to water levels and drying events. Wetlands, Vol. 22(3):489-498.	2002-10-31
Darby, Philip C., Patricia L. Valentine-Darby, R. E. Bennetts, Jason D. Coop, H. F. Percival, W. M. Kitchens. 1997. Ecological Studies of Apple Snails. (Pomacea Paludosa, SAY), Prepared under joint contract with South Florida Water Management District and St. John's River Water Management District, pp. 1-152.	1997-02-28
Darby, Philip C., P. L. Valentine-Darby, H. F. Percival, and W. M. Kitchens. 2001. Collecting Florida apple snails (Pomacea paludosa) from wetland habitats using funnel traps. Wetlands 21(2):308-311.	2001-09-30
Darby, P. C., R. E. Bennetts, and H. F. Percival. 2008. Dry down impacts on apple snail (Pomacea pauludosa) demography: implications for wetland water management. Wetlands 28(1):204-214.	2008-03-31
Darby, P. C., R. E. Bennetts, P. L. Valentine-Darby, W. M. Kitchens, and J. D. Croop. 1999. A comparison of sampling techniques for quantifying abundance of the Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa, Say). Journal of Molluscan Studies, Vol. 65:195-208.	1999-04-30
Darby, P. C., P. L. Valentine-Darby, and H. F. Percival and W. M. Kitchens. 2004. Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa Say) responses to lake habitat restoration activity. Arch. Hydrobiol. 161(4):561-575. (Submitted October 2003) (Published December 2004)	2004-12-31
Darby, P. C., P. L. Valentine-Darby, H. F. Percival, and W. M. Kitchens. 2004. Florida apple snail responses to lake habitat restoration activity. Archiv Fur Hydrobiologie. 161(4): 561-575.	2004-08-31
Darby, P. C., P. L. Valentine-Darby and H. F. Percival. In Press. Dry season survival in a Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa SAY) population. Malacologia, Vol. 45:179-184.	2002-08-31
Craig, H.R., S. Kendall, T. Wild, and A. N. Powell. 2015. Dispersal and survival of a polygynandrous passerine. The Auk: Ornithological Advances 132:916-925, DOI: 10.1642/AUK-15-41.1 \| Download	2015-10-31
Conner, W. J., R. T. Huffman, W. M. Kitchens, and Panel: W. Harms, S. Harrison, P. Hatcher, L. Holloway, R. Johnson, L. Lee, A. Lucas, S. Ray, C. Rhodes, D. Sanders, R. Theriot, and J. Wooten. 1990. Composition and productivity in bottomland hardwood forest ecosystems: the report of the vegetation workgroup. In: Ecological Processes and Cumulative Impacts. J. G. Gosselink, L. C. Lee, and T. A. Muir, eds. Lewis Publishers, pp. 456-479.	1990-09-30
Churchwell, R. T., S. Kendall, S. C. Brown, A. L. Blanchard, T. E. Hollmen, and A. N. Powell. 2018. The first hop: use of Beaufort Sea Deltas by hatch-year Semipalmated Sandpipers. Estuaries and Coasts 41:280–292, DOI 10.1007/s12237-017-0272-8.	2017-06-30
Churchwell, R. T., S. Kendall, S. C. Brown, and A. N. Powell. 2018. Will increased storm surge frequency impact food availability for Semipalmated Sandpipers Calidris pusilla at the beginning of fall migration? Wader Study 125:195-204. DOI: 10.18194/ws.00121	2018-12-31
Chopp, M., H. F. Percival, and K. G. Rice. 2002. Everglades alligator production differences between marsh interior and marsh canal habitats. 16th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group SSC/IUCN, Gainesville, FL. October 7-10, 2002.	2002-12-31
Cattau, C. E., P. C. Darby, R. J. Fletcher, and W. M. Kitchens. 2013. Reproductive response of the endangered snail kite to variations in prey density. Journal of Wildlife Management.	2014-12-31
Cattau, C. E., J. Martin, W.M. Kitchens. 2009. Effects of an exotic prey species on a native specialist: example of the Snail Kite. Biological Conservation 143: 513-520.	2009-12-31
Carthy, R.R. The leatherbacks of Grande Riviere Trinidad and Tobago. 2012. Florida Environmental Outreach. (3), 1- 10-13. IP-034506	2012-12-31
Carthy, R. R., A. M. Foley, and Y. Matsuzawa. 2002. The incubation environment of nests of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and effects of hatching success and the characteristics of hatchlings. Book Chapter, for "The Biology of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle". Smithsonian Institution Press, August 2003.	2003-08-31
Carthy, R. R. 2016. The leatherback turtle: Biology and Conservation. Herpetological Review, 47(4):703-705.	2016-12-31
Carthy, R. R. 2006. An owner's manual for the Chelonioidea. Conservation Biology. 20(1)259-260.	2006-02-28
Bryant, W. L., J. R. Richardson and W. M. Kitchens. 1993. Vegetation relationships to sediment chemistry and hydrology in the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. In: Wetlands: Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference Society of Wetland Scientists, New Orleans, LA p. 391.	1993-03-31
Brody, M., W. Conner, L. G. Pearlstine and W. M. Kitchens. 1989. Modeling bottomland forest and wildlife habitat changes in Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin. In: Freshwater and Wetlands Wildlife, Proceedings of a symposium held at Charleston, South Carolina, March 24-27, 1986. R. R. Sharitz and J. Whitfield Gibbons, eds. DOE-CONF 860326. Office of Science and Technological Information, U. S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN, pp. 991-1004.	1989-02-28
Brandt, L. A., K. M. Portier, and W. M. Kitchens. 2000. Patterns of change in tree islands in Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge from 1950 to 1991. Wetlands, Vol. 20(1):1-14.	2000-01-31
Brandt, L. A., J. E. Silveira, and W. M. Kitchens. 2002. Chapter 10: Tree Islands of the Arthur R. Marshall National Wildlife Refuge. In: Sklar, F. H., and A. Van Der Valk, eds. Tree Islands of the Everglades. Kluwer Academic Inc., pp. 310-335.	2002-03-31
Bowling, A. W., J. Martin, and W. M. Kitchens. 2012. Evaluating the effect of changes in habitat conditions on movement of juvenile snail kites. Ibis 154:554-565 .	2012-05-31
Bock, J. L., A. R. Woodward, S. B. Linda, H. F. Percival, and D. A. Carbonneau. 2005. Hatching success of American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) eggs when subjected to simulated collection trauma. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 58:323-335.	2004-10-31
Bjorndal, K.A., Bolten, A.B., Chaloupka, M., Saba, V.S., Bellini, C., Marcovaldi, M.A.G., Santos, A.J.B., Bortolon, L.F.W., Meylan, A.B., Meylan, P.A., Gray, J., Hardy, R., Brost, B., Bresette, M., Gorham, J.C., Connett, S., Crouchley, B.V.S., Dawson, M., Hayes, D., Diez, C.E., van Dam, R.P., Willis, S., Nava, M., Hart, K.M., Cherkiss, M.S., Crowder, A.G., Pollock, C., Hillis-Starr, Z., Muñoz Tenería, F.A., Herrera-Pavón, R., Labrada-Martagón, V., Lorences, A., Negrete-Philippe, A., Lamont, M.M., Foley, A.M., Bailey, R., Carthy, R.R., Scarpino, R., McMichael, E., Provancha, J.A., Brooks, A., Jardim, A., López-Mendilaharsu, M., González-Paredes, D., Estrades, A., Fallabrino, A., Martínez-Souza, G., Vélez-Rubio, G.M., Boulon Jr., R.H., Collazo, J.A., Wershoven, R., Guzmán Hernández, V., Stringell, T.B., Sanghera, A., Richardson, P.B., Broderick, A.C., Phillips, Q., Calosso, M., Claydon, J.A.B., Metz, T.L., Gordon, A.L., Landry Jr., A.M., Shaver, D.J., Blumenthal, J., Collyer, L., Godley, B.J., McGowan, A., Witt, M.J., Campbell, C.L., Lagueux, C.J., Bethel, T.L., and Kenyon, L., 2017, Ecological regime shift drives declining growth rates of sea turtles throughout the West Atlantic. 2017. Global Change Biology, 23(11):4556-4568, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13712. \| Abstract \| Publisher Website	2017-06-30	Somatic growth is an integrated, individual-based response to environmental conditions, especially in ectotherms. Growth dynamics of large, mobile animals are particularly useful as bio-indicators of environmental change at regional scales. We assembled growth rate data from throughout the West Atlantic for green turtles, Chelonia mydas, which are long-lived, highly migratory, primarily herbivorous mega-consumers that may migrate over hundreds to thousands of kilometers. Our dataset, the largest ever compiled for sea turtles, has 9690 growth increments from 30 sites from Bermuda to Uruguay from 1973 to 2015. Using generalized additive mixed models, we evaluated covariates that could affect growth rates; body size, diet, and year have significant effects on growth. Growth increases in early years until 1999, then declines by 26% to 2015. The temporal (year) effect is of particular interest because two carnivorous species of sea turtles—hawksbills, Eretmochelys imbricata, and loggerheads, Caretta caretta—exhibited similar significant declines in growth rates starting in 1997 in the West Atlantic, based on previous studies. These synchronous declines in productivity among three sea turtle species across a trophic spectrum provide strong evidence that an ecological regime shift (ERS) in the Atlantic is driving growth dynamics. The ERS resulted from a synergy of the 1997/1998 El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)—the strongest on record—combined with an unprecedented warming rate over the last two to three decades. Further support is provided by the strong correlations between annualized mean growth rates of green turtles and both sea surface temperatures (SST) in the West Atlantic for years of declining growth rates (r = −.94) and the Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI) for all years (r = .74). Granger-causality analysis also supports the latter finding. We discuss multiple stressors that could reinforce and prolong the effect of the ERS. This study demonstrates the importance of region-wide collaborations.
Bennetts, R. E., and W. M. Kitchens. 2001. Factors influencing movement probabilities of a nomadic food specialist. Oikos 92:1-9.	2001-07-31
Bennetts, R. E., and W. M. Kitchens. 1997. Population dynamics and conservation of snail kites in Florida: The importance of spatial and temporal scale. Col. Waterbirds 20(2):324-329.	1997-02-28
Bennetts, R. E., and W. M. Kitchens. 1997. Influence of the 1994-1995 high water event onsurvival, reproduction, and distribution of snail kites in the Florida Everglades. IN: Proceedings of the conference held at Florida International University, August 22-23, 1996 in Miami, Florida, pp. 197-204.	1997-02-28
Bennetts, R. E., W. M. Kitchens, and V. J. Dreitz. 2002. Influence of an extreme high-water event on survival, reproduction, and distribution of snail kites in Florida. Wetlands, Vol. 22(2):452-454	2002-09-30
Bennetts, R. E., W. M. Kitchens, and D. L. DeAngelis. 1998. Recovery of the endangered snail kite: beyond a reductionist paradigm. Transactions of the 63rd North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, Vol. 63:486-501.	1998-05-31
Bennetts, R. E., V. J. Dreitz, W. M. Kitchens, J. E. Hines, and J. D. Nichols. 1999. Annual survival of snail kites in Florida with comparisons between radio telemetry and capture-resighting data. Auk, Vol. 116:435-447.	1999-09-30
Bennetts, R. E., M. R. Shannon, and W. M. Kitchens. 1997. Causes of mortality of post-fledging juvenile and adult snail kites in Florida. Florida Field Naturalist, Vol. 26(3):84-87.	1997-05-31
Bennetts, R. E., K. Golden, V. J. Dreitz, and W. M. Kitchens. 1998. Estimates of the proportion of snail kites attempting to breed and the number of attempts per year in Florida. Florida Field Naturalist, Vol. 26(3):77-83.	1998-09-30
Bennetts, R. E., J. D. Nichols, J. Lebreton, R Pradel, J. E. Hines, and W. M. Kitchens. 2001. Methods for estimating dispersal probabilities and related parameters using marked animals. In: Colbert, J., J. D. Nichols, E Dabchin, and A Dhont, eds. Causes, Consequences, and Mechanisms of Dispersal at the Individual, Population, and Community Level. Oxford University Press.	2001-01-31
Bennetts, R. E. and W. M. Kitchens. 1999. Within-year patterns of survival of Snail Kites in Florida. Journal of Field Orinthology, 70(2):268-275. \| Download	1999-12-31
Bellmund, Sarah and Wiley M. Kitchens. 1997. Chapter 7: Landscape ecological indices: In: Science Subgroup, eds. Ecological and percursor success criteria for south Florida ecosystem restoration. Report to the Working Group of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Taskforce.	1997-09-30
Baber, M. J., K. J. Babbit, F. Jordan, H. L. Jelks, and W. M. Kitchens. 2005. Relationships among habitat type, hydrology, predator composition, and distribution of larval anurans in the Florida Everglades. In Meshaka, W. E., and K. J. Babbit (eds). Amphibian and Reptiles: Status and Conservation in Florida. Krieger Publishing Co. Malabar, FL. pp. 154-160.	2005-06-30
Askren, V., R. Carthy, C. Chase, G. Comstock, E. Franz and T. Oriola. 2002. More Citation Vigilance. The Scientist, Vol. 16(17):14.	2002-08-31
Allen, C., L. Pearlstine, D. Wojcik, and W. M. Kitchens. 2001. The spatial distribution of diversity between disparate taxa: Spatial correspondence between mammals and ants. Landscape Ecology 16(5) 453-464.	2001-09-30
Allen, C. R., L. G. Pearlstine, and W. M. Kitchens. 2001. Modeling viable mammal populations in gap analyses. Biological Conservation 99:135-144. \| Download	2001-09-30
Abercrombie, C. L., S. Howarter, C. Morea, K. Rice, and H. F. Percival. Everglades alligator thermoregulations: unanswered questions. Proceedings of the 16th Working Meeting of the Crocodile specialist Group SSC/IUCN, Gainesville, FL October 17, 2002.	2002-12-31

Presentations

Presentations	Presentation Date
Zweig. C.Z.,Kitchens, W. M. 2005. Modeling wetland habitat transfromations in response to hydrologic alterations using artificial neural networks. 26th Annual Meeting Scoiety of wetland Scientists. Charleston SC.	2005-06-09
Zweig, CL and WM Kitchens. 2012. Ridge and slough multistate modeling for landscape management. 9th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference. Conference. Orlando, FL. June 6, 2012.	2012-06-06
Zweig, CL and W.M. Kitchens. 2007. Habitat use of the endangered Florida snail kite during Everglades restoration. Second Annual National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration, Kansas City, MO	2007-01-01
Zweig, C.L. and W.M. Kitchens. 2007. Landscape scale fragmentation of Cladium jamaicense in an impounded Everglades wetland. Presentation at the 2007 Society of Wetland Scientists International Conference, Sacramento, CA.	2007-01-31
Zweig, C.L. and W.M. Kitchens. 2007. Landscape scale fragmentation of Cladium jamaicense in an impounded Everglades wetland. Presentation at the 2007 Society of Wetland Scientists International Conference, Sacramento, CA.	2007-01-01
Zweig, C.L. and W.M. Kitchens. 2006. Characterizing an Everglandes in Transition: Wetland vegetaion dynamics. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Conference, Orlando, FL.	2006-01-01
Zweig, C.L. and W.M. Kitchens. 2004. Tracking and predicting vegetation response to hydrologic alternatives across an Everglades landscape using artificial neural networks. National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration, Orlando, FL.	2004-12-14
Zhang, X.M. N. Kemal, B. Smith, N. Bishop and R. Carthy. 2015. Establishing baseline monitoring data for sea turtle nesting beaches with varying anthropogenic usage in St. Johns County, Florida. 100th Meeting, Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland, 9-14 August 2015.	2015-08-10	Beach profiles, sand grain sizes, and CO2 efflux were compared across three sea turtle nesting beaches with varying levels of anthropogenic impact. Baselines were established for each parameter and will be used to examine sea turtle nesting and hatching success, and as a starting point for long-term monitoring of the beach.
Woodward, A.R., H.F. Percival, M.r. Milnes, P.S. Kubilis, D.A. Carbonneau, L.J. Richey, and K.G. Rice. 2002. Causes of low egg viability in Florida alligators. Poster presentation. 16th Working Meeting of the IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group, Gainesville, Florida, October 7-10, 2002.	2002-10-07
Wetzel, P.R., Z.C. Welch, and W.M. Kitchens. 2005. Plant COmmunity Resilience in a Tidal Marsh Salinity Gradient. Ecological Society of America 90th Annual Meeting. Montreal, QC, Canada.	2005-01-01
Wetzel, P.R., W.M. Kitchens, and J.B. Grace. 2003. The temporal and spatial effects of tide gate and drought disturbance on tidal marsh plant communities. Ecological Society of American Meeting, Savannah, GA, August 1-6, 2003.	2003-08-01
Welch, Z.C., Kitchens, W.M. 2005. Littoral vegetation on a central florida lake prior to extreme fihseries habitat management activities. 26th Annual Meeting Society of Wetland Society of Wetland Scientists. Charleston, SC.	2005-06-16
Welch, Z.C. and W.M. Kitchens. 2007. Predicting freshwater and oligohaline tidal marsh vegetation communities in the vicinity of the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. Proceedings of the 2007 Georgia Water Resources Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.	2007-01-01
Welch, Z.C. and W.M. Kitchens. 2007. Predicting freshwater and oligohaline tidal marsh vegetation communities in the vicinity of Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. Georgia Water Resources.	2007-05-05
Welch, Z.C. and W.M. Kitchens. 2006. Vegetation Monitoring and Pattern Analysis. Presentation of sample design and analysis to FFWCC lake management team, upon request. Kissimmee, Fl.	2006-01-01
Welch, Z.C. and W.M. Kitchens. 2005. Monitoring Community Composition and Distribution of Littoral Vegetation on a Central Florida Lake. Society of Wetland Scientists 26th Annual Conference, Charleston, SC.	2005-01-01
Welch, Z.C. and W.M. Kitchens. 2005. Community composition and distribution of littoral vegetation on Lake Tohopekaliga. 26th Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists, Charleston, SC.	2005-01-01
Welch, Z.C. and W.M. Kitchens. 2003. Monitoring littoral vegetation community composition and distribution on a central Florida lake. Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Conference, June 8-13, 2003, New Orleans, LA.	2003-06-08
Watts, A.C., W.S. Bowman, A. Abd-Elrahman, B.A. Dewitt, P.G. Ifju, A. Mohamed, K. Lee, L.G. Pearlstine, H.F. Percival, and S.E. Smith. Unmanned aircraft systems for natural resource monitoring and ecological research. Plenary Presentation, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, 6-9 August 2007, Washington, D.C.	2007-08-06
Watts, A.C., W.S. Bowman, A. Abd-Elrahman, B.A. Dewitt, P.G. Ifju, A. Mohamed, K. Lee, L.G. Pearlstine, H.F. Percival, and S.E. Smith. Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Natural Resource Monitoring and Ecological Research. Poster, National Conference on Ecological Restoration, 23-27 April 2007, Kansas City, MO.	2007-04-23
Watts, A. C., H. F. Percival, L. G. Pearlstine, P. G. Ifju, B. A. Dewitt, S. E. Smith, A. Mohamed, and W. S. Bowman. Development of an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system for wildlife and ecological research. Poster, 3rd National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration, 9-13 December 2006, New Orleans, LA.	2006-12-09
Watts, A. C. and H. F. Percival. 2011. University of Florida 2011 activities. NASA/U.S. Forest Service Tactical Fire Remote Sensing Advisory Committee meeting, 25 May 2011, Sacramento, CA.	2011-05-25
Waddle, J.H., K.G. Rice, and H.F. Percival. 2002. Using proportion of area occupied tomeasure abundance of amphibian species in Everglades National Park. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Kansas City, MO, USA.	2002-06-10
Waddle, J.H., K.G. Rice, and H.F. Percival. 2002. Using proportion of area occupied tomeasure abundance of amphibian species in Everglades National Park. Florida Chapter of the Wildlife Society Spring Meeting, Crystal River, FL, USA.	2002-04-05
Waddle, J.H., K.G. Rice, R.R. Carthy, H.F. Percival, and M.C. Caudill. 2000. AmphibianInventory of Everglades National park and Big Cypress National Preserve. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Conference, Naples, FL, USA.	2000-04-01
Waddle, J.H., K.G. Rice, R.R. Carthy, H.F. Percival, and M.C. Caudill. 2000. Amphibian inventory of Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Conference, Naples, FL.	2000-01-01
Waddle, J.H., K.G. Rice, H.F. Percival, and R.R. Carthy. 2001. Amphibian inventory of the National Parks of south Florida. Florida Chapter of the Wildlife Society Spring Meeting, Gainesville, FL.	2001-01-01
Waddle, J.H., K.G. Rice, H.F. Percival, and R.R. Carthy. 2001. Amphibian Inventory of theNational Parks of South Florida. Florida Chapter of the Wildlife Society Spring Meeting, Gainesville, FL, USA.	2001-02-06
Waddle, J. Hardin, Kenneth G. Rice, and H. Franklin Percival. 2003. Using site occupancy estimation methods for management and ecological research. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, October 29, 2003.	2003-10-29
Waddle, J. Hardin, Kenneth G. Rice, Frank J. Mazzotti, and H. Franklin Percival. 2004. Threatsto amphibian populations in south Florida. First National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration, Orlando., FL. December 6-10, 2004.	2004-12-06
Vitale, N., J. Brush, and A. Powell. 2019. Factors limiting reproductive success of American Oystercatchers in Florida's Big Bend region. American Ornithological Society, Anchorage, AK.	2019-06-25	We evaluate reproductive success and habitat loss for breeding American Oystercatchers along the Gulf Coast of Florida. Nesting islands have decreased in area by up to 40% in the past 40 years due to sea level rise and loss of oyster reefs.
Vitale, N., A. Powell, and J. Brush. 2017. Habitat change, predators, and disturbance: factors influencing productivity of American Oystercatchers nesting in Florida's Big Bend. Florida Ornithological Society Annual Meeting, Gainesville, FL.	2017-11-12	We report results from the first year of a 2-year study in the reproductive success of American Oystercatchers nesting on islands in Florida's Gulf Coast. Most egg loss was due to overwash, while chicks and fledglings were lost to predators.
Tuma, M. E., P. Kelly, R. Pruner, and A. Powell. 2018. Why should we care about nonbreeding shorebirds in Florida? Poster presented Florida Chapter of The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Crystal River, FL	2018-04-12	We propose to use two existing sight/resight datasets to estimate population parameters for piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) and the rufa subspecies of red knot (Calidris canutus rufa), two federally-listed shorebird species that occur along Florida coasts during their nonbreeding season.
Tuma, M. E. and A. N. Powell. Survival and habitat selection of piping plovers (Charadrius melodies) in the Florida Panhandle. Florida Chapter of TWS Annual Meeting.	2019-04-11	Using a long-term count and mark-resight database collected from 2013 to 2018, we (1) estimated annual survival, and (2) investigated the drivers of habitat selection of Piping Plovers in the Florida panhandle. Our results reiterate the importance of protected habitats to nonbreeding and migratory Piping Plovers in Florida, and are consistent with the results from other studies of nonbreeding Piping Plovers in South Carolina and Georgia.
Tuma, M. E. and A. N. Powell. Movement and Distribution of Red Knots (Calidris canutus) in the Southeastern U.S. Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group, Panama City, Panama	2019-10-26	The Southeastern U.S. is an important nonbreeding area for Red Knots, supporting migratory and overwintering populations. Studies indicate possible regional declines and shifts in distribution in the knot population in the Southeast; however, most studies have focused on subregions of the Southeast, leaving questions about use and connectivity across the region as a whole. Using over a decade of data from ebird and band resightings from bandedbirds.org, we examined: (1) movement strategies of knots in coastal areas from Texas to North Carolina, and (2) the distribution of knots across that range and what drives that distribution.
Tuma, M. E. and A. N. Powell. 2019. Movement and distribution of red knots (Calidris canutus) in the southeastern U.S. American Ornithological Society, Anchorage, AK.	2019-06-25	Using over a decade of data from ebird and band resightings from bandedbirds.org, we examined: (1) movement strategies of knots in coastal areas from Texas to North Carolina, and (2) the distribution of knots across that range and what drives that distribution.
Tufford, D.T., W.M. Kitchens, and K Kowalski. 2005. Coastal Wetland Impoundment Ecology and Management: The Southeast, Great Lakes, and Beyond. Society of Wetlands Scietists, 26th Annual Meeting. Symposium 6, Co-Conviener	2005-06-06
Tucker AM, Mcgowan CP, Lyons JE, Derose Wilson A, Clark N. 2020, Annual variation in use of a spring stopover site by three migratory shorebirds. North American Ornithological Congress, Virtual Meeting, August 2020	2020-08-15	Presents an IPM to estimate unobservable population parameters for migratory shorebirds.
Tucker AM, McGowan CP, Mulero E, Angeli NF, Zegarra JP, 2020, A demographic projection model to support conservation decision making for an endangered snake with limited monitoring data. The Wildlife Society annual meeting. Virtual Conference, October 2020.	2020-10-01	Describes a PVA model that we developed for Puerto Rican Boa to support the reclassification assessment.
Thompson, B.C., P. Morrow, D. Taylor, D. Anderson, D. Holdermann, B. Locke, and R.R. Carthy. July 2000. Inventory, Monitoring, and Related Resource Assessment by Cooperative Research Units on Military Installations: Southwest Examples and Linkages. CRU Presentation at National Military Fish and Wildlife Association Meeting, Chicago, IL.	2000-07-01
Teryda, N. S., L. Prosdocimi, G. M. Velez-Rubio, and R. R. Carthy. 2020. Unmanned aircraft system surveys target leatherback conservation in the Rio de la Plata Estuary, AR/UR. Poster presentation, 40th International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Cartagena, Colombia, March 14-20, 2020.	2020-03-16	The leatherback turtle foraging areas in the Rio de la Plata Estuary co-occur with the fishing grounds of Argentinian and Uruguayan fleets, creating the potential for negative interactions and bycatch. This project aims at surveying sea turtle populations in the area and mapping the zones of potential conflict to help inform management.
Teague, A., J.D. Nichols, C.A. Langtimm, H.F. Percival, W.C. Wayne, J.E. Hines. 2012. The use of capture-recapture models to analyze manatee use of a warm-water refuge. European Cetacean Society. Galway, Ireland. Poster Presentation.	2012-03-26
Stolen, E.D., B.K. Williams, H.F. Percival, M.D. Koneff, L.G. Pearlstine, S.V. Rockwood, S.J. Morris, F.A. Johnson, J.D. Nichols, and R.R. Carthy. 2001. Wildlife and habitat surveys using geo-coded videography from unmanned aerial vehicles. The Wildlife Society's 8th Annual Conference, Reno, NV.	2001-07-01
Stephens, B.S., M.M. Lamont, R.R. Carthy, L. Patrick. 2011.INCUBATION TEMPERATURES OF LOGGERHEAD TURTLE (CARETTA CARETTA) NESTS DEPOSITED ON NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES.31st Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, San Diego,California. April 12-15, 2011.	2011-04-13
Stenberg, J., L.G. Pearlstine and W.M. Kitchens. 1997. The TNC vegetation classification andvegetation mapping in Florida - Simplifying the complex 7th Annual National GAP Analysis Meeting, Reston, VA.	1997-09-01
Sorenson, K. and H.F. Percival. 2002. Developing a monitoring protocol for siren and amphiuma in the southeastern United States. The 2nd Annual Institute of Food and Agricultural Science Graduate Research Symposium, Gainesville, Florida, March 18, 2002.	2002-03-18
Society of Wetland Scientists. Salt Lake City, Utah. "Global Climate Change and the Persistence of Snail Kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis) in Florida." June 2010.	2010-06-01
Smith, TJ III, M Allen, E Chassignet, H. Davie, D. DeAngelis, A Foster, T Green, W Kitchens, V Misra, P Nelson, F Percival, N Plant, D Slone, L Stefanova, B Stith, E Swain, D Summer, A Tihansky, G Tiling-Rangel, S Walls, C Zweig. 2010. Land of flowers on a latitude of deserts: aiding conservation and management of Florida’s biodiversity by using predictions from downscaled AOGCM climate scenarios with ecological modeling. USGS Climate Change Science: Understanding the Past, Informing Decisions for the Future, 9-11 March 2010, Denver, CO. Poster presentation.	2010-03-09
Smith, TJ III, M Allen, E Chassignet, H. Davie, D. DeAngelis, A Foster, T Green, W Kitchens, V Misra, P Nelson, F Percival, N Plant, D Slone, L Stefanova, B Stith, E Swain, D Summer, A Tihansky, G Tiling-Rangel, S Walls, C Zweig. 2010. Land of flowers on a latitude of deserts: aiding conservation and management of Florida’s biodiversity by using predictions from downscaled AOGCM climate scenarios with ecological modeling. Florida Climate Institute Kick-off Meeting, 16 Nov 2010, Tallahassee, FL. Poster presentation.	2010-11-16
Smith, TJ III, M Allen, E Chassignet, H. Davie, D. DeAngelis, A Foster, T Green, W Kitchens, V Misra, P Nelson, F Percival, N Plant, D Slone, L Stefanova, B Stith, E Swain, D Summer, A Tihansky, G Tiling-Rangel, S Walls, C Zweig. 2010. Land of flowers on a latitude of deserts: aiding conservation and management of Florida’s biodiversity by using predictions from downscaled AOGCM climate scenarios with ecological modeling. 3rd USGS Modeling Conference: Understanding and Predicting for a Changing World. 7-11 June 2010, Denver, CO. Poster presentation.	2010-06-07
Slone, D.H., K.G. Rice, J.C. Allen, and H.F. Percival. 2003. The ATLSS American alligatorpopulation model: results from restoration alternatives. Presented at the 2003 Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem - From the Kissimmee to the Keys, April 13-18, 2003, Palm Harbor, FL.	2003-04-13
Slone, D.H., J.C. Allen, K.G. Rice, and H.F. Percival. 2002. A spatially-explicit population model of the American alligator in the Everglades of Florida, USA. Poster Presentation. 16th Working Meeting of the IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group, Gainesville, Florida, October 7-10, 2002.	2002-10-07
Silver-Gorges, I., J. Becker, R. R. Carthy, S. A. Ceriani, M. Lamb, M. M. Lamont, C. Matechik, J. Mitchell, M. Reynolds, B. Smith, C. Snyder, M. Ware, M. M. P. B. Fuentes. 2020. Maximizing Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) Hatchling Production in Light of Disturbances in Northern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference (GoMOSES). February 3-6, 2020, Tampa, FL.	2020-02-03	Small sea turtle nesting population, are more sensitive to the effects of natural and anthropogenic perturbations. This study examines nesting, disturbances, and hatchling productivity at each site, and provide a rough estimate of how specific interventions targeted at predation, wash-overs, and wash-outs might increase annual hatchling production at each site.
Siddiqui, S., N. Bishop and R.Carthy. 2016. Nutrient Influxes from Caretta caretta (loggerhead sea turtle) nesting. Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 7-12 August, 2016.	2016-08-09	Nitrate and nitrite concentrations in sand surrounding spent sea turtle nests were examined due to their contribution to sand dune vegetation growth. This analysis was conducted to provide quantitative insight into one of the major ecosystem services provided by loggerhead sea turtles.
Shigetomo Hirama, Morgan Wideroff. Raymond R. Carthy, and Blair Witherington . 2018. Measuring the impact of light pollution on hatchling orientation. Presentation at the 38th International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Kobe, Japan. Feb. 18-24, 2018	2018-02-21	Although the impact of coastal lighting on hatchling sea turtles has been documented, the limited detail available on the phenomenon has hindered management efforts. This study directly assesses hatchling orientation and correlates it with light direction and intensity to possibly facilitate prediction and remediation of lighting disorientation on nesting beaches.
Sherr, E., W.W. Boone, C. M. Romagosa, R.R. Carthy and N.D. Bishop. 2017. Interactions between ctenophores (Mnemiopsis leidyi) and microplastic beads within ecologically relevant parameters. Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon.	2017-08-07	This study examined interactions of marine invertebrates with microplastics in the environment. Ctenophores are part of the base of the marine food web, and their incorporation of microplastics may facilitate harmful bio-accumulation.
Senko, J., V. Koch, W.M. Megill, R.R. Carthy, R.P. Templeton, W.J. Nichols.2011.FINE SCALE DAILY MOVEMENTS AND HABITAT USE OF EAST PACIFIC GREEN TURTLES AT A SHALLOW COASTAL LAGOON IN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO.31st Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, San Diego,California. April 12-15, 2011.	2011-04-13
Senko, J., V. Koch, W. Megill, R. Carthy, R. Templeton, and W.J. Nichols. 2009, Fine-scale movement and activity patterns of the East Pacific green turtles at a coastal foraging area in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Poster presentation at the 28th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Brisbane, Australia.	2009-02-18
Senko, J., R. Mayoral, V. Koch, R. Carthy, M. Nickerson, W. Megill, and W.J. Nichols. 2008. Preliminary results on the ecology and conservation of immature black turtles, Chelonia mydas, at a coastal foraging area in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Poster presentation at the 27th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Loreto, Mexico	2008-01-01
Selden, J., N. Bishop, B. Smith and R. Carthy. 2015. Natural inventory and habitat classification of the beach-to-estuary ecotones and establishment of a long-term monitoring site for barrier island habitats and species in St. Johns County, Florida. 100th Meeting, Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland, 9-14 August 2015.	2015-08-10	Beach-to-estuary transects across a barrier island were surveyed to identify natural communities and to establish benchmarks for long-term monitoring. This project will examine human and climate effects on succession, and provide baselines on impacts to species of conservation concern.
Scarpino, R., E. McMichael, D. Bagley, R.R. Carthy, and J. Seminoff. 2004. Initial satellite tracking data of cold-stunned juvenile green sea turtles following displacement in the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the 24th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. San Jose, Costa Rica. February 2004.	2004-02-01
Ross, J.P., H.F. Percival, A. Woodward, D. Carbonneau, T.R. Schoeb, J. Burns, C. Williams and W. Carmichael. 2000. Alligator mortality and algal toxins: a preliminary report. American Fisheries Society, Florida Chapter 20th Annual Meeting, March 2000. Abstract.	2000-03-01
Ross, J. P., H. F. Percival, A. Woodward, D. Carbonneau, T. R. Schoeb, J. Burns, C. Williams and W. Carmichael. March 2000. Alligator mortality and algal toxins: a preliminary report. American Fisheries Society, Florida Chapter's 20th Annual Meeting, Brooksville, FL.	2000-03-01
Ross, J. P., Franklin Percival , Dwayne Carbonneau , Allan Woodward & Trenton Schoeb. 2001. Investigations of mortality and reproductive failure of alligators in Lake Griffin, Central Florida. Florida Lake Management Association, Annual Meeting Tallahassee May 2001. Abstract.	2000-03-03
Robinson, B., L. Phillips, and A. Powell. 2017. Accelerated energy intake increases survival rates of Black Oystercatcher broods. Annual Meeting, Pacific Seabird Group, Tacoma, WA.	2017-02-23	To determine the importance of diet on brood survival, we modeled daily survival rates of broods as a function of energy intake rate and other ecological factors. Delivery rates differed by age, however, the composition and size classes of prey fed to chicks by their parents did not, indicating that adults respond to the energetic needs of broods by increasing parental effort rather than switching prey.
Robinson, B., A. Powell, L. Phillips, H. Coletti. 2015. Are prey remains accurate indicators of chick diet? Implications for long-term monitoring of Black Oystercatchers. 6th Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group Meeting, Wallops Island, VA.	2015-09-12	The collection of prey remains at nest sites is a widely-used method for estimating diet of Black Oystercatcher chicks. However, we found estimates are biased on prey body type and nesting habitat, and alternative methods should be considered.
Robinson, B. H., L. M. Phillips, and A. N. Powell. 2016. Accelerated energy intake increases survival rates of Black Oystercatcher broods. NPS Centennial Science and Stewardship Symposium, Fairbanks, Alaska.	2016-10-19	To understand the relationship between Black Oystercatchers and the prey on which they depend, we studied their diet, feeding rates, brood growth and survival in Kenai Fjords National Park in 2013 and 2014. Adults responded to the energetic needs of broods by increasing parental effort rather than switching prey, and broods that were fed more had higher survival rates.
Robinson, B. H., L. M. Phillips, and A. N. Powell. 2016. Accelerated energy intake increases survival rates of Black Oystercatcher broods. Alaska Chapter, TWS, Anchorage, Alaska.	2016-03-30	We found that energy intake was directly related to chick survival in Black Oystercatchers. Increased demands by growing chicks were met through increased provisioning rates by adult birds and not by changing prey type or size class.
Rice, K.G., J. H. Waddle and H.F. Percival. 2003. Using proportion of area occupied toestimate abundance of amphibians in Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve. Presented at the 2003 Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem - From the Kissimmee to the Keys, April 13-18, 2003, Palm Harbor, FL.	2003-04-13
Rice, K.G., F.J. Mazzotti, and H.F. Percival. November 1999. Effects of restoration on alligators and crocodiles in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem. South Florida Restoration Science Forum. Boca Raton, FL. Poster.	1999-11-01
Reichert, B. and W. M. Kitchens. (2010) The Current Status of the Snail Kite Population in Florida. Southeast Partners in Flight Conference. Gainesville, FL. March, 10 2010. Available online, http://sepif.org/content/view/46/1/.	2010-03-10
Rauschenberger, H., A. R. Woodward, H. F. Percival, , T.S. Gross, K.G. Rice, R. Conrow. 2011. Alligator anomalies at Lake Apopka. Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Boston. 11/17/2011	2011-11-17
Quintilani, M., N. bishop, B.J. Smith,C. Romagosa and R. Carthy. 2016. Effects of man-made oyster reefs on sediment composition in estuaries. Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 7-12 August, 2016.	2016-08-09	This study aimed to assess the possible environmental impacts that man-made reefs may have on sediment composition, in order to contribute to the environmental evaluation of implementing this technique as a standard erosion preventative.
Prosdocimi, L., N. S. Teryda, G. M. Velez-Rubio, and R. R. Carthy. 2020. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Assessing use for surveys of sea turtle populations in feeding areas. Poster presentation, 40th International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Cartagena, Colombia, March 14-20, 2020.	2020-03-16	Surveying sea turtle populations in-water is a difficult and resource intensive endeavor. This work explores the efficacy of using Unmanned Aircraft Systems to facilitate survey efforts
Powers, E., and W.M. Kitchens, 2005. Meta-stable states of vegetative communities in the northern Everglades. 26th Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland. Scientists, Charleston, SC.	2005-06-14
Powers, E., W.M. Kitchens. 2006. Vegetative habitat response to the interim operational plan in WCA-3A. Greater Everglades Ecological Restoration Conference, Orlando, FL	2006-01-01
Powers, E., Kitchens, W.M., Wetzel, P. 2005. Vegetative response due to hydrological alteration. 26th Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists. Charleston, South Carolina.	2005-06-14
Powell, A. N. 2017. The challenges of restoring populations of artic-breeding eiders. Special session, Planning Restoration and Recovery of Sea Ducks Injured in Coastal Oil Spills. 6th International Sea Duck Conference, 7 February, Tiburon, CA.	2017-02-07	The goal of this special session was to facilitate interactions among international experts on sea duck ecology and management and to provide a list of appropriate actions (e.g. restore habitat or food resources, reduce stressors) that will directly benefit sea duck populations. It will provide a summary of specific actions for sea duck recovery as well as concrete guidelines for designing successful sea duck restoration projects.
Pias. K. and W. Kitchens. 2012. Relationships Between the Foraging Rates and Home Range Structure and Composition of Breeding Snail Kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) on Lake Tohopekaliga in Florida . Poster presented at: North American Ornithological Conference. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. August 2012.	2012-08-17
Pias. K. and W. Kitchens. 2012. An Artificial Platform to Help Snail Kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) Handle an Introduced Prey Species. Poster presented at: North American Ornithological Conference. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. August 2012.	2012-08-17
Pias. K. and W. Kitchens. 2011 Foraging Ecology of Breeding Snail Kites on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, Florida. Raptor Research Foundation 2011 Annual Meeting. Duluth, MN. October 2011.	2011-10-07
Phillips, M.L., K.G. Rice, C.R. Morea, H.F. Percival, and S.R. Howarter. 2003. Habitatselection and home range of American alligators in the greater Everglades. Presented at the 2003 Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem - From the Kissimmee to the Keys, April 13-18, 2003, Palm Harbor, FL.	2003-04-13
Peter C. Frederick, A. C. Watts, M. Burgess. Prospects of the use of unmanned aircraft systems for assessing the size of wading bird populations in the Everglades. Presentation, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL, 5 September 2008.	2008-09-05
Percival. H.F. 2001. Mortality of alligators on Lakes Apopka and Griffin. Invited Lecture given to Wildlife Disease Class (WEC 5323C). University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, November 1, 2001.	2001-11-01
Percival, H.F., R.R. Carthy, M.M. Lamont, C.J. Petrick, R.W. McWhite, and D.L. Miller. 2000. Case studies of threatened and endangered species research on military installations in Florida. Annual Department of Defense, Fish and Wildlife Training Session, Rosemont, IL., March 2000.	2000-03-01
Percival, H.F., M.A. Burgess, P.J. Ifju, S.E. Smith, B.A. Dewitt, B.S. Evers, J.H. Perry, T.J. Rambo, T.M. Reed, P.C. Frederick, H.Y. Rodriguez-Asilis, and D.A. Wolfe. Unmanned aircraft system for ecological research and monitoring. Invited seminar. CSU Unmanned Aerial System Symposium. Colorado State University. Ft. Collins, CO. 20-21 March 2012	2012-03-21
Percival, H.F., M.A. Burgess, P.J. Ifju, S.E. Smith, B.A. Dewitt, B.S. Evers, J.H. Perry, T.J. Rambo, T.M. Reed, P.C. Frederick, H.Y. Rodriguez-Asilis, and D.A. Wolfe. Unmanned aerial system for ecological research and monitoring. Invited seminar. University of Florida Center for Remote Sensing. Spring Seminar Series. Gainesville, Florida. January 20, 2012.	2012-01-20
Percival, H.F., M. Chopp, K.G. Rice. 2002. Reproduction of alligators in canals and marsh habitats at the A.R.M. Loxahatchee NWR. Greater Everglades Alligator Group Meeting. November 21, 2002. Homestead, FL.	2002-11-21
Percival, H.F., G.P. Jones, IV, K.G. Rice, and A.R. Woodward. 2002. The potential use of unmanned aerial vehicles in assessing alligator populations. Poster Presentation. 16th Working Meeting of the IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group, Gainesville, Florida, October 7--10, 2002.	2002-10-07
Percival, H.F. 2005. Invited Presentation. Quail Conservation Consortium and ranchlandresearch project. Bobwhite Quail Habitat Conservation Initiative Meeting, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Pickney Hill Plantation. Monticello, FL, January 18, 2005.	2005-01-18
Percival, H.F. 2003. Potential of a 2m UAV in natural resources. New Technologies in Aerial Natural Resources Surveys II: A mini-symposium. Center for Natural Resources. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, April 7, 2003.	2003-04-07
Percival, H.F. 2003. Moderator: Third Annual University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Graduate Research Symposium, Gainesville, Florida, March 19, 2003.	2003-03-19
Percival, H.F. 2003. Moderator: Concurrent Session 4: Arthur R. Marshall LoxahatcheeNational Wildlife Refuge. 2003 Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem - From the Kissimmee to the Keys, April 13-18, 2003, Palm Harbor, FL.	2003-04-13
Percival, H.F. 2003. Moderator. New Technologies in Aerial Natural Resources Surveys II: A mini-symposium. Center for Natural Resources. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, April 7, 2003.	2003-04-07
Percival, H.F. 2003. Invited Panel Discussion Moderator. UF South Florida Ecological Restoration Research and Outreach Discussion -- What are the priorities and opportunities? Focused Topic Session: Plants/Animals. School of Natural Resources and Environment. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, October 29, 2003.	2003-10-29
Percival, H.F. 2002. Session Moderator. New findings in crocodilian biology-techniques. 16th Working Meeting of the IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group, Gainesville, Florida, October 7-10, 2002.	2002-10-07
Percival, H.F. 2002. Invited presentation and panelist. Meeting partner needs. USGS Florida Caribbean Science Center Annual Review. April 24-25, 2002. Gainesville, FL.	2002-04-24
Percival, H.F. 2001. Use of unmanned aerial vehicles in wildlife population and habitatassessment. Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Seminar. December 2001.	2001-12-08
Percival, H.F. 2001. Mortality of alligators on Lakes Apopka and Griffin. Invited Lecture given to Wildlife Disease Class (WEC 5323C). University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.	2001-05-01
Percival, H.F. Lunch with a scientist. Invited seminar. National Science Writers Association annual meeting. Gainesville FL Nov 4, 2013	2013-11-04
Percival, H.F. C. L. Zweig, M. DeSa, R.M. Hunt, S. Fitzwilliam, W.M. Kitchens, M.S. Allen, D. Dutterer, J. Seavey, P. Frederick. Invited presentation. Climate change research on salt marsh and estuarine communities in the Lower Suwannee NWR and Cedar Key Scrub State Park. Friends of the Lower Suwanee and Cedar Keys NWR. Cedar Key, FL. October 27, 2011.	2011-10-27
Percival, H. Franklin. 2004. The Coop Unit Program and the Florida Unit. Presented at the Biology Program Coordinators Visit to the Florida Integrated Science Center, Gainesville, FL, February 19, 2004.	2004-02-19
Percival, H. F., J. Duberstein, K. Lee, L. G. Pearlstine, P. Zager, P. Ifju, and G. P. Jones. 2005. Feasibility of using 1.5 m unmanned aerial vehicles in assessing Florida manatee and American bison populations. The Wildlife Society's 12th Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, Sept 26, 2005.	2005-09-26
Percival, H. F. 2002. Invited Facilitator. Survival estimation panel discussion. Manateepopulation ecology and management workshop. Gainesville, FL. April 3, 2002.	2002-04-03
Percival et al. 2013. An Unmanned Aircraft System for Ecological Research and Monitoring. Invited Seminar. University of Central Florida seminar series. Feb 11, 2013	2013-02-11
Pedrozo, C., J. Brisbane, B.J. Smith, C. Romagosa, N. Bishop and R. Carthy. 2016. Predicting patterns of native snake occurrence along Main Park Road in Everglades National Park, Florida. Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 7-12 August, 2016.	2016-08-09	Temperature and time of survey were determined to be the most important factors in predicting probability of snake occurrence. This information is useful in designing a long-term monitoring program for native species.
Pearlstine, L.G., M. B. Litrico, H. F. Percival, J. Duberstein, and B. Dewitt . 2005. Assessment of Brazilian pepper and phragmites using videography from small unmanned vehicles. The Wildlife Society's 12th Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, Sept 26, 2005.	2005-09-26
Pearlstine, L.G., H.F. Percival, R.R. Carthy, S. Morris, A. Abd-Elrahman , and F. Johnson. 2001. Development of a Practical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Natural Resource Sampling. 18th Biennial Workshop on Color Photography & Videography in Resource Assessment, Amherst, MD, May 15-18, 2001.	2001-05-15
Pearlstine, L.G., H.F. Percival, R.R. Carthy, S. Morris, A. Abd-Elrahman , F. Johnson, and R.E. Bennetts. 2001. Development of a Practical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Natural Resource Sampling. 18th Biennial Workshop on Color Photography & Videography in Resource Assessment, Amherst, MA, May 2001.	2001-05-01
Pearlstine, L.G., H.F. Percival, A.Abd-Elrahman, P.G. Ifju, and B.A. Dewitt. 2002. Detecting bird populations from an unmanned aerial vehicle. Third North American Ornithological Conference, September 24-28, 2002, New Orleans, LA.	2002-09-24
Pearlstine, L.G., C. Allen and W.M. Kitchens. 1997. Incorporating minimum viabilitypopulations criteria into GAP models. 7th Annual National GAP Analysis Meetings, Reston, VA.	1996-04-02
Pearlstine, L.G., A.C. Watts, and K. Lee. Unmanned aerial vehicles for natural resource management and wildlife surveillance. Restoration Coordination and Verification Leadeship Group Meeting. Fort Lauderdale, FL, 6 September 2006	2006-09-06
Overduijn, K. S., C. M. Handel, and A. N. Powell. 2019. Sympatric plovers partition nesting habitat with minimal effect on nest survival. 18th Alaska Bird Conference, Fairbanks, AK.	2019-03-05	Our finding that both American and Pacific Golden-Plovers selected open habitat for nest sites suggests that climate-related shrub encroachment may have negative effects on reproductive success in the long term. In the short term, both species may be able to adjust selection of their breeding territories and nest sites in response to gradual vegetation change on the tundra.
Olbert, J. and W. Kitchens. Determining Reasons of Nesting Failure and Brood Reduction of Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) Nests on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, FL. Poster presented at: Raptor Research Foundation 2011 Annual Meeting. Duluth, MN. October 2011	2011-10-07
Olbert, J. and W. Kitchens. 2012. Determining Reasons of Nesting Failure and Brood Reduction of Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) Nests on Lake Tohopekaliga, FL. Poster presented at: North American Ornithological Conference. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. August 2012.	2012-08-17
Norem, A.D. and R.R. Carthy. 2006. Injury assessment of sea turtles utilizing the neritic zone of the southeastern United States. Poster presentation at the 26th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Crete, Greece. March 15, 2006.	2006-04-15
Norem, A.D. and R.R. Carthy. 2004. Impacts of flipper tagging on sea turtle fitness and survival: how much do we really know? Proceedings of the 24th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. San Jose, Costa Rica. February 2004.	2004-02-01
Norem, A.D. & R.R. Carthy. 2005. Sea turtle �"shark interactions: Injury classification criteria. Poster presentation at the 25th Annual International Symposium of Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Charleston, SC.	2005-01-18
Nomani, S.Z., R.R. Carthy and M.K. Oli. 2006. Comparsion of methods of gopher tortoise abundance estimation. Florida Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Cocoa Beach, Florida. September 15, 2006.	2006-09-15
Muench, A.M., Kitchens, W.M. 2005. Aquatic vertebrate usage of littoral habitat prior to extreme habitat modification in Lake Tohopekaliga, FL. 26th Annual Meeting. Society of Wetland Scientists	2005-06-07
Muench, A.M. and W.M. Kitchens. 2003. Evaluation of littoral zone habitat usage by herpetofaunal and fish assemblages in lake Tohopekaliga, (Kissimmee Chain-of-Lakes, Central Florida). Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Conference, June 8-13, 2003, New Orleans, LA.	2003-06-08
Mota, M.J. and R.R. Carthy, 2009. The role of external calcium carbonate in Loggerhead turtle nest incubation. Oral presentation at the 28th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Brisbane, Australia.	2009-02-18
Mota, M., A. Foley, R. Dean and R.R.Carthy. 2005. Native and Nourished Beach Sand Properties and their Relationship to Sea Turtle Hatching Success in Florida. Poster presentation at the 25th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Charleston, SC.	2005-01-18
Mota, M. and R.R. Carthy. 2006. Beach nourishment biology and dynamics. 26th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Crete, Greece. March 15, 2006	2006-03-15
Mota, M. and R.R. Carthy. 2004. Modeling sea turtle clutch temperature and development based on air temperature and sand characteristics. Proceedings of the 24th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. San Jose, Costa Rica. February 2004.	2004-02-01
Morea, C.R., S.R. Howarter, K.G. Rice, H.F. Percival, and C. L. Abercrombie. 1999. Habitat preference and movement of the American alligator in the Everglades ecosystem. Abstract/Presentation in Managing Biodiversity, Fl. Chap. Wildl. Soc. Orlando, FL.	1999-08-15
Morea, C.R., K.G. Rice, H.F. Percival, and S.R. Howarter. January 2000. Home range and daily movement of the American alligator in the Everglades. 15th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group, IUCN, Varadero, Cuba. Poster.	2000-01-01
Morea, C.R., K.G. Rice, H.F. Percival and S.R. Howarter. 2000. Habitat use of the American alligator in the Everglades. Florida Lake Management Society 2000 Annual Meeting, Duck Key, FL.	2000-06-01
McMichael, E., M.M. Lamont, and R.R. Carthy. February 2001. The impacts of cooperative management on nesting sea turtles along Northwest Florida. Twenty-first Annual International Sea Turtle Symposium, Philadelphia, PA. Poster/Abstract published.	2001-02-01
McMichael, E., J. Seminoff, R. Carthy, and R. Scarpino. 2009. Kemp's ridley sea turtles in St. Joseph Bay, Florida, USA: results from an in-water study in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Poster presentation at the 28th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Brisbane, Australia.	2009-02-18
McGowan CP et al. 2020 Eastern Black Rail Dynamic Species Status Assessment using Occupancy and Patch Persistence Modeling. North American Ornithological Congress, Virtual Meeting, August 2020.	2020-08-13	Poster presenting the work we did to support the Eastern Black Rail Listing decision under the Endangered Species Act.
McFarland, H., A. Will, and A. Powell. 2019. Geolocators and stable isotopes reveal the migratory route and overwintering locations of an arctic-breeding passerine. American Ornithological Society, Anchorage, Alaska.	2019-06-25	We provide the first data on migratory and overwintering movements of Smith's Longspurs that bred in the Alaskan arctic.
Martin, J., W.M. Kitchens, and W.M. Mooij. 2003. Population dynamics of the snail kite in Florida. Presented at the 2003 Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem - From the Kissimmee to the Keys, April 13-18, 2003, Palm Harbor, FL.	2003-04-13
Martin, J., W.M. Kitchens, and D.E. DeAngelis. 2003. Population dynamics of the snail kite in Florida. Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Conference, June 8-13, 2003, New Orleans, LA.	2003-06-08
Martin, J., Kitchens, W.M. 2005. Population decline of the snail kite in Florida. 26th Annual Meeting Society Society of Wetland Scientists. Charleston, SC.	2005-06-10
Malloy, K.J. and W.M. Kitchens. 2003. Nekton community composition and utilization of the tidal freshwater and brackish marshes of the lower Savannah River. Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Conference, June 8-13, 2003, New Orleans, LA.	2003-06-08
Maglothin, M.L., M.M. Lamont, and R.R. Carthy. February 1998. Report of a double-chambered egg chamber in a loggerhead sea turtle nest along Northwest Florida, USA. Eighteenth Annual International Sea Turtle Symposium, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Poster/Abstract published.	1998-02-01
Loftin, C.S., N. Ansay and W.M. Kitchens. 1997. Assessing changes in Okeefenokee Swamphydrology with a grid cell model. 12th Annual Landscape Ecology Symposium, August 1, 1997, Durham, NC.	1997-08-01
Lee, K., J. Duberstein, P. G. Ifju, and H. F. Percival. 2005. The development of a UAV for wildlife applications. The Wildlife Society's 12th Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, Sept 26, 2005.	2005-09-26
Layton, J.E., T. Wibbels, A. Tucker, J. Wyneken, L. Ehrhart, R. Carthy, R.E. Martin, R. Ernest, M. Bresette, C. Johnson, S. Fournier, J. Schmid, B. Drye, K. Watson, and A. Bryant. 2009. Long-term evaluation of loggerhead sea turtle nesting beach temperatures in the southeastern United States: implications of global climate change on sea turtle conservation. Poster presentation at the 28th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Brisbane, Australia.	2009-02-18
Lawson AJ, DeMay SM, Rivenbark E, Soileau K, London K, Waddle JH, Yarborough L, Coppola C, and McGowan, CP, 2020, Accounting for Multiple Uncertainties to Evaluate Population Viability of the Alligator Snapping Turtle for the Species Status Assessment. The Wildlife Society annual meeting. Virtual Conference, October 2020.	2020-10-01	Presents methods and results for Alligator Snapping Turtle PVA modeling.
Latham, P.J., L.G. Pearlstine, and W.M. Kitchens. 1988. Plant community analysis of a freshwater tidal marsh under the influece of increasing salinities and hydroperiod. Proceedings of 9th Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists. Washington, D.C.	1988-01-01
Lamont, M.M., R.R. Carthy, C. Thomas, P. Ness, G.M. Defreitas. 2011. SPECTRAL AND RESPONSE ASSESSMENT OF TURTLE-FRIENDLY LIGHTING.31st Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, San Diego,California. April 12-15, 2011.	2011-04-14
Lamont, M.M., K. Hart, T. Tucker, R.R. Carthy.2011.LOGGERHEADS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO: OIL, TRACKS, AND COMMON USE AREAS DETERMINED BY NRDA STUDY.31st Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, San Diego,California. April 12-15, 2011.	2011-04-12
Lamont, M.M. and R.R. Carthy. July 2001. Response of nesting sea turtles and foraging shorebirds to barrier island dymanics. Conference of the Society for Conservation Biology, Hilo, HI. Poster.	2001-07-01
Lamont, M.M. and R.R. Carthy. February 2001. Response of nesting sea turtles to barrier island dynamics. Twenty-first Annual International Sea Turtle Symposium, Philadelphia, PA. Poster/Abstract published.	2001-02-01
Lamont, M.M. and R.R. Carthy. 2002. Response of foraging shorebirds and nesting sea turtles to barrier island dynamics. University of Florida Graduate and Professional Student Forum, Environmental, Agriculture, and Life Sciences Section. University of Florida, Reitz Union, Gainesville, FL, April 4, 2002.	2002-04-04
Kitchens, W.M., Welch, Z.C. , Wetzel, P.W. 2005. Tidal marsh community resilience along a salinity gradient after four year drought. 90th Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America. Montreal, Canada	2005-08-11
Kitchens, W.M., V.J. Dreitz, R.E. Bennetts, and D.L. DeAngelis. April 2000. Linkages between the Snail Kite Population and Wetland Dynamics in a Highly Fragmented South Florida Hydroscape. 15th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Landscape Ecology and the 2nd Conference of the Walt Dineen Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL.	2000-04-01
Kitchens, W.M., R.E. Bennetts, V.J. Dreitz, and D.L. DeAngelis. 2000. Linkages between the Snail Kite population and wetland dynamics in a highly fragmented South Florida hydroscape. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Science Conference. December 11-15, 2000, Naples, FL, USA.	2000-12-11
Kitchens, W.M., P. Wetzel, and E. Powers. 2003. Vegetative habitats of water conservation Area-3A: hydroligic impacts of IOP. Presented at the 2003 Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem - From the Kissimmee to the Keys, April 13-18, 2003, Palm Harbor, FL.	2003-04-13
Kitchens, W.M., J. Martin, C. Cattau, A. Bowling, C. Zweig, and E. Powers. 2007. Population Ecology and Conservation of the snail Kite: an update. 2007. SEI Multi-Species Avian Ecology Workshop/ Independent Science Panel and USACOE, FWS, ENP, FL FWCC, NPS, SFWMD...Miami, FL.	2007-01-01
Kitchens, W.M. and Z. Welch. 2005. Ecological aspects of a formerly impounded tidal wetland in the Lower Savannah River. 26th Annual Meeting Society of Wetland Society of Wetland Scientists. Charleston, SC.	2005-06-06
Kitchens, W.M. and P. Wetzel. 2003. Approaches to Evaluation of vegetation habitat responses to hydrology regimes in the Everglades. Presented at the SEI Multi-Species Avian Ecology Workshop/Independent Science Panel, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , Everglades National Park, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, National Park Service and the South Florida Water Management District, March 16-17, 2003, Key Largo, FL.	2003-03-16
Kitchens, W.M. and J. Martin. 2003. Current direction of studies of the endangered snail kite. Presented at the SEI Multi-Species Avian Ecology Workshop/Independent Science Panel, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , Everglades National Park, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, National Park Service and the South Florida Water Management District, March 16-17, 2003, Key Largo, FL.	2003-03-16
Kitchens, W.M. and J. Martin. 2002. Past, present, and future contributions of the snail kite project to the development of the Across Trophic Levels Simulation (ATLSS). Ecological Processes and Modelling Workshop. Greater Everglades Restoration Information Workshop Series, Davie, Florida, April 1, 2002.	2002-04-01
Kitchens, W.M. and J. Martin. 2002. Past, present and future contributions of the snail kite project to the development of the Across Trophic Levels Simulation System (ATLSS). Ecological Processes and Modelling Workshop, Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Information Workshop Series, Davie, FL.	2002-05-09
Kitchens, W.M. 2007. Population Ecology and Conservation of the Snail Kite: An Update. National Research Council?s Committee on Independent Review of Everglades Restoration Progress. Miami, FL. November 2007.	2007-11-01
Kitchens, W.M. 2007. Population Ecology and Conservation of the Snail Kite. Everglades Avian Ecology Forum. Miami, FL. August 2007.	2007-08-01
Kitchens, W.M. 2007. An Overview of Current Snail Kite Studies. Florida Ornithological Society. Sebring, FL. October 2007	2007-10-01
Kitchens, W.M. 2005. Status of the Snail Kite in Florida. Snail Kite Summit. US Fish and Wildlife Service and Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. Kissimmee, FL. December, 2005.	2005-12-01
Kitchens, W.M. 2005. Kissimmee Chain of Lakes Conceptual Model Responses. South Florida Water Management District, Orlando, FL. August 2005.	2005-08-01
Kitchens, W.M. 2005 Status of the snail kite population in Florida. St. Johns River Water Management District. Palatka, FL. September, 2005.	2005-09-01
Kitchens, W.M. 2003. Wildlife impacts and vegetation succession to lake restoration activities including drawdowns and muck scraping in the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, October 29, 2003.	2003-10-29
Kitchens, W.M. 2003. Vegetation/habitat responses to altered hydrological regimes in water conservation. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, October 29, 2003.	2003-10-29
Kitchens, W.M. 2003. Population and dispersal ecology of the endangered snail kite in south Florida. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, October 29, 2003.	2003-10-29
Kitchens, W.M. 2003. Landscape analysis of gramminoid habitats of water quality and hydrology in Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. Presented at the 2003 Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem - From the Kissimmee to the Keys, April 13-18, 2003, Palm Harbor, Florida.	2003-04-13
Kitchens, W.M and P.W. Wetzel. 2003. Development of tidal wetland simulation model. Presented to the Savannah harbor Expansion Project Team/Georgia Ports Authority, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey, March 5-6, 2003, Savannah, GA.	2003-03-05
Kitchens, W., C. Cattau, and Z. Welch. 2012. Refugia in a Novel Ecosystem: Everglades Snail Kite in Florida. 9th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference. Conference. Orlando, FL. June 6, 2012.	2012-06-06
Kitchens, W. and Z. Welch. Restoring Pattern without Process in Lake Restoration. September 2009. PhD Exit Seminar, Interdisciplinary Ecology, School of Natural Resources, Univ of Florida.	2009-09-01
Kitchens, W. and Z. Welch. Restoring Pattern without Process in Lake Restoration. August 2009. Ecological Society of America Annual Conference. Albuquerque NM.	2009-08-31
Kitchens, W. and Z. Welch. Effects of Habitat Enhancement Project on Lake Tohopekaliga. April 2009. Project Summary Report to FFWCC Management. Eustis, FL.	2009-04-30
Kitchens, W. and Z. Welch. A Large-Scale Fisheries Habitat Enhancement Project on Lake Tohopekaliga. May 2008. Lunch Seminar at USGS National Headquarters, Reston, VA.	2008-05-31
Kitchens, W. and C. Zweig. 2008. Habitat, hydrology, and reproduction: Implications for the conservation of the Florida snail kite and Everglades restoration. Oral presentation at Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Conference, Naples, FL.	2008-07-31
Kitchens, W. and C. Zweig. 2008. Adapting State and Transition Models for a Distinctly Different Grassland—Wetlands. Oral presentation at the Society of Wetland Scientists Conference, Washington D.C.	2008-06-30
Kitchens, W. M., and C. S. Loftin. April 2001. Effects of Suwannee River sill on the Okefenokee Swamp hydrological environment. Four Rivers, Two States, One Basin: A Research Symposium for the Suwannee Basin. Cerveny Conference Center. April 11, 2001, Live Oak, FL.	2001-04-11
Kitchens, W. M., R.E. Bennetts, V. J. Dreitz, and D.L. DeAngelis. December 2000. Linkages between the Snail Kite population and wetland dynamics in a highly fragmented South Florida hydroscape. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Science Conference. December 11-15, 2000, Naples, Florida, USA.	2000-12-11
Kitchens, W. 2012. Novel Ecosystems: Ecosystem Restoration and Management. 9th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference. Conference. Orlando, FL. June 6, 2012. (Session Organizer and Moderator)	2012-06-06
Kitchens, W. 2011. The Importance of Water Conservation Area 3A to the Snail Kite Population in Florida. Tropical Audubon Society, Miami, FL.	2011-12-01
Kitchens, W. 2011. The Importance of Water Conservation Area 3A to the Snail Kite Population in Florida. Invited webinar.	2011-12-02
Kitchens, W. Ecology and Conservation of the Snail Kite. 2009. Talahassee, FL. Symposium on Aquatic Weed management and the Endangered Snail Kite. Sponsored by FFWC.	2009-09-01
Johnson, F.A. and H.F. Percival. 2001. The Oak Tree Alliance: an adaptive management initiative and development of unmanned aerial vehicle for wildlife surveys. Invited Seminar by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's North Florida Ecosystem Team Meeting, Titusville, FL, March 2001.	2001-03-01
John H. Perry, A. Mohamed, A. Abd-Elrahman, W. S. Bowman, Y. O. Kaddoura, A. C. Watts . Precision Directly Georeferenced Unmanned Aerial Remote Sensing System: Performance Evaluation. Institute of Navigation National Technical Meeting. San Diego, CA, 13-15 May 2008.	2008-05-13
Jensen, M.B., S. K. Willson, and A. N. Powell. 2020. How effective is the Birdsbesafe cat collar at reducing bird kills by domestic cats? North American Ornithological Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.	2020-08-13	We tested the efficacy of Birdsbesafe cat collars on reducing the rate of bird kills on outdoor cats in New York and Florida. We found that cats wearing these collars killed 2.7 fewer birds than cats without collars.
Innocent, H. M. Celestin, N.D. Bishop, C. M. Romagosa, R.R. Carthy, W.W. Boone. 2017. Shrub encroachment in a south Florida grassland: implications for mammalian inhabitants. Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon.	2017-08-07	Changes in vegetative cover on grasslands was found to affect distribution of a meso-mammal species (racoons). This may increase exposure risk of sensitive species to predation by the is efficient forager.
Howarter, S.R., K.G. Rice, H.F. Percival, K.M. Portier, and C.R. Morea. 2000. Thermal ecology of the American alligator in the Everglades. 15th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group, IUCN, Varadero, Cuba, April 2000. (Poster)	2000-04-01
Howarter, S.R., H.F. Percival, K.G. Rice, K.M. Portier, and C.R. Morea. 2000. Thermal Ecology of the American alligator in the Everglades. 15th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group, Verrado, Cuba, April 2000.	2000-04-01
Howarter, S.R., C.R. Morea, H.F. Percival, K.G. Rice, and C.L. Abercrombie. 1999. Thermalecology of the American alligator in the Everglades. Abstract/Presentation in Managing Biodiversity. Fl. Chap. Wildl. Soc. Orlando, FL.	1999-08-15
Hostetler, J.A., R. W. Dimmick, T. C. Hines, H. F. Percival, M. K. Oli. 2005. A population model for northern bobwhites. BQI-ARM Meeting, Tall Timbers, Hostetler, J. A., Georgia, March 14, 2005.	2005-03-14
Hostetler, J. A., R. W. Dimmick, T. C. Hines, H. F. Percival, M. K. Oli. 2005. A population model for northern bobwhites. Florida Chapter of The Wildlife Society and The Coastal Plain Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration, 2005 Spring Conference, March 16-18, 2005, Tarpon Springs.	2005-03-16
Griffith, B., J. Roach and A. N. Powell. 2016. Identifying Climate Change and Cross-seasonal Research Priorities for Waterfowl. in Symposium: Climate Change and Migratory Birds: Connecting Management Challenges to Research Programs. The Wildlife Society, Annual Meeting, Raleigh NC	2016-10-17	There is a need to prioritize climate related research topics to maximize research efficiency. This talk presents preliminary results from a survey of waterfowl researchers and managers that identifies the most important factors affecting waterfowl populations and the expected effects of climate on waterfowl, via these factors.
Goforth, K.M. and R.R. Carthy. 2015. Effects of tidal pumping on gas exchange in sea turtle nesting beaches. Florida Undergraduate Research Conference, Daytona Beach, FL., 27-28 February, 2015.	2015-02-28	Tidally-driven gas exchange in the sediment of three spatially close but physically different (accreting, eroding and nourished) sea turtle nesting beaches was examined. Incubating eggs of threatened and endangered sea turtle species require optimal ranges of gas exchange within the nest, and this study provides baseline information on natural gas exchange mechanisms.
Garland, K.A., R.R. Carthy. 2011. FACTORS INFLUENCING ATTITUDES TOWARD MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION AND CONSERVATION PROFESSIONALS: THE DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN-WILDLIFE INTERACTIONS IN PEARL LAGOON, NICARAGUA. 31st Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, San Diego,California.April 12-15, 2011.	2011-04-13
Garland, K., R.R. Carthy and W.J. Nichols. 2006. Community-based conservation strategies: An analysis of efforts employed in Baja California, Mexico and Caribbean Nicaragua. Poster presentation at the 26th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Crete, Greece. March 15, 2006.	2006-03-15
Garland, K., R. Carthy, C. Wood, L. Gravelee, C. Campell, S. Jacobson, and P. Ross. 2009. Cultural antrhopology of taste in Pearl Lagoon: social and economic factors driving green turtle consumption in Caribbean Nicaragua. Poster presentation at the 28th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Brisbane, Australia.	2009-12-31
Folt B, Goessling JM, Tucker AM, Guyer C, Hermann SM, Shelton-Nix E, McGowan CP, 2020, Contrasting Patterns Of Demography And Population Viability Among Gopher Tortoise Populations At The Species' Northern Range Edge, The Wildlife Society annual meeting. Virtual Conference, October 2020.	2020-10-02	Presents analysis of long term mark recapture data and estimates future viability under differing environmental conditions and management.
Erickson F, Mcgowan CP, Godwin JC, Guyer CR, Young DV, 2020. Monitoring Strategies for Repatriated Eastern Indigo Snakes in Southern Alabama. The Wildlife Society annual meeting. Virtual Conference, October 2020.	2020-10-02	Documentation of monitoring program and research for Eastern Indigo Snake reintroduction.
Ely, M, N. Bishop, B.J. Smith, C. Romagosa and R. Carthy. 2016. Monitoring changes in sea turtle nesting beaches in St. Johns County, Florida. Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 7-12 August, 2016.	2016-08-09	Development, recreational use and management regimes are changing and accelerating natural beach maintenance processes. Quantifying these changes can help us to mitigate them and manage for viable sea turtle nesting beaches.
Dusek, M.L. and W.M. Kitchens. 2003. Multiscale spatial and temporal compositional changes of the tidal marshes of the lower Savnnah River Delta. Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Conference, June 8-13, 2003, New Orleans, LA.	2003-06-08
Duberstein, J.M. and W.M. Kitchens. 2003. Tidal forest communities on the Lower Savannah River floodplain. Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Conference, June 8-13, 2003, New Orleans, LA.	2003-06-08
Duberstein, J.,Kitchens, W. M. 2005. Freshwater tidal forest communities sampled in the lower Savannah river Floodplain. 26th Annual Meeting Society of Wetland Scientists. Charleston, SC.	2005-06-10
Dreitz, V.J., R.E. Bennetts, B. Toland, and W.M. Kitchens. 1997. Estimation of temporal and spatial variation of reproductive parameters of the snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) population in central and southern Florida. Raptor Research Foundation Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 5, 1997.	1997-04-05
Dreitz, V.J., J.D. Nichols, J.E. Hines, R.E. Bennetts, W.M. Kitchens, and D.L. DeAngelis. October 2000. The use of resighting data to estimate the rate of population growth of the snail kite in Florida. EURING 2000. October 2-7, 2000, Point Reyes, California, USA.	2000-10-02
Dreitz, V.J., J.D. Nichols, J.E. Hines, R.E. Bennetts, W.M. Kitchens, and D.L. DeAngelis. 2000. The use of resighting data to estimate the rate of population growth of the snail kite in Florida. EURING 2000, October 2-7, 2000, Point Reyes, CA, USA.	2000-10-02
Dreitz, V.J. and W.M. Kitchens. 1997. Sources of variation in annual count data used to estimate population size of snail kites in Florida. Walt Dineen Society, Miami, Florida, April 1, 1997.	1997-04-01
Dimmick, R.W., M. Oli, S. Brinkley, J. Hostetler, S. Dimmick. 2005. Factors afrfecting the population dynamics and harvest of northern bobwhites on the Babcock Webb WMA. Poster. Southeast Quail Study Group Meeting. Lexington, KY. August 14-17.	2005-08-14
Dimmick, R.W., J.A. Hostetler, T.C. Hines, S. Brinkley, M. Oli, H.F. Percival. 2007. Hunting pressure, harvest rates, mortality and survival of northern bobwhites on a public wildlife management area in south Florida. Invited presentation to quail hunting constituency and general public. FL Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. LaBelle, FL. Sep 2007	2007-09-01
DeSa, M., R. Hunt, C. Zweig, H.F. Percival and W.M. Kitchens. A novel method for camera trapping small mammals in irregularly flooded marsh environments. 9th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference. Conference. Orlando, FL. June 6, 2012.	2012-06-06
DeJesus, C., W.W. Boone, R.R. Carthy, C.M. Romagosa, and N.D. Bishop. 2017. The vulture restaurant is OPEN: Comparative feeding ethology of black and turkey vultures. Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon.	2017-08-07	Behavioral analyses (ethograms) were created to define and compare individual feeding behaviors and intra-specific interactions of two common vulture species. This work can provide a better understanding of the ecology of these important scavengers.
Darby, Philip C. and H. Franklin Percival. December 1999. Water management for apple snails in Florida: population persistence in hydrologically fluctuating environments. Annual Meeting of the American Water Resources Association, Seattle, WA.	1999-12-01
Daamen, R.C., E.A. Roehl, P.A. Conrads, W.M. Kitchens. 2007. Integrating 3D hydrodynamic transport and ecological plant models of the Savannah River estuary using artificial neural network models. Proceedings 7th International Conference on Hydroinformatics. Nice, France.	2007-05-05
Cronin, A., A. Wynn, B. Smith, N. Bishop and R. Carthy. 2015.Potential for ghost crab predation on sea turtle nests on driving and non-driving beaches in St. Johns County, Florida.100th Meeting, Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland, 9-14 August 2015.	2015-08-10	Ghost crabs have long been documented as sea turtle nest and hatchling predators. Crab burrow density in proximity to sea turtle nests was compared on driving and non-driving beaches. Results indicate that the suppression of ghost crab activity on beaches where driving occurs may decrease the potential for crab/nest interactions.
Conrads, P.A., E.A. Roehl, R.C. Daamen, W. Kitchens. 2007. Simulation of sailinity in the tidal marshes in the vicinity of the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge using artificial neural networks. Proceedings of the 2007 Georgia Water Resources Conference. Athens, GA.	2007-01-01
Conrads P.C., E. Roehl, R. Daamen, and W.M. Kitchens. 2007. Using artificial neural network models to integrate hydrologic and ecologic studies of the snail kite in the Everglades, USA. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Hydroinformatics. Nice, France.	2007-05-05
Chopp, M.D., H.F. Percival, and K.G. Rice. 2003. Northern Everglades canals: alligator population sources or sinks? Presented at the 2003 Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem - From the Kissimmee to the Keys, April 13-18, 2003, Palm Harbor, FL.	2003-04-13
Chopp, M.D., H.F. Percival, and K.G. Rice. 2002. Everglades alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) production and natural history in interior and canal habitats at A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife refuge. The 16th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group, Gainesville, Florida, October 2, 2002.	2002-10-02
Chopp, M.D., H.F. Percival, and K.G. Rice. 2002. A comparison of Everglades alligator production in marsh interior and canal habitats at A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. Florida Chapter of the Wildlife Society's 4th Annual Conference, Crystal River, FL, April 3, 2002.	2002-04-03
Chopp, M.D., H.F. Percival, K.G. Rice, and F.J. Mazzotti. 2001. The effects of canals on alligators in the Everglades. The First Annual Institute of Food and Agricultural Science Graduate Research Symposium, Gainesville, FL, March 2001. (Poster)	2001-03-01
Chopp, M.D., H.F. Percival, K.G. Rice, and F.J. Mazzotti. 2001. The effects of canals on alligators in the Everglades. Florida Chapter of the Wildlife Society 3rd Annual Conference, Gainesville, FL, March 2001.	2001-03-01
Chopp, M.D., H.F. Percival, K.G. Rice, and F.J. Mazzotti. 2000. The effects of canals on alligators in the Everglades. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Science Conference, Naples, FL, December 2000. (Poster).	2000-12-01
Chopp, M.D. and H.F. Percival. 2002. A comparison of Everglades alligator production in marsh interior and canal habitats at A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. The 2nd Annual Institute of Food and Agricultural Science Graduate Research Symposium, Gainesville, Florida, March 18, 2002.	2002-03-18
Celestin, M. H. Innocent, N.D. Bishop, C.M. Romagosa, R.R.Carthy, and W.W. Boone. 2017. Investigating the influence of environmental covariates on marsh rabbit occupancy in southwest Florida. Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon.	2017-08-07	This work examined vegetation composition as correlated with marsh rabbit use of habitat. The increasing shrub-encroachment in the coastal systems may limit the grassland vegetation-rich habitat preferred by the marsh rabbit.
Carthy, Raymond R., Allen M. Foley, and Yoshimasa Matsuzawa. February 2000. Abiotic and anthropogenic factors influencing the nest environment of loggerhead turtles. 20th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Orlando, FL.	2000-02-01
Carthy, R.R., S.Z. Nomani and M.K. Oli. 2007. Counting holes: an assessment of gopher tortoise population assessment techniques. Invited talk, Program for Environmental Statistics, University of Florida	2006-11-11
Carthy, R.R., Percival, H.F., M.M. Lamont, C.J. Petrick, R.W. McWhite, and D.L. Miller. 2000. Case studies of threatened and endangered species research on military installations in Florida. Annual Department of Defense, Fish and Wildlife Training Session, Rosemont, IL., March 2000. (Poster)	2000-03-01
Carthy, R.R., M.A. Burgess, P.G. Ifju, B.E. Wilkinson, and H.F. Percival. 2014. Development and application of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) for natural resources: logistics, legalities, and lessons learned. 68th Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Destin, Florida.	2014-10-22	Presented an overview of UF sUAS research program, current platforms and sensors, and aplications of UAS technology.
Carthy, R.R., M. Burgess, P. Ifju, B. Wilkinson, S. Smith, and T. Whitley. 2016. UAs Technology for Sea Turtle Research and Conservation.Workshop Presentation at the South East Regional Sea Turtle Network Meeting. Mobile, AL, February 10-12,2016.	2016-02-10	Co-hosted half-day workshop and provided an 0verview of the use of UAS in Ecology and Conservation Biology, as well as current and possible future FAA UAV regulations.
Carthy, R.R., J. Wooding and M. Epstein. 2002. The Mosquito and Indian River Lagoons: a pictorial history of human settlement and activities. Third Biennial Mosquito Lagoon Conference, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Cape Canaveral, FL, August 6, 2002.	2002-08-06
Carthy, R.R., C.J. Petrick, and M.M. Lamont. 2000. Cooperative research and monitoring on coastal habitats and species at Cape San Blas, Eglin AFB, Florida. Annual Department of Defense, Fish and Wildlife Training Session, Rosemont, IL., March 2000. (Poster)	2000-03-01
Carthy, R.R., C.J. Petrick, M.M. Lamont, and H.F. Percival. 1999. Cooperative research and monitoring on coastal habitats and species at Cape San Blas, Eglin AFB, FL. Annual Department of Defense, Fish and Wildife Training Session. Rosemont, IL. (Poster).	1999-10-05
Carthy, R.R., C.J. Petrick, M.M. Lamont, and H.F. Percival. 1999. Cooperative research and monitoring on coastal habitats and species at Cape San Blas, Eglin AFB, FL. Annual Department of Defense, Fish and Wildife Training Session. Rosemont, IL.	1999-03-15
Carthy, R.R., A.M. Foley, and Y. Matsuzawa. February 2000. Abiotic and anthropogenic factors influencing the nest environment of loggerhead turtles. 20th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Orlando, FL. (Invited Paper in Special Session)	2000-02-01
Carthy, R.R. February 1998. Maternal Investment by nesting loggerhead sea turtles. Invited Paper, National Marine Fisheries Lab, Galveston, TX.	1998-02-01
Carthy, R.R. February 1997. Served as Invited Session Chair, Nesting and Foraging Behavior Session. 17th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Orlando, FL.	1997-02-01
Carthy, R.R. 2011. Coastal issues and sea turtle conservation in Florida. Invited presentation, Institute for Marine Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago.August 2011.	2011-08-22
Carthy, R.R. 2002. Impacts of coastal processes and issues on sea turtles. The Wildlife Society, Florida Chapter, Spring 2002 Meeting. Crystal River, FL, April 2-4, 2002.	2002-04-02
Carthy, R.R. 1997. Served as invited Session Chair, Nesting and Foraging Behavior Session. 17th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Orlando, FL.	1997-08-03
Carthy, R.R. 1997. Effects of renourished beach substrate on sea turtle nest preparation. Beach Renourishment Meeting, Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL.	1997-04-01
Carthy, R.R. 1996. Physiological correlates of egg position in in situ loggerhead nests. Poster Presentation. 16th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.	1996-08-05
Carthy, R., M.K. Oli, J.B. Wooding, J.E. Berish, and W.D. Meyer. 2005. Analysis of gopher tortoise population estimation techniques . Gopher Tortoise Council Meeting, Palatka, FL	2005-10-07
Carthy, R. R., T, Wibbels, and A. Rees. 2019. 3rd Workshop on the use of UAVs in sea turtle conservation and research. Workshop presentation, 39th International Sea Turtle Symposium, Charleston, SC..	2019-02-02	Use of UAS is creating opportunities for researchers to access information on sea turtles in previously cryptic parts of their life cycles.this workshop provided case studies as well as extensive hands-on introductions to platforms, sensors and data processing applications.
Carthy, R. R, M. Mota, and N Dejardin. 2019. Effects of engineered beaches on sea turtle incubation and hatching. Workshop presentation, 39th International Sea Turtle Symposium, Charleson, SC.	2019-03-03	Beach nourishment is becoming a common response to erosion from storms and changes in sand deposition. Engineered beaches can provide nesting habitat, however they present complex changes and challenges to sea turtles in the nesting environment.
Carbonneau, D., T. Schoeb, A. Woodward, and H.F. Percival. 2001. Investigation mortality andreproductive impairment in central Florida. Invited Texas Tech Seminar, Lubbock, TX, January 2001.	2001-01-01
Burgess, M.A., J.H. Perry, B.S. Evers, T.J. Rambo, T.M. Reed, H.F. Percival, P.C. Frederick, J.C. Simon, P.G. Ifju, S.E. Smith, B.A. Dewitt, Z. Szantoi, L.E. Taylor, and J.S. Lane. A small unmanned aircraft system for ecological research and monitoring. Slide presentation. Third Annual Alaska UAS Interest Group Conference, Anchorage, Alaska. September 2010.	2010-09-25
Burgess, M.A., H.F. Percival, and P.G. Ifju. Use of a small unmanned aircraft system as a tool for aerial imagery applications. Invited presentation. University of Florida Office of Research seminar and visit with Dr. Thomas Russell, Director of the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Gainesville, Florida. November 16, 2011.	2011-11-16
Burgess, M.A., H.F. Percival, A.C. Watts, P.G. Ifju, K. Lee, J.A. Childs, B. Evers, T.J. Rambo, S.E. Smith, A. Mohamed, B.A. Dewitt, J.H. Perry, Z. Szantoi, P.C. Frederick, J.C. Simon, L.E. Taylor, and J.S. Lane. Use of a small unmanned aircraft system for ecological research and habitat assessment. Poster presentation. AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America 2009, Washington D.C. August 2009.	2009-08-31
Burgess, M.A., H.F. Percival, A.C. Watts, P.G. Ifju, K. Lee, J.A. Childs, B. Evers, T.J. Rambo, S.E. Smith, A. Mohamed, B.A. Dewitt, J.H. Perry, Z. Szantoi, P.C. Frederick, J.C. Simon, L.E. Taylor, and J.S. Lane. A small unmanned aircraft system for ecological research. Poster presentation. 3rd National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration, Los Angeles, California. July 2009.	2009-07-31
Burgess, M. A., Zweig, C. L., Newman, S., Cook, M. I., Rodgers, H. L., Carthy, R. R., Wilkinson, B. E., Whitley, T. J., Ward, T. S., DiRodio, J. G., Frederick, P. C., Ifju, P. G., Smith, S. E., Percival, H. F. (2015, April). Applications of high-resolution aerial imagery and a small unmanned aircraft system in everglades science. Presented at the 2015 Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) conference, Coral Springs, Fl.	2015-04-22	For the last 15 years the University of Florida Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research Program has been developing aerial platforms and the associated sensing and post-processing support needed to use this emerging technology to address natural resource questions. Applications include habitat and faunal surveys and result in high-resolution, georeferenced imagery that provides low-cost, high-accuracy and statistically robust data to resource managers.
Brush, J. and W.M. Kitchens. 2003. Avifauna littoral zone habitat usage analysis on Lake Tohopekaliga in central Florida. Soceity of Wetland Scientists Annual Conference, June 8-13, 2003, New Orleans, LA.	2003-06-08
Brisbane, J., C. Pedrozo, B.J. Smith, C. Romagosa, N. Bishop and R. Carthy. 2016. Environmental factors influencing the detection of frog species in three habitat types of Everglades National Park. Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 7-12 August, 2016.	2016-08-09	Detectability of amphibian species was found to vary with moon phase, temperature, humidity and habitat type. This study highlights the importance of considering a wide range of environmental conditions when monitoring frog populations.
Brinn, L. and R.R. Carthy. 2008. Assessment of beach compaction and associated effects on loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting on natural and nourished beaches in Northwest Florida. Poster presentation at the 27th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Loreto, Mexico	2008-01-01
Brandt, L.A., M.J. Musaus, G.R. Best, H.F. Percival, K.G. Rice, and F.J. Mazzotti. 2003.Cooperative ecological studies at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge: an academic/government partnership for linking science and management, and education. Presented at the 2003 Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem - From the Kissimmee to the Keys, April 13-18, 2003, Palm Harbor, FL.	2003-04-13
Brandt, L.A. and W.M. Kitchens. 1997. Are tree islands in Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge small and circular or large and elongated and oriented in the direction of flow. Walt Dineen Society, Miami, Florida, April 1, 1997.	1997-04-01
Brandt, L.A. and W.M. Kitchens. 1997. A top down approach to linking patterns and process: an example using Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, FL. 12th Annual Landscape Ecology Symposium, Durham, North Carolina, August 1, 1997.	1997-08-01
Bowman, W.S., A.C. Watts, H.F. Percival, and P.G. Ifju. Aircraft capability demonstration of University of Florida UAS, 26 July 2007, US Army Corps of Engineers Construction-Operations Division, Jacksonville, FL.	2007-07-26
Bowman, W.S. B.A. Dewitt, P.G. Ifju, K. Lee, A. Mohamed, L.G. Pearlstine, H.F. Percival, S.E. Smith, A.C. Watts [Authors listed alphabetically]. Autonomous UAV's for ecological research. Poster, Florida Co-Op Unit Coordinating Committee Meeting, 13 April 2006, Gainesville, FL	2006-04-13
Bowman, W.S. B.A. Dewitt, P.G. Ifju, K. Lee, A. Mohamed, L.G. Pearlstine, H.F. Percival, S.E Smith, A.C. Watts [authors listed alphabetically]. Development of an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle system for wildlife and ecological research. Poster, 33rd Annual Conference on Ecosystems Restoration and Creation, 2 Nov 2006, Tampa	2006-11-02
Bowling, A.C. and W.M. Kitchens, 2007. Home Range of the Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus). Poster presentation at the Spring 2007 Conference of the Florida Chapter of the Wildlife Society.	2007-04-05
Boldenow, M. L., R. B. Lanctot, A. S. Kitaysky, and A. N. Powell. 2015. Are winter conditions driving population trends in semipalmated sandpipers? Evidence from a feather corticosterone biomarker. 6th Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group Meeting, Wallops Island, VA.	2015-09-13	We considered individual variation in feather CORT of Semipalmated Sandpipers by breeding area, age, and sex. Preliminary results indicated fCORT varied significantly by breeding area, with higher stress recorded during winter molt in birds from the declining eastern population than in birds from the western population.
Bishop, N., T. Pop, J. Marlin, R. HUdson, S. Boylan, J. Polisar and R.R. Carthy. 2016. Utilizing growth rates to determine the onset of sexual maturity of Dermatemys mawii at the HCRC. 2nd Hicatee Conservation Forum and Workshop, Belize, February 25-26, 2016.	2016-02-25	Growth rate data was used to elucidate reproductive status and accurately assign gender to conservation breeding stock of hicatee turtles.
Bishop, N. D., and R. R. Carthy. 2019. A Novel Method for Assessing Color Differences in Dichotomous Groupings: An Example with Sexual Dichromatism in the Central American River Turtle, Dermatemys mawii. Poster presentation, 16th Annual Symposium on the Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles,Fort Worth, TX.	2018-08-15	Husbandry efforts for conservation of T&E species benefit greatly from early discrimination of gender. This work describes an inexpensive, non-invasive method of determining gender in hicatee turtles through photographic colorimetry, a technique which may have broader applications to natural history questions.
Bishop, J. Polisar, P. Eliazar, K. Bjorndal and R.R. Carthy. 2016. Wild diet of Dermatemys mawii assessed by stomach content analysis. 2nd Hicatee Conservation Forum and Workshop, Belize, February 25-26, 2016.	2016-02-26	Feeding patterns of wild hicatee from a variety of habitats were examined, using gut contents. This work will inform development of optimal captive diets for breeding and re-introduction of the species.
Best, G.R., D.S. Segal, C. Pezeshki, and W.M. Kitchens. 1987. Wetland soil/plant correlation studies in Florida. Eight Annual Meeting of Society of Wetland Scientists. Seattle, WA.	1987-01-01
Bentzen, R. L., A. N. Powell, and R. Suydam. 2017. Migration trends for king and common eiders past Point Barrow, Alaska. 9 February, 6th International Seaduck Conference, San Francisco, CA.	2017-02-09	Most of the king and common eiders nesting in northern Alaska and northwestern Canada migrate past Point Barrow, Alaska, during spring and fall migration. Spring migration counts have been conducted approximately every ten years at Point Barrow since 1976, and indicated that both eider species experienced population declines of approximately 50% between 1976 and 1996, and that the declines had stabilized by 2004. We conducted spring counts in 2015 and 2016 to obtain population estimates that can be compared with those from 1970s, 1996, and the early 2000s in order to evaluate long-term and current trends
Bentzen, R. L., A. N. Powell, and R. S. Suydam. 2017. Migration trends for king and common eiders past Point Barrow, Alaska. 27 January, Coastal Marine Institute Annual Studies Review, Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK.	2017-01-25	Most of the king (Somateria spectabilis) and common eiders (S. mollissima v-nigra) nesting in northern Alaska and northwestern Canada migrate past Point Barrow, Alaska, during spring and fall migration. Counts of eiders passing Point Barrow have occurred ~ every 10 years to estimate population sizes. We conducted counts in spring 2015 and 2016 and compare numbers to previous counts, starting in the 1970s.
Allen, C.R., L.G., Pearlstine, and W.M. Kitchens. 1996. Integrating metapopulations and minimum viable populations into GAP Analysis. 6th Annual National GAP Analysis Meeting, Key Largo, Florida, April 1, 2003.	1996-04-01
Adam C. Watts, W. S. Bowman, M. Morton, J. H. Perry, H. F. Percival, P. G. Ifju, S. E. Smith, A. Mohamed, B. A. Dewitt. University of Florida Unmanned Aircraft Systems 2008 Program Update. Poster, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Coordinating Committee Meeting, 22 April 2008.	2008-04-22
Adam C. Watts, P. C. Frederick, W. S. Bowman, H. F. Percival, J. C. Simon, P. G. Ifju. Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Wading Bird Surveys in the Everglades. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Planning, Policy and Science Meeting, 28 July-1 August 2008, Naples, FL.	2008-07-28
Abercrombie, C.L., S. Howarter, C. Morea, K. Rice, and H.F. Percival. 2002. Everglades alligator thermoregulation: unanswered questions. 16th Working Meeting of the IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group, Gainesville, Florida, October 7-10, 2002.	2002-10-07
Raymond R. Carthy, J. Roger Brothers, Vanessa Bézy,Kenneth J. Lohmann, Margaret M. Lamont. 2018. Ontogeny of orientation responses in developing sea turtle embryos. Presentation at the 38th International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Kobe, Japan. Feb. 18-24, 2018	2018-02-21	Numerous studies have shown that hatchling, juvenile and adult sea turtles respond to a variety of environmental cues for orientation and navigation. This research examines the early development and calibration of these responses and may inform policies on nest relocation and habitat management.
Daniel R. Evans, Raymond R. Carthy, and Cristina Ordoñez. 2018. Which Way Do You Go: Satellite Telemetry Reveals Regionally Different Foraging Behavior Of Leatherback Turtles. Presentation at the 38th International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Kobe, Japan. Feb. 18-24, 2018	2018-02-22	This work seeks to elucidate thethe multiple behavioral components of leatherback turtle long-distance migrations. Finding of varying destinations, behaviors and foraging strategies may inform conservation strategies and designation of protected areas.

Theses and Dissertations

Theses and Dissertations	Publication Date
Williams, Natalie C. 2012. Diet Characterization In Immature, Neritic Green Turtles, Chelonia mydas, Using Gut Contents and Stable Isotope Analyses. MS Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.	2012-01-31
Vitale, N. 2019. Habitat change, predators, and disturbance: Factors influencing productivity of American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) nesting in Florida's Big Bend. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.	2019-04-30
Tuma, Molly E. 2020. Survival, site fidelity, and movement of two migratory shorebirds in the southeastern U.S. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida.	2020-05-31
Swindall, J.E. 2015. Factors Influencing Sea Turtle Conservation in Northwest Florida : Landowner Knowledge, Values, and Behaviors. MS Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida	2015-05-31
Shoger, Bradley. 2009. Wildlife use of spoil islands in Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida, University of Florida. Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	2009-12-31
Senko, J. 2009. Fine-scale diel movements and short term activity ranges of a marine megaherbivore at a tidally-driven lagoon. M.S. Thesis, Wildlige Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida. Gainesville, FL.	2009-12-31
Scarpino, R. A. 2007. Guiding loggerhead hatchlings to the sea: an assessment of ground-level barriers and conflicting cues. M. S. Thesis. School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.	2007-08-31
Robinson, Brian H. 2016. Feeding Ecology of Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) Chicks. MS Thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks. 71 pp.	2016-05-31
Reintjes-Tolen, Sarah. 2012. Geographic Distribution of Chytrid Fungus (Batachochytrium dendrobatidis) and Ranavirus spp. in Amphibians in Northern Peninsular and Panhandle Floirida: With a Case of a Ranavirus Die-off in Gold Head Branch State Park. (Master's dissertation). University of Florida, Florida.	2012-01-31
Reichert, Brian. 2009. EFFECTS OF AGING AND THE ENVIRONMENT ON SNAIL KITE DEMOGRAPHY: A REASSESSMENT OF SNAIL KITE (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) VITAL RATES. University of Florida, Gainesville. WEC.	2009-10-31
Overduijn, K. S. 2019. Reproductive success of American and Pacific Golden-Plovers (Pluvialis dominica and P. fulva) in a changing climate. M.S. Thesis, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.	2019-05-31
Norem, A. D. 2005. Injury assessment of sea turtles utilizing the neritic zone of the southeastern United States. M.S. Thesis, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Florida, Gainesvile, FL.	2005-12-31
Mota, Mario. 2009. Beach restoration in Florida : effects on sea turtle nesting and hatchling physiology. University of Florida. Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.	2009-05-31
Lamont, Margaret M. 2002. Response of Foraging Shorebirds and Nesting Sea Turtles to Barrier Island Dynamics. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl.	2002-08-31
Hotaling, Althea. 2008. Wet prairie Conversion in Water Conservation Area 3A, South Florida. University of Florida,. Gainesville. SNRE	2008-10-31
Hogan, Jennifer. 2002. Distribution and Nesting of Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin littoralis) Near South Deer Island in Galveston Bay, Texas. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.	2002-08-31
Hirama, S. 2018. Evaluation of the impact of artificial lighting on sea turtle hatchling orientation. Ph.D. dissertation. Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville.	2018-12-31
Haslerig, J. 2000. Wildlife conservation in Tanzania during the Colonial and Independence Eras: A review of changing paradigms, legacies and lessons learned.	2000-01-31
Harwood, C. H. 2016. Breeding ecology of Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus) in interior Alaska. M.S. Thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks. 96 pp.	2016-12-31
Garland, Kathryn Alice. Consumptive use and conservation of marine turtles in Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua: implications of taste preferences, local opinions, and cultural knowledge. PhD dissertation. December 2011. Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.	2011-12-31
Evans, D. R. 2018. The path most traveled: using satellite telemetry to identify and characterize migration pathways and foraging areas of four species of marine turtles in the north Atlantic and wider Caribbean. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.	2018-05-31
Eastman, S. F. 2020. A Comparative Study of Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Nesting on Undeveloped and Developed Beaches in Northeast Florida. M.S Thesis. School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville.	2020-08-31
Drizd, L. 2011. Aspects of the abundance, density, and movement of apple snails relative to invasive submerged aquatic plants in a central Florida lake.	2011-08-31
DeSa, Melissa. 2008. Extreme Habitat Modification and Its Effect on Herpetofaunal and Fish Communities on Lake Tohopekaliga, FL University of Florida, Gainesville. SNRE	2008-10-31
Churchwell, Roy T. 2015. Stopover ecology of semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) at coastal deltas of the Beaufort Sea, Alaska. PhD Dissertation, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK. 149 pp.	2015-12-31
Burgess, Matthew A. 2017. Small unmanned aircraft systems and their payloads as aerial data collection platforms for natural resource-based applications. PhD Dissertation. May 2017. University of Florida. Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.	2017-05-31
Brinn, L. A. 2008. Assessment of differences in physical properties of sand associated with beach nourishment and effects on loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting on northwest Florida. M.S. Thesis, school of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Florida. Gainesville , FL.	2008-05-31
Boldenow, M. L. 2018. Do wintering conditions drive population trends in semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla)? Evidence from a corticosterone biomarker. M.S. Thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK.	2018-05-31
Barichivich, W. j. 2006. Characterization of a marine turtle aggregation in the big bend of Florida. MS Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.	2006-12-31
McCray, J. E. 2018. Sea turtle friendly lighting in Florida: A multi-level evaluation of policy implementation and effectiveness. PhD Dissertation. Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. University of Florida. August 2018	2018-08-31

Technical Publications

Technical Publications	Publication Date
Shoger, Brad, Adam Betuel, and Wiley M. Kitchens. 2009. Wildlife Usage and Habitat Development on Spoil Islands in Lake Tohopekaliga, FL. Final Report. U.S. Geological Survey, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.	2009-08-31
Richardson, J.R., W.L. Bryant, W.M. Kitchens, J.E. Matson, and K.R. Pope. 1990. An evaluation of refuge habitats and relationships to water quality, quantity, and hydroperiod. Technical Report #41. Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Gainesville, FL.	1990-05-31
Reichert, Brian, Christopher Cattau, Wiley Kitchens, Kyle Pias, and Jean Olbert. 2009. Snaill Kite Demography in blue cypress Marsh Complex. Annual Report 2009.	2009-10-31
Reichert, Brian, Christopher Cattau, Wiley Kitchens, Kyle Pias, and Jean Olbert. 2010. Snail Kite Demography in Blue Cypress Marsh Complex. Annual Report 2011.	2011-05-31
Reichert, Brian, Christopher Cattau, Wiley Kitchens, Christa Zweig, Jean Olbert, and Kyle Pias. Demographic, Movement, and Habitat studies of the Endagered Snail Kite in Response to Operational Plans in Water Conservation Area 3A. Annual Report.	2009-10-31
Reichert, Brian, Christopher Cattau, Wiley Kitchens, Christa Zweig, Jean Olbert, and Kyle Pias. Demographic, Movement, and Habitat Studies of the Endangered Snail Kite in Response to Operational Plans in Water Conservation Area 3A. 2011. Annual Report	2011-05-31
Rees, A. F. and R. R. Carthy. 2018. The Second Annual Workshop on the Use of UAVs in Sea Turtle Research and Conservation at the 38th International Sea Turtle Symposium: 19 Feb 2018. Marine Turtle Newsletter.	2018-04-30
Powell A. N., R. T. Churchwell, K. H. Dunton, J. G. Baguley, A. D. Kamikawa, C. T. E. Kellogg, B. C. Crump, and P. Bucolo. 2016. Sediment Characteristics and Infauna of Deltaic Mudflats Along the Alaskan Beaufort Sea. US Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Alaska OCS Region, Anchorage. OCS Study BOEM 2015-045. 77 pp.	2016-06-30
Peter C. Frederick, A. C. Watts, H. F. Percival. An Assessment of the Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Surveys of Wading Birds in the Everglades. Final Report for the South Florida Water Management District, 2008.	2008-01-31
Pearlstine, L.G., R. Bartleson, W.M. Kitchens, and P.J. Latham. 1989. Lower Savannah river hydrological characterization. Technical Report #35. Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Gainesville, FL.	1989-05-31
Pearlstine, L.G., L.A. Bryant, and W.M. Kitchens. 1993. 1991 landcover classification for Eglin Air Force Base. Technical Report #47. Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Gainesville, FL.	1993-04-30
Pearlstine, L., S. E. Smith, and W. M. Kitchens. 2000. A GAP analysis of Florida: Final Report. USGS. Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Technical Report No. 65.	2000-05-31
Pearlsinte, L.G., S.E. Smith, and W.M. Kitchens. 2000. A GAP analysis of Florida: Final Report. Technical Report #65. U.S. Geological Survey, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Gainesville, FL.	2000-05-31
Nomani, S.Z., R.R. Carthy and M.K. Oli. 2006. Analysis of Abundance Estimation Methods for Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus)	2006-07-31
Mattson, J.E., J.R. Richardson, and W.M. Kitchens. 1991. A comparison of cattail (Typha sp.) occurrence on a photo-interpreted map versus a satellite data map. Technical Report #40. Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Gainesville, FL.	1991-08-31
Martin, J., W.M. Kitchens, C. Cattau, A. Bowling, S. Stocco, E. Powers, C. Zweig, A. Hotaling, Z. Welch, H. Waddle, and A. Paredes. 2007. Snail Kite Demography: Annual report, 2007. U.S. Geological Survey, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.	2007-05-31
Loftin, C.S. and W.M. Kitchens. 1998. Assessing patterns and processes of landscape change in Okefenokee Swamp, GA. Technical Report #60. Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Gainesville, FL.	1998-08-31
Langan, E.M., R.R. Carthy, S.Z. Nomani, S. Johnson, and M.K. Oli. 2006. Guidelines and standard techniques for estimating gopher tortoise abundance.	2006-08-31
Gregory, C.J., B. Bird, and R.R. Carthy. 2003. The Grand Bay-Banks Lake Ecosystem Site Conservation Plan. Report to The Nature Conservancy, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and the University of Florida.	2003-05-31
Conrads, P.A., E.A. Roehl, R.C. Daamen, W. Kitchens. 2007. Simulation of salinity in the tidal marshes in the vicinity of the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge using artificial nueral networks. Proceedings of the 2007 Georgia Water Resources Conference. Athens, GA.	2007-05-31
Christopher Cattau, Wiley Kitchens, Brian Reichert, Andrea Bowling, Althea Hotaling, Christa Zweig, Jean Olbert, Kyle Pias, and Julien Martin. 2008. Demographic, Movement, and Habitat Studies of the Endangered Snail Kite in Response to Operational Plans in Water Conservation Area 3A. U.S. Geological Survey, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.	2008-05-31
Carthy, R., M.K. Oli, J.B. Wooding, J.E. Berish, and W.D. Meyer. 2005. Analysis of gopher tortoise population estimation techniques. Report to USACOE-CERL.	2005-10-31
Brush, Janell, Melissa DeSa, Zach Welch, Carolyn Enloe, and Wiley Kitchens. 2009. Monitoring Floral and Faunal Succession Following Lake Enhancement in the Littoral Reaches of Lake Tohopekaliga. Final Report. Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.	2009-07-31
Brush, J. and A. C. Watts. An assessment of autonomous unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for avian surveys. Final Report, Wildlife Research Section, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 2008.	2008-01-31
Bennetts, R.E. and W.M. Kitchens. 1997. The demography and movements of snail kites in Florida. Technical Report #56. U.S. Geological Survey/Biological Resources Division, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Gainesville, FL.	1997-05-31

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