The objective of this project was to provide key information regarding the effect of wind on surface water flow to those attempting to model that type of flow in South Florida. This information improved the representation of the physical processes ...

To examine the impacts of freshwater inflows on oysters, physical parameters such as salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen and freshwater flows as well as oyster responses (condition index, disease prevalence and intensity of Perkinsus marinus), spat recruitment, juvenile growth and ...

This project has the objective of evaluating areas within the Caloosahatchee estuary that are expected to have water quality concerns, to verify whether these water segments currently meet their designated use and assess the potential for large scale restoration of ...

Bacteria are among the most important components of ecosystems because they carry out most of the heterotrophic metabolism and nutrient regeneration. Knowledge of what controls the growth of specific bacterial groups in estuaries is presently very limited, but of great ...

Proper management of the Mobile Bay estuary and its living resources requires a fundamental understanding of current ecosystem structure and function. In addition, knowledge of how the ecosystem responds to natural and human-induced perturbations is necessary for predicting ecosystem health ...

Proper management of the Mobile Bay estuary and its living resources requires a fundamental understanding of current ecosystem structure and function. It is hypothesized that variations in river discharge and wind-driven sediment resuspension in this shallow estuary have dramatic effects ...