Full Program

Photos from poster reception

Keynotes

• Dr. Mark Rains, Chief Science Officer within the Florida Department of Environmental Protection

• Heidi Stiller, South Regional Director for NOAA’s National Ocean Service within the Office for Coastal Management

Presentations

• The State of the Water in the GTM Research Reserve, Nikki Dix, Ph.D., GTM Research Reserve

• The State of the System-wide Monitoring Program, Shannon Dunnigan, GTM Research Reserve

• Monitoring Water Quality in the Guana River Estuary to Assess Ecosystem Health, Olivia Roorbach, GTM Research Reserve

• Taking the Plankton Pulse of the GTM Estuary, Gabriela Canas, GTM Research Reserve

• Refining Techniques for High-Frequency Monitoring of Chlorophyll in the NERRS, Silas Tanner, GTM Research Reserve

• Vulnerability Assessment of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems in Low-lying Coastal Communities to Multiple Climate-Related Threats, Tricia Kyzar, Ph.D., Wildwood Consulting

• Water Quality and Coastal Wetlands, Nikki Dix, Ph.D., GTM Research Reserve

• Coastal Wetlands in the GTM Research Reserve, Nikki Dix, Ph.D., GTM Research Reserve

• GTM Salt Marsh Monitoring: 10-year review, Pamela Marcum and Alexandria Knoell, GTM Research Reserve

• Evaluation of Climate Induced Changes to Porewater Biogeochemistry in Mangrove/Saltmarsh Ecotone, Anna Beard, Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience

• Effects of Fiddler Crab Bioturbation on Mangroves on the Northeastern Florida Coast, Nicole Spanier, Villanova University

• Exploring the Role of Elevation in Determining the Establishment of Avicennia germinans in the Tidal Marsh and Mangrove Ecotone of Northeastern Florida, Damir Creecy, Villanova University

• Nitrogen Addition Enhances Freeze Resistance and Alters Leaf Litter Dynamics for Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) in a Temperate-tropical Ecotone, Emily Dangremond, Ph.D., Roosevelt University

• Invasive Hogs Alter Salt Marsh Functioning, Ecosystem Service Provisioning, and Resilience, Hallie Fischman, University of Florida

• Over the Dunes and Through the Woods: Conservation Ecology of Gopher Tortoises at the GTM Research Reserve,
  Ben Atkinson, Ph.D., Flagler College

• Investigating the Impacts of Anthropogenic Lighting on Sea Turtle Nesting Success Along the Northeastern Florida Coastline, Hayden Garza, Jacksonville University

• From Past to Present: Ecosystem Services and People of the Guana Peninsula, Emily Jane Murray, Florida Public
  Archaeology Network

Posters

• Building a Better BurrowBot: Using Robotics to Explore Gopher Tortoise Ecology, Abigail Belchior, Flagler College 

• Collecting Ground Water Level Data within the Restored Freshwater Marsh at the GTM Research Reserve, Brad and Esther Mahanes, GTM Research Reserve Volunteers

• Exploring Anthropogenic Noise Impacts on Frog Vocalization at Anastasia State Park and the GTM Research Reserve, Emma Wilkinson, Flagler College 

• Herpetofaunal Monitoring at the GTM Research Reserve, Zach Lepera, GTM Research Reserve 

• Marine Observation of Sea Turtles (MOST): Establishing a Database of North Florida Green Sea Turtles, Avery Cogley, Flagler College 

• Optimizing Protocols for DNA Metabarcoding of Plankton in the GTM Research Reserve, Ashley Reaume, University of Central Florida 

• Ticks and Tortoises: Investigating Ectoparasite Loads on Gopher Tortoises at the GTM Research Reserve, William Shane Smith, Flagler College 

• What time is it? It’s Time for Lunch! Assessing the Impact of Time of Day on Green Sea Turtle Foraging, Trisha McCaul, Flagler College