Predicting Ecological Changes in the Florida Everglades
under a Future Climate Scenario

A USGS & CES Sponsored Meeting 
February 14 & 15, 2013
Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton Campus  

ABOUT

PRESENTATIONS

MEETING SUMMARY

FINAL REPORT

I. Setting the Stage (2060) 

• Florida’s History in Context: Past Patterns of Climate Change and Ecological Responses to Change, Lynne Wingard-USGS
• Screening analysis of Climate Scenarios, Jayantha Obeysekera-SFWMD

II. Predicting Ecosystem Change in Response to These Specific Climate Change Scenarios 

• Lake Okeechobee: Climate Change Sensitivity Analysis, Karl Havens-Sea Grant

Freshwater Wetlands 

• What Can the Everglades Landscape Expect from Climate Change?, Martha Nungesser, Colin Saunders & Carlos Coronado-SFMWD
• Fish and Aquatic Fauna, Joel Trexler, Mandy Banet & Chris Cattano-FIU
• Predicting Ecosystem Change in Response to Climate Change Scenarios: Plant Species and Community  Responses, John Volin, Arnold van der Valk, Paul Wetzel
• Landscape Scale Response to Climate Change : A Biogeochemical Perspective, Susan Newman-SFWMD, William Orem-USGS, Todd Z. Osborne-UF, K. Ramesh Reddy

Coastal and Marine Ecosystems

• Climate Variability and the Coastal Physical Environment (Florida Bay), Erik Stabenau-NPS
• Climate Change Effects on Mangrove, Seagrass and Macroalgae Communities of the Coastal Everglades, Marguerite Koch-FAU, Carlos Coronado-SFWMD
• Climate Change Impacts on South Florida Coral Reefs, Margaret Miller-NOAA, Bill Precht-Dial Cordy and Assoc.
• Climate Changes Impacts on Marine Ecosystems (Holistic Analysis & Faunal Response), Chris Kelble-NOAA
• KEYSMAP (Florida Keys Marine Adaptation Planning), Robert Glazer-FWC

 

This technical meeting is sponsored by:

 

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For more information contact:

MaryBeth Hartman Kerber, Conference & Outreach Coordinator 
Center for Environmental Studies at Florida Atlantic University 
mhartman@fau.edu  or (954) 236-1203