Current Research

Parameter Estimation and Population-Based Simulation Modeling of American Alligator Populations in Support of ATLSS
Investigator(s): H. Franklin Percival and Kenneth G. Rice
Personnel: Jon C. Allen and Daniel H. Slone
Expected Completion:

4/30/2004
Chelonian Serodiagnostics
Investigator(s): Daniel R. Brown and Paul A. Klein
Personnel: Scott Gavaletz, Jennifer Long, Joyce L. Merritt, Courtney Riley and Laurie Zachere
Expected Completion:

6/30/2004
Tracking and Enhancing Outreach Activites and Outcomes
Investigator(s): Martha C. Monroe
Personnel: Kristy Bender and Holly Shiralapour
Expected Completion:

12/30/2004
A Proposal to Document Flora and Faunal Succession Following Alternative Habitat Restoration Techniques in a Large Central Florida Lake
Investigator(s): Wiley M. Kitchens
Personnel: Janell Brush, Ann Marie Muench, Zachariah Welch, Scott Berryman, Brenda Calzada, Melissa Desa, Samantha Musgrave and Derek Piotrivich
Expected Completion:

6/1/2005
Injury Assessment in Five Sea Turtle Species (Caretta Caretta, Chelonia mydas, Dermochelys coriacea, Eretmochelys imbricata, and Lepidochelys kempii
Investigator(s): April D. Norem and Raymond R. Carthy
Expected Completion:

12/2005
Assessment of Wildife Populations and Habitats: Phase 1 and Phase 2
Investigator(s): H. Franklin Percival, Raymond R. Carthy, Bon Dewitt, Peter Ifju, Fred A. Johnson and Leonard G. Pearlstine
Personnel: Jamie Duberstein, Amr Abd-Elrahman, Daniel Grant, Leslie Hicks, Dave Jones, George P. Jones IV and Kyu Ho Lee
Expected Completion:

12/31/2005
Understanding, Measuring, and Bereaking Down Barriers to Implemetation of a Broad Scale Adaptive Management Program
Investigator(s): Susan Jacobson and H. Franklin Percival
Personnel: Jessica Archer and Julie Morris
Expected Completion:

12/31/2005
Factors Affecting Population Density and Harvest of Northern Bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) on Babcock/Webb Wildlife Management Area, Charlotte County, Florida
Investigator(s): H. Franklin Percival, Ralph W. Dimmick, Tommy Hines, James D. Nichols
Personnel: Steven Brinkly, Gerald Coker, Susan L. Dimmick, Douglas Holt, Jeffery Hostetler, Bradley Richardson, Jason Scott and Jeff Sloane
Expected Completion:

1/31/2006
Snail Kite Breeding Activities and Habitat Use in Upper Saint Johns River Basin
Investigator(s): Wiley M. Kitchens
Personnel: Julien Martin
Expected Completion:

2/26/2006
Demographic, Movement, and Habitat Studies of the Endangered Snail Kite in Response to Hydrological Changes
Investigator(s): Wiley M. Kitchens
Personnel: Julien Martin, Andrea Bowling, Chris Cattau, Dan Huser, Andrew Jegerlehner, Allison Pevler, Derek S. Piotrowicz and Christina Rich
Expected Completion:

3/1/2006
Cost and Accuracy Analysis of Gopher Tortoise Population Estimation Techniques
Investigator(s): Raymond R. Carthy, John Wooding and Madan Oli
Expected Completion:

5/31/2006
Quantitative Analysis Supporting Reptile and Amphibian Research in Florida's Everglades
Investigator(s): H. Franklin Percival, Frank J. Mazzotti, Mark Miller
Personnel: Kenneth G. Rice
Expected Completion:

8/31/2006
Sea Turtle Habitat Use and Interactions With Humans in the Coastal Zone
Investigator(s): Raymond R. Carthy and Russell Scarpino
Personnel: Howell Batts, Rachael Hallman, Sheila Madrak, Rachel Patty and Ashley Plumley
Expected Completion:

8/31/2006
Radio Telemetry and Mark-Recapture Studies of Demographic, Movement and Population Dynamics of the Endangered Snail Kite
Investigator(s): Wiley Kitchens and Julien Martin
Personnel: Chris Cattau, Derek S. Piotrowicz and Andrea Bowling
Expected Completion:

9/30/2006
Vegetative Habitat Responses to Hydrologic Regimes in Everglades Water Conservation Area 3A
Investigator(s): Wiley M. Kitchens, Erik Powers, Paul Wetzel and Christa Zweig
Personnel: Andy Jegerlehner and Alison Pevler
Expected Completion:

9/30/2006
The Effect of Beach Nourishment Sands on Gas Exchange, Embryonic Development and Hatching Success of Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Clutches in Florida
Investigator(s): Mario J. Mota and Raymond Carthy
Expected Completion:

12/2006
American Alligator Distribution, Size, and Hole Occupancy and American Crocodile Juvenile Growth and Survival
Investigator(s): H. Franklin Percival and Frank Mazzotti
Personnel: Christopher Bugbee, Cameron Carter, Michelle Casler, Michael Cherkiss, Jocie Graham, Brian Jeffery, Gareth Mann, Mark Miller, Mark Parry, Amanda Rice, Jeremy Spires
Expected Completion:

4/30/2007
Southeast Adaptive Management Group
Investigator(s): H. Franklin Percival, Robert M. Dorazio and Fred A. Johnson
Expected Completion:

Continued Annual Funding