Past Research

Research/management plan for the Crystal River west Indian manatee population, Levy and Citrus counties, Florida
RWO: 1
Personnel: R. W. Gregory, H. F. Percival
Completion Date:

12/1983
Population index and mark/recapture methodology for the west Indian manatee in Florida
RWO: 2
Investigator(s): H. F. Percival and R. W. Gregory
Personnel: J. M. Packard
Completion Date:

08/1985
Foraging habitat requirements of the red-cockaeded woodpecker in pine habitats of north Florida
RWO: 4
Investigator(s): R. F. Labisky
Personnel: M. L. Porter
Completion Date:

9/1984
Effects of low altitude training flights on Florida's brown pelican and wading bird colonies
RWO: 5
Investigator(s): M. W. Collopy
Personnel: B. B. Black
Completion Date:

1/1985
Habitat suitabiligy index models for Gulf of Mexico coastal habitats
RWO: 7
Investigator(s): R. W. Gregory and H. F. Percival
Personnel: R. Mulholland
Completion Date:

11/1984
Habitat use and management of Sherman's fox squirrel (Sciurus niger shermani)
RWO: 9
Investigator(s): S. R. Humphrey
Personnel: A.T. Kantola
Completion Date:

1986
Effect of nutrient leaching on fish spawning and nursery habitat in great lakes nearshore water
RWO: 11
Investigator(s): R. W. Gregory
Personnel: L. C. Brase
Completion Date:

11/1984
Development of hybrid grass carp production techniques
RWO: 12
Investigator(s):
Personnel: J. V. Shireman
Completion Date:

9/1984
Studies of grass carp in aquatic weed control
RWO: 13
Investigator(s): J. V. Shireman
Completion Date:

10/1984
Status survey of the Florida grasshopper sparrow
RWO: 14
Investigator(s): M. L. Delany and H. F. Percival
Personnel: J. Cox
Completion Date:

3/1985
Conceptual model of salt marsh management on Merrit Island, Florida
RWO: 15
Investigator(s): C. L. Montague and H. F. Percival
Personnel: A. V. Zale
Completion Date:

12/1984
Status survey of five mammals: Sherman's short-tailed shrew, Pine Island rice rat, Sanibel Island rice rat, Chadwick Beach cotton mouse, and Homosassa shrew
RWO: 16
Investigator(s): S. R. Humphrey
Personnel: R. W. Repenning
Completion Date:

1/1986
The importance of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus as a pathogen of striped bass
RWO: 17
Investigator(s): R. W. Gregory and W. M. Kitchens
Personnel: S. Wechsler
Completion Date:

5/1987
Status survey of the Schaus' swallowtail in Florida
RWO: 18
Investigator(s): T. C. Emmel
Completion Date:

3/1985
Ecology and management of impounded coastal wetlands of the Georgia Bight
RWO: 19
Investigator(s): C. L. Montague and H. F. Percival
Personnel: A. V. Zale
Completion Date:

6/1985
Factors affectiong reproductive success of sea turtles on Cape Canaveral air force base
RWO: 20 & 25
Investigator(s): R. F. Labisky
Completion Date:

9/1984
Status survey of the rosemary wolf spider in Florida
RWO: 21
Investigator(s): J. Reiskind
Completion Date:

4/1985
Determination of the food habits of manatees
RWO: 22
Investigator(s): G. B. Rathbun and H. F. Percival
Personnel: L. A. Hurst
Completion Date:

8/1985
Population analysis and roosting and feeding flock behavior of blackbirds damaging sprouting rice in southwestern Louisiana
RWO: 23
Investigator(s): R. F. Labisky and N. R. Holler
Personnel: K. Brugger
Completion Date:

9/1989
The ecology and management of hydric hammocks
RWO: 24
Investigator(s): S. R. Humphrey
Personnel: S. Vince
Completion Date:

07/1988
Production, sterility and food habits of bighead carp
RWO: 26
Investigator(s): J. V. Shireman and J. R. Clugston
Completion Date:

7/1987
Evaluation of population parameters of the black duck
RWO: 27
Investigator(s): H. F. Percival, M. J. Conroy and M. Haramis
Personnel: D. G> Krementz, B. R. Charest and M. L. Jennings
Completion Date:

7/1987
Status of the Cape Sable seaside sparrow in east Everglades
RWO: 28
Investigator(s): W. R. Marion
Personnel: T. O'Meara
Completion Date:

9/1987
Evaluation of electrofishing systems for quantitative sampling of blue tilapia
RWO: 29
Investigator(s): H. Schramm
Completion Date:

5/1986
A comparison of passerine feeding habits in two tidal marsh communities
RWO: 30
Investigator(s): G. W. Tanner and W. M. Kitchens
Personnel: L. Peterson
Completion Date:

1/1989
Development and application of a habitat succession model for the wetland complex of the Savannah River National Wildlife Refuge
RWO: 30
Investigator(s): W. M. Kitchens
Personnel: L. G. Pearlstine, P. Latham, L. Peterson and G. Tanner
Completion Date:

12/1990
Plant species association changes and interactions across a gradient of fresh, oligohaline, and mesohaline tidal marshes of the lower Savannah River
RWO: 30
Investigator(s): W. M. Kitchens
Personnel: P. J. Latham
Completion Date:

12/1990
Evaluation and control of bird damage to rice
RWO: 31
Investigator(s): M. Avery, H. F. Percival and P. Lefebvre
Personnel: D. Daneke
Completion Date:

12/1987
The ecology and management of impounded coastal wetlands of the Georgia Bight: A workshop
RWO: 33
Investigator(s): C. L. Montague and H. F. Percival
Personnel: A. V. Zale
Completion Date:

9/1987
Impact assessment of grass carp
RWO: 34
Investigator(s): J. V. Shireman and W. M. Kitchens
Completion Date:

9/1989
Status survey of three Florida lizards
RWO: 35
Investigator(s): P. Moler and H. F. Percival
Personnel: K. Enge
Completion Date:

10/1986
Vegetation management for the key deer
RWO: 36
Investigator(s): S. R. Humphrey, G. W. Tanner and D. Holle
Personnel: J. Wood and P. Carlson
Completion Date:

12/1989
Status survey of seven Florida mammals: micro cottontail rabbit, micro cotton rat, southeastern beach mouse, Goff's pocket gopher, Anastasia Island cotton mouse, Anastasia Island beach mouse
RWO: 37
Investigator(s): S. R. Humphrey and M. Bentzien
Completion Date:

7/1987
Relative abundance, size class composition, and growth patterns of wild green turtles at the Culebra Archipelago, Puerto Rico
RWO: 38
Investigator(s): J. A. Collazo and H. F. Percival
Personnel: T> Tallevast
Completion Date:

12/1989
Effects of the modified water delivery program on wading birds nesting success and foraging dispersion in Water Conservation Area 3A and Everglades National Park
RWO: 39
Investigator(s): M. W. Collopy
Personnel: P. C. Frederick
Completion Date:

4/1988
Effects of the modified water delivery program on the nest site selection and nesting success of snail kites in Water Conservation Area 3A
RWO: 40
Investigator(s): M. W. Collopy and S. Beissinger
Personnel: R. Bennetts
Completion Date:

2/1988
Comparative graminoid community composition and structure within the northern portion of Everglades National Park, northeast Shark River Sloung, Water Conservation Area 3A and Water Conservation Area 3B
RWO: 41
Investigator(s): G. W. Tanner
Personnel: J. M. Wood
Completion Date:

11/1986
Human/wildlife interaction on J. M. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge
RWO: 42
Investigator(s): S. R. Humphrey
Personnel: . V. Klein
Completion Date:

6/1989
Status survey of two Florida seaside sparros
RWO: 43
Investigator(s): k. McNab and V. MacDonald
Completion Date:

12/1988
Reproductive cycles in striped bass mainained in recirculation silos: histological analysis
RWO: 44
Investigator(s): L. J. Guillette, Jr.
Personnel: C. A. Goudie
Completion Date:

10/1986
Soil/plant correlation studies in Florida
RWO: 46
Investigator(s): G. R. Best
Completion Date:

3/1987
Aquatic plant management technology improvement
RWO: 47
Investigator(s): J. C. Joyce and W. T. Haller
Personnel: V. Ramey, T. Willard and A. Stoddard
Completion Date:

4/1988
Factors affecting productivity and habitat use of Florida sandhill cranes: An evaluation of three areas in central Florida as potential reintroduction sites for a nonmigratory population of whooping cranes
RWO: 49
Investigator(s): M. W. Collopy
Personnel: M. Bishop
Completion Date:

10/1988
Effects of ground water levels upon reproduction success of American crocodiles in Everglades National Park
RWO: 50
Investigator(s): F. J. Mazzotti
Completion Date:

4/1989
Manatee protection project: Survey of boat usage patterns
RWO: 51
Investigator(s): J. W. Hutchinson and J. W. Alba
Completion Date:

9/1988
An evaluation of manatee distribution patterns in response to public use activities, Crystal River, Florida
RWO: 52
Investigator(s): W. M. Kitchens
Personnel: C. Buckingham and L. G. Pearlstine
Completion Date:

12/1989
An evaluation of cumulative impacts to the habitat of the west Indian manatee, Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge
RWO: 53
Investigator(s): W. M. Kitchens
Personnel: L. G. Pearlstine and C. Buckingham
Completion Date:

12/1989
Status survey of the Florida saltmarsh vole
RWO: 54
Investigator(s): C. A. Woods
Personnel: L. Hay-Smith
Completion Date:

9/1988
Impact of mosquito control pesticides on the endangered Schaus swallowtail and related insects in the Florida Keys
RWO: 56
Investigator(s): T. C. Emmel
Personnel: P. Eliazar and J. Mation
Completion Date:

1/1989
The effects of mosquito control pesticides on non-target organisms in the Florida Keys
RWO: 57
Investigator(s): D.H. Habeck
Personnel: M. Hennessey
Completion Date:

10/1989
Development of guidance manual for monitoring water quality and vegetative changes on national wildlife refuges
RWO: 58
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens
Completion Date:

12/1989
Applicability and comparison of satellite image data to delineation of cover type in the lower Suwannee River region
RWO: 60
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens
Personnel: L.G. Pearlstine
Completion Date:

12/1988
Early life history and relative abundance of sturgeon in the Suwannee River
RWO: 61
Investigator(s): J.V. Shireman
Personnel: J.P. Clugston and A.M. Foster
Completion Date:

10/1994
Distribution and population structure of sea turtles inhabiting the Cape Canaveral entrance channel
RWO: 62
Investigator(s): A.B. Bolten and K.A. Bjorndal
Completion Date:

12/1991
The ecology of manatees in Georgia with emphasis on Cumberland Sound
RWO: 65
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: B.J. Zoodsma and L.W. Lefebvre
Completion Date:

12/1990
Effect of marine pollution on juvenile plagic sea turtles
RWO: 66
Investigator(s): K.A. Bjorndal and A.B. Bolten
Completion Date:

06/1995
Distribution, population structure and expliotation of sea turtles in the Bahamas
RWO: 67
Investigator(s): K.A. Bjorndal and A.B. Bolten
Completion Date:

09/1994
Scientific review of alligator export proposals to USFWS
RWO: 69
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: P.N. Gray and F. Nuñez-Garcia
Completion Date:

07/1990
Land management practices in the mountain region of Puerto Rico: Monitoring bird reproductivity in Carite State Forest 1993
RWO: 71
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival and J.A. Collazo
Personnel: F. Nuñez-Garcia
Completion Date:

12/1995
Sea turtles inhabitating the Kings Bay - St. Mary's entrance channel: Distribution and population structure
RWO: 72
Investigator(s): K.A. Bjorndal and A. B. Bolten
Completion Date:

09/1993
Fish community structure in naturally acid Florida lakes
RWO: 73
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens
Personnel: C.A. Jennings, D.E. Canfield, Jr. and D.E. Colle
Completion Date:

07/1990
Effects of artificial lighting on nesting adult and hatchling sea turtles
RWO: 75
Investigator(s): K.A. Bjorndal and A. B. Bolten
Personnel: B.E. Witherington
Completion Date:

09/1994
Determination of the causes of low response with the waterfowl hunter questionnaire and estimation of the resultant biases
RWO: 76
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: R.J. Barker, P.H. Geissler and B.A. Hoover
Completion Date:

09/1990
Sea turtle populations in the eastern Gulf of Mexico: Biology, distribution and population structure
RWO: 77
Investigator(s): K.A. Bjorndal and A.B. Bolten
Personnel: J.R. Schmidt
Completion Date:

09/1994
Habitat use by migratory shorebirds at the Cabo Rojo salt flats, Puerto Rico
RWO: 78
Investigator(s): J.A. Collazo and H.F. Percival
Personnel: J.S. Grear
Completion Date:

08/1992
Effects of exploitation on pig frog population dynamics: An experimental approach
RWO: 79
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: K.V. Wood
Completion Date:

08/1994
Distribution and status of the red-cockaded woodpecker on Eglin Air Force Base, FLorida
RWO: 80
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: Ruthe J. Smith and J.L. Hardesty
Completion Date:

03/1994
Factors affecting abundance of spotted seatrout and year-class strength
RWO: 81
Investigator(s): N.A. Funicelli
Personnel: J.V. Shireman, J.P. Clugston and S.A. Zengel
Completion Date:

06/1994
Modeling waterfowl harvest and the effects of questionnaire nonresponse on harvest estimates
RWO: 83
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: R.j. Barker and J.D. Nichols
Completion Date:

05/1992
Status monitoring and experimental reintroduction of the endangered Schuas swallowtail
RWO: 84
Investigator(s): T.C. Emmel
Personnel: P.J. Eliazar, M.C. Minno, J.C. Daniels, S.D. Larson and J.A. Sarvis
Completion Date:

09/1993
Bird use of wastewater treatment wetlands in central Florida
RWO: 85
Investigator(s): P.C. Frederick
Completion Date:

12/1992
Conservation status of the freshwater mussels of the Apalachicola river basin
RWO: 84
Investigator(s): J.D. Williams
Personnel: J.C. Brim-Box
Completion Date:

10/1993
Statistical aspects of line transect sampling
RWO: 86
Investigator(s): K.M. Portier
Completion Date:

06/1993
Workshop on Florida manatee (Trichechus mamatus) population biology
RWO: 88
Investigator(s): T.J. O'Shea and H.F. Percival
Personnel: B.B. Ackerman
Completion Date:

10/1993
Mineral interactions between embryo, eggshell, and substrate in developing sea turtles
RWO: 92
Investigator(s): K.A. Bjorndal
Personnel: A.B. Bolten and R.R. Carthy
Completion Date:

08/1996
Captive propagation and restoration ecology of the endangered stock island tree snail
RWO: 94
Investigator(s): T.C. Emmel
Completion Date:

10/1993
Methods for determining change in wetland habitats in Florida
RWO: 95
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens
Personnel: J. Silviera and W. Bryant
Completion Date:

09/1995
Biological diversity in Florida: An evaluation of potential species in relation to habitat and existing reserves
RWO: 98
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens, L.G. Pearlstine, S.E. Smith and J.L. Hardesty
Completion Date:

09/1998
Ecological correlates of red-cockaded woodpecker foraging preference, habitat use, and home range area on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
RWO: 99
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: J.L. Hardesty, R.J. Smith, K.E. Lucas, J.B. Jensen, P.R. Gault and J. Cartwright
Completion Date:

03/1996
Re-establishment of the Anastasia Island beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus phasma)
RWO: 100
Investigator(s): S. Humphrey
Personnel: P.A. Frank
Completion Date:

01/1994
Population ecology of Bartran's ixia (Calydorea coelestina (Bartr.))
RWO: 101
Investigator(s): G.W. Tanner
Personnel: A. Miller
Completion Date:

10/1995
Summary report of air quality studies done at Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge
RWO: 102
Investigator(s): E.R. Allen
Personnel: R. Venuto
Completion Date:

06/1994
Maintenance, Propagation, and restoration of the endangered Stock Island tree snail, following Hurricane Andrew
RWO: 106
Investigator(s): T.C. Emmel
Personnel: P.J. Eliazer, J.C. Daniels, N.D. Eliazer, R.A. Worth and K.A. Schwarz
Completion Date:

10/1995
An ecosystem approach to public education and information at Eglin Air Force Base
RWO: 107
Investigator(s): S.K. Jacobson
Personnel: S.B. Marynowski
Completion Date:

09/1997
Mercury concentrations in blood and feathers of nestling bald eagles
RWO: 108
Investigator(s): P.B. Wood
Personnel: J.H. White, A. Steffer, J.M. Wood and H.F. Percival
Completion Date:

12/1994
Evaluations of the efficacy of exotics as aquaculture and management species in Florida
RWO: 109
Investigator(s): J.V. Shireman
Personnel: J.E. Weaver and K. Opusbynski
Completion Date:

02/1994
Wading bird nesting success studies in the Everglades
RWO: 110
Investigator(s): P.C. Frederick
Completion Date:

12/1993
Understory response to longleaf pine-sandhill restoration techniques
RWO: 111
Investigator(s): G.W. Tanner
Personnel: J.L. Hardesty, S.J. Berish
Completion Date:

03/1996
Captive propagation and habitat reintroduction for the Schaus swallowtaile following Hurricane Andrew
RWO: 113
Investigator(s): T.C. Emmel
Personnel: J.C. Daniels, A. Sourakov, P.J. Eliazar, M.C. Minno, S.D. Larson, L.L. Groce, J.A. Fletcher, J.L. Nation, Jr., R.A. Worth and K.A. Schwarz
Completion Date:

09/1994
RWO:
Investigator(s):
Personnel:
Completion Date:

Habitat associations, reproduction, and foraging ecology of Audobon's crested caracara in south-central Florida
RWO: 114
Investigator(s): S.R. Humphrey
Personnel: J.L. Morrison, S.M. McGehee and L.D. Todd
Completion Date:

05/1996
Genetic analysis of sea turtle populations in the western Atlantic Ocean with emphasis on the southeast United States
RWO: 115
Investigator(s): B.W. Bowen, A.B. Bolten and K.A. Bjorndal
Completion Date:

06/1997
Changes in salinity and vegetation following re-establishment of natural hydrology on the lower Savannah River
RWO: 117
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens
Personnel: P.J. Latham, L.P. Peterson and B. Mace
Completion Date:

03/1995
Effect of marine pollution on juvenile pelagic sea turtles (RWO:66) and biology of pelagic sea turtles: Effects of marine debris
RWO: 118 (Continuation of RWO 66)
Investigator(s): K.A. Bjorndal and A.B. Bolten
Personnel: P.J. Latham, L.P. Peterson and B. Mace
Completion Date:

06/1998
Follow-up of a 14 year old crested wetland/upland landscape on phosphate-mined land in central Florida
RWO: 120
Investigator(s): G.R. Best and W.M. Kitchens
Completion Date:

03/1995
Assessing the impact of vehicular traffic on beach habitat and wildlife, Cape San Blas
RWO: 121
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: J.H. Cox, Jr. and S.C. Colwell
Completion Date:

06/1994
Landscape dynamics of scrub lizards on Avon Park Air Force range
RWO: 122
Investigator(s): L.C. Branch
Personnel: D.G. Hokit
Completion Date:

09/1996
Post hurricane density and recovery status of the Key Largo woodrat and cotton mouse
RWO: 123
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: K. Millar and B.W. Keith
Completion Date:

08/1996
Trends, status and aspects of demography of the red-cockaded woodpecker in the sandhills of Florida's panhandle
RWO: 124
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: J.L. Hardesty, R.J. Smith, K.E. Gault, M.E. Gatlin and L.F. Phillips
Completion Date:

03/1995
Evaluation of sampling and analytical protocols for manatee capture-recapture and telemetry data
RWO: 125
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: L.W. Lefebvre and C.J. Deutsch
Completion Date:

07/1996
Cape San Blas ecological study
RWO: 126
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens, H.F. Percival, R.R. Carthy and L.G. Pearlstine
Personnel: S.V. Colwell and M.M. Lamont
Completion Date:

08/1997
Status and distribution of the Florida scrub jay (Aphelocoma coreulescens) on Cape Canaveral, Florida
RWO: 127
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: J.L. Hardesty and D.B. McDonald
Completion Date:

05/1995
Enhancement and evaluation of a designaated watchable wildlife site
RWO: 130
Investigator(s): J.M. Schaefer and S.K. Jacobson
Personnel: 01/1997
Completion Date:

Mercury contamination in great egrets (Casmerodius albus) in southern Florida
RWO: 132
Investigator(s): P.C. Frederick
Personnel: M.G. Spaulding, M.S. Sepulveda, G.E. Williams, K. Golden and C. Gill
Completion Date:

09/1995
The acute toxicity of malathion to glochidia and freshwater mussels
RWO: 133
Investigator(s): E.J. Phlips
Personnel: A.E. Keller
Completion Date:

03/1995
The role of environmental contaminants in the prevalanece of fish infected with a wading bird parasite (Eustrongylides ignotus)
RWO: 134
Investigator(s): D.J. Forester, M.G. Spaulding
Personnel: D. Morrison, D.F. Coyner and T.M. Miller
Completion Date:

09/1995
Development of an ecologically stable cost efficient biological water treatment system and technology transfer system
RWO: 135
Investigator(s): J.V. Shireman
Personnel: N.A. Funicelli
Completion Date:

09/1995
Status and distribution of the Florida scrub jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens on Cape Canaveral, Florida
RWO: 136
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: D.B. McDonald, J.L. Hardesty
Completion Date:

10/1995
Disruption of endocrine function and reproductive potential by environmental contaminants on Lake Apopka's alligators and other taxa
RWO: 137
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: L.J. Guillette, T.S. Gross, K.G. Rice, C.L. Abercrombie and A.R. Woodward
Completion Date:

10/1995
The epidemiology of upper respiratory tract disease (Mycoplasma agassizii) in desert tortoises at three sites in the California deserts
RWO: 138
Investigator(s): M. Brown
Personnel: I.M. Schumacher, P.A. Klein, D. Dukes, B. Crenshaw and K. Berry
Completion Date:

04/1995
Research objectives to support the South Florida Ecosystem Initiative - Water conservation areas, Lake Okeechobee and the east-west waterways
RWO: 139
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens
Completion Date:

09/1997
The relationships between host plant and habitat for the distribution of three potentially endangered south Florida butterfly species
RWO: 145
Investigator(s): T.C. Emmel
Personnel: R.A. Worth and K.A. Schwarz
Completion Date:

09/1995
Trends, status, and aspects of demography of the red-cockaded woodpecker in the sandhills of Florida's panhandle, Part II
RWO: 146
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival, J.L. Hardesty
Personnel: K.E. Gault, L.F. Phillips, J.B. Jensen and J. Tomcho
Completion Date:

03/1997
Use of unionid mussels as bioindicators of water quality in Escambia Conecuh River system
RWO: 149
Investigator(s): E. Phlips
Personnel: A. Keller
Completion Date:

06/1997
captive propagation and experimental reintroduction of Florida's Scaus swallowtail
RWO: 151
Investigator(s): T.C. Emmel
Personnel: J.C. Daniels, A. Sourakov, P.J. Eliazar, V. Kroutov, J.P. Hall, K.M. Wilmott, S.D. Schlachta, J.B. Schlachta, N.D. Eliazar
Completion Date:

12/1997
Testing and implementation of selected aquatic ecosystem indicators in the Mississippi River system, 1995: Potential effects of endocrine-disrupting contaminants
RWO: 153
Investigator(s): T.S. Gross
Completion Date:

09/1997
Modeling and simulation support for ATLSS
RWO: 154
Investigator(s): P.A. Fishwick
Completion Date:

12/1999
The effect of Everglades food items (prey) on crocodilian growth development and fertility
RWO: 154b
Investigator(s): P.T. Cardielhac
Completion Date:

12/1999
American alligator distribution, thermoregulation, and biotic potential relative to hydroperiod in the Everglades National Park
RWO: 154
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival and K.G. Rice
Completion Date:

12/1999
Wading bird population monitoring, environmental correlates of adult foraging success, and measurement of nestling energetic needs in the Everglades: Part I
RWO: 158
Investigator(s): P.C. Frederick
Personnel: J. Surkick, J. Salatas, J. Burm and C. Schaadt
Completion Date:

04/1997
Enhancement of natural dune building and revegetation processes on Santa Rosa Island
RWO: 159
Investigator(s): D.L. Miller, M. Thetford
Completion Date:

08/1998
Pathogenic, molecular and immunological properties of a herpesvirus associated with green turtle fibropapillomatosis. Phase I. Virus Isolation and transmission
RWO: 161
Investigator(s): P.A. Klein and E. Jacobson
Completion Date:

06/1998
Movements, spatial use patters, and habitat utilization of radio-tagged West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) along the Atlantic coast of Florida and Georgia
RWO: 163
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival, C.J. Deutsch and L.W. Lefebvre
Personnel: 07/2000
Completion Date:

Migrations and habitat use of sea turtles in the Bahamas
RWO: 166
Investigator(s): K.A. Bjorndal and A.A. Bolten
Completion Date:

09/1998
Population genetic structure of marine turtles, Eremochelys imbricata and Caretta caretta, in the southeastern United States and adjacent Caribbean region
RWO: 167
Investigator(s): B.W. Bowen and A.L. Bass
Completion Date:

06/1998
Effects of prescribed fire on soil nutrients, forage quality, and plant community composition, and on breeding bird communities in the Florida Panther NWR
RWO: 168
Investigator(s): M.B. Main
Completion Date:

07/1999
Distrubution and abundance of sensitive wildlife at Avon Park Air Force Base
RWO: 169
Investigator(s): R. Franz
Completion Date:

12/1998
Red-cockaded woodpecker cavities and snags in longleaf pine forests: Cavity nester use and nesting success
RWO: 170
Investigator(s): k.E. Sieving
Completion Date:

09/1998
Marine turtle conservation on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua
RWO: 171
Investigator(s): L.J. Guillette, Jr.
Personnel: C.L Campbell and C.J. Lagueux
Completion Date:

12/1997
Produce a manual of sea turtle research and conservation techniques
RWO: 172
Investigator(s): K.A. Bjorndal and A.B. Bolten
Completion Date:

07/1999
Habitat assessment in a landscape context: Analysis of the factors affecting the distribution and abundance of the Florida Scrub Lizard
RWO: 173
Investigator(s): L.C. Branch
Personnel: D.G. Hokit
Completion Date:

04/1996
Plant and invertebrate community responses to restoration techniques in degraded Florida sandhills: Third year posttreatment
RWO: 174
Investigator(s): G.W. Tanner and D.R. Gordon
Completion Date:

07/1998
Demographics, genetic relationships, and impacts from red imported fire ants on the Florida grasshopper sparrow
RWO: 175a
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: 03/1998
Completion Date:

Red imported fire ant impacts on the endangered Florida grasshopper sparrow
RWO: 175b
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Completion Date:

06/1998
Wading bird population monitoring, environmental, correlates of adult foraging success, and measurements of nestling energetic needs in the Everglades - phase II
RWO: 176
Investigator(s): P.C. Frederick
Completion Date:

04/1998
Population characterization of Kemp's ridley sea turtles in the Big Bend Area, Gulf of Mexico, Florida (Monitor, assess, and predidct status of and imacts to protected species and their ecosystems)
RWO: 177
Investigator(s): R.R. Carthy
Completion Date:

09/1998
Nesting, growth, and survival of American crocodiles in northeastern Florida Bay, Everglades National Park: Phase I
RWO: 178
Investigator(s): F.J. Mazzotti and L.A. Brandt
Completion Date:

04/2000
Breeding and reintroduction of the endangered Schaus swallowtail
RWO: 179
Investigator(s): T.C. Emmel
Completion Date:

03/1998
Pathogenic, molecular, and immunological properties of a virus associated with sea turtle fibropapillomatosis. Phase II: Viral pathogenesis and development of diagnostic assays
RWO: 180
Investigator(s): P.A. Klein, E.R. Jacobson, D.R. Brown, S.S. Coberley and D. Bagley
Completion Date:

06/2000
Dry down tolerance of Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa): Effects of age and season
RWO: 182
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival, P.C. Darby and Z.C. Welch
Completion Date:

08/2000
Estimating survival and movements in snail kite population
RWO: 183
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens and R.E. Bennetts
Completion Date:

07/1998
Tree island biological inventory: Landscape level assessment and determination of tree island area, shape, and vegetation zones
RWO: 184
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens and L.A. Brandt
Completion Date:

09/1998
Effects of coastal erosion on nesting sea turtles along the Florida panhandle
RWO: 185
Investigator(s): R.R. Carthy and M.M. Lamont
Completion Date:

05/2000
Improving survey methods and assessing impoundment effects on waterfowl ecology at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
RWO: 186
Investigator(s): R.R. Carthy
Completion Date:

06/1999
Florida Gap Analysis (Florida Gap Analysis Project)
RWO: 187
Investigator(s): L.G. Pearlstine and S.E. Smith
Completion Date:

12/1999
Factors affecting breeding status of wading birds in the Everglades
RWO: 188
Investigator(s): P.C. Frederick and M.G. Spalding
Completion Date:

01/1999
Savannah River marsh vegetation survey and response of competitive dynamics to disturbance
RWO: 190
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens, M.L. Dusek, R.J. Dusek, J.A. Duberstein, K.J. Mallow, J.M. Brush, C.S. Loftin and T.Y. Henrichon
Funding Source: U.S. Fish and Wildife Service
Completion Date:

04/2003
Factors affecting breeding status of wading birds in the Everglades
RWO: 191
Investigator(s): P.C. Frederick and M.M. Spalding
Funding Sourche: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Completion Date:

04/2002
A comparison between the population of the potential tumor-promoting dinoflagellate, Prorocentrum spp. and the incidence of fibropapillomatosis in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Florida and Hawaii
RWO: 192
Investigator(s): R.R. Carthy and Y.C. Anderson
Completion Date:

06/2000
Relations of environmental contaminants, algal toxins, and diet with the reproductive success of American alligators on Florida lakes
RWO: 193
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival and T.S. Gross
Personnel: B. Bradford
Funding Source: U.S. Geological Survey/Biological Resources Division/Florida Caribbean Science Center
Completion Date:

08/2001
Further strategies for evaluating the etiological role of a tumor-associated herpesvirus in marine turtle fibropapillomatosis
RWO: 194
Investigator(s): P.A. Klein, E.R. Jacobson, S.S. Coberley and D. Bagley
Funding Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Completion Date:

09/2001
Contaminant screening to investigate wildlife mortality on lakes in central Florida
RWO: 195
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival and J.P. Ross
Funding Source: U.S. Fish and Wildife Service
Completion Date:

04/2003
Evaluation of desert tortoises in and around Fort Irwin for exposure to a tortoise herpesvirus
RWO: 196
Investigator(s): P.A. Klein, E.R. Jacobson, F. Origgi and S. Tucker
Funding Source: Department of Defense, Fort Irwin, CA
Completion Date:

04/2001
Incubation temperatures and sex rations of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) hatched on northwest Florida beaches
RWO: 197a
Investigator(s): R.R. Carthy and M.L. Maglothin
Completion Date:

08/2000
Biology of nesting sea turtles along the Florida panhandle
RWO: 197b
Investigator(s): R.R. Carthy and M.M. Lamont
Completion Date:

08/2000
Wildlife Refuge waterfowl survey database
RWO: 202
Investigator(s): R.R. Carthy, E. McMichael and R. Subramaniya
Completion Date:

12/2000
A comparison between Hawaii and Florida: The potential link between the tumor-promoting dinoflagellate, Prorocentrum spp., and the prevalence of Fibropapillomatosis in green turtles
RWO: 210
Investigator(s): R.R. Carthy and Y.C. Anderson
Completion Date:

12/2000
Wintering feeding ecology of black skimmers on the Florida gulf coast
Investigator(s): L.D. Harris
Personnel: B. Black
Completion Date:

1981
Aspects of the thermnal biology and ecological considerations of the blue tilapia
Investigator(s): J.A. McCann
Personnel: A.V. Zale
Completion Date:

12/1984
Habitat preference of early life stages of fishes in Orange Lake, Florida with an evaluation of sampling methods
Investigator(s): W. Gregory
Personnel: R. Conrow
Completion Date:

12/1984
Nest site selection and habitat use by largemouth bass
Investigator(s): R.W. Gregory
Personnel: N.A. Bruno
Completion Date:

12/1984
Site-specific reduction of manatee boat/barge mortalities in Florida
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival and R.W. Gregory
Personnel: M.F. Kinnaird
Completion Date:

05/1984
Mitigation of fish and wildlife values in rock-mined areas of south Florida
Investigator(s): R.W. Gregory and H.F. Percival
Personnel: R.W. Repenning
Completion Date:

08/1984
Wildlife values of southeastern bottomland forests
Investigator(s): L.D. Harris
Completion Date:

09/1984
The state of knowledge of gray fox harvest management
Investigator(s): R.F. Labisky, S.R. Humphrey and H.F. Percival
Personnel: J.A. Hovis
Completion Date:

01/1984
Winter ecology of ring-necked ducks in north-central Florida
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival and J. Thul
Personnel: C.W. Jeske
Completion Date:

08/1985
Evaluation of alligator hatchling removal from wild populations in Florida
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: M.L. Jennings
Completion Date:

03/1986
Biometrical support for GFC's Gainesville Research Laboratory
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: C.L. Abercrombie and T. O'Brien
Completion Date:

06/1985
Evaluation of captive breeding and reintroduction of the Florida panther
Investigator(s): J.F. Eisenberg
Completion Date:

12/1985
Movement and survival of captive-reared gharials in the Narayani River, Nepal
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: T.M. Maskey
Completion Date:

12/1988
Black bear habitat variables
Investigator(s): L.H. Harris and D. Maehr
Personnel: C.W. Jeske
Completion Date:

07/1985
Evaluation of alligator egg viability from four wetlands in Florida
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival and A.R. Woodward
Personnel: M.L. Jennings
Completion Date:

04/1988
Habitat use, movements, migration patterns, and survival rates of subadult bald eagles in north Florida
Investigator(s): M.W. Collopy
Personnel: P.B. Wood
Completion Date:

12/1991
Effectiveness of wildlife crossing structures on Alligator Alley (I-75) for reducing animal/auto collisions
Investigator(s): S.R. Humphrey
Personnel: M.L. Foster
Completion Date:

12/1991
Use of cortical bone stratification to determine age in American alligators
Investigator(s): A.R. Woodward and C. Woodward/td>
Completion Date:

06/1991
Biology of Florida's mottled duck
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: P.N. Gray
Completion Date:

05/1992
Environmental influences on reproductive potential and clutch viability of the American alligator from seven study sites in Florida
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: G.R. Masson and K.G. Rice
Completion Date:

07/1992
Nesting biology of the American alligator in Florida
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: K.G. Rice, G.R. Masson
Completion Date:

09/1992
Alligator egg viabilty and population trends on Lake Apopka, Florida
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival and L.J. Guillette, Jr.
Personnel: G.R. Masson and K.G. Rice
Completion Date:

06/1993
Alligator nest production estimation in Florida
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: K.G. Rice and A.R. Woodward
Completion Date:

08/1992
Issues and options related to management of Silver Springs rhesus macaques
Investigator(s): C.L. Montague, S.V. Colwell and H.F. Percival
Personnel: J.F. Gottgens
Completion Date:

12/1993
Evaluating the regional effects of citrus development on the ecological integrity of southwest Florida
Investigator(s): F.J. Mazzotti and W.M. Kitchens
Personnel: L.A. Brandt, L.G. Pearlstine, T.A. Obreza, C.E. Arnold and C.N. Huegel
Completion Date:

05/1992
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival and L.J. Guillette, Jr.
Personnel: G.R. Masson and K.G. Rice
Completion Date:

06/1993
A geographic information system model of fire damange and vegetation recovery in the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens
Personnel: J.E. Silveira and J.R. Richardson
Completion Date:

12/1993
Development abnormalities of the reproductive system of alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) from contaminated and control lakes in Florida
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Completion Date:

05/1994
Snail kite census
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens and R.E. Bennetts
Completion Date:

12/1995
Egg viability, sexual development, hatchling viability, and growth in alligators from Lake Apopka and Lake Beauclair
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: L.J. Guillette, T.S. Gross, K.G. Rice, A.R. Woodward and C.L. Abercrombie
Completion Date:

07/1995
Refinement of population estimation techniques for wild turkeys - Year 3
Investigator(s): G.W. Tanner
Personnel: J.L. Kalso
Completion Date:

06/1995
Community response to restoration techniques in degraded Florida sandhill systems
Investigator(s): G.W. Tanner
Personnel: D.R. Gordon and H.F. Percival
Completion Date:

03/1996
Marine turtle nesting biology and assessment of anthropogenic disturbances to hatchling orientation at Eglin Air Force Base on Santa Rosa Island and Cape San Blas
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: L.G. Pearlstine and S.V. Colwell
Completion Date:

04/1996
Nocropsies of ill and dying desert tortoises from California and elsewhere in the southwestern United States
Investigator(s): B.L. Homer
Personnel: E.R. Jacobson and K.H. Berry
Completion Date:

03/1996
Potential effects of endocrine-disrupting contaminants
Investigator(s): T.S. Gross
Personnel: H.F. Percival, K.G. Rice, A.R. Woodward and C.L. Abercrombie
Completion Date:

06/1996
Interactions among cavity-dependent species in longleaf pine forests: The roles of snags and red-cockaded woodpeckmer cavities
Investigator(s): J.D. Harris
Personnel: R. Costa and J.J. Kappes, Jr.
Completion Date:

08/1996
Estimation and environmental correlates of survival and dispersal of snail kites in Florida
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens
Personnel: P.C. Darby and P.V. Darby
Completion Date:

02/1996
Egg viability and population trends of Lake Apopka alligators: Relationships among populations and biographical parameters
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: K.G. Rice
Completion Date:

07/1996
Evaluation of S.R. 46 wildlife crossing
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: J.C. Roof and J.B. Wooding
Completion Date:

05/1996
Evaluating the ecological role of alligator holes in the Everglades landscape
Investigator(s): F.J. Mazzotti and H.F. Percival
Personnel: L.A. Brandt
Completion Date:

12/1997
Egg viability and population trends of Lake Apopka alligators
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival
Personnel: K.G. Rice and G> Davidson
Completion Date:

07/1997
Creation of an updated land cover map of Florida
Investigator(s): L.G. Pearlstine and W.M. Kitchens
Completion Date:

08/1999
Orientation of digital aerial images and protocol development
Investigator(s): L.G. Pearlstine and S.E. Smith
Completion Date:

04/1999
Application of the species at risk conservation for the Florida Army National Guard at Camp Blanding training site, Clay County, Florida
RWO: 201
Investigator(s): R.R. Carthy
Personnel: C.J. Gregory, A.J> Gruschkle and L.G. Pearlstine
Completion Date:

08/2001
Feeding ecology and habitat affinities of Kemp's ridley sea turtles in the Big Bend, Florida
RWO: 189
Investigator(s): R.R. Carthy
Personnel: J.S. Staiger
Completion Date:

08/2001
Hydrological characterization of the White River basin
RWO: 203
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens
Personnel: M.A. Craig and W.R. Wise
Completion Date:

09/2001
A multimodel implementation supporting ATLSS: Across tropic level system simulation
RWO: 204
Investigator(s): P.A. Fishwick
Personnel: R.M. Cubert, L.K. Dance, J.F. Hopkins and T. Kim
Completion Date:

12/2001
Time lapse landscape ecology: Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (MINR)
RWO: 198
Investigator(s): R.R. Carthy and J.B. Wooding
Personnel: W.J. Barichivich
Completion Date:

12/2001
Ecological inventory of Moody Air Force Base and surrounding properties (Z-038)
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens
Personnel: C.J. Gregory and M.M. Lamon
Completion Date:

03/2003
Ecological inventory of Moody Air Force base and surrounding properties II
Investigator(s): Raymond Carthy
Personnel: C.J. Gregory and B. Bird
Completion Date:

02/2003
Large scale habitat monitoring for migratory birds: Digital video mosaics in multi-level images
RWO: 215
Investigator(s): B.A. Dewitt and L.G. Pearlstine
Personnel: G. Trull, S.R. Gonzales, L. Hicks and G.P. Jones IV
Completion Date:

08/2003
Inventory and monitoring of the amphibians of Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve and Virgin Island National Park
RWO: 208
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival, K.G. Rice, R.R. Carthy and J.D. Nichols
Personnel: C.D. Bugbee, M.E. Crockett, A.D. Dove, B. Jeffery, A.J. Maskell and J.H. Waddle
Completion Date:

12/2003
American alligator distribution termoregulations, and biotic potential relative to hydroperiod in the Everglades
RWO: 199
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival and K.G. Rice
Personnel: M.D. Chopp, A.G. Finger, P. George, B. Jeffery and M.T. Tuten
Completion Date:

12/2003
Seroepidemiological studies of herpesvirus-associated diseases of marine turtlesL fibropapillomatosis and lung-eye-trachea disease
RWO: 213
Investigator(s): R.R. Carthy, P.A. Klein and E.R. Jacobson
Personnel: D.A. Bagley, S.S. Coberly and R. Hirschman
Completion Date:

12/2003
An estimate of population and age structure for Gulf of Mexico sturgeon Acipenser o. desotoi, on the Yellow River
RWO: 214
Investigator(s): M.S. Allen
Personnel: J. Berg
Completion Date:

12/2003
Contaminant screening to investigate wildlife mortality on lakes in central Florida
RWO: 195
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival and J.P. Ross
Personnel: Y. Temsiripong
Completion Date:

04/2003
Hibernation vs. migration overwintering strategies of juvenile sea turtles in the Florida panhandle
UF Project #: 00037385
Investigator(s): R.R. Carthy and E. McMichael
Personnel: Russell Scarpino
Completion Date:

06/2004
Coastal habitat use by juvenile and adult sea turtles in northwest Florida
RWO: 216
Investigator(s): R.R. Carthy
Personnel: E. McMichael and R. Scarpino
Completion Date:

08/2004
Estimation of critical demographic parameters of the Florida snail kite during and after drought conditions
RWO: 216
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens
Personnel: J. Martin, C. Cattau, C. Rich and D. Piotrowicz
Completion Date:

12/2004
Demographic movement and habitat studies of the endangered snail kite in response to hydrological changes
RWO: 207
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens
Personnel: J. Martin, C. Cattau, A. Bowling, D. Huser and M. Conners
Completion Date:

03/2005
Monitoring of wading birds nesting activity in WCAs I, II, and III of the Everglades and study of wood stork survival and movements
RWO: 218
Investigator(s): P.C. Frederick
Personnel: R. Hylton,J.D. Semones, J. Heath, J. Simon, K. Williams
Completion Date:

03/2005
Evaluation of sea turtle hatchling disorientation and assessment of techniques for minimizing lighting impacts at Tundall AFB, Bay County, Florida
RWO: 217
Investigator(s): R.R. Carthy
Personnel: R. Scarpino
Completion Date:

03/2005
Partnership in case studies for training and outreach
UF Project #: 00050944
Investigator(s): H.F. Percival and M. Monroe
Personnel: Kristy Bender
Completion Date:

08/2005
Continued vegetation monitoring of the Savannah River todally influenced marshes
Investigator(s): W.M. Kitchens
Personnel: K. Lindgren and Z. Welch
Completion Date:

12/2005
Geomorphic assessment of channel changes along a modified floodplain Pascagoula Basin, Mississippi
Investigator(s): J. Mossa
Personnel: D. Coley, J. Rasmussen and G. Hermansen
Completion Date: