Final Report 2005-2009

Annual Report:

Executive Report 2007-2008

Publications/Presentations

1. Carvalho-Knighton, K.M. “Environmental Chemistry Research” April 2006. University of South Florida College of Marine Science (Invited Talk)
2. Carvalho-Knighton, K.M. “Liquid Membranes Incorporated with Metal Particles for Remediation of PCBs” October 2006. University of South Florida Tampa Environmental Research Interdisciplinary Colloquium (ERIC) (Invited Talk)
3. Carvalho-Knighton, K.M. “Liquid Membranes Incorporated with Metal Particles for Remediation of PCBs” September 2006. University of South Florida College of Marine Science (Invited Talk)
4. Carvalho-Knighton, K.M. “Remediation of Environmental Contaminants using Zero-valent Bimetallic Systems” October 2006. University of South Florida St. Petersburg Environmental Science, Policy, and Geography (Invited Talk)
5. Casper, A.F. and L.E. Johnson, Québec-Océan, Pavilion Vachon, Université Laval, Québec, Québec J1K 7P4, Canada. How Does Environmental Heterogeneity Influence Widespread Populations? (http://www.stpt.usf.edu/cspace/casper_poster.pdf). (Poster)
6. DeVor, R., B. Aitken, C.A. Clausen, C.L. Geiger, L. Talalaj, and K. Carvalho-Knighton. “Kinetics and Mechanistic Study of the Stepwise Dechlorination of a PCB using Mechanically Alloyed Palladized Magnesium. Battelle Fifth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, California; May 22-25, 2006 (Oral Presentation)
7. DeVor, Robert; Carvalho-Knighton, Kathleen M.; Geiger, Cherie L. and Clausen, Christian A. “Kinetic and Mechanistic Study of the Degradation of PCB-151 by MgPd.” 70th Florida Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting. Melbourne, FL, March 2006. (Oral Presentation)
8. Earls, J and Dixon, B. 2006 The Influence of Resolution on the SWAT Model: Examining Neighboring Basins. Spring Specialty Conference GIS and Water Resources IV. Houston, TX, May 8-10. (Oral Presentation)
9. Earls, J and Dixon, B. 2006. A comparison of Model-Predicted Evapotranspiration by the SWAT Model with real and Modeled Meteorology. 18th World Congress of Soil Scince, Philadelphia, PA. July 10th – July 14th.
10. Earls, J and Dixon, B. 2006. An Evaluation of the SWAT Model Sensitivity and autocorrealtion to Regression Analyis of Flow Data for Charlie Creek, Central FL. Applied Geography Conference, Tampa FL. Oct 11 – 14. (Oral Presentation)
11. Earls, J and Dixon, B. 2006. Comparison of annual calibration of SWAT model at differing resolutions. Adaptive Management of Water Resources, AWRA Summer Specialty Conference MT, June 26-28. (In press)
12. Earls, J and Dixon, B. 2006. Comparison of annual calibration of SWAT model at differing resolutions. Adaptive Management of Water Resources, AWRA Summer Specialty Conference MT, June 26-28. (Oral Presentation)
13. Earls, J and Dixon, B. 2006. The Influence of Resolution on the SWAT Model: Examining Neighboring Basins. Maidment, David R. and John S. Grounds III (Editors). GIS and Water Resources IV. Proceedings of the American Water Resources Association’s 2006 Spring Specialty Conference. American Water Resources Association, Middleburg, Virginia, TPS-06-1, CD-ROM. ISBN 1-882132-70-X
14. Earls, J. and Dixon, B. 2005. A comparative study of the effects of input resolution on the SWAT model. Pages 213 – 222. In (C. A. Brebbia, and J. S. Antunes do Carmo eds.) River Basin Management III. WIT Press, Southampton, UK.
15. Earls, J. and Dixon, B. 2006. Utilizing SWAT to Model Spatio-Temporal Influences on River Basins at Differing Resolutions. Annual Meeting Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL Mar 7-10. (Oral Presentation)
16. Gore, J.A. and M. Kelly. Tenth International Symposium on Regulated Streams. 2006. Stirling, Scotland. Presented Paper: The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and its influences on instream flow analysis and management decisions: Examples from Florida, USA, rivers. (Oral Presentation)
17. Gore, J.A., Dixon, B, and A. Casper. 2006. Assessing Florida's large rivers: GIS-based data-mining and the impacts of the Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation.Great River Ecosystems Reference Condition Workshop, January 10-11, 2006, Cincinnati, OH. (Oral Presentation)
18. Gore, James A. Brown Bag presentation, “River Flow, How Low Can We Go,” http://www.stpt.usf.edu/brownbag/MFL.htm. (Oral Presentation)
19. Johns, Rebecca A. “The Potential of Geographic Analysis in Solving Environmental Dilemmas,” presented at the Annual Conference of the Interdisciplinary Environmental Association, Orlando, FL, June, 2005. (Oral Presentation)
20. Johns, Rebecca A., 2005. "The Potential of Geographic Analysis in Solving Environmental Dilemmas.” Interdisciplinary Environmental Review. Vol. VII, No. 2, pgs. 13-33. (Publication, a copy in PDF format)
21. Kelly, M. and J.A. Gore. Tenth International Symposium on Regulated Streams. 2006. Stirling, Scotland. Presented Paper: Florida river flow patterns and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). (Oral Presentation)
22. Pomeroy, Lawrence R., D’Elia, Christopher F., Schaffner, Linda C. 2006. Limits to top-down control of phytoplankton by oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 325: 301–309. (Publication)
23. Riedinger-Whitmore, M.A., T.J. Whitmore, and J.M. Smoak. 2006. Nutrient threshold levels for shifts to cyanobacterial dominance: a paleolimnological survey of shallow, productive Florida lakes. 10th International Paleolimnology Symposium, Duluth, MN, June 25-29. (Oral Presentation)
24. Riedinger-Whitmore, M.A., T.J. Whitmore, and J.M. Smoak. 2006. Nutrient threshold levels for shifts to cyanobacterial dominance: a paleolimnological survey of shallow, productive Florida lakes. 10th International Paleolimnology Symposium, Duluth, MN, June 25-29. (Oral Presentation)
25. Smucker, Thomas, Johns, Rebecca, Mustafa, Daanish, Dorsey, Joseph, Krest, James, and Miller, Drea, Connelly, Shanon and Rumschlag, Joshua. “The Social and Environmental Dimensions of Xeriscaping in St. Petersburg Florida: A Pathway for Ameliorating Coastal Environments,” a poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Florida Society of Geographers, St. Petersburg, Florida, February, 2006. See: http://www.stpt.usf.edu/cspace/xeriscaping.pdf. (Oral Presentation)
26. Steimle, E., Fries D. and Hall, M., “Guided Surface Vehicle as a Mobile Instrument Package for Port and Homeland Security” at Pittcon 2006, March 16, 2006, Orlando, FL. (Poster)
27. Steimle, E., Oceanology International 06 21st - 23rd March 2006, London, United Kingdom, “Guided Surface Vehicle as Mobile Instrument Platforms” (Presentation)
28. Steimle, E., Oceans 2006, Boston, MA, “Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.” (Oral Presentation)
29. Steimle, E., Restore America's Estuaries conference in New Orleans, LA, December 9-13, 2006. (Oral Presentation)
30. Steimle, E., seminar at USF-St. Petersburg, Oct. 19, 2006 entitled “Guided Surface Vehicles for Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.” (Oral Presentation)
31. Talalaj, Luke; Halle, Brittany R.; DeVor, Robert; Carvalho-Knighton, Kathleen M.; Geiger, Cherie L.; and Clausen, Christian A. “Dehalogenation of PCBs with zero valent bimetallic systems.” 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 26, 2006 (Poster)
32. Talalaj, Luke; Halle, Brittany R.; DeVor, Robert; Carvalho-Knighton, Kathleen M.; Geiger, Cherie L. and Clausen, Christian A. “Dehalogenation of PCBs with zero valent bimetallic systems.” 70th Florida Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting. Melbourne, FL, March 2006. (Oral Presentation)

2. Xeriscaping poster (please click the image to download a readable PDF file)

3. Environmental Heterogeneity poster (please click the image to download a PDF file)