Don DeAngelis Louis J. Gross, Steve Hartley, James Johnston, Frank J. Mazzotti, Leonard Pearlstine, Kenneth G. Rice Unknown models, reports http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/atlss/ The ATLSS (Across Trophic Level System Simulation) program addresses CERP’s (Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan) need for quantitative projections of effects of scenarios on biota of the Greater Everglades and can provide guidance to monitoring in an adaptive assessment framework. It does this through creating a suite of models for selected Everglades biota, which can translate the hydrologic scenarios into effects on habitat and demographic variables of populations. ATLSS is constructed as a multimodel, meaning that it includes a collection of linked models for various physical and biotic systems components of the Greater Everglades. The ATLSS models are all linked through a common framework of vegetative, topographic, and land use maps that allow for the necessary interaction between spatially explicit information on physical processes and the dynamics of organism response across the landscape. Currently, two important new developments are taking place. First the ATLSS models will soon migrate to a Web-based availability, so that they can be run remotely for various hydrologic scenarios and a set of different assumptions. Second, a vegetation succession model is being completed, which will allow projection of changes in vegetation types across the Everglades landscape as a function of changing hydrology, fire frequency, and nutrient loading. An essential component of restoration planning in South Florida has been the development and use of computer simulation models for the major physical processes driving the system, notably models of hydrology incorporating effects of alternative human control systems and non controlled inputs such as rainfall. The USGS’s ATLSS (Across Trophic Level System Simulation) Program utilizes the outputs of such physical system models as inputs to a variety of ecological models that compare the relative impacts of alternative hydrologic scenarios on the biotic components of South Florida. The immediate objective of ATLSS is to provide a rational, scientific basis for ranking the water management scenarios as part of to the planning process for Everglades restoration. The longer term goals of ATLSS are to help achieve a better understanding of components of the Everglades ecosystem, to provide an integrative tool for empirical studies, and to provide a framework monitoring and adaptive management schemes. The ATLSS Program coordinates and integrates the work of modelers and empirical ecologists at many universities and research centers. The ongoing goals in the ATLSS Program have been to produce models capable of projecting and comparing the effects of alternative hydrologic scenarios on various trophic components of the Everglades. The methodology involves: 1) a landscape structure; 2) a high resolution topography to estimate high resolution water depth across the landscape; 3) models to calculate spatially explicit species indices (SESI) for breeding and foraging success measures across the landscape; 4) spatially explicit individual-based (SEIB) computer simulation models of selected species populations; and 5) ability to plug into variety of visualization and evaluation tools to aid model development, validation, and comparison to field data. Included in this are numerous sub-projects for different species, vegetation succession, analysis of alternative approaches to developing high resolution, models which deal with estuarine systems, methods to allow users from a variety of agencies to access and run the models, and methods to enhance the computational efficiency of the simulations. The continuing general objective is to provide a flexible, efficient collection of methods, utilizing the best current science, to evaluate the relative impacts of alternative hydrologic plans on the biotic systems of South Florida. This is done in a spatially-explicit manner which allows different stakeholders to evaluate the impacts based upon their own criteria for the locations and biotic systems under consideration. There are four projects under the ATLSS program: 1. ATLSS Model Use in CERP Evaluations, Model Testing and Extension to Web-Based Interface 2. Development of an Internet Based GIS to Visualize ATLSS Datasets for Resource Managers 3. Spatial Decision Support for Biodiversity and Indicator Species Responses to CERP Project Activities 4. Integrating Wading Bird Empirical Data into a Model of Wading Bird Foraging Success as a Function of Hydrologic Conditions There are several submodels within the ATLSS Project, including: Alligators, Cape Sable Seaside Sparrows, Crayfish, Deer, Fish, Florida Panthers, Hydrology, Snail Kite, Landscape/Vegetation, and Wading Birds. Models currently available are: ATLSS SESI models: Cape sable seaside sparrow breeding potential index (Version 1.1) Snail kite breeding potential index (Version 1.1) Long-legged wading bird foraging condition index (Version 1.1) Short-legged wading bird foraging condition index (Version 1.1) Empirically-based fish biomass index (Version 1.1) White-tailed deer breeding potential index (Version 1.1) American alligator breeding potential index (Version 1.1) Everglades and slough crayfish (Version 1.1) Apple snail SESI model (Version 1.1) Spatially Explicit Demographic Models: Cape sable seaside sparrow demographic model (SIMSPAR - Version 1.3) Snail kite demographic model (EVERKITE - Version 3.1) Alligator demographic model (Version 1.1) Spatially Explicit Functional Group Models: Freshwater fish dynamics (ALFISH - Version 3.1.17) GIS Animal Tracking Tool: Florida panther tracking tool (PANTRACK - Version 1.1) Landscape Models: High Resolution Topography (HRT - Version 1.4.8) Vegetation productivity (HTDAM - Version 1.1) High Resolution Hydrology (HRH - Version 1.4.8) 1996 Unknown publication date In Work As needed wetland systems of south Florida -81.30333 -80.262125 25.847113 24.696151 none ATLSS model Across Trophic Levels System Simulation hydrology Landscape/vegetation ecology biology alligators Snail Kite wading birds Florida panthers fish crayfish deer Cape Sable Seaside Sparrows ISO 19115 Topic Category biota environment inlandWaters 004 007 012 Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4, Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology United States US U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, D. C., NIST Florida FL Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-3, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology Miami-Dade County Monroe County USGS Geographic Names Information System Florida Bay Big Cypress National Preserve Everglades National Park none Central Everglades SW Big Cypress South East Coast Florida Keys none animals mammals reptiles vertebrates single species U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service (ARS) U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Department of the Interior - U.S. Geological Survey Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) 2000 Database Retrieved from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov. http://www.itis.gov various depending on the animals studied various depending on the submodel requirements Kingdom Animalia animals Phylum Chordata chordates Subphylum Vertebrata vertebrates none None. Acknowledgement of the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated for products derived from these data. Donald L. DeAngelis U.S. Geological Survey mailing address

Dept. of Biology, Univ of Miami P.O. Box 249118

Coral Gables FL 33124-0421 United States (305) 284-31690 (305) 284-3039 don_deangelis@usgs.gov Project personnel include Brian Beckage, Rob Bennetts, Cristina Bondavalli, Laura Brandt, Kevin Chartier, Matthew Chopp, Jon Cline, Jane Comiskey, Phil Darby, Quan Dong, Thomas W. Doyle, Scott Duke-Sylvester, Jennifer DuPree, Paul A. Fishwick, Holly Gaff, Michael S. Gaines, Dale E. Gawlik, Chris Gregory, Johanna J. Heymans, Ray Hilborn, Michael Ignotovich, Brian Jeffrey, Wiley M. Kitchens, Ken W. Krauss, Jason Liddle, M. Philip Nott, Mark Palmer, Michael Peek, H. Franklin Percival, Amanda Rice, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Rene Salinas, Fred H. Sklar, William Sleavin, Daniel Slone, George Stewart, Robert R. Twilley, Robert E. Ulanowicz, and Paul R. Wetzel. DeAngelis, D. L. Gross. L.J. 2002 Book chapter Covela, CA Island Press in Monitoring Ecosystems: Interdisciplinary Approaches for Evaluating Ecoregional Initiatives, eds. D. Busch and J. C. Trexler DeAngelis, D. L. Gross, Louis J. 1998 report Ecosystems v. 1 New York, NY Springer-Verlag DeAngelis, D. L. Gross, L. J., Wolff, W. F., Fleming, D. M., Nott, M. P., Comiskey, E. J. 2000 Book chapter Boca Raton, FL Lewis Publishers in Landscape Ecology: A Top-Down Approach J. Sanderson and L. D. Harris, eds. unavailable unavailable Field See http://www.atlss.org for information regarding the individual species and models. The ongoing goals in the ATLSS Program have been to produce models capable of projecting and comparing the effects of alternative scenarios on various trophic components of the Everglades. ATLSS models delivered in 2003 include: Vegetation Succession Model America Crocodile Model Crayfish Structured Population Model In addition, the ATLSS Program is supporting the development of a Decision Support System. This is to go beyond ad-hoc policy formulation to an analytical and computer-supported platform for effective management and policy-making. Part of this effort involves developing a GIS interface to the ATLSS models and providing network access to ATLSS models. Not complete Work planned for FY 2004 includes four projects needed to continue applications of the ATLSS program to CERP (Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan). These projects are: 1. ATLSS Model Use in CERP Evaluations, Model Testing, and Extension to Web Based Interface, 2. Development of an Internet Based GIS to Visualize ATLSS Datasets, 3. Spatial Decision Support for Biodiversity and Indicator Species Responses to CERP Project Activities, and 4. Integrating Wading Bird Empirical Data into a Model of Wading Bird Foraging Success as a Function of Hydrologic Conditions. The individual project metadata contain more detailed information about each project. Not complete Donald L. DeAngelis U.S. Geological Survey mailing address

Dept. of Biology, Univ of Miami P.O. Box 249118

Coral Gables FL 33124-0421 United States (305) 284-31690 (305) 284-3039 don_deangelis@usgs.gov ATLSS Donald L. DeAngelis U.S. Geological Survey mailing address

Dept. of Biology, Univ of Miami P.O. Box 249118

Coral Gables FL 33124-0421 United States (305) 284-31690 (305) 284-3039 don_deangelis@usgs.gov ATLSS models and data The models are subject to change. No warrantees are implied or explicit for the models. models http://www.atlss.org The models are available from the ATLSS web site. none 20070117 Heather Henkel U.S. Geological Survey mailing and physical address

600 Fourth Street South

St. Petersburg FL 33701 USA 727 803-8747 ext 3028 727 803-2030 sofia-metadata@usgs.gov Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Part 1: Biological Data Profile FGDC-STD-001.1-1999