Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Michael S. Gaines Publication_Date: Unknown Title: Computer Simulation Modeling of Intermediate Trophic Levels for ATLSS of the Everglades/Big Cypress Region Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: model Online_Linkage: http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/atlss/ Description: Abstract: This project includes models for primary food bases; the functional group of small fishes, upon which many of the wading birds depend, and the main reptile and amphibian functional groups, which constitute much of the diet of the American alligator. In addition, population models for several important species have been developed. These include a model for the snail kite population of Florida, models for the key wading bird species, and a model of the American crocodile population, all focusing on the effects of hydrology Purpose: This project has the goal of developing models for key components of the Everglades landscape as part of the overall Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS) program. The proposed work has four major objectives: 1. Provide rapid support for CERP by producing output and interpretation of requested runs of ATLSS models. 2. Complete an ATLSS model for the American crocodile that is in the final stage of work. 3. Validate models of the snail kite and the Cape Sable seaside sparrow. 4. Providing field work and habitat quality indices for effects of hydrology on selected small mammal and amphibian species. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20020201 Ending_Date: 20071231 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Intermediate trophic levels for Everglades/Big Cypress area Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.397755 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.277306 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.264269 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.686419 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: biology Theme_Keyword: model Theme_Keyword: ATLSS Theme_Keyword: Across Trophic Levels System Simulation Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: biota Theme_Keyword: 002 Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: 007 Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: 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 Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: US Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: 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 Place_Keyword: Florida Place_Keyword: FL Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: 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 Place_Keyword: Broward County Place_Keyword: Collier County Place_Keyword: Miami-Dade County Place_Keyword: Monroe County Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System Place_Keyword: Big Cypress National Preserve Place_Keyword: Everglades National Park Place_Keyword: Florida Bay Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Central Everglades Place_Keyword: South East Coast Place_Keyword: SW Big Cypress Taxonomy: Keywords/Taxon: Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Taxonomic_Keywords: animals Taxonomic_Keywords: multiple species Taxonomic_Keywords: vertebrates Taxonomic_System: Classification_System/Authority: Classification_System_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: 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) Publication_Date: 2000 Title: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Database Other_Citation_Details: Retrieved from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov. Online_Linkage: http://www.itis.gov Taxonomic_Procedures: unknown Taxonomic_Completeness: unknown General_Taxonomic_Coverage: Specimens were identified to the species or subspecies level as appropriate Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom Taxon_Rank_Value: Animal Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Phylum Taxon_Rank_Value: Chordata Applicable_Common_Name: chordates Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Subphylum Taxon_Rank_Value: Vertebrata Applicable_Common_Name: vertebrates Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Class Taxon_Rank_Value: Mammalia Applicable_Common_Name: mammals Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Subclass Taxon_Rank_Value: Theria Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Infraclass Taxon_Rank_Value: Eutheria Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Order Taxon_Rank_Value: Rodentia Applicable_Common_Name: rodents Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Infraorder Taxon_Rank_Value: Myomorpha Applicable_Common_Name: mice Applicable_Common_Name: rats Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Family Taxon_Rank_Value: Muridae Applicable_Common_Name: mice Applicable_Common_Name: rats Applicable_Common_Name: voles Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Subfamily Taxon_Rank_Value: Sigmodontinae Applicable_Common_Name: New World rats Applicable_Common_Name: New world mice Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus Taxon_Rank_Value: Oryzomys Applicable_Common_Name: rice rats Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Species Taxon_Rank_Value: Orzsomys palustris Applicable_Common_Name: marsh rice rat Applicable_Common_Name: Rata-arrocera de pantano Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Subspecies Taxon_Rank_Value: Orzsomys palustris natator Applicable_Common_Name: rice rat Applicable_Common_Name: silver rice rat Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Subspecies Taxon_Rank_Value: Oryzomys argentatus (invalid) Applicable_Common_Name: silver rice rat Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus Taxon_Rank_Value: Sigmodon Applicable_Common_Name: cotton rats Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Species Taxon_Rank_Value: Sigmodon hispidus Applicable_Common_Name: hispid cotton rat Applicable_Common_Name: Rata-algodonera crespa Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Class Taxon_Rank_Value: Reptilia Applicable_Common_Name: reptiles Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Order Taxon_Rank_Value: Crocodilia Applicable_Common_Name: alligators Applicable_Common_Name: caimans Applicable_Common_Name: crocodiles Applicable_Common_Name: crocodilians Applicable_Common_Name: gavials Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Family Taxon_Rank_Value: Alligatoridae Applicable_Common_Name: alligators Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus Taxon_Rank_Value: Allogator Applicable_Common_Name: alligators Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Species Taxon_Rank_Value: Alligator mississippiensis Applicable_Common_Name: alligator Applicable_Common_Name: American alligator Applicable_Common_Name: Florida alligator Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Class Taxon_Rank_Value: Aves Applicable_Common_Name: birds Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Order Taxon_Rank_Value: Ciconiiformes Applicable_Common_Name: eagles Applicable_Common_Name: hawks Applicable_Common_Name: diurnal birds of prey Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Family Taxon_Rank_Value: Accipitridae Applicable_Common_Name: eagles Applicable_Common_Name: hawks Applicable_Common_Name: kites Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus Taxon_Rank_Value: Rostrhamus Applicable_Common_Name: snail kites Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Species Taxon_Rank_Value: Rostrhamus sociabilis Applicable_Common_Name: snail kite Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Subspecies Taxon_Rank_Value: Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus Applicable_Common_Name: everglade snail kite Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Order Taxon_Rank_Value: Passeriformes Applicable_Common_Name: perching birds Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Family Taxon_Rank_Value: Fringilidae Applicable_Common_Name: sparrows Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus Taxon_Rank_Value: Ammodramus Applicable_Common_Name: grassland sparrows Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Species Taxon_Rank_Value: Ammodramus maritimus Applicable_Common_Name: seaside sparrow Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Subspecies Taxon_Rank_Value: Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis Applicable_Common_Name: Cape Sable seaside sparrow Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: These data are subject to change and are not citeable until reviewed and approved for official publication. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Michael S. Gaines Contact_Organization: Department of Biology, University of Miami Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: P.O. Box 249118 City: Coral Gables State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33124-0421 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 305 284-5058 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: m.gaines@miami.edu Data_Set_Credit: Other project personnel include Don DeAngelis and Wolf M. Mooij. Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: DeAngelis, D. L. Gross. L.J. Publication_Date: 2002 Title: The use of models for multi-scaled ecological monitoring Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Book chapter Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Covela, CA Publisher: Island Press Other_Citation_Details: in Monitoring Ecosystems: Interdisciplinary Approaches for Evaluating Ecoregional Initiatives, eds. D. Busch and J. C. Trexler Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: DeAngelis, D. L. Gross, Louis J. Publication_Date: 1998 Title: Landscape modeling for Everglades ecosystem restoration Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: Ecosystems Issue_Identification: v. 1 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: New York, NY Publisher: Springer-Verlag Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: DeAngelis, D. L. Gross, L. J., Wolff, W. F., Fleming, D. M., Nott, M. P., Comiskey, E. J. Publication_Date: 2000 Title: Individual-based models on the landscape: applications to the Everglades Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Book chapter Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Boca Raton, FL Publisher: Lewis Publishers Other_Citation_Details: in Landscape Ecology: A Top-Down Approach J. Sanderson and L. D. Harris, eds. Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Mooij, William M. Bennetts, Robert E. Publication_Date: 2002 Title: Exploring the effect of drought extent and interval on the Florida snail kite: interplay between spatial and temporal scales Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: Ecological Modelling Issue_Identification: v. 149, no. 1-2 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Amsterdam, Netherlands Publisher: Elsevier Science B V Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: DeAngelis, D. L. Mooij, W. M., Nott, M. P., Bennetts, R. E. Publication_Date: 2001 Title: Individual-based models: The importance of variability among individuals Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Book chapter Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Covello, CA Publisher: Island Press Other_Citation_Details: in Modeling in Natural Resource Management: Development, Interpretation, and Application A. Franklin and T. Schenk, eds. Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: DeAngelis, D. L. Bellmund, S., Mooij, W. M., Nott, M. P., Comiskey, E. J., Gross, L. J., Wolff, W. F. Publication_Date: 2002 Title: Modeling ecosystem and population dynamics on the South Florida hydroscape Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Book chapter Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Delray Beach, FL Publisher: CRC Press Other_Citation_Details: in The Everglades, Florida Bay and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys: An Ecosystem Sourcebook J. W. Porter and K. G. Porter, eds. Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: unavailable Completeness_Report: unavailable Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Certain species types in the Everglades may be good indicators of hydrologic change, but have been neglected in past performance measures. These include small mammals and amphibians. Here, essential field work will be done to study the effects of Everglades hydrology on small mammals, the silver rice rat (Oryzomys agentatus) and the cotton rat (Sigmidon hispidus) . Spatially explicit species index (SESI) models for both of these small mammal species will be developed as part of the ATLSS suite of models. Field work on a few mammal species will be continued in Everglades National Park. This will follow up on several previous years of work. The new work will be directed at providing enough data to construct habitat suitability index (SESI) models for these species. Field work on a few mammal species, in particular , the silver rice rat (Oryzimys agentatus) and the cotton rat (Sigmidon hispidus), will be continued. The approach has been used for a number of species, including the snail kite, Cape Sable seaside sparrow, and American alligator. Process_Date: Not complete Process_Step: Process_Description: Provide rapid support for CERP by producing output and interpretation of requested runs of ATLSS models A Solaris Work station (Sun Blade 100, extra large) capable of simulating the ATLSS models is being purchased and technical support for the models provided. This will be housed and administered in the Department of Biology of the University of Miami. The ATLSS models will be installed in the work station. Process_Date: Not complete Process_Step: Process_Description: The American crocodile individual-based model has been developed with the purpose of the model is to predict how the American crocodile population will respond to alterations in freshwater flow into the estuary habitat. In the working version of the model individuals grow, interact, breed and suffer mortality dependent upon a static hypothetical landscape, salinity, and interactions with other crocodiles. The most recent work has focused on creating a dynamic landscape dependent upon freshwater input. In support of this modeling effort, the American crocodile radio-tracking project seeks to test for salinity effects upon hatchlings. Process_Date: Not complete Process_Step: Process_Description: Two of the key models developed under ATLSS are the spatially explicit models of the snail kite (EVERKITE) and the Cape Sable seaside sparrow (SIMSPAR). These models have been used, but validation of the models is still not as complete as desired. New data are now available on (1) the spatial distribution of nesting success of snail kites across many wetland habitat sites in southern and central Florida, and (2) the spatial distribution of Cape Sable sparrow nesting success. These date will be used to test the present versions of the models. A validation software tool has been developed for use in comparing empirical data with ATLSS model output. It is being employed currently to test the Cape Sable seaside sparrow and snail kite models. This testing can be expanded when the South Florida Water Management Model 2000 calibration runs are available. Process_Date: Not complete Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Michael S. Gaines Contact_Organization: Department of Biology, University of Miami Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: P.O. Box 249118 City: Coral Gables State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33124-0421 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 305 284-5058 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: m.gaines@miami.edu Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Everglades and Big Cypress region Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Michael S. Gaines Contact_Organization: Department of Biology, University of Miami Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: P.O. Box 249118 City: Coral Gables State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33124-0421 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 305 284-5058 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: m.gaines@miami.edu Resource_Description: ATLSS models Distribution_Liability: No warrantees are implied or explicit for the data Standard_Order_Process: Non-digital_Form: Contact Michael Gaines or Don DeAngelis for more information about data from this project. Fees: none Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20070124 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Heather Henkel Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 600 Fourth Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 803-8747 ext 3028 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sofia-metadata@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Part !: Biological Data Profile Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999