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+ Data:

(This is a list of new and updated data added; for a complete list of SOFIA data, visit our data exchange pages at http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/)

• New Data:
  • Ecosystem History of South Florida Estuaries Data: Biscayne Bay Ostracode Data (from "Ostracoda as Proxies for Quaternary Climate Change"; Elsevier, Developments in Quaternary Science series)
• Updated Data:
  • Ecosystem History of South Florida Estuaries Data: Ecosystem History Access Database
  • Hydrology Data (South Florida Hydrology Database) (Coastal Gradients of Flow, Salinity and Nutrients; Freshwater Flows to Northeastern FL Bay; Hydrologic Monitoring in Joe Bay; SW FL Coastal & Wetland Systems Monitoring; Flow Monitoring Along the Tidal Caloosahatchee River & Tributaries; Hydrodynamic & Salinity Char. of Rivers and Estuaries of the Ten Thousand Islands, and Empirical Studies in Support of a Pink Shrimp, Farfantepenaeus duorarum, Simulation Model for Florida Bay projects)

+ Metadata:

(This is a list of new and updated metadata added; for a complete list of SOFIA metadata, visit our metadata pages at http://sofia.usgs.gov/metadata/)

• New Metadata:
  • Vegetation Dynamics in Land-Margin Ecosystems: The Mangroves of South Florida (project metadata)
  • Lake Okeechobee Hydrological Data (data set metadata)
  • Life History, Ecology, and Interactions of Everglades Crayfishes in Response to Hydrological Restoration (project metadata)
  • Analysis of Existing Core in the Floridan Aquifer (project metadata)
  • Sea-Level Rise and Climate: Impacts on the Greater Everglades Ecosystem and Restoration (project metadata)
  • High Resolution Bathymetric Mapping (project metadata)
  • Role of Marsh-Mangrove Interface Habitats as Aquatic Refuges for Wetland Fishes and Other Aquatic Animals (project metadata)
  • Empirical Studies in Support of a Pink Shrimp, Farfantepenaeus duorarum, Simulation Model for Florida Bay (project metadata)
  • South Florida Seagrass Fish and Invertebrate Assessment Network (FIAN) (project metadata)
  • Velocity, Conductivity and Temperature, Temperature Profile, Water-Depth (Shark River Slough) (data set metadata)
  • Impacts of Hydrologic and Climatic Change on Greater Everglades Marl Prairies, Marshes, and Sloughs (project metadata)

• Updated Metadata:
  • Hydrodynamic and Bathymetric Characteristics of South Florida Estuarine and Coastal Systems (project metadata)
  • Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) Water Surfaces Data (data set metadata)
  • Evapotranspiration and Rainfall Data for EDEN Gages (data set metadata)
  • Impacts of Hydrological Restoration on Three Estuarine Communities of the Southwest Florida Coast and on Associated Animal Inhabitants (project metadata)
  • Evaluation of Methods to Determine Groundwater Seepage Beneath Levee 30, Miami-Dade County Florida (project metadata)
  • Levee 30 Water Level Daily Values (data set metadata)
  • Levee 30 Water Level Unit Values (data set metadata)
  • Lake Okeechobee Watershed Project (project metadata)
  • Flow Effects on Greater Everglades Ecosystems (project metadata)
  • Greater Everglades Landscape Dynamics (project metadata)
  • Ecosystem History of South Florida Estuaries Data version 5 (data set metadata)
  • Everglades Gage Gazetteer (data set metadata)
  • Greater Everglades Hydrology Monitoring Network: Data Mining and Modeling to Separate Human and Natural Hydrologic Dynamics (project metadata)
  • Linking a conceptual karst hydrogeologic model of the Biscayne aquifer to ground-water flow simulations within the Greater Everglades from Everglades National Park to Biscayne National Park - Phase I (project metadata)
  • Analysis of Existing Core in the Floridan Aquifer (project metadata)
  • Alligator Ecology, Modeling, and Monitoring to Complement MAP (project metadata)
  • Empirical Studies in Support of a Pink Shrimp, Farfantepenaeus duorarum, Simulation Model for Florida Bay (project metadata)
  • Creation of a Digital Archive of Historical Aerial Photographs for Everglades NP and the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (project metadata)
  • Remote Sensing of Water Turbidity and Sedimentation in Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay (project metadata)
  • Determining Target Salinity Values for Restoration of the Estuaries of the Greater Everglades (project metadata)
  • South Florida Hydrology Database (data set metadata)

+ Publications:

(These postings include USGS publications as well as other selected publications that have been converted from paper to an electronic format for the web. Some publications are found on sites other than SOFIA.)

Abstract:

• Monitoring Freshwater Flow to Florida Bay and the Southwestern Coastal Estuaries of Everglades National Park in Support of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

Open File Reports:

• Evidence of Environmental Change in Rankin Basin, Central Florida Bay, Everglades National Park (OFR 2010-1125)
• Benthic Habitat Classification in Lignumvitae Key Basin, Florida Bay, using the U.S. Geological Survey Along-Track Reef Imaging System (ATRIS) (OFR 2011-1066)
• Multiple technologies applied to a characterization of the porosity and permeability of the Biscayne aquifer, Florida (OFR 2011-1037)

Papers:

• The use of historical charts and photographs in ecosystem restoration: examples from the Everglades Historical Air Photo Project
• Soil and periphyton indicators of anthropogenic water-quality changes in a rainfall-driven wetland
• Dissolved Organic Matter in the Florida Everglades: Implications for Ecosystem Restoration (Please note that this is a (0.8 MB) PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader® to be read)
• Sulfur in the South Florida Ecosystem: Distribution, Sources, Biogeochemistry, Impacts, and Management for Restoration (Please note that this is a (1.6 MB) PDF file and requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader® to be read)

Posters:

• Automation of the Estimation of Missing Water-Level Data for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN)
• Conceptual Components for the Coastal Everglades Depth Estimation Network (Coastal EDEN)
• Dealing with Data Realities - Automation of Evaluation of Data Quality and Estimation of Missing Data for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN)
• Hindcasting Water-Surface Elevations for Water Conservation Area 3A South
• Landscape Unit-Based DEM Development in the North Everglades, Florida

Scientific Investigations Reports:

• Analysis and Simulation of Water-Level, Specific Conductance, and Total Phosphorus Dynamics of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, 1995-2006 (SIR 2010-5244)
• Synthesis of the Hydrogeologic Framework of the Floridan Aquifer System and Delineation of a Major Avon Park Permeable Zone in Central and Southern Florida (SIR 2007-5207)

Talks:

• Development of Inferential Sensors for Real-time Quality Control of Water-level Data for the EDEN Network
• Hindcasting Water Levels for EDEN Gaging Stations, 2000-2006

Technical Report:

• An Isotopic Study of Northeast Everglades National Park and Adjacent Urban Areas

+ Project Updates:

• Bibliography:
  • Kevin Cunningham

• Photo Gallery:
  • Ecosystem History of South Florida Estuaries Photo Gallery

+ People:

(This is a list of new and updated personnel added; for a complete list of SOFIA personnel, visit http://sofia.usgs.gov/people.php)

• G. Ronnie Best
• Paul R. Nelson
• Ursula A. Garfield

+ Projects:

(This is a list of new project pages added; for a complete list of SOFIA projects, visit http://sofia.usgs.gov/title.php)

• Linking Land, Air and Water Management in the Southern Everglades and Coastal Zone to Water Quality and Ecosystem Restoration
• Fire, Hydrology and Soils along the Mangrove Ecotone within the Greater Everglades Ecosystem

+ Other Website Updates:

• Updates to Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) website:

  • 2011 Q1 Provisional Water Surface Data posted (10/1/10-12/31/10)

    http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/models/watersurfacemod.php.

  • 2010 WY Provision Water Surface Data posted (1/1/11-3/31/11)

    http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/models/watersurfacemod.php.

  • Rainfall Data Posted

    Rainfall data for the months of December 2010-April 2011 have been processed. The new data is now available for download, by area, at http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/nexrad.php.

  • USGS NWIS WaterAlert

    This page explains how EDEN users can access WaterAlert by going to the Recent Hourly link from any EDEN station page for a gaging station. The page is located at http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/nwis_wateralert.php.

  • Google Earth (KML) - View EDEN Stations

    A Google Earth file (.kml) is available for those users who wish to view EDEN gages in either Google Earth or Google Maps. http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/stationlist.php.

  • Call for Water Depths Measurements in the Everglades

    The EDEN project is compiling water depth data collected by scientists and field personal since 1990 to current. These data will be used to help test and improve the EDEN water surface model and the ground elevation model. See details at: http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/models/water_depth_data.php.

  • EDEN Newsletter

    If you are interested in receiving updates to the EDEN website, please sign up for our free EDEN Newsletter. Information can be found at http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/newsletter.php or by contacting Heather Henkel (hhenkel@usgs.gov).

• Updates to Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling Program for the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge website:
  • Modeling Report:
    - Spatially Explicit Modeling of Hydrodynamics and Constituent Transport within the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Northern Everglades, Florida (September 2010)

• New! South Florida Biological and Geophysical Models Inventory website

+ Upcoming Meetings/Conferences:

• National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration, August 1-5, 2011, Baltimore, Maryland.
• EMECS 9 Managing for Results in our Coastal Seas: Global Summit on Coastal Seas, August 28-31, 2011, Baltimore, Maryland.
• The International Water Conference, November 13-17, 2011, Orlando, Florida.
• 9th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference: Wetlands in a Complex World, June 3-8, 2012, Orlando, Florida.
• If you know of any upcoming meetings or conferences, please let us know (hhenkel@usgs.gov)!