Producing biochar using a custom designed Top-lit Updraft (TLUD) gasifier by Jehangir H. Bhadha, Stephen Jennewein, Julio Sanchez, Timothy A. Lang

“…Researchers at the University of Florida Everglades Research and Education Center in Belle Glade, FL, designed and built a top-lit updraft (TLUD) gasifier that can generate biochar from locally acquired feedstock. …”
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Cyanobacterial Toxins as Allelochemicals with Potential Applications as Algaecides, Herbicides and Insecticides by Fernando G. Noriega, Gerald Berry, Mario H. Perez, Miroslav Gantar, John P. Berry

“…This review will discuss the existing evidence for the allelochemical roles of cyanobacterial toxins, as well as the potential for development and application of these compounds as algaecides, herbicides and insecticides, and specifically present relevant results from investigations into toxins of cyanobacteria from the Florida Everglades and associated waterways.…”
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Florida Wetlands: Extension Web Site by Mark Clark

“…Some of these remaining wetlands are well known, like the Florida Everglades, while others may be small and unassuming. …”
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Have you seen a skinny alligator in south Florida? [trifold brochure] by Michiko Squires, Avishka Godahewa, Justin R. Dalaba, Laura A. Brandt, Frank J. Mazzotti

“… This is a trifold brochure based on the fact sheet by the same title, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw460 The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is an effective indicator for restoration of more natural patterns of water levels and flows through the Everglades. The Florida Everglades is a highly modified system, so monitoring health of alligators can inform how different areas of this large ecosystem are doing. …”
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Sugarcane Cultivars Descriptive Fact Sheet: CPCL 97-2730 and CPCL 00-4111 by Hardev Sandhu, Wayne Davidson

“… CPCL 97-2730 (Milligan et al. 2009) and CPCL 00-4111 (Glynn et al. 2011) are developed through the cooperative agreement between the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Canal Point, the university of Florida, Everglades Research and Education Center, Belle Glade and Florida Sugar Cane League. …”
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Everglades peats: using historical and recent data to estimate predrainage and current volumes, masses and carbon contents by S.M. Hohner, T.W. Dreschel

“…The Florida Everglades is a patterned peatland formed from sawgrass and other aquatic plant material that has accumulated over millennia. …”
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Quantification of Evapotranspiration and Water Chemistry in a Remediated Wetland in Everglades National Park, USA by Dillon Nicholas Reio, René M. Price, Assefa M. Melesse, Michael Ross

“…Similar to most wetlands, the Florida Everglades landscape was altered to promote agriculture and human settlement, significantly altering the natural hydrologic regime. …”
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Effect of Host Size on Susceptibility of Melanotus communis (Coleoptera: Elateridae) Wireworms to Entomopathogens by Williams Livy, Cherry Ron, Shapiro-Ilan David

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Space-Based Detection of Significant Water-Depth Increase Induced by Hurricane Irma in the Everglades Wetlands Using Sentinel-1 SAR Backscatter Observations by Boya Zhang, Shimon Wdowinski, Daniel Gann

“…We used Hurricane Irma as an example that made landfall in the south Florida Everglades wetlands in September 2017 and produced tremendous rainfall. …”
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Using Bi-Seasonal WorldView-2 Multi-Spectral Data and Supervised Random Forest Classification to Map Coastal Plant Communities in Everglades National Park by Kristie S. Wendelberger, Daniel Gann, Jennifer H. Richards

“…In conjunction with SLR, the Florida Everglades ecosystem has undergone large-scale drainage and restoration, altering coastal vegetation throughout south Florida. …”
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Detecting Vegetation to Open Water Transitions in a Subtropical Wetland Landscape from Historical Panchromatic Aerial Photography and Multispectral Satellite Imagery by Lukas M. Lamb, Daniel Gann, Jesse T. Velazquez, Tiffany G. Troxler

“…In this study, we compared manual image thresholding and an automated machine learning (ML) method in detecting wetland vegetation and open water from historical panchromatic photographs in the Florida Everglades, a subtropical wetland landscape. We compared the same classes delineated in the historical photographs to 2012 multispectral satellite imagery and assessed the accuracy of detecting vegetation loss over a 72 year timescale (1940 to 2012) for a range of minimum mapping units (MMUs). …”
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Application of a Coupled Vegetation Competition and Groundwater Simulation Model to Study Effects of Sea Level Rise and Storm Surges on Coastal Vegetation by Su, Yean Teh, Turtora, Michael, Donald L., DeAngelis, Jiang, Jiang, Leonard, Pearlstine, Thomas, J. Smith III, Hock, Lye Koh

“…MANTRA is calibrated with salinity data and vegetation pattern for a coastal area of Florida Everglades vulnerable to storm surges. A possible regime shift at that site is investigated by simulating the vegetation responses to climate variability and disturbances, including SLR and storm surges based on empirical information.…”
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What Are the Most Effective Proxies in Identifying Storm‐Surge Deposits in Paleotempestology? A Quantitative Evaluation From the Sand‐Limited, Peat‐Dominated Environment of the Flo... by Qiang Yao, Kam‐biu Liu, Zhenqing Zhang, Erika Rodrigues, Marcelo Cohen, Kanchan Maiti, Yang Yang

“…This study quantitatively compares the application of grain‐size, loss‐on‐ignition, stable isotopes, X‐ray fluorescence, and palynological proxies in paleotempestology from an organic‐rich environment in the Florida Everglades. The nonparametric tests indicate that only 9 among the 27 parameters (mean diameter, %water, %organic, %carbonate, Ca, Sr, Ca/Ti, Cl/Br, and marine microfossils) exhibited significant differences between storm‐surge and in situ deposits. …”
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Global Significance of Substrates for Nitrate Removal in Denitrifying Bioreactors Revealed by Meta-Analysis by Yuchuan Fan, Jie Zhuang, Michael Essington, Sindhu Jagadamma, John Schwartz, Jaehoon Lee

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Flooding of a carbonate platform: The Sian Kaʼan Wetlands, Yucatán, Mexico—A model for the formation and evolution of palustrine carbonate factories around the modern Caribbean Sea... by Nigel H. Platt, V. Paul Wright

“…Modern analogues for the Sian Ka'an Wetlands include the Florida Everglades, formed during transgression of the Florida Platform, and relict marsh environments preserved on leeward shores of Andros, Abaco and other Bahama islands. …”
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The Wetlands Paradigm Shift in Response to Changing Societal Priorities: A Reflective Review by Edward Maltby

“…Examples are given of the drive towards wetland restoration in different countries, and at different scales, with awareness of the extraordinarily high costs associated with major schemes such as the Florida Everglades which may prohibit replication in other parts of the world. …”
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Perspective: Phosphorus monitoring must be rooted in sustainability frameworks spanning material scale to human scale by Eric McLamore, Owen Duckworth, Treavor H. Boyer, Anna-Maria Marshall, Douglas F. Call, Jehangir H. Bhadha, Sandra Guzmán

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Fire intensity and ecosystem oligotrophic status drive relative phosphorus release and retention in freshwater marshes by Andrea Nocentini, John S. Kominoski, Joseph J. O'Brien, Jed Redwine

“…Carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and P pools and litter and root decomposition rates were measured starting 1 year prefire until 1 year postfire in lower‐P (LP) and higher‐P (HP) freshwater marshes of the Florida Everglades. Dominant vegetation biomass and vegetation composition were monitored as well. …”
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Flooding and planting density shape forests in an experimental Everglades landscape: Lessons for forest restoration by Susana L. Stoffella, Michael S. Ross, Jay P. Sah, René M. Price, Leonard J. Scinto, Eric A. Cline, Fred H. Sklar

“…Abstract Tree islands, a prominent feature of wetland landscapes worldwide, are patches of forest scattered throughout a matrix of herbaceous marsh. In the Florida Everglades, their development over millennia as elevated, relatively well‐drained features above the wetland surface has made them cultural centers for indigenous people and refugia for a rich assortment of plants and animals. …”
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Above- and Belowground Biomass Carbon Stock and Net Primary Productivity Maps for Tidal Herbaceous Marshes of the United States by Victoria L. Woltz, Camille LaFosse Stagg, Kristin B. Byrd, Lisamarie Windham-Myers, Andre S. Rovai, Zhiliang Zhu

“…Peak biomass carbon stocks in tidal marshes were lowest in the Florida Everglades region and highest in the California regions. …”
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