Welcome to the latest installment of SOFIA News! SOFIA News is a bimonthly email update of new postings on the USGS South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) website. This update includes links to new projects, publications, data, project workplans, websites, bibliographies, and announcements for upcoming events. Coming soon: FY 2005 summary sheets, new data and project pages!

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+ Data:

• Big Cypress National Preserve Fish Inventory & Monitoring Data
• Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Geophysical Data
• Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data plot (from High Accuracy Elevation Data Collection project)
• Ecosystem History of South Florida Estuaries Data (page updated)
• Geologic data (from U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4208)
• Lake Okeechobee Bathymetry data (raw data and contour maps)
• Levee 31N Lithological & Geophysical Data
• Northeast Florida Bay Estuarine Creek Data, Upstream Taylor River (2001-2004)

+ 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.)

Circular:

• Impact of Anthropogenic Development on Coastal Ground-Water Hydrology in Southeastern Florida, 1900-2000

Open File Reports:

• Florida Bay Surface Salinities (Open File Report 98-142)

Papers:

• Stable Isotope Studies of Red Mangroves and Filter Feeders from the Shark River Estuary, Florida
• Using natural distributions of short-lived radium isotopes to quantify groundwater discharge and recharge
• Woody Debris in the Mangrove Forests of South Florida

Reports:

• Understanding and predicting global climate change impacts on the vegetation and fauna of mangrove forested ecosystems in Florida

+Projects:

• Characterization of Aquifer Heterogeneity Using Cyclostratigraphy and Geophysical Methods in the Upper Part of the Karstic Biscayne Aquifer, Southeastern Florida

+ Project Page Changes:

Start and end dates added to all project pages; funding information will be added soon

+Scope of Work:

• South Florida Surface Water Hydrologic Network for Support of MAP Projects

+Workplans (from 2004): 

• Coupling SAV Dynamics and Hydrology / Dynamics of Fishes and Crustaceans in Marsh Habitat (Enhanced BioResources)
• Integrated Biogeochemical Studies in the Everglades: Nutrients, Sulfur, and Organics

+ Bibliography:

• Kevin Cunningham

+ New Website:

• Arthur R.Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge's Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling Program

+ Upcoming Meetings:

(Please note: this is a partial listing of upcoming events. More information - including additional calendars - can be found at http://sofia.usgs.gov/upcoming.html)
• Sustainable Beaches Conference October 31 - November 2, 2005
  St. Petersburg, Florida
• U.S. Climate Change Science Program Workshop: Climate Science in Support of Decision Making November 14-16, 2005
  Crystal Gateway Marriott
  1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
  Arlington, VA 22202
• 3rd International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals November 28-December 2, 2005
  Miami, FL
• Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference December 11-14, 2005
  Hawk's Cay Resort
  Duck Key, FL