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Last updated: June 11, 2003
South Florida Restoration Science Forum

Wildlife and Wetland Ecology

Part 1: How do scientific studies enable managers to ensure the preservation and sustainability of wetlands and wildlife?

Poster presented May 1999, at the South Florida Restoration Science Forum

Poster presented by: Dr. Fred H. Sklar, SFWMD; Dr. Laura Brandt, USFWS

(Click on the images below for a larger version.)

photo of snail kite
Victoria Dreitz and Malene Shannon (Univ. Miami) band and track the movement of the Snail Kite.
photo of scientists checking eggs
Laura Brandt (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) and Frank Mazzotti (UF) check eggs in a crocodile nest.
photo of dwarf mangrove zone
Jerry Lorenz (Nat. Audubon Society) with drop-net for measuring fish health and abundance in a dwarf mangrove zone.
photo of scientists taking a soil core
USGS (Deb Willard and Bill Orem) take a soil core to analyze the history of a drowned tree island.
photo of scientist measuring bird weight
Dale Gawlik (SFWMD) measures the weight of young wading birds.
photo of scientists measuring an alligator
Laura Brandt and Ken Edwards (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) measure an alligator.
photo of scientist measuring tree
Tim Towles (FL Game & Freshwater Fish Comm.) measures the diameter of a Ficus on a tree island.
photo of scientist with snail kite
Phil Darby (Univ. FL) bands endangered young snail kite.
photo of scientists with panther
Dept. of Interior scientists evaluate the health and recovery of the panther population.
photo of scientists with cattail clone
ShiLi Miao (center) and co-workers (SFWMD) hold up a cattail clone.
photo of scientists in mangroves
Fred Sklar and Mike Korvela (SFWMD) measure soil erosion and sedimentation in mangroves.
photo of scientists on drowned tree island
Dale Gawlik (SFWMD) and Arnold van der Valk (Iowa State) use metal detectors on a drowned tree island to find pipes that were once used to mark study sites.
photo of scientist tracking apple snail
photo of scientist with trap
Patti and Phil Darby (Univ. FL) capture and track the elusive Apple Snail.

This poster is not inclusive of all wetland and wildlife studies in south Florida.


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