Current Research

Dry Season Prey Concentration

This project monitors seasonal concentration of aquatic fauna in the Everglades. It is part of the Monitoring and Assessment for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP).

 

 

 

 

Wading Bird Colonies at Lake Okeechobee

This project monitors the timing, size, and location of wading bird colonies at Lake Okeechobee. It is part of the Monitoring and Assessment for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP).

 

 

 

 

Wood Stork use of Roadway Corridor Features  in South Florida

This project is designed to identify the features of roadway corridors and neighboring natural areas that are preferred and avoided by Wood Storks and to determine the biomass and community struction of fish and crayfish associated with the different corridor features.

 

 

 

The Diet and Selectivity of the Purple Swamphen in Florida

This project investigates the diet of the Purple Swamphen in south Florida and assesses any preference the swamphens may be showing towards certain prey species

 

 

 


 

Landscape Prey Production and Predatory Selection in an Unpredictable Environment

PhD: Jessica Klassen

This study examines landscape parameters that produce high prey production and body condition, as well as the hydrologic patterns that influence wading bird prey selection.

 

 

 

 

 

Wading Bird Stress Response to Prey Availability in a Managed Lake Ecosystem

PhD: Jennifer Chastant

This study will be the first to illustrate the mechanistic link by which environmental condition and food availability at Lake Okeechobee influences the physiological condition of wading birds during the nesting season.

 

 

 

 

Quantifying Wading Bird Resource Selection and Nesting Effort: a Tool for Everglades Restoration

PhD: Michelle Petersen

This is an ecological modeling study of Great Egret, White Ibis, and Wood Stork resource selection and nest effort in the Florida Everglades.