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
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.