8:00 AM Gaiser, Evelyn^*,1, Ruiz, Pablo¹, Wachnicka, Anna¹, Zafiris, Angelikie¹, Ross, Michael¹, ¹ Southeast Environmental Research Center, Miami, FL Paleoecological determination of effects of salt-water encroachment on community migration in coastal South Florida wetlands.

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8:15 AM Williams, Alissa^*,1, Trexler, Joel¹, ¹ Florida International University, Miami, FL The effect of hydroperiod and productivity on food-chain length in Everglades wetlands.

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8:30 AM Smith, Shawn^*,1, Trexler, Joel¹, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Miami, Florida, USA Macroinvertebrates in the Florida Everglades: Community-level observations of the effects of hydroperiod and nutrient enrichment.

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8:45 AM Jones, David^*,1, Ross, Michael ¹, Hwang, Bernice¹, Walters, Joshua¹, Oberbauer, Steven¹, Jayachandran, Krish¹, ¹ Florida International University, Miami, Florida Effects of Simulated Hydrologic Regimes on Twelve Tree Species of Everglades Tree Islands.

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9:00 AM Sah, Jay¹, Ross, Michael¹, Reed, David¹, Ruiz, Pablo¹, Jones, David¹, ¹ Florida International University, Miami, FL Vegetation structure and composition along hydrologic gradients in Everglades Tree Islands.

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9:15 AM Richardson , Curtis ^*,1, King, Ryan ², Qian , Song ³, ¹ Duke University, Durham, NC² Smithsonian, Edgewater, MD³ Cadmus, Chape Hill, NC A bayesian estimaton of phosphorus thresholds in the Everglades.

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9:45 AM Jacobs, Alyssa^*,1, Volin, John¹, Kruger, Eric², ¹ Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL² University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Responses of vegetation in the Big Cypress Swamp to increased inputs of phosphorus and other potentially limiting nutrients.

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10:00 AM Thomas, Serge^*,1, Gaiser, Evelyn¹, Gantar, Miroslav¹, Jones, Ronald¹, Scinto, Leonard¹, ¹ SERC/FIU, Miami, FL, USA Dry benthic periphyton recovery and phosphorus buffering upon wetting in the Everglades: A microcosm survey.

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10:15 AM Warren, Robert^*,1, Rossell, Irene², Moorhead, Kevin², ¹ Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC² University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC Colonization and Establishment of Red Maple (Acer Rubrum) in a Southern Appalachian Wetland.

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10:30 AM Wolski, Lawrence^*,1, Trexler, Joel¹, Nelson, Eric^{2, 3}, Perrry, Sue³, ¹ Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA² South Florida Natural Resources Center, Homestead, FL, USA³ Fish & Wildlife Service, West Palm Beach, FL, USA Assessing visitor impacts from long-term sampling of wetland communities in the Everglades National Park, Florida.

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