Program

FLMS 35th Annual Technical Symposium

Theme: “Celebrating Resilience in Aquatic Resource Management”

Workshops: August 27, 2024
Technical Sessions August 28- 30, 2024
Hyatt Regency Coconut Point, Bonita Springs, Florida

We update as needed and the schedule may change at any time. Last update: January 10, 2024

Draft Agenda
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Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Start	End	Session	Presenter (*denotes student presenter)	Title
7:00am	8:30am	Breakfast	Calusa Ballroom
8:45am	9:00am	Welcome and Opening Remarks	Tiffany Trent, FLMS President	Calusa Ballroom
9:00am	10:00am	Keynote Address	Ed Sherwood Executive Director Tampa Bay Estuary Program	The Tampa Bay Estuary: A (Mostly) Successful Example of National Estuary Programs Catalyzing Action Towards Clean Water Act Implementation
10:00am	10:45am	Morning Break	Dolphin Ballroom
10:45am	10:50am	Water Quality in Lake Management Track A Session Intro	Overseas Ballroom 2-3	487 Core or 482 Core 1.0 CEU
10:50am	11:05am	A1-1	Erich Marzolf Ph.D	Get the Diagnosis Right First
11:05am	11:20am	A1-2	Camille Carroll	Changes in Littoral Vegetation from 2009 to 2020 on Cypress Lake in the Kissimmee Chain Of Lakes
11:20am	11:35am	A1-3	Mike Hardin P.E., Ph.D.	Lake Adair, A Nutrient Source Assessment
11:35am	11:50am	A1-4	Lauren Wagner*	A Study of Lake Elberta: Supporting Environmental Education for Elementary Preservice Teachers at Florida State University
10:45am	10:50am	Water Quality in Lake Management Track B Session Intro	Overseas Ballroom 1	487 Core or 482 Core 1.0 CEU
10:50am	11:05am	B1-1	Robert Woithe	The Effect of Tropicalization and Sea Level Rise on the Fringing Wetlands of Three Southwest Florida Rivers
11:05am	11:20am	B1-2	Kevin Tyre	Evaluation and Management of Fecal Bacteria in Boggy Creek – Part 1
11:20am	11:35am	B1-3	Paul Julian	Lake Regulation Schedules Impact on the Lake and Downstream Ecology, a Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual Story
11:35am	11:50am	B1-4	Riley Timbs	Herbivory and Water Quality: Factors Impacting Recovery of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Lower St Johns River
11:50am	12:00pm	Session Q&A
12:00pm	1:30pm	Lunch (provided)	Dolphin Ballroom
1:30pm	1:35pm	Lake Okeechobee Session Intro	Overseas Ballroom 2-3	487 Core or 482 Core 1.0 CEU
1:35pm	1:50pm	A2-1	Jennifer Chastant	Wading Bird Prey Fish Density During the Breeding Season at Lake Okeechobee: Pre and Post Regulation Schedule Change
1:50pm	2:05pm	A2-2	Daniel Marchio	Insights from a Continuous Monitoring Water Quality Network in Lake Okeechobee: Trends in Water Quality and the Impact of Severe Weather Events.
2:05pm	2:20pm	A2-3	Anna Swigris	Lake Okeechobee Zooplankton Monitoring: A Look at Water Year 2023
2:20pm	2:35pm	A2-4	Paul Jones	Lake Okeechobee Nutrient Budget Updates – Balancing the Books for the Big Water.
1:30pm	1:35pm	Lake Apopka Session Intro	Overseas Ballroom 1	Aquatic Weed Control 1.0 CEU
1:35pm	1:50pm	B2-1	Jennifer Mitchell	Cost effective Hydrilla Control within Lake Apopka North Shore
1:50pm	2:05pm	B2-2	Jim Peterson	Hurricane Irma Effects on the Lake Apopka North Shore
2:05pm	2:20pm	B2-3	Jodi Slater	Resurgence of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Lake Apopka: The Culmination of 30 years of Lake Restoration Efforts
2:20pm	2:35pm	B2-4	Christy Akers	Gizzard Shad Harvesting Removes Phosphorus and Aids in the Restoration of Lake Apopka
2:35pm	2:45pm	Session Q&A
2:45pm	3:15pm	Afternoon Break	Dolphin Ballroom
3:15pm	3:20pm	Urban Systems Session Intro	Overseas Ballroom 2-3	Aquatic Weed Control 1.5 CEUs
3:20pm	3:35pm	A3-1	Henna Gavem*	Environmental Impacts of Reclaimed Water for Long-Term Irrigation of Residential Landscaping in Southwest Florida
3:35pm	3:50pm	A3-2	Audrey Goeckner*	Evaluating Ecosystem Functions & Microbiomes in Stormwater Ponds and Streams Receiving Pond Discharge
3:50pm	4:05pm	A3-3	Ernesto Lasso de la Vega Ed.D	Saltwater Impacts of Hurricane Ian in Stormwater Ponds
4:05pm	4:20pm	A3-4	Haruka Urakawa	Environmental Dynamics of Fecal Indicator Bacteria and Vibrio after Hurricane Ian in Southwest Florida
4:20pm	4:35pm	A3-5	Rex Ellis Ph.D.	Sediment Distribution and Nutrient Flux in Lake Jesup
3:15pm	3:20pm	Lake Management Session Intro	Overseas Ballroom 1	Aquatic Weed Control 1.5 CEUs
3:20pm	3:35pm	B3-1	Steven Miller	Investigations in the Use of Haul Seines to Commercially Harvest Tilapia from St. Johns River Lakes
3:35pm	3:50pm	B3-2	Randy Fink	Armored Sailfin Catfish (Loricariidae): Invasive Species of Concern in the St. Johns River
3:50pm	4:05pm	B3-3	Sandra Fox	Springshed Delineation Using Arc Hydro
4:05pm	4:20pm	B3-4	Ayesha Malligai	Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Images for Hydrilla Detection in Florida’s Natural Eutrophic Waters
4:20pm	4:35pm	B3-5	Amber Riner	Developing Aerial Surveillance Methods for Identifying Cryptic Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) (Solms) on Lake Lochloosa in Florida
4:35pm	4:45pm	Session Q & A
6:00pm	8:00pm	Poster Session & Exhibitor Social	Dolphin Ballroom

Thursday, August 31, 2023

Start	End	Session	Presenter (*denotes student presenter)	Title
7:00am	8:30am	Breakfast	Dolphin Ballroom
8:45am	9:00am	Morning Remarks	Tiffany Trent, FLMS Incoming President	Overseas Ballroom
9:00am	10:00am	Keynote Address	Nick Aumen Ph.D., Regional Science Advisor – South Florida US Geological Survey	Restoring America’s Everglades – Optimizing Water Quality, Quantity, Timing, and Distribution
10:00am	10:30am	Morning Break	Dolphin Ballroom
10:30am	10:35am	Approaches for Lake Management Session Intro	Overseas Ballroom 2-3	Aquatic Weed Control 1.5 CEUs
10:35am	10:50am	A4-1	Harvey Harper Ph.D.	Incidental Nitrogen Removal from Alum Sediment Inactivation
10:50am	11:05am	A4-2	West Bishop Ph.D.	Operational HAB and Nutrient Mitigation Projects in Complex Aquatic Ecosystems
11:05am	11:20am	A4-3	Rick Clark	Combating Algae and Biofilm with Ultrasound Technology
11:20am	11:35am	A4-4	Mary Szafraniec Ph.D.	Turning Up the Dial on Water Quality and Ecological Restoration – Using the Turnkey Project Approach
11:35am	11:50am	A4-5	Leesa Souto Ph.D. & Tim Hull	Protecting Orange County’s Wetlands – State of the Wetlands Technology Study and Implications for Policy Change
11:50am	12:00pm	Session Q&A
12:00pm	1:30pm	Lunch (provided)	Dolphin Ballroom
1:30pm	1:35pm	Sediments in Aquatic Resource Management Session Intro	Overseas Ballroom 2-3	Aquatic Weed Control 1.5 CEUs
1:35pm	1:50pm	A5-1	TJ Venning	Criteria for Establishing Minimum Levels in Wetlands and Lakes
1:50pm	2:05pm	A5-2	Christopher Shea	The Role of Ecological Criteria in the Development of Wetland and Lake Level Standards
2:05pm	2:20pm	A5-3	Ronnie Van Fleet	Changes in Wetland Conditions throughout the Northern Tampa Bay Area from 1998 through 2020.
2:20pm	2:35pm	A5-4	ReNae Nowicki	The Curious Case of the In-betweeners: Hydrologic Control of Wetlands & Lakes in Areas of Transitional Geomorphology
2:35pm	2:50pm	A5-5	Dan Schmutz M.S.	Pilot Project Implementation of a New Xeric Soil-associated Wetland Assessment Procedure: the XWAP
2:50pm	3:00pm	Session Q&A
3:00pm	3:30pm	Afternoon Break	Dolphin Ballroom
3:30pm	3:35pm	Don’t Try This at Home Session Intro	Overseas Ballroom 2-3	487 Core or 482 Core 1.0 CEU
3:35pm	3:50pm	A6-1	Eddie Snell	This PAM Is Not For Cooking
3:50pm	4:05pm	A6-2	Emily Keenan	Artificial Circulation: To Do or Not to Do?
4:05pm	4:20pm	A6-3	Rob Burnes M.S.	Lake Seminole Dredge: Navigating the U-Turns to Complete a Large Dredge Project
4:20pm	4:35pm	A6-4	Lance Lumbard, M.S.	Water Quality Results for Lake Prima Vista Three Years After Developing and Implementing a 4e Nutrient Reduction Plan
4:35pm	4:45pm	Session Q & A
5:00pm	11:00pm	Scholarship Fundraiser in Key West	Conch Crawl Bus Leaves from Hotel Portico at 5pm

Friday, September 1, 2023

Start	End	Session	Presenter (*denotes student presenter)	Title
7:00am	8:30am	Breakfast	Dolphin Ballroom
8:45am	8:55am	Morning Remarks	Tiffany Trent, FLMS Incoming President	Overseas Ballroom 2-3
8:55am	9:00am	HAB Sensor and Mitigation Session Intro	Overseas Ballroom 2-3	487 Core or 482 Core 1.0 CEU
9:00am	9:15am	A7-1	Christopher Lee	Sensible Sensors: Making the Most of Algae Sensor Data for Actionable Information for HAB Management
9:15am	9:30am	A7-2	Igor Mrdjen	Near-Real-Time, In Situ Cyanobacterial Detection & Enumeration Using Digital Microscopy and Artificial Intelligence
9:30am	9:45am	A7-3	Scott Shuler	It’s Not Easy Being Green: Accelerated Approaches to Water Resource Restoration
9:45am	10:00am	A7-4	Ernest Neafsey	Using Phosphorus Monitoring and Predictive Analytics to Enhance HAB Mitigation
10:00am	10:10am	Session Q&A
10:10am	10:35am	Morning Break	Dolphin Ballroom
10:35am	10:40am	Lake Trends Session Intro	Overseas Ballroom 2-3	Aquatic Weed Control 1.0 CEU
10:40am	10:55am	A8-1	Serge Thomas Ph.D.	Hydrosystem Response to Storm Surge Induced Salinization of Stormwater Ponds Following Hurricane Ian
10:55am	11:10am	A8-2	Roxanne Groover	OSTDS Enhanced Nutrient Reducing Technologies
11:10am	11:25am	A8-3	Sean McGlynn Ph.D.	Does Lake Munson Have to be Clean?
11:25am	11:35am	Session Q&A
11:35am	11:45am	Student Awards and Closing Remarks	Tiffany Trent, FLMS President