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Other Categories: Animal Species Aquatic Plants/Habitat Ecological Indicators
Impact Approach Water Quality Data Hydrologic Data
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Biscayne Bay
Author: Zimmer-Faust, R.K. and M.N. Tamburri Date: 1994
Title: Chemical identity and ecological implications of a waterborne, larval settlement cue
Publication: Limnology and Oceanography 39: 1075-1087
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Other Categories: Animal Species Aquatic Plants/Habitat Ecological Indicators
Impact Approach Water Quality Data Hydrologic Data
Publisher:
Biscayne Bay
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APPENDIX B
TASK 3 REPORT
INTERVIEWS WITH EXPERTS
SUMMARY OF TASK 3
CONTACTS AND EXPERTS INTERVIEWS
FOR THE PROJECT
FRESHWATER FLOW AND ECOLOGICAL
RELATIONSHIPS IN BISCAYNE BAY
BY
BARNES FERLAND AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
AND SUBCONSULTANTS
APPLIED TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT, INC.
LEWIS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
SOUTH FLORIDAWATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
NOVEMBER, 2003
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INTRODUCTION
The State of Florida has adopted rules for Water Management Districts to establish Minimum
Flows and Levels (MFLs) for identified priority water bodies and to implement these MFLs
through water shortage plans and or the water use permitting process. Specifically, Biscayne
Bay has been identified as a priority water body in which MFLs must be developed by the
South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) by December, 2004.
As one component of the SFWMD efforts to establish MFLs for Biscayne Bay, the SFWMD
issued a work order to undertake a study titled, Freshwater Flow and Ecological
Relationships in Biscayne Bay. SFWMD entered into an agreement to with the consultant
team of Barnes, Ferland and Associates, Applied Technology Management, Inc. and Lewis
Environmental Services, Inc. to conduct the necessary activities to complete this project.
The overall objectives of this project are to assist District staff with identifying significant
harm and with development of the technical criteria for the Biscayne Bay MFLs, including:
· Performing an intensive review and documentation of existing literature and information
to determine the technical relationships among freshwater flow, salinity and
watershed/estuary hydrodynamics that impact key indicator biological communities or
species present throughout Biscayne Bay; and
· Evaluating approaches that can be used to develop the MFLs significant harm technical
criteria.
This summary of interviews with experts is part of the overall project scope and is presented
in fulfillment of the requirements of Task 3 – Contacts and Experts Interviews as detailed in
Contract No. C-15967-WO04-06. In this task, members of the project team have interviewed
and obtained information and data from local contacts and experts in the areas of
estuarine/marine water chemistry, phytoplankton, zooplankton, algae, seagrasses,
invertebrates, fisheries, ecology, and paleoecology. In completing these interviews, the
project team has:
· Confirmed the literature review information and obtained recommendations for additions
to the literature database (which were subsequently incorporated into the Task 2
bibliography),
· Identified additional recent and/or ongoing relevant research and data collection, and new
information, and
· Identified additional sources of information (i.e., unpublished documentation, personal
opinion, etc.) regarding ecological dependencies on freshwater in Biscayne Bay or other
south Florida estuaries and/or other estuaries where such information could be helpful.
The SFWMD provided an initial list of recommended contacts/interviewees that were to be
contacted regarding the project purpose and to discuss project aspects. It was acknowledged
in initial meetings between SFWMD and the project team that this list would serve as an
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initial basis, that completing interviews with all of these individuals within the project
schedule may not be possible, that some potential interviewees may not have the time or
inclination to participate, and that, as the project progressed, additional and/or substitute
interviewees would be identified. Table 1 identifies experts that were contacted and their
respective areas of expertise. Attachment A provides a summary of the interview process.
An interview form (Attachment B) was developed to ensure consistency in covering the
requested topics and/or aspects of the project in each interview. Interviews were conducted
by senior ecologist project team members Robin Lewis and Greg Braun, during September
and October, 2003. Some interviews were conducted in person, while others by telephone.
The following provides a summary of these interviews and the general findings.
It is important to note that the majority of the information that follows may not represent the
opinions and/or conclusions of the project team or the SFWMD; it merely recounts the
essence of the opinions, comments and suggestions of the various interviewees. In several
circumstances, the interviewee(s) provided comments and/or suggestions that, while
pertinent to the overall issue of MFLs for Biscayne Bay, may not have been directly related
to the interviewer’s tasks of identifying indicator species, suites of indicators of ecosystem
health and/or significant harm. In some cases, information regarding these tangential issues
is included in the interview summaries, in order for the District to be aware of the opinions of
the interviewees. Ultimately, it will be the responsibility of the project team to evaluate these
comments and suggestions in relation to the team’s scope of work. Then, with consideration
of the information gleaned from the Task 2 Literature and Data Review, the team will use its
best professional judgment to identify potential MFL approaches, recommend a preferred
approach and finally, in the fifth and final task, summarize the information and identify
potential information needs.
SUMMARY OF INTERVIEWS WITH EXPERTS
The interview summaries are organized alphabetically by agency/entity within the following
three major categories: Governmental Entities, Academia, and Other Non-Governmental
Organizations.
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Interviewees: Daniel Apt, Stacey Feken (participated by conference call), Marsha Colbert