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(Manager of BB Aquatic Preserve). Interviewer: G. Braun. Interview date: Sep. 3, 2003. |
These interviewees were only vaguely aware of the MFL process. None conduct |
original research in Biscayne Bay, but discussions led to numerous suggestions of various |
people (researchers, planners…) not on our contact list who they think could provide |
additional info. They suggested that maintenance of seagrass beds of Halodule wrightii and |
Syringodium filiforme near mouths of canals and re-establishment of salinity regimes that |
would sustain the historic distribution of oyster populations be considered as the mechanisms |
to prevent significant harm in the northern portions of the Bay; pink shrimp for southern |
Summary of Contacts and Expert Interviews |
Expert Agency or General Area Team Interview |
Name Association of Expertise Interviewer Date |
Mr. Richard Alleman SFWMD Biscayne Bay G.B & R.L. 1-Oct-03 |
Mr. Daniel Apt FDEP - (CERP) CERP G. Braun 3-Sep-03 |
Ms. Sarah Bellmund Biscayne National Park Marine Ecology R. Lewis 23-Sep-03 |
Mr. Steven Blair DERM (Restoration) Seagrasses G. Braun 4-Sep-03 |
Mr. David Boyd FDEP-Reg. Biologist Pks Marine Ecology G. Braun 10-Oct-03 |
Dr. Joseph Boyer Fl. International Univ. Bisc Bay water quality G. Braun 24-Sep-03 |
Dr. Joan Browder NOAA NMFS CASC Marine Ecology R. Lewis 26-Sep-03 |
Mr. Rick Clark Biscayne National Park Marine Ecology and Mgmt. R. Lewis 23-Sep-03 |
Ms. Marsha Colbert FDEP Bisc Bay Aquatic Preserve G. Braun 3-Sep-03 |
Mr. Richard Curry Biscayne National Park Marine Ecology G. Braun 23-Sep-03 |
Mr. Guillermo Diaz U of Miami Fishes G. Braun 10-Oct-03 |
Mr. Steven Dale Oleta River State Pk Park Management G. Braun 20-Oct-03 |
Dr. Ernie D. Estevez Mote Marine Laboratory Marine Ecology R. Lewis 29-Sep-03 |
Dr. Craig Faunce U of Miami Fishes G. Braun 21-Oct-03 |
Ms Stacey Feken FDEP - Water Quality Water Quality G. Braun 3-Sep-03 |
Mr. Sid Flannery SWFWMD MFLs R. Lewis 29-Sep-03 |
Dr. James Fourqurean Fl. International Univ. Seagrasses R. Lewis 29-Oct-03 |
Dr. Grant Gilmore Jr. Dynamac Corporation Ichthyology R. Lewis 27-Oct-03 |
Mr. Greg Graves FDEP - Water Quality Water Quality G. Braun 7-Oct-03 |
Mr. Craig Grossenbacher DERM Biology R. Lewis 31-Oct-03 |
Dr. Sonny Hall SJRWMD - MFL Mgr MFLs G. Braun 16-Sep-03 |
Mr. Scott Ishman S. Illinois Univ. Paleo-ecology - Forams G. Braun 9-Oct-03 |
Ms. Jennifer Jacukiewicz NMFS Protected marine species G. Braun 23-Oct-03 |
Dr. Diego Lirman U of Miami Seagrasses G. Braun 9-Oct-03 |
Dr. Jerome Lorenz National Audubon Society Ornithology R. Lewis 24-Sep-03 |
Dr. Susan Markley DERM Manatees G. Braun 4-Sep-03 |
Dr. John Meeder Fl. International Univ. Marine Ecology and Geology R. Lewis 25-Sep-03 |
Danielle Mir-Gonzalez Fl. International Univ. Submerged Aquatic Veg G. Braun 8-Oct-03 |
Mr. Patrick Pitts U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Listed Species G. Braun 11-Sep-03 |
Dr. Mike Robblee U.S. Geological Survey Marine ecology G. Braun 21-Oct-03 |
Dr. Martin Roessler M.A. Roessler Assoc., Inc. Fishes, marine ecology G. Braun 20-Oct-03 |
Mr. Michael Ross Fl. International Univ Coastal Wetlands G. Braun 22-Oct-03 |
Dr. Joseph Serafy NOAA NMFS CASC Fisheries R. Lewis 23-Sep-03 |
Mr. Joel VanArman SFWMD Estuarine Ecology G.B & R.L. 1-Oct-03 |
Ms. Lynn Wingard USGS Molluscs G. Braun 10-Oct-03 |
Mr. Herbert Zebuth FDEP Loxahatchee River G. Braun 10-Sep-03 |
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areas. They are involved with various Bay management teams, and believe that sub-surface |
freshwater input to the Bay should not be overlooked – suggests investigating Miami-Dade |
project at Deering Estate to attempt to re-establish historical water tables in a local pilot |
project. They also suggest investigating the State’s Impaired Waters rule, as it uses |
chlorophyll as an indicator. |
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, (Continued) |
Interviewee: Herb Zebuth, FDEP. Interviewer: G. Braun. Interview date: Sep. 10, 2003. |
Mr. Zebuth is very knowledgeable about MFL process, and critical of SFWMD’s |
development of the MFL rule for the Loxahatchee River. He opines that the methodology |
followed was flawed – agrees with premise that sedentary organisms are preferable to motile |
species as indicators of MFL (even though the fishes and other non-sedentary species (e.g., |
arthropods, mollusks) may be the more valued ecosystem components), but believes |
shortcomings are that the adopted rule 1) does not use a combination of both sessile and |
motile indicator species, 2) does not identify the levels and durations that the adopted criteria |
can be violated, and; 3) restricts vegetative indicators to canopy species (where adverse |
impacts will be less visible) and should have included understory species and seedling health. |
He is not all that familiar with Biscayne Bay, but sees parallels in: a) existing conditions in |
Biscayne Bay, similar to the Loxahatchee River, are degraded and that WMD’s interpretation |
of MFL authority should not be interpreted to be restricted to preventing significant ha rm to |
existing degraded condition; that the rule should target restoring degraded systems, |
particularly if they are currently in states of significant harm, and b) due to CERP projects |
and additional research being conducted, the rule needs to specifically identify the triggers |
for re-evaluation and re-setting of MFL criteria as new info becomes available. |
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, (Continued) |
Interviewee: Dana Fike for Greg Graves, FDEP – Port St. Lucie. Interviewer: G. Braun. |
Interview date: October 7, 2003. |
FDEP’s Office of Water Quality is involved in a monitoring project in Biscayne Bay |
that could ultimately be of significant value to the MFL effort. Their project, which is in an |
early stage and has not yet evolved to the point of having any definitive results, involves |
repetitive sampling and analysis of water quality and benthos (both macro invertebrates and |
SAV) at locations along fixed transects in Biscayne Bay. They monitor conditions along two |
transects that extend eastward from the mouth of C-103 (Mowery Canal) for several hundred |
meters ending at locations where they believe that the effects from the canal discharges are |
minimal or non-existent. They simultaneously monitor the same parameters at a ‘control’ |
site to the north near the C-2 (Snapper Creek Canal). They collected the majority of the |
samples during April and July 2003, and followed-up with additional sediment samples taken |
during Sept, 2003. |
Although FDEP taxonomists have not completed their work, Ms. Fike expects that |
when the data are analyzed, there will be noticeable trends in the presence/absence, |
abundance, distribution and species diversity along the gradient from westward locations that |
are heavily influenced by canal discharges to easterly locations where the impacts of canal |
discharges are minimal. Preliminary results suggest that non-salinity water quality |
parameters (e.g., nitrate nitrogen) may be having a more significant role in determining the |
make-up of benthic communities than salinity. |
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Florida Department of Environmental Protection, (Continued) |
Interviewees: Steven Dale (Manager, Oleta River State Park), and David Boyd (Regional |
Biologist for the Florida Park Service). Interviewer: G. Braun. Interview date: October 20, |
2003. |
Spoke with Mr. Dale and Mr. Boyd after receiving and reviewing the Unit |
Management Plan for Oleta River State Park. The Plan, which was most recently updated in |
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