Workshop on Wetlands Mitigating Harmful Algal Blooms
February 20-21, 2020
6:00 - 9:00 pm
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2020
6:00 pm WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
WILLIAM J. MITSCH, Eminent Scholar and Director, Everglades Wetland Research Park, Florida Gulf Coast University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e21kDD-xFxk
6:10 pm WELCOMING PANEL
LAURA FROST, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, FGCU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuwcDWAaaow&t=105s
CHAUNCEY GOSS, South Florida Water Management District Governing Board
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eY6bM9H8uc
DANIEL ANDREWS, Co-Founder, Captains for Clean Water, Ft. Myers, FL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tIy4AAI9vA
FRANK JACKLONE, Florida Chapter Director, Sierra Club, St. Petersburg, FL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ9tei6pXkg
DISCUSSIONS
7:00 pm BREAK—SOFT DRINK AND SNACKS
7:20 pm—8:50 pm WETLACULTURE FOR MITIGATING DOWNSTREAM HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS AND PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
1. Sustainably solving legacy phosphorus in landscapes with wetlands and wetlaculture. WILLIAM J. MITSCH, Eminent Scholar and Director, Everglades Wet- land Research Park, Florida Gulf Coast University, Naples, FL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P90VxdmGdg
2. The business of wetlaculture: Seeking viable business models for landscape- scale
nutrient capture. SAM MILLER, Associate Professor, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, IN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osGBNlpxLIg&t=87s
Questions and Discussion
9:00 pm ADJOURN FOR THE EVENING
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2020
6:00 - 7:15 PM pm WETLACULTURE RETAINING NUTRIENTS AND MITIGATING PATHOGENS
3. Nutrient retention by a wetlaculture mesocosm system in the former Great Black Swamp. BING BING JIANG, School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Courtesy Faculty, Everglades Wetland Research Park, Florida Gulf Coast University, Naples, FL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcvIWx1lxxU&t=32s
4. The role of wetlands in protecting water quality from harmful algal bloom toxins.
JIYOUNG LEE, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Department
of Food Science and Technology, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences,
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqmSCtHKzh0&t=1606s
7:15 BREAK—SOFT DRINKS AND SNACKS
7:30 pm WETLANDS AND URBAN RUNOFF
5. Creating and restoring urban wetlands to protect downstream aquatic ecosystems. LAUREN N. GRIFFITHS, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, and Research Assistant and Courtesy Faculty, Everglades Wetland Research Park, Florida Gulf Coast University, Naples, FL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84Tdoq0zX-M&t=249s
8:10 pm PANEL PRESENTATION
LISA KORTE, Ph.D., Sanctuary Director, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, FL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLuTCczuZZ8&feature=youtu.be
NATHAN WALTHAM, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, Everglades Wetland Research Park; Principal Research Scientist
and Lecturer in Coasts, Estuary Science and Manage- ment, College of Science and Engineering,
James Cook University, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTrimJ9526g&feature=youtu.be
JULITA DUNALSKA, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, Everglades Wetland Research Park; Professor of Water Protection
Engineering, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, POLAND
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJL-Pz-4b3Y
WIN EVERHAM. Ph.D. Professor of Ecological and Marine Sciences, Water School, Florida Gulf Coast University,
Ft. Myers, FL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKZH88cywdM
DISCUSSIONS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vqhL9wdKPM&feature=youtu.be
LOCATION:
126 Kapnick Center, 4940 Bayshore Drive, Naples, FL 34112 (Florida Gulf Coast University in the Naples Botanical Garden)
Organized by Everglades Wetland Research Park, Water School, FGCU
Co-SponsorshipS:
- Bernard and Susan Master, Worthington, OH
- Naples Woman's Club, Naples, FL
- Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
- College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
- U.S. National Ramsar Committee (USNRC), Naples, FL
- Jerry B. Pausch Trust, Leesburg, OH
- Stream and Wetland Foundation, Lancaster, OH
