Ecological Landscape Modeling

Faculty & Students

H. Carl Fitz

Assistant Professor of Landscape Ecology: Soil and Water Science Department and the Ft. Lauderdale Research and Education Center, IFAS, University of Florida.

Research (60% time) and Extension (40% time) expertise: Landscape and ecosystem ecology, particularly in wetland and estuarine systems; modeling integrated physical, chemical, and biological interactions of landscape dynamics; integrating natural system restoration with the human dimensions.

Curriculum Vitae (200 kb pdf)
email: cfitz@ufl.edu phone: +1-954-577-6363
mail: UF FLREC, 3205 College Ave, Davie, FL 33314

Stephen Hanks

Graduate Student pursuing professional MS degree through the Soil and Water Science Department specializing in soil and groundwater contaminant remediation with a certification in hydrologic sciences through the UF Water Institute.

Focus of study: Hydrologic sciences, particularly in groundwater modeling; water supply quality, water resource sustainability, and soil and groundwater interactions.

Major project: Analysis of a chlorinated solvent plume entering a water supply wellfield for a major metropolitan area; involving the determination of the required plume reduction to eliminate wellfield impact, and applicable remediation methods.

Supervisory committee: Dr. Carl Fitz (Chair), Dr. James Jawitz, and Dr. Kati Migliaccio

email: hanks705@ufl.edu phone: +1-305-818-8431

Related Links

Related UF Sites

Soil and Water Science Department, with teaching, research and extension activities in soil and hydrologic sciences.

Ft. Lauderdale Research & Education Center, with teaching, research and extension work in the natural and urban environments of south Florida.

Wetlands Biogeochemistry Lab, a teaching, research and extension/outreach laboratory on biogeochemical cycles in wetlands and aquatic ecosystems.

Wetlands Extension, an information source to provide Floridians with a better understanding of wetlands and wetland related issues.

UF Water Institute brings together talent from throughout the University to address complex water issues through innovative interdisciplinary research, education, and public outreach programs..

Related Landscape Models

ELM, application web site of the Everglades Landscape Model, an (EcoLandMod) integrated ecological assessment tool designed to understand and predict the landscape response to different water management scenarios in south Florida, USA. Includes results of the review of its application, by an Independent Peer Review Panel.

PLM, Patuxent Landscape Model, a "sister" simulation model whose design parallels the Everglades Landscape Model (ELM), and is an integrated ecological economic modeling and valuation system for a Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Related Everglades Models

ATLSS Across-Trophic-Level System Simulation, a set of integrated models that simulate the hierarchy of whole-system responses across animal trophic levels.

SFWMM, South Florida Water Management Model, used to evaluate managed hydrology throughout the South Florida region.

RSM, South Florida Regional Simulation Model, in-development to replace the SFWMM to simulate managed hydrology throughout the South Florida region.

TIME Tides and Inflows in the Mangroves of the Everglades, a joint research effort to investigate the interacting effects of freshwater inflows and tidal forces in and along the mangrove ecotone of south Florida.

EDEN Everglades Depth Estimation Network, an integrated network of real-time water-level monitoring, ground-elevation modeling, and water-surface modeling that provides current (1999-present), on-line water-depth information for the freshwater portion of the Greater Everglades.

Everglades Information

Everglades Restoration Plan, home of the planning for restoring the Everglades.

SFWMD Everglades Division, describing their many research projects that help us understand, preserve and restore the fauna and flora of the Everglades/Florida Bay ecosystems.

Florida Coastal Everglades LTER, a Long Term Ecological Research project funded by the National Science Foundation, to investigate how variability in regional climate, freshwater inputs, disturbance, and perturbations affect the coastal Everglades ecosystem.

USGS South Florida Information Access (SOFIA), part of the USGS Ecosystem Program to enhance its scientific assistance to resource managers.

Croc Docs, research and education programs that evaluate effects of human activities on wildlife and their habitats.