Everglades Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (REMAP)

EVERGLADES REMAP PROGRAM REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS

September 2021

USEPA Everglades REMAP: https://www.epa.gov/everglades/environmental-monitoring-everglades

Abbey-Lee, Robin N., Evelyn N. Gaiser and J. C. Trexler. 2013. Relative roles of dispersal dynamics and
competition in determining the isotopic niche breadth of a wetland fish. Freshwater Biology 58:780-792.
doi:10.1111/fwb. 12084.

Axelrad, Donald M., Thomas D. Atkeson, Ted Lange, Curtis D. Pollman, Cynthia C. Gilmour, William H. Orem,
Irving A. Mendelssohn, Peter C. Frederick, David P. Krabbenhoft, George R.Aiken, Darren G. Rumbold,
Daniel J. Scheidt, and Peter I. Kalla. 2007. Chapter 3B: Mercury Monitoring, Research and Environmental
Assessment in South Florida. In 2007 South Florida Environmental Report. SFWMD and FDEP 57 pages.

Axelrad, Donald M., Ted Lange, Mark Gabriel, Thomas D. Atkeson, Curtis D. Pollman, William H. Orem,
Daniel J. Scheidt, P. I. Kalla, P. C. Frederick and C. C. Gilmour. 2008. Chapter 3B: Mercury and Sulfur
Monitoring, Research and Environmental Assessment in South Florida. In 2008 South Florida Environmental
Report. SFWMD and FDEP. 55 pages.

Cai, Yong, Rudolf Jaffe, and Ronald Jones. 1997. Ethylmercury in the Soils and Sediments of the Florida
Everglades. Environmental Science and Technology 31(1):302-305.

Doren, Robert, John C. Volin and Jennifer H. Richards. 2009. Invasive exotic plant indicators for ecosystem
restoration: An example from the Everglades restoration program. Ecological Indicators 9S:S29-S36.

Gaiser, Evelyn E. Paul V. McCormick, Scot E. Hagerthey and Andrew D. Gottlieb. 2011. Landscape Patterns
of Periphyton in the Florida Everglades. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
41 (S1:92-120).

Ivey, C. and J.H. Richards. 2001. Genotypic diversity and clonal structure of Everglades sawgrass, Cladium
jamaicense (Cyperaceae). International Journal of Plant Science 162:1327-1335.

Ivey, C. and J.H. Richards. 2001. Genetic diversity of Everglades sawgrass Cladium jamaicense,
(Cyperaceae). International Journal of Plant Science 162: 817-825.

Jiang, P., G. Liu, W. Cui and Y. Cai. 2018. Geochemical modeling of mercury speciation in surface water and
implications on mercury cycling in the Everglades wetland. Science of the Total Environment
640-641:454-465.

John, A., H. R. Fuentes and F. George. 2021. Characterization of the water retention curves of Everglades
wetland soils. Geoderma 381:114724. https://www.sciencedirect.eom/science/iournal/00167061/381/supp/C

Kalla, P. I. and D. J. Scheidt. 2017. Everglades ecosystem assessment - Phase IV, 2014: Data reduction and
initial synthesis. USEPA Science and Ecosystem Support Division. SESD Project 14-0380. Athens, Georgia.
58 pages.

Kalla, P., M. Cyterski, J. Minucci and D. Scheidt. 2019. Modelling of mercury bioaccumulation in mosquitofish
(Gambusia sp.) for the Everglades Regional Monitoring and Assessment Program. USEPA Laboratory
Services and Applied Science Division, Athens, GA. LSASD 20-0085. 35 pages.

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Kalla, P., M. Cyterski, D. Scheidt and J. Minucci. 2021. Spatiotemporal Effects of Interacting Water Quality
Constituents on Mercury in a Common Prey Fish in a Large, Perturbed, Subtropical Wetland. Science of the
Total Environment 792 (2021) 148321. https://doi.Org/10.1016/i.scitotenv.2021.148321

Li, Yanbin, Yuxiang Mao, Guangliang Liu, Georgio Tachiev, David Roelant, Xinbin Feng and Yong Cai. 2011.
Degradation of Methylmercury and Its Effects on Mercury Distribution and Cycling in the Florida Everglades.
Environmental Science and Technology 44:6661-6666.

Li, Yanbin, Zhiwei Duan, Guangliang Liu, Peter Kalla, Daniel Scheidt and Yong Cai. 2015. Evaluation of
the possible sources and controlling factors of toxic metals/metalloids in the Florida Everglades and their
potential risk of exposure. Environmental Science & Technology. DPI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01638.

Liu, G., Y. Cai, P. Kalla, D. Scheidt, J. Richards, L. Scinto, E. Gaiser and C. Appleby. 2008a. Mercury mass
budget estimates and cycling seasonality in the Florida Everglades. Environmental Science and Technology
42:1954-1960.

Liu, G., Y. Cai, T. Philippi, P. Kalla, D. Scheidt, L. Scinto, J. Richards and J. Trexler. 2008b. Distribution of
total and methylmercury in different ecosystem compartments in the Everglades: Implications for mercury
accumulation. Environmental Pollution 153:257-265.

Liu, G., Yong Cai, Yuxiang Mao, Daniel Scheidt, Peter Kalla, Jennifer Richards, Leonard Scinto, Georgio
Tachiev, David Roelant and Charlie Appleby. 2009. Spatial Variability in Mercury Cycling and Relevant
Biogeochemical Controls in the Florida Everglades. Environmental Science and Technology 43(12:4361-
4366. DPI: 10.1021/es803665c

Liu, G., G. M. Naja, P. Kalla, D. Scheidt, E. Gaiser, and Y. Cai. 2011. Legacy and fate of mercury and
methylmercury in the Florida Everglades. Environmental Science and Technology, 45(2):496-501.

Supporting information S1-S41.

Liu, Guangliang, Yong Cai, Georgio Tachiev and Leone Lagos. 2015. Mercury Mass Budget Estimates and
Cycling in the Florida Everglades. Chapter 4 in Microbiology of the Everglades Ecosystem. James A. Entry,
Andrew D. Gottlieb, Krish Jayachandran, Andrew Cgram (editors). CRC Press.

Orem, William, Cynthia Gilmour, Donald Axelrad, David Krabbenhoft, Daniel Scheidt, Peter Kalla, P,
McCormick, Mark Gabriel and George Aiken. 2011. Sulfur in the South Florida Ecosystem: Distribution,
Sources, Biogeochemistry, Impacts, and Management for Restoration. Critical Reviews in Environmental
Science and Technology 41(S1):249-288.

Osborne, T. Z., S. Newman; D. J. Scheidt, P. I. Kalla, G. L. Bruland, M. J. Cohen, L. J. Scinto and L. R.

Ellis. 2011. Landscape Patterns of Significant Soil Nutrients and Contaminants in the Greater Everglades
Ecosystem: Past, Present, and Future. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
41 (S1):121-148.

Richards, J.H. and C.T. Ivey. 2004. Morphological plasticity of Sagittaria lancifolia L. in response to
phosphorus. Aquatic Botany 80:53-67.

Richards, Jennifer and Tom Philippi. 2005. Macrophyte sampling, South Florida R-EMAP project. 2005 dry
season. Final Report. Florida International University Department of Biological Sciences. 54 pages.

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Richards, J. H., T. Philippi, P. Kalla and D. Scheidt. 2008. Everglades marsh vegetation: species
associations and spatial distributions from R-EMAP Phase III. Florida International University Department
of Biological Sciences. 38 pages.

Richards, Jennifer, Leonard J. Scinto, Yong Cai, Daniel Gann and Guangliang Liu. 2017. Regional
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (REMAP) IV: Greater Everglades Whole-Ecosystem
Monitoring and Assessment. September 28, 2017. Florida International University. Miami, Florida. 208
pages.

Sargeant, B., J.C. Trexler, E.E. Gaiser. 2010. Biotic and Abiotic Determinants of Intermediate-Consumer
Trophic Diversity in the Florida Everglades. Marine & Freshwater Research 61:11-22.

Sargeant, Brooke L., Evelyn E. Gaiser, and Joel C. Trexler. 2011. Indirect and direct controls of
macroinvertebrates and small fish by abiotic factors and trophic interactions in the Florida Everglades.
Journal of Freshwater Biology DPI: 10.1111 /j. 1365-2427.2011,02663.x

Scheidt, Daniel, J. Stober, R. Jones and K. Thornton. 2000. South Florida ecosystem assessment: water
management, soil loss, eutrophication and habitat. EPA 904-R-00-003. USEPA Region 4. Atlanta, Georgia.
38 pages.

Scheidt, D. J. and P. I. Kalla. 2007. Everglades ecosystem assessment: water management, water quality,
eutrophication, mercury contamination, soils and habitat. Monitoring for adaptive management: A REMAP
status report. EPA 904-R-07-001. USEPA Region 4. Athens, Georgia. 104 pages.

Scheidt, D. J., P. I. Kalla and D. D. Surratt. 2021. Everglades Regional Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment Program - REMAP. Water quality and management, nutrients, mercury, soils and habitat.
Monitoring for adaptive management: a phase IV update. EPA 904-R21-002. USEPA Region 4, Atlanta,
Georgia. 130 pages.

Stober, Q. J., R. D. Jones and D. J. Scheidt. 1995. Ultra-trace level mercury in the Everglades Ecosystem:
A Multi-media Pilot Study. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 80:991-1001.

Stober, Jerry, Daniel Scheidt, Ron Jones, Kent Thornton, Robert Ambrose, and Danny France. 1996.

South Florida Ecosystem Assessment. Monitoring for Adaptive Management: Implications for Ecosystem
Restoration. Interim Report. EPA-904-R-96-008. USEPA Region 4 SESD and ORD. Athens, Georgia. 26
pages.

Stober, Jerry, Daniel Scheidt, Ron Jones, Kent Thornton, Robert Ambrose, and Danny France. 1998.

South Florida Ecosystem Assessment. Monitoring for Adaptive Management: Implications for Ecosystem
Restoration. Final Technical Report - Phase I. EPA-904-R-98-002. USEPA Region 4 Science and
Ecosystem Support Division. Athens, Georgia. 478 pages.

Stober, Q. J., K. Thornton, R. Jones, J. Richards, C. Ivey, R. Welch, M. Madden, J. Trexler, E. Gaiser, D.
Scheidt and S. Rathbun. 2001. South Florida Ecosystem Assessment: Phase l/ll- Everglades Stressor
Interactions: Hydropatterns, Eutrophication, Habitat Alteration, and Mercury Contamination (Summary).
EPA 904-R-01-002. September 2001. USEPA Region 4 Science and Ecosystem Support Division. Athens,
Georgia. 63 pages.

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Stober, Q. J., K. Thornton, R. Jones, J. Richards, C. Ivey, R. Welch, M. Madden, J. Trexler, E. Gaiser,
D. Scheidt and S. Rathbun. 2001. South Florida Ecosystem Assessment: Phase l/ll (Technical Report-
Everglades Stressor Interactions: Hydropatterns, Eutrophication, Habitat Alteration, and Mercury
Contamination. EPA 904-R-01-003. September 2001. USEPA Region 4 Science and Ecosystem Support
Division. Athens, Georgia. 1625 pages.

Tarpey, Thaddeus and Christopher T. Ivey. 2006. Allometric Extension for Multivariate Regression. Journal
of Data Science 4:479-495.

Trexler, J. C., E. E. Gaiser, J. S. Kominoski, and J. Sanchez. 2015. The role of periphyton mats in
consumer community structure and function in calcareous wetlands: Lessons from the Everglades. Pages
155-179 In: Microbiology of the Everglades Ecosystem. J. A. Entry, A. D. Gottlieb, K. Jayachandrahan and
A. Ogram (editors). Science Publishers, CRC Press.

USEPA. 1993. R-EMAP: Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program.
EPA/625/R-93/012. September 1993. USEPA Office of Research and Development. Washington, D. C. 96
pages.

USEPA. 1997. Mercury study report to Congress. Volume VI: an ecological assessment for anthropogenic
mercury emissions in the United States. USEPA Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards and Office of
Research and Development. EPA-452/R-97-008.

USEPA. 2014a. Everglades Ecosystem Assessment Phase IV. Miami, Florida. September 23-29, 2013.
SESD Project Identification Number: 13-0513. USEPA Region 4 Science and Ecosystem Support Division.
Athens, Georgia. 22 pages.

USEPA. 2014b. Everglades ecosystem assessment phase IV quality assurance project plan. USEPA
Region 4 Science and Ecosystem Support Division. Athens, Georgia. 135 pages.

Welch, R. and M. Madden. 2000. Aerial photo vegetation assessment in the Everglades ecosystem. Final
report. Submitted to U. S. Department of Interior, October 19, 2000. Center for Remote Sensing and
Mapping Sciences, Department of Geography, University of Georgia. Athens, Georgia. 285 pages.

Yamashita, Youhei, Leonard J. Scinto, Nagamitsu Maie and Rudolf Jaffe. 2010. Dissolved Organic Matter
Characteristics Across a Subtropical Wetland's Landscape: Application of Optical Properties in the
Assessment of Environmental Dynamics. Ecosystems 13:1006-1019.

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