Examining Fisheries Impact of Invasive Lionfish with an Ecopath with Ecosim Model

Description: Assessing management options to reduce lionfish impacts on reef ecosystems.

Spawning Habitat and Early-life Linkages to Fisheries (SHELF)

Ecological and Economic Impacts of Land-Use and Climate Change on Coastal Food Webs and Fisheries

Description: The Suwannee River estuary supports several imperiled species, multimillion-dollar fisheries, aquaculture, and tourism in Florida’s Nature Coast. This project will assess how past, present, and future climate and land use scenarios influence the quality of natural resources in the Suwannee River estuary. The team will develop a predictive model to evaluate different watershed management actions, based on water quality and nutrient flow. These predictions, combined with food web modelling, will project how changes in freshwater quality and quantity will influence fish and shellfish populations. Results from the watershed and food web models will also be combined with survey data to evaluate the economic impacts of different land use and climate scenarios.

Otolith data collected from offshore Florida reef fish, 2015-07-06 to 2017-10-20

Eye lens isotope data collected from offshore Florida reef fish, 2015-07-06 to 2017-10-20

Fish Reproduction and Histology

SHELF Ichthyoplankton

SHELF Florida Middle Grounds (FMG) echosounder data collected from 2017-07-13 to 2017-07-14

Hydrophone recordings on Florida Middle Grounds from 2017-04-25 to 2017-06-11

Towed-camera (C-BASS) observations of fish density and habitat in the Florida Middle Grounds from 2017-07-13 to 2017-07-14

Data identifying fish eggs obtained from oceanographic cruises in West Florida from 2019-09-11 to 2019-09-24 with sequences of the mitochondrial gene

Data identifying fish eggs obtained from oceanographic cruises in west Florida from 2013-09-13 to 2014-09-27 with sequences of the mitochondrial gene

Identification with metabarcoding of fish eggs collected aboard the R/V Hogarth from 2019-08-06 to 2019-09-26 on the west Florida shelf

Fish egg sequences for the Spawning Habitat and Early-Life Linkages to Fisheries (SHELF) project, northern Gulf of Mexico on 2017-07-17

Northern Gulf of Mexico Ecopath with Ecosim model input: lionfish impact on native reef fish commmunities

Focus Groups

Focus Group/Advisory Committee Facilitated Discussion

Suwannee River Estuary Model Inputs

Suwannee River Estuary Model Outputs

Household survey response data to assess use and non-use value of coastal resources in the Nature Coast, Florida, obtained in 2022

Economic Impact Analysis Results for Suwannee River Basin Scenarios

Saltwater recreational angler survey response data to assess current visitation and future visitation under climate/land use change scenarios, Suwannee River Estuary, Florida, 2023

Suwannee River Surface Water-Groundwater Model, Inputs, and Outputs