Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications – Sarasota County Natural Area Ecosystems

Note: Please send additional publications to Meg Lowman at New College of Florida, mlowman@ncf.edu

• Anonymous. 1976. Report on Myakka River Watershed. FL Dept. of Natural Resources. Tallahassee.
• Anonymous. Annual Performance Report (Statewide Wildlife Research). 1985. Study no. E-1-09 II-G-11. Whooping Crane (Grus Americana)-Selection of Potential Reintroduction Sites and Foster Parents in Florida’s Endangered Wildlife/Threatened and Endangered Bird Research.
• Abrahamson, W. and Hartnett, D.C. 1990. Pine flatwoods and dry prairie. Pp. 103-149. in R.L. Myers and J.J. Ewel (eds.). Ecosystems of Florida: University of Central Florida Press. Orlando.
• Adams, F. (1996). "Tropical hardwood hammocks in Florida." Florida Wildlife. 50(1): 21-23. 
• Banks, R.S. 1975. Beach erosion along the lower West Coast of Peninsular Florida. Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 25: 391-392.
• Bartos, L.F. 1981. Myakka River - Six Month Aquatic Weed Control Progress Report. Southwest Florida Water Management District. Brookesville.
• Beck, Carol. 1967. Plants of Myakka River State Park.
• Bedient, P.B., W.C. Huber, and J.P. Heaney. 1975. Appliation of a hydrologic model for land use planning in Florida. Water Resources Bull. 11(3): 469-481.
• Bochan, B. 1985. The Woody Plants of Myakka River State Park.
• Bottcher, D. and J.G. Hiscock. 2002. A New GIS Approach to Watershed Assessment Modeling.  From the Seventh Biennial Stormwater Research &Watershed Management Conference. Pp. 15-24.
• Buck, J.D. 1990. "Potentially pathogenic marine vibrio species in seawater and marine animals in the Sarasota, Florida area." Journal of Coastal Restoration. 6(4):943-948.
• Buntz, J.B. 1968. Upper Myakka Lake Fisheries Report. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Lakeland.
• Burgess, E., J. Burgess, and M.D. Lowman 1998. How quickly do bromeliads decay? Journal of The Bromeliad Society 48: 177-183.
• Burgess, J.B., E.A. Burgess, M.D. Lowman, and D.C. Randle. 2002. Water pollution in bromeliad tanks - an experimental approach. Journal of The Bromeliad Society. 52(2): 58-62.
• Campbell, Kyle N. 1986. Analysis of epiphyte assessment of the upper Myakka River watershed. Linthicum, MD: coastal environmental.
• Carter, J.H. 1975. The Florida Experience: Land and Water Policy in a Growth State. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London. 355 pp.
• Champeau, T.R. et. Al. 1988. Annual Progress Report. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Lakeland.
• Collopy, M.W. and Bishop, M.A. Year End Report: 1984-1983. Factors Affecting Productivity and Habitat Use of Florida Sandhill Cranes: An Evaluation of Three Areas in Central Florida as Potential Reintroduction Sites for a Nonmigratory Population of Whooping Cranes.
• Cooper, T. 2001. Mapping and Monitoring of Metamasius callizona and Its Host Plants in South Florida. Published online at: http://savebromeliads.ifas.ufl.edu/field
• Curnutt, J.L. and W.R. Hoffman. 1992. The Recent Distribution of Black Shouldered Kites of Florida. Florida Field Naturalists 20(1): 1-7.
• Davis, M.S. 2002. The Effects of Fire and Fire Influenced Canopy on the Inforescence Production of Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens(Bartr.) Small) and on the Distribution of the Cabbage Palm Caterpillar (Litoprosopus futilis(Grt. & Rob.)).  B.S. Thesis. New College of Florida.
• Duever, M. J.  and J.M. McCollom. 1990.   "Hydrologic study within the Myakka River State Park.  Ecosystem Research Unit, National Audubon Society. Final C-6415. Naples, Florida.
• Dunson, W.A. and C.J. Paradise. “Patterns of Water Chemistry and Fish Occurrence in Wetlands of Hydric Pine Flatwoods.” Journal of Freshwater Ecology.
• Edminster, C.B., Weatherspoon, C.P., and D.G. Neary. 2000. The Fire and Fire Surrogates Study: Providing Guidelines for Future Forest Watershed Management Districts. In USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-13. pp. 312-315.
• Emmel, C.T. (1992). "Mother Nature Reeks Havoc on Endangered Species." The Florida Naturalist. Fall:12. 15-21.
• Environmental Quality Laboratory. 1989. Hydrobiological monitoring of Charlotte Harbor. Report to Southwest Florida Water Management District. Port Charlotte.
• Ernst, K.A. 1999. "The effects of prolonged flooding on community structure and composition in a central Florida hardwood swamp. M.S. University of South Florida, Tampa.
• Ernst, K.A. and J.R. Brooks. 2003. “Prolonged flooding decreased stem density, tree size and shifted compostition towards clonal species in a central Florida hardwood swamp.” Forest Ecology and Management 173: 261-279.
• Estevez, Ernest D. Et al. (1992) "Status and Trends of Sarasota Bay's tidal wetlands." Final Report to Sarasota Bay Estuary program by Mote Marine Lab. TR-255.
• Estevez, E.D. et. al. (Feb. 1992) "Characterization of Ecological conditions and impacts of stormwater runoff on Hudson bayou and Phillippi creek with recommendations for analytical methods and management objectives. Final Report submitted by Mote Marine Lab to Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc.  TR- 245.
• Estevez, E.D., Evans, R.K., and Palmer, C.A. 1990. Distribution and abundance of marshes, mangroves, and submerged aquatic vegetation in tidal waters of the Myakka river Sarasota County, Florida. Sarasota County Office of Environmental Monitoring. Mote Marine Laboratory Report no 196. 40 p.
• Estevez, E.D. 1984. Summary of scientific information—Charlotte Harbor estuarine ecosystem complex and the Peace River. Mote Marine Laboratory Review Series No. 3, final report to Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council. Vol. 2.
• Estevez, E.D. 1983. Ecological characterization and documentation of pollution impacts in the Grand Canal, Siesta Key. Final Report by Mote Marine Lab to County of Sarasota, FL.
• Estevez, Ernest D. Et al. (1992) "Status and Trends of Sarasota Bay's tidal wetlands." Final Report to Sarasota Bay Estuary program by Mote Marine Lab. TR-255.
• Estevez, E.D. et. al. (Feb. 1992) "Characterization of Ecological conditions and impacts of stormwater runoff on Hudson bayou and Phillippi creek with recommendations for analytical methods and management objectives. Final Report submitted by Mote Marine Lab to Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc.  TR- 245.
• Fitzgerald, S. M., and G.W. Tanner. (1992)  "Avian community response to fire and mechanical shrub control in south Florida." Journal of Range Management. 45: 396-400.
• Ford, C.R. 1999. "Indications of forest stress and mortality along the Myakka River using tree ring analysis.  MS Botany. University of South Florida, Tampa.
• Ford C.R. and J.R. Brooks. 2000.  "Assessment of Tree Conditions in Myakka River State Park (P866)." Final Report for Agreement 98CON00125. Southwest FL Water Management District (SWFMD).
• Ford, C.R. and J.R. Brooks. 2003. “Hydrological and climatic responses of Pinus elliotti var. densa in mesic pine flatwoods Florida, USA.” Annual Forest Science 60: 385-392. 
• Ford, C. R. and J.R. Brooks. 2002. "Detecting ecosystem response to increasing river flow in southwest Florida, USA." Forest Ecology and Management. 160:45-64.
• Ford C.R. and J.R. Brooks. 2000.  "Assessment of Tree Conditions in Myakka River State Park (P866)." Final Report for Agreement 98CON00125. Southwest FL Water Management District (SWFMD).
• Garvin, M. C., K. A. Tarvin, L. M. Stark, G. E. Woolfenden, ----, and J. F. Day). 2004.      Arboviral infection in two species of wild jays (Aves: Corvidae): evidence for population impacts. J. Medical Entomology 41: 215-225.
• Geyer, R.A. 1950. A bibliography on the Gulf of Mexico. Texas J. Sci 2: 44-93.
• Gysel, Leslie W. 1969. Description of Vegetation Communities and Animal Interrelations in Myakka River State Park, Florida.
• Hammett, K.W. 1990. Land use, water use, streamflow, and water quality characteristics of the Charlotte Harbor inflow area, Florida. U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2359-A.
• Hefner, J.M. 1986. Wetlands of Florida 1950’s to 1970’s. In E.D. Estevez, J.Miller, J.Morris, and R. Hamman, eds. Proceedings of the conference: managing cumulative effects in Florida wetlands. New College Env. Studies Prog. Publ. No. 37. Omnipress; Madison, Wisconsin.
• Heilprin, A. 1887. Exploration on the west coast of Fllrida and in the Okeechobee wilderness. Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia. Reprinted through Paleontological Research Institute: 1964. 134 pp.
• Henslick, J. 1984. Values and Functions of wetland s with appplications to surface water management in Sarasota County. Report to Sarasota County Administration Task Force on Littoral and Fluctuation Zones.
• Hierro, J. L.  and E.S. Menges. 2002. "Fire intensity and shrub regeneration in Palmetto-Dominated Flatwoods of Central Florida." Florida Scientist. 65;1(Winter 2002): 51-61.
• Hingtgen, Terry. 1991.“Florida Scrub Jay Management Plan.” For Myakka River State Park.
• Horvitz, C. C. J. B. P. S. M. A. F. and R. H. Hofstetter. (1995). "Invasive exotic plants and regernation niches: subtropical hardwood forests after hurricanes as a model system." Ecological Applications. Special issue (Use of Ecological Concepts in Conservation Biology:Lessons from the Southeast): 76 p + figures.
• Huck, R.B. 1987. "Plant communities along an edaphic continuum in a central Florida watershed." Biological Sciences. 50 (2): 111-128.
• Huffman, J.M., and W.S. Judd. 1998. Vascular flora of Myakka River State Park, Sarasota and Manatee counties, Florida. Castenea. 63:25-50.
• Huffman, J.M. 1997. The Response of Lilium catesbaei (pine lilly) to fire and/or roller-chopping in Florida dry prairie. M.S. thesis. University of Florida, Gainesville.
• Huffman, J.M. and R. Dye. 1994. Summary of wiregrass ecosystem restoration projects at Myakka River State Park. P. In A.F. Clewell and W.Cleckley, eds., Proceedings of the Wiregrass Ecosystem Restoration Workshop, April 22, 1994. Tallahassee Florida. Northwest Florida Water Management District, Jacksonville.
• Huffman, J.M. and Patricia A. Werner. 2000.  Restoration of Florida Pine Savanna: Flowering Response of Lilium catesbaei to Fire and Roller Chopping. Natural Areas Journal. 20:1. (January 2000) 12-23.
• Jansen, D.  Flowing Water Swamps. For Multi-Species Recovery Plan for South Florida.
• Landry, S.M. 1996. The Importance of Seed Availability and Microsite Factors relating to the distribution of Vascular Epiphytes in West Central Florida. M.S. thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa.
• Letson, Orrin W. 1963. Birds of Myakka River State Park. Florida State Park Service-Myakka River State Park. Sarasota, FL.
• Lounibos, L.P. et.al. 2001, “Testing Preditions of Displacement of Native Aedes by Invasive Asian Tiger Mosqiutos Aedes albopictus in Florida, USA.” Biological Invasions 3(2): 151-166.
• Lowman, M.D. 2004. Tarzan or Jane? The history of canopy ecology. In: Forest Canopies, Elsevier Press, San Diego CA. pp. 379-393.
• Lowman, M.D. 2004. Ecotourism and the treetops: complement, not conflict, for emerging science. In: Forest Canopies, Elsevier Press, San Diego CA. pp 466-489.
• Lowman, M.D. Ecotourism and its impact on forest conservation. http://www.actionbioscience.org/environment/lowman.html
• Lowman, M.D., Mark Hunter, Bruce Rinker, Tim Schowalter and Steve Conte. 2002. Canopy walkways-highways in the sky. In: The Global Canopy Handbook(eds. Andrew W. Mitchell, Katherine Secoy, Tobias Jackson) Techniques of Access and Study in the forest roof. Pp 35-40.
• Lowman, M.D. 2001. Plants in the forest canopy: some reflections on current research and future direction. Plant Ecology 153: 39-50.
• Lowman, M.D., L. Downey, A. Farres and E. Mermin. 1999. Abundance and mortality of two ephiphytic Tillandsias(Bromeliaceae) in a Florida hammock. Journal of the Bromeliad Society 48: 25-28.
• Lowman, M.D. 1998. Forest canopies 1998: global perspectives. Selbyana 18(2): 1-3.
• Lowman, M.D. and W. Linnerooth. 1995. Population dynamics of some native Florida epiphytes. II. Mortality after a storm. Journal of the Bromeliad Society 45: 15-18.
• Lugo, A. and S.C. Snedaker. 1974. The ecology of mangroves. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 5: 39-63.
• Lugo, Ariel, Snedaker, Samuel C., & Roy Barker. The ecology of the Oscar Scherer State Park: the effects of man on its structure and function. For Save our Bays Association. Gainesville: University of Florida, 1970. 28 pp.
• Maehr, D. S.  and J. A. Cox (1995). "Landscape features and panthers in Florida." Conservation Biology. 9(5): 1008-1019.
• Maehr, D.S. (1990) “The Florida Panther and Private Lands.” Conservation Biology. 4(2): 167-170.
• Main, M.B. 1996. "Effects of prescribed fire on soil nutrients, forage quality, and community composition on the Florida Panther NWR." SW Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville: 9. 
• McCoy, E.D. 1981. Rare, threatened, and endangered plant species of southwestern Florida and potential impacts of OCS activity. US Fish and Wildlife Service, 83pp. [Glen Woolfenden published a parallel work on animals]
• McCoy, E.D., B. Stys and H.R. Mushinsky. 2002. A comparison of GIS and survey estimates of gopher toitoise habitat and numbers of individuals in Florida. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4: 472-478.
• McCoy, E.D., Mushninsky H.R., & C.A. Keller. 2000. Assessing wildlife usage of reclaimed phosphate-mined lands and unmined lands. Proceedings, Aerican Society for surface Mining and Reclamation 17: 386-396.
• McCoy, E.D., Mushninsky H.R., & D.S. Wilson. 1993. Patterns in the compass orientation of gopher tortoise burrows at different spatial scales. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters 3: 33-40.
• McCoy, E.D. & H.R. Mushninsky. 2002. Measuring the success of wildlife community restoration. Ecological Applications 12: 1861-1871.
• McCoy, E.D. & H.R. Mushninsky. 1992. Studying a species in decline: Changes in populations of the gopher tortoise on federal lands in Florida.  Florida Scientist 55: 116-125. [Not “watershed,” but upland areas of Ding Darling NWR]
• McCoy, E.D.  & H.R. Mushinsky. 1991. A survey of gopher tortoise populations residing on twelve state parks in Florida. FL Park Service, Technical Report 1, 78 pp.
• McFarlin, J.B. 1941. Flora of Myakka River State Park. Sarasota, FL.
• Morris, Julie. 1974. An Ecological Study of The Upper Myakka Lake with a special focus on Hyacinth and Hyrilla. New College, Environmental Studies Program. Sarasota, Florida.
• Milligan, M.R. 1990. Myakka River basin biological study: Down’s Dam to Snook Haven. Sarasota County Ecological Monitoring Division. Mote Marine Laboratory Technical Report no. 220. 200 p and appendices.
• Miller, J., and J. Morris. n.d. Plant Association Map of the Lower Myakka River. Sarasota County Department of Planning.
• Millsap, B. et. Al. 1997. Comparative Fecundity and Survival of Bald Eagles Fledged from Suburban and Rural Natal Areas in Annual Performance Report for Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Sarasota.
• Mushninsky, H.R. & E.D. McCoy. 1996. Habitat factors influencing the distribution of small vertebrates on unmined and phosphate mined uplands in Central Florida. Florida Institute of Phosphate Research, 97 pp.
• Mushninsky, H.R. & E.D. McCoy. 2001. Habitat factors influencing the distribution of small vertebrates on unmined and phosphate-mined flatlands in central Florida. Florida Institute of Phosphate Research, 143 pp.
• Mushninsky, H.R. & E.D. McCoy. 1994. Comparison of gopher tortoise populations on islands and on the mainland in Florida. In Biology of North American Tortoises, Fish and Wildlife Research 13, pp. 39-47 (National Biological Survey, Bury and Germano, Eds.). [Not “watershed,” but upland areas of Ding Darling NWR]
• Myers, R.L. and J.J. Ewel, eds. 1990. Ecosystems of Florida. University of Central Florida Press; Orlando, Florida.
• Nabor, P. and G.W. Patton. 1989. Aerial Studies of the West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) from Anna Maria Florida to Northern Charlotte Harbor inkling the Myakka River: recommended habitat protection and Manatee management strategies. County of Sarasota. Mote Marine Laboratory Technical Report no 134. 94 p.
• National Park Service. 1984. Final Wild and Scenic River Study. Myakka River Florida. UDSI/National Park Service.
• Olmsted, I. C. L.L.L and C. E. Hisembeck. (1980). "Tropical Hardwood Hammocks of the Interior of Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve." Report for South Florida Research Center. Report T-604: 58 pages.
• Pavek, D.S., Lamboy, W.F., and Garvey, E.J. 1999. “Ecogegraphic Study of Vitis Species: Final Report for Caloosa and Sweet Mountain Grapes.”
• Perry, B. Dry Prairie restoration at Myakka River State Park. P. 99-100. In: Program and abstracts of the Society for Restoration Ecology 9th Annual International Conference. Fort Lauderdale. FL. [Abstract]
• Peyton, J.H.: student technician.  Final Report  on The Fauna of Myakka River State Park. 1937.
• Pierce, E.L. 1965. The distribution of lancelets (Amphioxi) along the coasts of Florida. Bull. Mar. Sci 15(2): 480-494.
• Platt, W.R.F. Doren. Et. al. (2000). "Effects of Hurricane Andrew on stands of slash pine (pinus elliotti var densa) in the Everglades region of south FL (USA)." Plant Ecology. 146: 43-60. 
• Rings, Roy W. “The Lepidoptera of Myakka River State Park.” Progress Report[s]. Jan. 1997-Dec. 1999.
• Rinker, H.B. and M.D. Lowman. 2004. Forest Canopy herbivory. In: Forest Canopies, Elsevier Press, San Diego CA. pp 300-325.
• Rinker, H.B., M.D. Lowman, M.D. Hunter, T.D. Schowalter, and S.J. Fonte. 2001. Canopy herbivory and soil ecology-the top-down impact of forest processes. Selbyana 22(2): 225-231.         
• Robison, D., D. Childs, P. Latham, and D. Tomasko. 1999. Trend analysis of tree mortality in the upper Myakka River watershed. SWFWMD Report prepared by PBS&J.
• Robison, D., D. Wade, A Janicki, and K. Ernst. 1998. Tree mortality assessment of the upper Myakka River watershed. Report. SWFWMD. Brookesville, FL.
• Shy, E. and Eugene Morton. 1986. “The role of distance, familiarity, and time of day in Carolina Wrens responses to conspecific songs.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (1986) 19: 393-400.
• Soil Conservation Science. 1991. Soil Survey of Sarasota County, Florida. U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service, 147 p. plus maps.
• Sun, G., S.G. McNulty, et.al. (2001). "Effects of Timber Mangement on the Hydrology of Wetland Forests in the Southern United States." Forest Ecology and Management. 143: 227-236.
• Tanner, G. W., W.S. Terry, and R.B. Kalmbacher. (1988). "Mechanical shrub control on flatwoods range in south Florida." Journal of Range Management. 41: 245-248.
• Tanner, G.W. L.D.S. and F.G. Martin (1984). "Cattle behavior on a south Florida range." Journal of Range Management. 37(3): 248-251.
• Tanner, G.W., and W. S. Terry, and L. L. Yarlett. (1982). "Vegetation dynamics of three freshwater marshes within Kissimmee River valley." Pp 99-111 in P. McCaffrey, T. Beemer, and S. Gatewood, eds. Proceedings of Progress in Wetland Utilization and Management Practices Symposium, Orlando, FL.
• Tanner, G.W., and W.S. Terry. (1981). "Effect of roller chopping and web plowing on gopher tortoise burrows in southern Florida. pp 66-74 in R. Lohnoefener, L., K. Lohmeier, and G. Johnston, eds. The future of gopher tortoise habitats. Proceedings of a symposium. Jackson, MS.
• Tanner, G.W. and Susan Fitzgerald. 1988. “Small Mammal and Plant Responses to the Rehabilitation of a Dry Grassland Association using Fire and Roller Chopping applied in two seasons.” Quarterly report of  Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commision. Project no. GFC-86-025.
• Taylor, J.L. 1974. “The Charlotte Harbor estuarine system.” Florida Scientist 37: 205-216.
• Teague, K.E. 2003. Environmental ramifications of the fire ecology of slash pine(Pinus elliottii): a study of po