Southeast Region Ecological Services

Proceedings of the Coastal Ecosystems & Federal Activities
Technical Training Symposium
August 20-22, 2001
Gulf Shores, AL

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“Potential Impacts of Beach Nourishment on Migratory Striped Bass off the
North Carolina Outer Banks ”
Abstract
Wilson Laney, USFWS South Atlantic Fisheries Coordination Office

“Responses of Benthic Invertebrate Assemblages to the Asbury-Manasquan Inlet
Beach Nourishment Project, Northern New Jersey”
Abstract
Gary L. Ray, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center, Waterways Experiment Station

“Responses of Fish Assemblages to the Asbury-Manasquan Inlet Beach
Nourishment Project, Northern New Jersey”
Abstract
Dara Wilber, DynTel

“Scale, Essential Fish Habitat and Watershed Management of Gulf Fisheries: A
Conceptual Viewpoint”
Abstract
Mark S. Peterson, Dept. of Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi

“Primary Factors Affecting Sturgeon Populations in the Southern United States:
Fishing Mortality and Degradation of Essential Habitats”
Abstract
Gordon Rogers, Southern Resources & Environmental Services, Inc.

“Integrating Habitat Concerns in the Fishery Management Process”
Abstract
Wilson Laney, USFWS South Atlantic Fisheries Coordination Office

“What is Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) and What are the Implications for Coastal
Activities?”
Abstract
Mike Johnson, NMFS Miami Habitat Conservation Division

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) and Manatees
Jim Valade, Moderator
12:30 - 2:30 pm

“Assessing Anthropogenic Injury, Modeling Recovery, Computing Lost Interim
Services and Scaling Compensatory Action in Seagrass Ecosystems”
Abstract
Mark S. Fonseca, Brian E. Julius, and W. Judson Kenworthy, NOAA National Ocean Service

“Utilization of Coastal Seagrass Beds as Nursery Areas for Economically
Important Reef Fish”
Abstract
Andy David, NMFS Panama City Laboratory

“The Manatee: Concerns and Considerations”
Abstract
Jim Valade, USFWS Jacksonville Ecological Services

Invertebrates
Tracy Rice, Moderator
2:45 - 4:30 pm

“Effects of Sediment Removal on an Offshore Benthic Community”
Abstract
Martin Posey, Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

“Responses by Macrobenthic Assemblages to Extensive Beach Restoration at
Perdido Key, Florida”
Abstract
Chet Rakocinski, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, University of Southern Mississippi

“How Beach Nourishment Affects the Habitat Value of Intertidal Beach Prey for
Surf Fish and Shorebirds and Why Uncertainty Still Exists”
Abstract
Charles (Pete) H. Peterson and Lisa Manning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute of Marine Sciences

“Suitability of Sandy Beach Foreshores as Habitat: Examples from Two
Estuaries”
Abstract
Nancy Jackson, Dept. of Environmental Policy Studies, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Birds
Mark Woodrey, Moderator
4:30 - 6:15 pm

“Moist Soil Habitats for Piping Plovers”
Abstract
Paper
Jim Fraser, Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech

“Accessible Habitat for Shorebirds: Factors Influencing its Availability and
Conservation Implications”
Abstract
Jaime Collazo, NC Cooperative Research Unit, North Carolina State University

“Creation of Waterbird Nesting Islands”
Dave Allen, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

“Gulf Coast Shorebird and Migratory Bird Issues”
Mark Woodrey, Southeast Region Assistant Nongame Migratory Bird Coordinator for USFWS

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