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Led by ecologists Christopher D'Elia and James Gore, the Center for Science and Policy Applications for Coastal Environment (C-SPACE) was created in 2005
with funding from the National Center for Environmental Research of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). C-SPACE provides a framework for
collaboration between USF St. Petersburg researchers and colleagues at the USF
College of Marine Science, the Center for Coastal & Watershed Studies of the
U.S. Geological Survey, the Southeast Fisheries Science Center of the National
Marine Fisheries Service/NOAA, and the State’s Florida Wildlife Research
Institute, all of which are also located on USF St. Petersburg.
The primary aim of this Center is to
undertake research on problems affecting coastal areas, with an initial focus on
Florida’s Gulf Coast.
C-SPACE conducts interdisciplinary research within the following general areas:
- the use, supply, and quality of freshwater;
- the fate, effects, assessment and remediation of water-borne pollutants;
- water quality and quantity driven changes in inland and coastal ecosystems; and
- management and policy of coastal freshwater and marine ecosystems.
Here please find projects being undertaken by C-SPACE
researchers in 2005:
| Project Title
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PI's and Co-PI's
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Core Component
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| Project 1: Past and Present Water Quality in Florida Coatal Waters
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Joseph M. Smoak, PI
Melanie Riedinger-Whitmore
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Fate, Effects and Remediation of Pollutants
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| Project 2: Cyanobacteria Proliferation and Eutrophication in Florida Lakes
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Melanie Riedinger-Whitmore, PI
Thomas J. Whitmore
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| Project 3: Reactive Metal Particle Emulsions for Removal of PCBs
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Kathleen Carvalho-Knighton, PI
Cherie Geiger
Christian Claussen
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| Project 4: The Social and Environmental Dimensions of Xeriscaping: A Pathway for Ameliorating Coastal Environments
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Rebecca Johns, PI
James Krest
Joseph Dorsey
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Society and Policy
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| Project 5: An Historical Perspective on the Economic and Environmental Impacts of the Phosphate Industry on the Tmapa Bay Region
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Antoinette Criss, PI
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| Project 6: Interfacing SWAT and PHABSIM: A Potential GIS-based Water Resource Management Tool
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Barnali Dixon, PI
James Gore
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Data Management, Modeling & Analysis
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| Project 7: Acquisition of Counters for Gamma-emitting Radioisotopes
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James Krest, PI
Joseph M. Smoak
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Monitoring & Analytical Support Services
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| Project 8: Guided Surface Vehicles
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Eric Steimle, PI
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| Project 9: Science Journalism
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Mark Walters, PI
Tony Silvia
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Education & Outreach
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