Rehage, Jennifer
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Dr. Jennifer Rehage is a coastal and fish ecologist and associate professor at the Institute of Environment and the Earth & Environment department. Studies in her research groupfocus on understanding how natural and human disturbances affects multiple aspects of the life of fish focusing on individuals, their behavior, populations, ecosystem role, and interactions with anglers.
Over the past decade at FIU, Dr Rehage has been studying how hydroclimatic variation effects fish and the recreational fisheries they support in the Everglades and throughout South Florida. Research has focused on Common Snook, Florida Largemouth Bass, Bonefish, juvenile Atlantic Tarpon and Jack Crevalle. Studies examine the interacting effects of natural flow regimes, climate, and management decisions on fish space use, distribution and populations, and involves recreational anglers, and local ecological (angler) knowledge.
research interests
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The affects of natural and human disturbances on multiple aspects of the life of fish focusing on individuals, their behavior, populations, ecosystem role, and interactions with anglers.
How hydroclimatic variation effects fish and the recreational fisheries they support in the Everglades and throughout South Florida. Research has focused on Common Snook, Florida Largemouth Bass, Bonefish, juvenile Atlantic Tarpon and Jack Crevalle.
Studies examine the interacting effects of natural flow regimes, climate, and management decisions on fish space use, distribution and populations, and involves recreational anglers, and local ecological (angler) knowledge.
How water and water management decisions interact with climate patterns to affect fish and the quality of recreational fisheries.
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
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Article
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2021Sociability interacts with temporal environmental variation to spatially structure metapopulations: A fish dispersal simulation in an ephemeral landscape. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING. 443.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109458 Web of Science: 000618329100006
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2020Individual consumer movement mediates food web coupling across a coastal ecosystem. ECOSPHERE. 11.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3305 Web of Science: 000603657600011
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2020Valuing Ecosystem Services under Climate Risk: A Case of Recreational Fisheries in the Florida Everglades. JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT. 146.Full Text via DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001290 Web of Science: 000601258700009
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2020A closer look at invasiveness and relatedness: life histories, temperature, and establishment success of four congeners. ECOSPHERE. 11.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3222 Web of Science: 000598784300004
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2020Human Actions Alter Tidal Marsh Seascapes and the Provision of Ecosystem Services. ESTUARIES AND COASTS.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-020-00830-0 Web of Science: 000568443300001
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2020Going Downriver: Patterns and Cues in Hurricane-Driven Movements of Common Snook in a Subtropical Coastal River. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 43:1158-1173.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-019-00617-y Web of Science: 000537511500018
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2020Movements of Juvenile Bull Sharks in Response to a Major Hurricane Within a Tropical Estuarine Nursery Area. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 43:1144-1157.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-019-00600-7 Web of Science: 000537511500017
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2019A comparison of the establishment success, response to competition, and community impact of invasive and non-invasive Gambusia species. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS. 22:509-522.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10530-019-02113-7 Web of Science: 000493928900001
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2019Coupling telemetry and stable isotope techniques to unravel movement: Snook habitat use across variable nutrient environments. FISHERIES RESEARCH. 218:35-47.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2019.04.008 Web of Science: 000477786600005
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2019Satellite Estimation of Chlorophyll-a Using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Sensor in Shallow Coastal Water Bodies: Validation and Improvement. WATER. 11.Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/w11081621 Web of Science: 000484561500095
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2019Contrasting river migrations of Common Snook between two Florida rivers using acoustic telemetry. FISHERIES RESEARCH. 213:219-225.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2018.12.017 Web of Science: 000460824700023
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2019A multi-methods approach supports the effective management and conservation of coastal marine recreational flats fisheries. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES. 102.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-018-0840-1 Web of Science: 000458239300001
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2019Bonefish in South Florida: status, threats and research needs. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES. 102.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-018-0820-5 Web of Science: 000458239300017
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2019Combining data sources to elucidate spatial patterns in recreational catch and effort: fisheries-dependent data and local ecological knowledge applied to the South Florida bonefish fishery. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES. 102.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-018-0828-x Web of Science: 000458239300015
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2019How has the quality of bonefishing changed over the past 40years? Using local ecological knowledge to quantitatively inform population declines in the South Florida flats fishery. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES. 102.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-018-0831-2 Web of Science: 000458239300014
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2019Linking bonefish (Albula vulpes) populations to nearshore estuarine habitats using an otolith microchemistry approach. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES. 102.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-018-0839-7 Web of Science: 000458239300013
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2019Understanding the decline of catch-and-release fishery with angler knowledge: a key informant approach applied to South Florida bonefish. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES. 102.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-018-0812-5 Web of Science: 000458239300016
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2018Facilitating Integration in Interdisciplinary Research: Lessons from a South Florida Water, Sustainability, and Climate Project. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 62.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00267-018-1099-1 Web of Science: 000450496000003
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2018Illustrating the value of cross-site comparisons: Habitat use by a large, euryhaline fish differs along a latitudinal gradient. FISHERIES RESEARCH. 208.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2018.07.005 Web of Science: 000447108300006
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2018Keeping up with the Silver King: Using cooperative acoustic telemetry networks to quantify the movements of Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) in the coastal waters of the southeastern United States. FISHERIES RESEARCH. 205.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2018.04.008 Web of Science: 000433651100009
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2018A hydro-economic model of South Florida water resources system. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 628-629.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.111 Web of Science: 000432462000148
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2018Ecological-economic assessment of the effects of freshwater flow in the Florida Everglades on recreational fisheries. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 627.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.038 Web of Science: 000431848500046
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2017Can animal habitat use patterns influence their vulnerability to extreme climate events? An estuarine sportfish case study. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 23:4045-4057.
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2017Ecological niche partitioning within a large predator guild in a nutrient-limited estuary. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY. 62:934-953.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/lno.10477 Web of Science: 000402907100005
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2017Examining gradients in ecosystem novelty: fish assemblage structure in an invaded Everglades canal system. ECOSPHERE. 8.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1634 Web of Science: 000396526300024
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2016A once in 10 year drought alters the magnitude and quality of a floodplain prey subsidy to coastal river fishes. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES. 73:1672-1678.Full Text via DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2015-0507 Web of Science: 000386674900007
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2016A review of subtropical community resistance and resilience to extreme cold spells. ECOSPHERE. 7.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1455 Web of Science: 000387216300004
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2016Knocking back invasions: variable resistance and resilience to multiple cold spells in native vs. nonnative fishes. ECOSPHERE. 7.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1268 Web of Science: 000378523100001
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2016Recreational Angler Perspectives of Nonnative Fishes. HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF WILDLIFE. 21:144-157.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2015.1111472 Web of Science: 000422688100004
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2016Resilience of a tropical sport fish population to a severe cold event varies across five estuaries in southern Florida. ECOSPHERE. 7.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1400 Web of Science: 000387208900005
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2016Shift in recreational fishing catches as a function of an extreme cold event. ECOSPHERE. 7.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1335 Web of Science: 000378523100016
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2016The Role of Dispersal Behaviour and Personality in Post-establishment Spread. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS AND ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR. 96-115.Web of Science: 000412558500008
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2016What Can We Expect from Climate Change for Species Invasions?. FISHERIES. 41:405-407.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2016.1180287 Web of Science: 000380148000013
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2015A Tale of Two Fishes: Using Recreational Angler Records to Examine the Link Between Fish Catches and Floodplain Connections in a Subtropical Coastal River. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 38:S124-S135.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-013-9710-4 Web of Science: 000347956700010
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2015On the mismatch between salinity tolerance and preference for an invasive fish: A case for incorporating behavioral data into niche modeling. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY. 471:58-63.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2015.05.002 Web of Science: 000359167700008
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2014Climate extremes drive changes in functional community structure. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 20:1821-1831.
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2014Examining the Effectiveness of Consumer Diet Sampling as a Nonnative Detection Tool in a Subtropical Estuary. TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY. 143:489-494.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2013.862180 Web of Science: 000333882800016
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2014Fish Community Responses to the Combined Effects of Decreased Hydroperiod and Nonnative Fish Invasions in a Karst Wetland: Are Everglades Solution Holes Sinks for Native Fishes?. WETLANDS. 34:S159-S173.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13157-012-0361-1 Web of Science: 000345634700015
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2014Recent Fish Introductions Into Everglades National Park: An Unforeseen Consequence of Water Management?. WETLANDS. 34:S175-S187.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13157-012-0362-0 Web of Science: 000345634700016
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2014Turning passive detection systems into field experiments: an application using wetland fishes and enclosures to track fine-scale movement and habitat choice. ACTA ETHOLOGICA. 17:53-61.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10211-013-0154-4 Web of Science: 000331631900008
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2013No free lunch: displaced marsh consumers regulate a prey subsidy to an estuarine consumer. OIKOS. 122:1453-1464.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.20994.x Web of Science: 000325029900006
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2012Canals as Vectors for Fish Movement: Potential Southward Range Expansion of Lepisosteus osseus L. (Longnose Gar) in South Florida. SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST. 11:253-262.Full Text via DOI: 10.1656/058.011.0207 Web of Science: 000307013200008
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2012Multiple predator effects and native prey responses to two non-native Everglades cichlids. ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH. 21:375-385.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2012.00557.x Web of Science: 000304818800006
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2012Nonnative African jewelfish are more fit but not bolder at the invasion front: a trait comparison across an Everglades range expansion. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS. 14:2159-2174.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0221-1 Web of Science: 000308037700016
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2012SEGREGATION OF PALAEMONID SHRIMP ALONG AN EVERGLADES ESTUARINE GRADIENT: DO MULTIPLE SPECIES HAVE SIMILAR TROPHIC FUNCTION?. BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE. 88:843-861.Full Text via DOI: 10.5343/bms.2011.1058 Web of Science: 000310106200002
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2011Antipredator behavior and cue recognition by multiple Everglades prey to a novel cichlid predator. BEHAVIOUR. 148:795-823.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/000579511X577256 Web of Science: 000292719300003
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2009Antipredator Responses by Native Mosquitofish to Non-Native Cichlids: An Examination of the Role of Prey Naivete. ETHOLOGY. 115:1046-1056.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01694.x Web of Science: 000270734700005
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2006Assessing the net effect of anthropogenic disturbance on aquatic communities in wetlands: community structure relative to distance from canals. HYDROBIOLOGIA. 569:359-373.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0142-z Web of Science: 000240576200025
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2005Behavioral responses to a novel predator and competitor of invasive mosquitofish and their non-invasive relatives (Gambusia sp.). BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY. 57:256-266.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0850-1 Web of Science: 000226302100007
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2005Foraging behaviour and invasiveness: do invasive Gambusia exhibit higher feeding rates and broader diets than their noninvasive relatives?. ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH. 14:352-360.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2005.00109.x Web of Science: 000233141700006
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2004Dispersal behavior, boldness, and the link to invasiveness: a comparison of four Gambusia species. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS. 6.Full Text via DOI: 10.1023/B:BINV.0000034618.93140.a5 Web of Science: 000223284000010
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Conference
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Letter
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2020Fisheries rely on threatened salt marshes. SCIENCE. 670-671.Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.abe9332 Web of Science: 000586868600029
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Proceedings Paper
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2015Effects of an Episodic Drought on a Floodplain Subsidy Consumed by Mangrove River Fishes. MANGROVES AS FISH HABITAT. 113-116.Web of Science: 000358811200010
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2015Mangrove Habitat Use by Resident versus Migrant Sport Fishes in the Coastal Everglades. MANGROVES AS FISH HABITAT. 117-121.Web of Science: 000358811200011
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Review
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2013Ecological novelty and the emergence of evolutionary traps. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. 552-560.
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2010Predator-prey naivete, antipredator behavior, and the ecology of predator invasions. OIKOS. 610-621.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.18039.x Web of Science: 000276617800006
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Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
- Blanchard, Jesse Ryan, A Confluence of Invasion, Behavioral, and Theoretical Ecology: What Drives Ephemeral Metacommunity Re-assembly? 2018
- Trujillo, Vanessa, Jewels for Dollars: Native and Nonnative Freshwater Fish Interactions in a Stressful Dry Down Environment 2017
- Hill, Gregory J, Examining Movement and Habitat Selection of Everglades Fishes in Response to Seasonal Water levels 2017
- Boucek, Ross E, Investigating Sub-tropical Community Resistance and Resilience to Climate Disturbance 2016
- Kroloff, Emily K.N., Where Are All the Bonefish? Using Angler Perceptions to Estimate Trends of Bonefish (Albula vulpes) Decline in South Florida 2016
- Beck, Christine P, Potential Effects of Chemical Contamination on South Florida Bonefish Albula vulpes 2016
- Lee, Jessica A, Drying Times: Integrating Citizen Science to Examine Survival of Florida Largemouth Bass in a Coastal Refuge Habitat 2015
- Barth, Lauren J, Habitat Use of the Key Largo Woodrat (Neotoma floridana smalli) 2014
- Edwards, Christopher J., Recreational Angler Perspectives of Nonnative Fish Species and Mercury Advisories 2013
- Gandy, David A., Examining Gradients in Novelty: Native and Non-native Fish Assemblages in Everglades Canals 2013
- Lopez, Diana P, Trait Variation in an Everglades Invasive Species: Life histories, Boldness, and Dispersal in the African Jewelfish 2011
Research
principal investigator on
- Role of Marsh-Mangrove Interface Habitats as Aquatic Refuges for Wetland Fishes and other Aquatic Animals awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2020 - 2025
- Pharmaceuticals in South Florida recreational fisheries: an examination of the extent and pathways of exposure and potential impacts in bonefish awarded by Environmental Protection Agency 2022 - 2024
- Effects of freshwater inflows and seagrass die-off on recreational fisheries: A trophic & movement ecology approach awarded by National Park Service 2018 - 2023
- System dynamics of red snapper populations in the Gulf of Mexico to support ecosystem considerations in the assessment and management process. awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2021 - 2022
- Impacts of submarine groundwater discharge on seagrass in Florida Bay awarded by Environmental Protection Agency 2021 - 2022
- Florida Bay Coastal Lakes as Fish Habitat: Nutrient Sources and Trophic Dynamics awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2020 - 2021
- Examining the threat of contaminants to South Florida bonefish: a spatial approach awarded by Bonefish and Tarpon Unlimited 2018 - 2021
- Abiotic effects on movement of Spotted Seatrout and Grey Snapper in response to a seagrass die-off awarded by Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Region 2020 - 2021
- Role of coastal lakes as fish habitat for recreational fisheries awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2019 - 2020
- Role of Marsh-Mangrove Interface Habitats as Aquatic Refuges for Wetland Fishes and other Aquatic Animals awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2015 - 2020
- Effects of the crocodile sanctuary closure and opening of Joe Bay on fishes and recreational fisheries awarded by National Park Service 2016 - 2020
- Role of coastal lakes as fish habitat for recreational fisheries awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2018 - 2019
- Role of coastal lakes as fish habitat for recreational fisheries awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2017 - 2018
- Bonefish declines in Florida Bay: an integrative geospatial retrospective analysis of patterns & drivers awarded by Bonefish and Tarpon Unlimited 2014 - 2018
- Role of Florida Bay coastal embayments as fish habitat: nursery value and use by valuable recreational species awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2016 - 2017
- Effects of contaminants on coastal fisheries: a literature review & implications for bonefish in South Florida awarded by Bonefish and Tarpon Unlimited 2015 - 2017
- Using interannual variations in the hydrologic regime to predict spawning, recruitment, and angler catches of a recreationally important fish in the Everglades awarded by Everglades Foundation 2015 - 2017
- HABITAT SELECTION & MOVEMENT OF EVERGLADES FISHES IN RESPONSE TO SEASONAL HYDROLOGY: effects of variation in water levels & recession rates awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2015 - 2016
- Role of Florida Bay coastal embayments as fish habitat: nursery value and use by valuable recreational species awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2015 - 2016
- HABITAT SELECTION & MOVEMENT OF EVERGLADES FISHES IN RESPONSE TO SEASONAL HYDROLOGY: effects of variation in water levels & reversals awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2014 - 2015
- Role of Marsh-Mangrove Interface habitats as aquatic refuges for wetland fishes and other aquatic animals awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2012 - 2015
- Integration of recreational anglers into fisheries research: using citizen science to expand a mark-recapture study in the coastal Everglades awarded by Everglades Foundation 2012 - 2014
- HABITAT SELECTION & MOVEMENT OF EVERGLADES FISHES IN RESPONSE TO SEASONAL HYDROLOGY: effects of variation in water levels & reversals awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2014
- HABITAT SELECTION & MOVEMENT OF EVERGLADES FISHES IN RESPONSE TO SEASONAL HYDROLOGY: Full study awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2012 - 2013
- Assessing the impact & potential for containment of non- awarded by National Park Service 2010 - 2013
- Survey of fishes at Homestead Airforce Reserve awarded by E Sciences Inc 2012 - 2013
- The role of canals as potential dispersal vectors for nonnative fishes into Everglades National Park and factors influencing fish community structure awarded by Everglades Foundation 2011 - 2013
- The Role of Marsh-Mangrove Interface Habitats as Aquatic awarded by U.S. Geological Survey 2011 - 2012
- Analyses and Results of the Habitat use and distribution of native & nonnative fishes in response to hydrological variation awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2011 - 2012
- FY11 LILA Habitat N&N Fishes awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2011
- Spatiotemporal Dynamics in The Fish Community of Ecotonal Mangrove Creeks in Everglades National Park. awarded by U.S. Geological Survey 2008 - 2011
- FIU Experimental Design & Testing awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2010
co-principal investigator on
- LTER: Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystem Research awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2025
- Seagrass seascape state, stability, and function in relation to water quality in Biscayne Bay awarded by Environmental Protection Agency 2022 - 2024
- LTER: Drivers of Abrupt Change in the Florida Coastal Everglades awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2022
- Collaborative Research WSC Category 2:: Building robust decision-making for South Florida water resources through ecosystem service valuation, hydro-economic optimization and conflict resolution modeling awarded by National Science Foundation 2012 - 2018
- Three Florida Keys Research Needs awarded by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2012 - 2014
- "Collaborative Research:WSC-Category 1-Linking freshwater inputs to ecosystem functioning and services provided by a large mangrove estuary" awarded by National Science Foundation 2010 - 2014
subproject principal investigator on
- FIU ForEverglades Student Research Fund awarded by Everglades Foundation 2017 - 2026
- LTER: Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystem Research awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2025
- LTER: Drivers of Abrupt Change in the Florida Coastal Everglades awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2022
- Collaborative Research WSC Category 2:: Building robust decision-making for South Florida water resources through ecosystem service valuation, hydro-economic optimization and conflict resolution modeling awarded by National Science Foundation 2012 - 2018
Contact
full name
- Jennifer Rehage
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- https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0009-6906 (confirmed)
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