Overview
overview
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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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2022Using recreational tournament records to construct a 53-year time series of the Florida Keys recreational Bonefish fisheryFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-022-01299-5 Web of Science: 000825194400001
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2022Widespread seagrass die-off has no legacy effect on basal resource use of seagrass food webs in Florida Bay, USAFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsac112 Web of Science: 000813228100001
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2022Age, growth and diet of crevalle jack (Caranx hippos) in the Gulf of MexiconFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/fme.12550 Web of Science: 000781026300001
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2022Influence of seascape spatial pattern on the trophic niche of an omnivorous fishFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3944 Web of Science: 000760264100034
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2022Bottom-up conservation: using translational ecology to inform conservation priorities for a recreational fisheryFull Text via DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2021-0024 Web of Science: 000740695100005
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2021E-scape: Consumer-specific landscapes of energetic resources derived from stable isotope analysis and remote sensingFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13637 Web of Science: 000722054200001
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2021Impact of Extreme Disturbances on Suspended Sediment in Western Florida Bay: Implications for Seagrass ResilienceFull Text via DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.633240 Web of Science: 000680016500001
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2021Movescapes and eco-evolutionary movement strategies in marine fish: Assessing a connectivity hotspotFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/faf.12589 Web of Science: 000675444900001
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2021Survival of Florida Largemouth Bass in a Coastal Refuge Habitat across Years of Varying Drying SeverityFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/tafs.10274 Web of Science: 000667259200001
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2021Time lags: insights from the US Long Term Ecological Research NetworkFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3431 Web of Science: 000655473800048
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2021Novel Applications of Technology for Advancing Tidal Marsh EcologyFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-021-00939-w Web of Science: 000640756600001
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2021Regional-scale variability in the movement ecology of marine fishes revealed by an integrative acoustic tracking networkFull Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps13637 Web of Science: 000644439200010
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2020Individual consumer movement mediates food web coupling across a coastal ecosystemFull 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 EvergladesFull 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 congenersFull 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 ServicesFull 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 RiverFull 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 AreaFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-019-00600-7 Web of Science: 000537511500017
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2020Variation in movement behavior of alligators after a major hurricaneFull Text via DOI: 10.1186/s40317-020-00193-0 Web of Science: 000696386500001
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2019Contrasting river migrations of Common Snook between two Florida rivers using acoustic telemetryFull 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 fisheriesFull 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 needsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-018-0820-5 Web of Science: 000458239300017
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2019Linking bonefish (Albula vulpes) populations to nearshore estuarine habitats using an otolith microchemistry approachFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-018-0839-7 Web of Science: 000458239300013
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2018Facilitating Integration in Interdisciplinary Research: Lessons from a South Florida Water, Sustainability, and Climate ProjectFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00267-018-1099-1 Web of Science: 000450496000003
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2018A hydro-economic model of South Florida water resources systemFull 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 fisheriesFull 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 studyFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13761 Web of Science: 000410642100008
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2017Quantitative assessment of a data-limited recreational bonefish fishery using a time-series of fishing guides reportsFull Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184776 Web of Science: 000410243200022
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2017Ecological niche partitioning within a large predator guild in a nutrient-limited estuaryFull 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 systemFull 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 fishesFull 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 spellsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1455 Web of Science: 000387216300004
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2016Resilience of a tropical sport fish population to a severe cold event varies across five estuaries in southern FloridaFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1400 Web of Science: 000387208900005
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2016What Can We Expect from Climate Change for Species Invasions?Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2016.1180287 Web of Science: 000380148000013
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2016Knocking back invasions: variable resistance and resilience to multiple cold spells in native vs. nonnative fishesFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1268 Web of Science: 000378523100001
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2016Shift in recreational fishing catches as a function of an extreme cold eventFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1335 Web of Science: 000378523100016
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2016Recreational Angler Perspectives of Nonnative FishesFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2015.1111472 Web of Science: 000422688100004
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2014Climate extremes drive changes in functional community structureFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12574 Web of Science: 000336482700011
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2014Recent Fish Introductions Into Everglades National Park: An Unforeseen Consequence of Water Management?Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13157-012-0362-0 Web of Science: 000345634700016
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2014Examining the Effectiveness of Consumer Diet Sampling as a Nonnative Detection Tool in a Subtropical EstuaryFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2013.862180 Web of Science: 000333882800016
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2013No free lunch: displaced marsh consumers regulate a prey subsidy to an estuarine consumerFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.20994.x Web of Science: 000325029900006
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2012SEGREGATION OF PALAEMONID SHRIMP ALONG AN EVERGLADES ESTUARINE GRADIENT: DO MULTIPLE SPECIES HAVE SIMILAR TROPHIC FUNCTION?Full Text via DOI: 10.5343/bms.2011.1058 Web of Science: 000310106200002
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2012Multiple predator effects and native prey responses to two non-native Everglades cichlidsFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2012.00557.x Web of Science: 000304818800006
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2012Canals as Vectors for Fish Movement: Potential Southward Range Expansion of Lepisosteus osseus L. (Longnose Gar) in South FloridaFull Text via DOI: 10.1656/058.011.0207 Web of Science: 000307013200008
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2011Effects of Canals and Levees in Everglades Ecosystems: WEC304/UW349, 12/2010Full Text via DOI: 10.32473/edis-uw349-2010
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2011Antipredator behavior and cue recognition by multiple Everglades prey to a novel cichlid predatorFull 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 NaiveteFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01694.x Web of Science: 000270734700005
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2005Behavioral responses to a novel predator and competitor of invasive mosquitofish and their non-invasive relatives (Gambusia sp.)Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0850-1 Web of Science: 000226302100007
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2004Dispersal behavior, boldness, and the link to invasiveness: a comparison of four Gambusia speciesFull Text via DOI: 10.1023/B:BINV.0000034618.93140.a5 Web of Science: 000223284000010
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Book Chapter
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2016The Role of Dispersal Behaviour and Personality in Post-establishment Spread. 96-115.Web of Science: 000412558500008
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Conference
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2015Effects of an Episodic Drought on a Floodplain Subsidy Consumed by Mangrove River Fishes. 113-116.Web of Science: 000358811200010
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2015Mangrove Habitat Use by Resident versus Migrant Sport Fishes in the Coastal Everglades. 117-121.Web of Science: 000358811200011
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Letter
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2020Fisheries rely on threatened salt marshes. 670-671.Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.abe9332 Web of Science: 000586868600029
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Preprint
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2019Opening the black box of high resolution fish tracking using yapsFull Text via DOI: 10.1101/2019.12.16.877688
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Review
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2013Ecological novelty and the emergence of evolutionary traps. 552-560.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.04.004 Web of Science: 000324975700012
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2010Predator-prey naivete, antipredator behavior, and the ecology of predator invasions. 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
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0009-6906 (confirmed)
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