Skip to Main Content

Jennifer Rehage

Jennifer Rehage

FCE Site Role
Principal Investigator

Affiliation
Florida International University

Research
Aquatic ecology

FCE Working groups
Consumers, Consumer-Mediated Nutrient Transport

  • Contact
    • Mailing address:
    • Department of Earth and Environment
    • Florida International University
    • 11200 SW 8th St, AHC5 365
    • Miami, FL 33199
  • Recent FCE Leveraged Projects
    Understanding the drivers of algal blooms in Florida Bay

    Authors: Rehage, J.
    Funding organization: National Park Service - Department of the Interior, South Florida Water Management District
    Time period: 01 Jun 2023 - 01 Sep 2026

    Redesign of the Everglades fishing guide reporting system

    Authors: Rehage, J., R.O. Santos
    Funding organization: National Park Service - Department of the Interior
    Time period: 01 Dec 2022 - 01 Jan 2025

    Role of marsh-mangrove interface habitats as aquatic refuges for wetland fishes & other aquatic animals

    Authors: Rehage, J.
    Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Time period: 01 Apr 2023 - 01 Apr 2024

    Effects of freshwater inflows and seagrass die-off on recreational fisheries: A trophic & movement ecology approach

    Authors: Rehage, J., R.O. Santos, C.R. Kelble, M.O. Hall, J. Nelson
    Funding organization: Everglades National Park
    Time period: 01 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2023

    An examination of the risk of pharmaceuticals in South Florida: extent and pathways of exposure in a valuable recreational fishery, bonefish

    Authors: Rehage, J., R.O. Santos, W.R. James
    Funding organization: EPA
    Time period: 01 Jan 2022 - 01 Jan 2023

    Effects of seagrass die off on recreational fisheries: movement effects

    Authors: Rehage, J., R.O. Santos, J. Rodemann
    Funding organization: Ocean Tracking Network
    Time period: 01 Jan 2020 - 01 Jan 2023

    Impacts of submarine groundwater discharge on seagrass in Florida Bay

    Authors: Carroll, J., J.K. Kelly, J.S. Rehage, B. Furman
    Funding organization: EPA
    Time period: 01 Jan 2021 - 01 Jan 2023

    Role of marsh-mangrove interface habitats as aquatic refuges for wetland fishes & other aquatic animals. RECOVER (Restoration Coordination & Verification), Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

    Authors: Rehage, J.
    Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Time period: 01 Jan 2020 - 01 Jan 2022

    Role of marsh-mangrove habitats as refuges for dry-down refuges for marsh fishes

    Authors: Rehage, J.
    Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Time period: 01 Jan 2008 - 31 Dec 2021

    Abiotic effects on movement of Spotted Seatrout and Grey Snapper in response to a seagrass die-off

    Authors: Rehage, J., J. Rodemann, R.O. Santos
    Funding organization: FACT, Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA)
    Time period: 01 Jan 2020 - 01 Jan 2021

    Role of Florida Bay coastal embayments as fish habitat: linking the trophic and movement ecology of recreational fisheries

    Authors: Rehage, J., T.A. Frankovich, R.O. Santos
    Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
    Time period: 01 Jan 2019 - 01 Jan 2021

    Examining the threat of pharmaceuticals to South Florida bonefish

    Authors: Rehage, J., R.O. Santos, T. Brodin, J. Fick, P. Cardinali
    Funding organization: Bonefish & Tarpon Trust
    Time period: 01 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2020

  • Recent FCE Presentations

    Castillo, N., J.S. Rehage, W.R. James, T. Brodin, R.O. Santos, J. Fick, R. Rezek, D. Cerveny, R. Boucek, A.J. Adams, T. Goldberg, L. Campbell, A. Perez, J. Schmitter-Soto, and J. Lewis. 2023. Understanding pharmaceutical exposure and the potential for effects in marine biota: a survey of bonefish (Albula vulpes) across the Caribbean Basin. SETAC North America 44th Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, November 16, 2023.

    Rezek, R., J. Massie, J. Nelson, R.O. Santos, N. Viadero, W.R. James, R. Boucek, and J.S. Rehage. 2023. Temperature and flooding duration mediate the structure of a floodplain spatial prey subsidy. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) Conference, Portland, Oregon, November 15, 2023.

    James, W.R., M. Coppola, G. Badlowski, R. Rezek, J.S. Rehage, and R.O. Santos. 2023. Spatiotemporal patterns of seagrass seascape state and stability in South Florida. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) Conference, Portland, Oregon, November 14, 2023.

    Kahmann, G., J.S. Rehage, J. Massie, J. Nelson, R.O. Santos, N. Viadero, W.R. James, R. Boucek, D. Crane, J. Hutchens, and R. Rezek. 2023. Population trends and trophic ecology of invasive peacock eels (Macrognathus siamensis) in the Florida Everglades. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) Conference, Portland, Oregon, November 13, 2023.

    Eggenberger, C., R.O. Santos, T.A. Frankovich, W.R. James, C.J. Madden, and J.S. Rehage. 2023. Environmental variation as driver of Common Snook and Atlantic Tarpon movement strategy selection in the Coastal Everglades. Florida Chapter American Fisheries Society Meeting, St. Augustine, Florida, May 9, 2023.

    James, W.R., J. Rodemann, G. Badlowski, V. Bautista, N. Castillo, S.V. Costa, A. Distrubell, C. Eggenberger, L. Kabat, J. Linenfelser, N. Rivas, M. Sandquist, J. Sturges, S. Trabelsi, M. White, J.S. Rehage, and R.O. Santos. 2023. Seasonal variation in trophic niche size and overlap in a seagrass food web. Benthic Ecology Meeting, Miami, Florida, April 29, 2023.

    Santos, R.O., W.R. James, C. Eggenberger, C.J. Madden, and J.S. Rehage. 2023. Testing for overlap in juvenile tarpon and snook resource use: the role of hydrological connectivity and nutrients. Benthic Ecology Meeting, Miami, Florida, April 26, 2023 - April 29, 2023.

    Rehage, J.S.. 2023. Temperature and flooding duration mediate the structure of a marsh prey subsidy in the coastal Everglades. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) Meeting, Coral Springs, Florida, April 19, 2023.

    Eggenberger, C., R.O. Santos, T.A. Frankovich, W.R. James, C.J. Madden, and J.S. Rehage. 2023. Environmental variation as driver of Common Snook and Atlantic Tarpon movement strategy selection in the Coastal Everglades. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) Meeting, Coral Springs, Florida, April 17, 2023 - April 20, 2023.

    Eggenberger, C., R.O. Santos, and J.S. Rehage. 2023. Movement Patterns and Habitat Selection of Sub-Adult Atlantic Tarpon in the Coastal Everglades. CREST CAChE All Hands Meeting, Coral Gables, Florida, April 1, 2023.

    White, M., J.S. Rehage, R.O. Santos, R. Rezek, J. Massie, and N. Viadero. 2023. When worlds collide: Consumer nutrient dynamics in the Florida Coastal Everglades. 2023 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, February 27, 2023.

    Rehage, J.S.. 2022. Drugs in our flats: Exposure of South Florida and Caribbean bonefish to pharmaceuticals. Bonefish & Tarpon Trust 7th International Science Symposium & Flats Expo, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, November 5, 2022.

    Linenfelser, J., J.S. Rehage, and R.O. Santos. 2022. Tracing the source of nutrients entering North Central Florida Bay: A stable isotope approach. 2022 LTER All Scientists Meeting, Asilomar, California, September 19, 2022 - September 23, 2022.

    Massie, J., R.O. Santos, R. Rezek, W.R. James, N. Viadero, R. Boucek, D.A. Blewett, A.A. Trotter, P.W. Stevens, and J.S. Rehage. 2022. Primed and cued: Linking interannual and seasonal variations in freshwater flows to the spawning migrations of Common Snook in the Florida Coastal Everglades. 2022 LTER All Scientists Meeting, Asilomar, California, September 19, 2022 - September 23, 2022.

    Ajavon, A.J., W.R. James, J. Rodemann, J.S. Rehage, and R.O. Santos. 2022. The influence of seagrass succession on nekton biomass distribution in Florida Bay. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM), Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 20, 2022.

    Massie, J., R.O. Santos, R. Rezek, W.R. James, N. Viadero, R. Boucek, D.A. Blewett, A.A. Trotter, P.W. Stevens, and J.S. Rehage. 2022. Primed and Cued: Linking interannual and seasonal variations in freshwater flows to the spawning migrations of Common Snook in the Florida Everglades. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Haines City, Florida, April 5, 2022 - April 7, 2022.

    Rodemann, J., R.O. Santos, W.R. James, and J.S. Rehage. 2022. Finding a home in a fragmented world: Multiscale habitat selection of Spotted Seatrout in an area of seagrass recovery. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Haines City, Florida, April 5, 2022 - April 7, 2022.

    Viadero, N., J.S. Rehage, and R.O. Santos. 2022. Between Dry Rock and a Salty Place: How Hydrology influences the Habitat use of Florida Largemouth bass. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Haines City, Florida, April 5, 2022 - April 7, 2022.

    White, M., J.S. Rehage, W.R. James, R.O. Santos, and R. Rezek. 2022. When worlds collide: multi-directional movement of fishes and their ecological importance. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Haines City, Florida, April 5, 2022 - April 7, 2022.

    Massie, J., R.O. Santos, R. Rezek, W.R. James, N. Viadero, R. Boucek, P.W. Stevens, and J.S. Rehage. 2022. Examining the role of hydrologic variation in the seasonal migrations and disturbance-driven movements of Common Snook in the Florida Everglades. Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society 2022 Annual Meeting , Virtual, March 3, 2022.

    Massie, J., R.O. Santos, R. Rezek, W.R. James, N. Viadero, R. Boucek, D.A. Blewett, A.A. Trotter, P.W. Stevens, and J.S. Rehage. 2022. Primed and Cued: Linking interannual and seasonal variations in freshwater flows to the spawning migrations of Common Snook in the Florida Everglades. 2022 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, March 2, 2022.

    Viadero, N., J. Massie, C. Eggenberger, W.R. James, R. Rezek, R.O. Santos, and J.S. Rehage. 2022. Between dry rock and a salty place: How hydrology influences the habitat use of Florida Largemouth Bass. 2022 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, March 2, 2022.