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Michael Ross

Michael Ross

FCE Site Role
Project Collaborator

Affiliation
Florida International University

Research
Environmental controls on plant community composition and structure; the involvement of environmental controls in the successional process; the implications of successional development on restoration efforts

  • Contact
    • Mailing address:
    • Southeast Environmental Research Center
    • Florida International University
    • 11200 SW 8th St, OE 148
    • Miami, FL 33199
  • Recent FCE Leveraged Projects
    Monitoring of tree island condition in the southern Everglades

    Authors: Sah, J., M.S. Ross, D. Gann
    Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Time period: 01 Oct 2019 - 30 Sep 2024

    Vegetation and periphyton monitoring and vegetation mapping of the L-31E flow way and Cutler wetlands - Extension

    Authors: Gaiser, E., M.S. Ross
    Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
    Time period: 01 Nov 2022 - 31 Oct 2023

    Landscape pattern - Marl Prairie/Slough Gradients

    Authors: Sah, J., M.S. Ross
    Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Time period: 01 Oct 2019 - 30 Sep 2022

    Vegetation and periphyton monitoring and vegetation mapping of the L-31E flow way and Cutler wetlands - Extension

    Authors: Gaiser, E., M.S. Ross
    Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
    Time period: 01 Oct 2021 - 30 Sep 2022

    Landscape Pattern – Ridge, Slough, and Tree Island Mosaics

    Authors: Sah, J., M.S. Ross
    Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Time period: 24 Sep 2020 - 23 Sep 2022

    Evaluation of vegetation response to changes in hydrologic parameters within Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida

    Authors: Sah, J., M.S. Ross
    Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Time period: 01 Jan 2017 - 01 Jan 2022

    Vegetation and periphyton monitoring and vegetation mapping of the L-31E flow way and Cutler wetlands

    Authors: Gaiser, E., M.S. Ross
    Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
    Time period: 01 Oct 2020 - 30 Sep 2021

    Vegetation monitoring within the habitat of Cape Sable seaside sparrow in the southern Everglades

    Authors: Sah, J., M.S. Ross
    Funding organization: Everglades National Park
    Time period: 01 Jan 2016 - 01 Jan 2021

    Vegetation and periphyton monitoring Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Project, L-31E component

    Authors: Gaiser, E., M.S. Ross
    Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
    Time period: 01 Oct 2017 - 30 Sep 2020

    Vegetation and periphyton monitoring, Biscayne Coastal Wetlands Component

    Authors: Gaiser, E., M.S. Ross
    Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
    Time period: 01 Oct 2019 - 30 Sep 2020

    Baseline vegetation and periphyton monitoring

    Authors: Gaiser, E., M.S. Ross
    Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
    Time period: 01 Feb 2019 - 01 Mar 2020

    Landscape pattern - Ridge, slough, and tree island mosaics

    Authors: Sah, J., M.S. Ross
    Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Time period: 01 Jan 2015 - 01 Jan 2020

    Status of vegetation structure and composition within the habitat of Cape Sable seaside sparrow Subpopulation D

    Authors: Sah, J., M.S. Ross
    Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
    Time period: 01 Jan 2019 - 01 Jan 2020

  • Recent FCE Presentations

    McLeod, M.G., D. Gann, M.S. Ross, and S.L. Malone. 2022. Fire history and climate drive patterns of post-fire recovery in Everglades upland ecosystems. 2022 LTER All Scientists Meeting, Asilomar, California, September 19, 2022 - September 23, 2022.

    Rugemalila, D., J.P. Sah, S. Stoffella, S. Castaneda, K. Castrillon, J. Heffernan, and M.S. Ross. 2022. Effect of hydrology and fire legacies on vegetation species composition within the Ridge and Slough landscape across the Everglades ecosystem. 2022 LTER All Scientists Meeting, Asilomar, California, September 19, 2022 - September 23, 2022.