Florida Coastal Everglades LTER - Personnel Profiles

Rene Price

FCE Site Role
Project Collaborator

Affiliation
Florida International University

Research
Hydrogeology; low-temperature aqueous geochemistry; using chemical tracers to identify groundwater flow paths, groundwater ages and groundwater-surface water interactions; estimating evaporation rates from Florida and Biscayne Bays

FCE Working groups
Hydrologic Connectivity

Contact
- Mailing address:
- Department of Earth and Environment
- Florida International University
- 11200 SW 8th St, AHC5-364
- Miami, FL 33199
- Email: pricer@fiu.edu

FCE Publications (53)
Book Chapters
Price, R.M., K.Z.S. Schwartz, W.T. Anderson, R. Boucek, H.O. Briceno, M.I. Cook, H.C. Fitz, M.R. Heithaus, J. Onsted, J.S. Rehage, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, R. Roy Chowdhury, and A.K. Saha. 2019. Chapter 3: Water, Sustainability, and Survival, in Childers, D.L., E.E. Gaiser and L.A. Ogden (eds.) The Coastal Everglades: The Dynamics of Social-Ecological Transformation in the South Florida Landscape. Oxford University Press : New York, New York.

Price, R.M., and P.K. Swart. 2006. Geochemical indicators of groundwater recharge in the surficial aquifer system: Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, pp. 251-266 in Harmon, R.S. and D. Wicks (eds.) Perspectives on karst geomorphology, hydrology, and geochemistry -A Tribute volume to Derek C. Ford and William B. White: GSA Special Paper 404. Geological Society of America.
Journal Articles
Reio, D., R.M. Price, A. Melesse, and M.S. Ross. 2023. Quantification of evapotranspiration and water chemistry in a remediated wetland in Everglades National Park, USA. Water 15: 611.

Dessu, S.B., R. Paudel, R.M. Price, and S.E. Davis. 2021. Using empirical data and modeled scenarios of Everglades restoration to understand changes in coastal vulnerability to sea level rise. Climatic Change 168: 19 (2021).

Van Dam, B., C. Lopes, P. Polsenaere, R.M. Price, A. Rutgersson, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2021. Water temperature control on CO2 flux and evaporation over a subtropical seagrass meadow revealed by atmospheric eddy covariance. Limnology and Oceanography 66: 510-527.

Dessu, S.B., R.M. Price, J. Kominoski, S.E. Davis, A. Wymore, W.H. McDowell, and E.E. Gaiser. 2020. Percentile-Range Indexed Mapping and Evaluation (PRIME): A new tool for long-term data discovery and application. Environmental Modelling & Software 124: 104580.

Ghajarnia, N. et al. 2020. Data for wetlandscapes and their changes around the world. Earth System Science Data 12: 1083-1100.

Jaramillo, F. et al. 2019. Priorities and interactions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with focus on wetlands. Water 11: 619.

Sullivan, P., G.L. Macpherson, J.B. Martin, and R.M. Price. 2019. Evolution of carbonate and karst critical zones. Chemical Geology 527: Article 119223.

Dessu, S.B., R.M. Price, T. Troxler, and J. Kominoski. 2018. Effects of sea-level rise and freshwater management on long-term water levels and water quality in the Florida Coastal Everglades. Journal of Environmental Management 211: 164-176.

Prieto Estrada, A.E., R.M. Price, L.J. Scinto, F.J-M.R. Maurrasse, T.W. Dreschel, F.H. Sklar, and E. Cline. 2018. Lithologic controls on hydrologic and geochemical processes in constructed Everglades tree islands. Chemical Geology DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.04.001.

Flower, H., M. Rains, D.B. Lewis, J.Z. Zhang, and R.M. Price. 2017. Saltwater intrusion as potential driver of phosphorus release from limestone bedrock in a coastal aquifer. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 184: 166-176.

Ho, D., S. Ferron, V. Engel, W.T. Anderson, P.K. Swart, R.M. Price, and L. Barbero. 2017. Dissolved carbon biogeochemistry and export in mangrove-dominated rivers of the Florida Everglades. Biogeosciences 14: 2543-2559.

Mahmoudi, M., R. Garcia, E. Cline, R.M. Price, L.J. Scinto, S. Wdowinski, and F. Miralles-Wilhelm. 2017. Fine spatial resolution simulation of two-dimensional modeling of flow pulses discharge into wetlands: Case study of Loxahatchee Impoundment Landscape Assessment, the Everglades. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 22: D5015001.

Flower, H., M. Rains, D.B. Lewis, J.Z. Zhang, and R.M. Price. 2016. Control of phosphorus concentration through adsorption and desorption in shallow groundwater of subtropical carbonate estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 169: 238-247.

Sandoval, E., R.M. Price, D. Whitman, and A. Melesse. 2016. Long-term (11 years) study of water balance, flushing times and water chemistry of a coastal wetland undergoing restoration, Everglades, Florida, USA. Catena 144: 74-83.

Smith, C.G., R.M. Price, P.W. Swarzenski, and J.C. Stalker. 2016. The role of ocean tides on groundwater-surface water exchange in a mangrove-dominated estuary: Shark River Slough, Florida Coastal Everglades, USA. Estuaries and Coasts 39: 1600-1616.

Sullivan, P., R.M. Price, M. Wilson, S. Stoffella, J.P. Sah, L.J. Scinto, E. Cline, T.W. Dreschel, and F.H. Sklar. 2016. Trees: a powerful geomorphic agent governing the landscape evolution of a subtropical wetland. Biogeochemistry 128: 369-384.

Ceron, C.N., A. Melesse, R.M. Price, S.B. Dessu, and H.P. Kandel. 2015. Operational Actual Wetland Evapotranspiration Estimation for South Florida Using MODIS Imagery. Remote Sensing 7: 3613-3632.

Gaiser, E.E., E.P. Anderson, E. Castañeda-Moya, L. Collado-Vides, J.W. Fourqurean, M.R. Heithaus, R. Jaffe, D. Lagomasino, N. Oehm, R.M. Price, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, R. Roy Chowdhury, and T. Troxler. 2015. New perspectives on an iconic landscape from comparative international long-term ecological research. Ecosphere 6: art181.

Lagomasino, D., R.M. Price, D. Whitman, A. Melesse, and S. Oberbauer. 2015. Spatial and temporal variability in spectral-based surface energy evapotranspiration measured from Landsat 5TM across two mangrove ecotones. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 213: 304-316.

Troxler, T., J.G. Barr, J.D. Fuentes, V. Engel, G. Anderson, C. Sanchez, D. Lagomasino, R.M. Price, and S.E. Davis. 2015. Component-specific dynamics of riverine mangrove CO2 efflux in the Florida Coastal Everglades. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 213: 273-282.

Haigh, I.D., T. Wahl, E.J. Rohling, R.M. Price, C.B. Pattiaratchi, F.M. Calafat, and S. Dangendorf. 2014. Timescales for detecting a significant acceleration in sea level rise. Nature Communications 5: 3635.

Lagomasino, D., R.M. Price, D. Whitman, P.K. Campbell, and A. Melesse. 2014. Estimating major ion and nutrient concentrations in mangrove estuaries in Everglades National Park using leaf and satellite reflectance. Remote Sensing of Environment 154: 202-218.

Lagomasino, D., R.M. Price, J. Herrera-Silveira, F. Miralles-Wilhelm, G. Merediz-Alonso, and Y. Gomez-Hernandez. 2014. Connecting groundwater and surface water sources in a groundwater dependent coastal wetland: Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Estuaries and Coasts 38: 1744-1763.

Stalker, J.C., R.M. Price, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, J. Herrera-Silveira, S. Morales, J.A. Benitez, and D. Alonzo-Parra. 2014. Hydrologic dynamics of a subtropical estuary using geochemical tracers, Celestún, Yucatan, Mexico. Estuaries and Coasts 37: 1376-1387.

Sullivan, P., R.M. Price, F. Miralles-Wilhelm, M.S. Ross, L.J. Scinto, T.W. Dreschel, F.H. Sklar, and E. Cline. 2014. The role of recharge and evapotranspiration as hydraulic drivers of ion concentrations in shallow groundwater on Everglades tree islands, Florida (USA). Hydrological Processes 28: 293-304.

Sullivan, P., R.M. Price, J. Schedlbauer, A.K. Saha, and E.E. Gaiser. 2014. The influence of hydrologic restoration on groundwater-surface water interactions in a karst wetland, the Everglades (FL, USA). Wetlands 34: 23-35.

Blanco, R.I., G.M. Naja, R. Rivero, and R.M. Price. 2013. Spatial and temporal changes in groundwater salinity in South Florida. Applied Geochemistry 38: 48-58.

Sullivan, P., V. Engel, M.S. Ross, and R.M. Price. 2013. The influence of vegetation on the hydrodynamics and geomorphology of a tree island in Everglades National Park (Florida, United States). Ecohydrology DOI: 10.1002/eco.1394.

Koch, G., D.L. Childers, P.A. Staehr, R.M. Price, S.E. Davis, and E.E. Gaiser. 2012. Hydrological conditions control P loading and aquatic metabolism in an oligotrophic, subtropical estuary. Estuaries and Coasts 35: 292-307.

Price, R.M., G. Skrzypek, P. Grierson, P.K. Swart, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2012. The use of stable isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen to identify water sources in two hypersaline estuaries with different hydrologic regimes . Marine and Freshwater Research 63: 952-966.

Saha, A.K., C. Moses, R.M. Price, V. Engel, T.J. Smith, and G. Anderson. 2012. A hydrological budget (2002-2008) for a large subtropical wetland ecosystem indicates marine groundwater discharge accompanies diminished freshwater flow. Estuaries and Coasts 35: 459-474.

Zapata-Rios, X., and R.M. Price. 2012. Estimates of groundwater discharge to a coastal wetland using multiple techniques: Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, USA . Hydrogeology Journal 20 : 1651-1668.

Rivera-Monroy, V.H., R.R. Twilley, S.E. Davis, D.L. Childers, M. Simard, R.M. Chambers, R. Jaffe, J.N. Boyer, D.T. Rudnick, K. Zhang, E. Castañeda-Moya, S.M.L. Ewe, R.M. Price, C. Coronado-Molina, M.S. Ross, T.J. Smith, B. Michot, E. Meselhe, W.K. Nuttle, T. Troxler, and G.B. Noe. 2011. The role of the Everglades Mangrove Ecotone Region (EMER) in regulating nutrient cycling and wetland productivity in south Florida. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 41: 633-669.

Saha, A.K., S. Saha, J. Sadle, J. Jiang, M.S. Ross, R.M. Price, L.S.L. Sternberg, and K.S. Wendelberger. 2011. Sea level rise and South Florida coastal forests. Climate Change 107: 81-108.

Sullivan, P., R.M. Price, M.S. Ross, L.J. Scinto, S. Stoffella, E. Cline, T.W. Dreschel, and F.H. Sklar. 2011. Hydrologic processes on tree islands in the Everglades (Florida, USA): tracking the effects of tree establishment and growth. Hydrogeology Journal 19: 367-378.

Wetzel, P., F.H. Sklar, C. Coronado-Molina, T. Troxler, S.L. Krupa, P. Sullivan, S.M.L. Ewe, R.M. Price, S. Newman, and W.H. Orem. 2011. Biogeochemical processes on tree islands in the Greater Everglades: Initiating a new paradigm. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 41: 670-701.

Chen, M., R.M. Price, Y. Yamashita, and R. Jaffe. 2010. Comparative study of dissolved organic matter from groundwater and surface water in the Florida coastal Everglades using multi-dimensional spectrofluorometry combined with multivariate statistics. Applied Geochemistry 25: 872-880.

Price, R.M., M.R. Savabi, J.L. Jolicoeur, and S. Roy. 2010. Adsorption and desorption of phosphate on limestone in experiments simulating seawater intrusion. Applied Geochemistry 25: 1085-1091.

Stoffella, S., M.S. Ross, J.P. Sah, R.M. Price, P. Sullivan, E. Cline, and L.J. Scinto. 2010. Survival and growth responses of eight Everglades tree species along an experimental hydrological gradient on two tree island types. Applied Vegetation Science 13: 439-449.

Walsh, V., and R.M. Price. 2010. Determination of vertical and horizontal pathways of injected fresh wastewater into a deep saline aquifer (Florida, USA) using natural chemical tracers. Hydrogeology Journal 18: 1027-1042.

Walsh, V., and R.M. Price. 2010. Determination of vertical and horizontal pathways of injected fresh wastewater into a deep saline aquifer (Florida, USA) using natural chemical tracers. Hydrogeology Journal 18: 1027-1042.

Chin, D.A., R.M. Price, and V.J. DiFrenna. 2009. Nonlinear flow in karst formations. Ground Water 47: 669-674.

Stalker, J.C., R.M. Price, and P.K. Swart. 2009. Determining spatial and temporal inputs of freshwater, including submarine groundwater discharge, to a subtropical estuary using geochemical tracers, Biscayne Bay, South Florida. Estuaries and Coasts 32: 694-708.

DiFrenna, V.J., R.M. Price, and M.R. Savabi. 2008. Identification of a hydrodynamic threshold in karst rocks from the Biscayne Aquifer, south Florida, USA. Hydrogeology Journal 16: 31-42.

Price, R.M., P.K. Swart, and H.E. Willoughby. 2008. Seasonal and spatial variation in the stable isotopic composition (d18O and dD) of precipitation in south Florida. Journal of Hydrology 358: 193-205.

Price, R.M., W.K. Nuttle, B.J. Cosby, and P.K. Swart. 2007. Variation and uncertainty in evaporation from a subtropical estuary: Florida Bay. Estuaries and Coasts 30: 497-506.

Price, R.M., P.K. Swart, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2006. Coastal groundwater discharge - an additional source of phosphorus for the oligotrophic wetlands of the Everglades. Hydrobiologia 569: 23-36.

Happell, J.D., R.M. Price, Z. Top, and P.K. Swart. 2003. Evidence for the removal of CFC-11, CFC-12, and CFC-113 at the ground water-surface water interface in the Everglades. Journal of Hydrology 279: 94-105.

Price, R.M., J.D. Happell, Z. Top, and P.K. Swart. 2003. Use of tritium and helium to define groundwater flow conditions in Everglades National Park. Water Resources Research 39: 1267.

Swart, P.K., and R.M. Price. 2002. Origin of salinity variations in Florida Bay. Limnology and Oceanography 47: 1234-1241.

Swart, P.K., R.M. Price, and L. Greer. 2001. The relationship between stable isotopic variations (O,H, and C) and salinity in waters and corals from environments in South Florida: Implications for reading the paleoenvironmental record. Bulletins of American Paleontology 361: 17-29.

Datasets (13)
FCE Datasets
Rainfall Stable Isotopes collected at Florida International University-MMC (FCE LTER), Miami, Florida, USA, October 2007 - ongoing
Creators: Price, Rene;

Precipitation from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA, November 2000 - ongoing
Creators: Price, Rene; Childers, Daniel;

Water Depths and Water Temperatures near Soil Surface from Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, October 2000 - ongoing
Creators: Kominoski, John; Price, Rene; Childers, Daniel;

Water flow velocity data, Shark River Slough (SRS) near Black Hammock island, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida from October 2003 to August 2005
Creators: Price, Rene;

Water flow velocity data, Shark River Slough (SRS) near Chekika tree island, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER) from January 2006 to March 2021
Creators: Price, Rene;

Water flow velocity data, Shark River Slough (SRS) near Frog City, south of US 41, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER) from October 2006 to July 2009
Creators: Price, Rene;

Water flow velocity data, Shark River Slough (SRS) near Gumbo Limbo Island, Everglades National Park (FCE) from October 2003 - December 2018
Creators: Price, Rene;

Water flow velocity data, Shark River Slough (SRS) near Satinleaf Island, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER) from July 2003 to December 2005
Creators: Price, Rene;

Non-continuous TS/Ph7b Weather Tower Data, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida from May 2008 to 2017
Creators: Price, Rene;

Non-continous meteorological data from Butternut Key Weather Tower, Florida Bay, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), April 2001 through August 2013
Creators: Price, Rene;

Groundwater and surface water phosphorus concentrations, Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida for June, July, August and November 2003
Creators: Price, Rene;

Monthly water balance data for southern Taylor Slough Watershed (FCE LTER) from January 2001 to December 2011
Creators: Price, Rene;

Groundwater and surface water chemistry from the Hole-in-the-Donut and nearby Taylor Slough in Everglades National Park, Florida, USA: 2015-2016
Creators: Price, Rene' M; Reio, Dillon;

Recent FCE Leveraged Projects

Continued measurement of eco-hydrological conditions and water budgets of Mangrove Lakes Region of Everglades National Park
Authors: Price, R., T.A. Frankovich
Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
Time period: 18 May 2022 - 30 Jun 2023

CREST: Center for Aquatic Chemistry & the Environment
Authors: Crowl, T., S-C. Chen, P. Gardinali, R.M. Price, L.H. Kramer
Funding organization: National Science Foundation
Time period: 15 Apr 2016 - 31 Mar 2021

Recent FCE Presentations
Eggenberger, C., N. Viadero, R.O. Santos, R.M. Price, W.R. James, C.J. Madden, Y.P. Papastamatiou, and J.S. Rehage. 2024. Seascape Heterogeneity drives movement strategy selection in estuarine predators. 44th Annual Meeting of the Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, St. Augustine Beach, Florida, May 15, 2024.

Eggenberger, C., N. Viadero, R.O. Santos, R.M. Price, Y.P. Papastamatiou, and J.S. Rehage. 2024. Seascape heterogeneity drives movement strategy selection in estuarine predators. 2024 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, April 29, 2024.

Price, R.M.. 2023. Hydraulic conductivity of Everglades peats. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) Meeting, Coral Springs, Florida, April 20, 2023.

Lara, M., and R.M. Price. 2023. Using geochemical tracers to identify freshwater inputs between the dry and wet seasons in a coastal estuary: Biscayne Bay, Florida. Florida International University Undergraduate Research Conference, Miami, Florida, April 4, 2023.

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