Mark Zucker

Mark began his career as a Hydrologic Technician working on the Georgia-Florida National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA) in the Tallahassee District Office in 1995 and then supported with the South Florida NAWQA Program in the Miami Subdistrict Office from 1996 to 2001. In 1998, Mark was recruited to the Studies Section to assist with collection and analysis data from the Freshwater Flow to Florida Bay Project in Everglades National Park (ENP). The project was funded by the USGS Placed Based Science Program (now known as the Greater Everglades Priority Ecosystem Science Program link). Acoustic Doppler current profilers were used measure discharge in coastal creeks. The index-velocity method was used to develop ratings to quantify freshwater runoff to the Florida Bay. In 2003, Mark earned a master’s degree in environmental studies at Florida International University and served as a principal investigator on several coastal monitoring projects such as the Freshwater Flows to Florida Bay, Hydrologic Monitoring in Joe Bay, and Sediment Transport on Cape Sable, ENP (2003-2013). In 2013, he became a supervisor in the Networks Section in the Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center Davie office. Mark’s interests range from water quality continuous water monitors, hydroacoustic, sediment, hydrology of coastal and tidal rivers, data management and publication, and the management of human capital.

Publications

Rumbold, D. G.; Evans, D. W.; Niemczyk, S.; Fink, L. E.; Laine, K. A.; Howard, N.; Krabbenhoft, D. P.; Zucker, M. , 2011. Source Identification of Florida Bay's Methylmercury Problem: Mainland Runoff Versus Atmospheric Deposition and In situ Production. [Link]

Sediment Transport on Cape Sable, Everglades National Park, Florida. (This paper is from the Proceedings of the Joint Federal Interagency Conference, Las Vegas, NV, June 27 - July 1, 2010) [Link]

Estuarine Response in Northeastern Florida Bay to Major Hurricanes in 2005 (excerpt from Circular 1306, available from the USGS website. [Link]

Hittle, Clinton; Patino, Eduardo; Zucker, Mark, 2004. Hydrologic characteristics of estuarine river systems within Everglades National Park. Fact Sheet 2004-3129, 4 p. [Link]

Hittle, Clinton D.; Zucker, Mark A., 2004. Northeastern Florida Bay estuarine creek data, water years 1996-2000. Data Series 105 [Link]

Hittle, Clinton; Patino, Eduardo; Zucker, Mark A., 2001. Freshwater flow from estuarine creeks into northeastern Florida Bay. Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4164, iv, 32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 28 cm. [Link]