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Bethany Stackhouse

Bethany Stackhouse is a Physical Science Technician at the Florence Bascom Geoscience Center.

Education and Certifications

  • The College of William and Mary, BS, Geology, 2007

     

Science and Products

Interior mudflat on Jim Foot Key covered with saline water. Dead mangrove stumps and underwater grasses can be seen.
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Juvenile mangroves on eastern berm of Jim Foot Key. Mangroves are intermingled with saltwort.
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Using mollusks as indicators of restoration in nearshore zones of south Florida's estuaries

Current south Florida ecosystem restoration efforts are focused on restoring more natural freshwater flow through the wetlands and into the estuaries to reestablish natural salinity gradients, particularly in the nearshore zones. Indicator taxa are used to monitor and assess restoration progress and the current suite of biota used for the estuaries in south Florida (Biscayne Bay, Florida Bay, and
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center , Florence Bascom Geoscience Center

Impacts of Hurricane Irma on Florida Bay Islands, Everglades National Park, U.S.A.

Hurricane Irma made landfall in south Florida, USA, on September 10, 2017 as a category 4 storm. In January 2018, fieldwork was conducted on four previously (2014) sampled islands in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park to examine changes between 2014 and 2018. The objectives were to determine if the net impact of the storm was gain or loss of island landmass and/or elevation; observe and quantif
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Research and Development Program, Land Change Science Program, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Rapid inundation of the southern Florida coastline despite low relative sea-level rise rates during the late-Holocene

Sediment cores from Florida Bay, Everglades National Park were examined to determine ecosystem response to relative sea-level rise (RSLR) over the Holocene. High-resolution multiproxy analysis from four sites show freshwater wetlands transitioned to mangrove environments 4–3.6 ka, followed by estuarine environments 3.4–2.8 ka, during a period of enhanced climate variability. We calculate a RSLR ra
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Natural Hazards Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Climate Research and Development Program, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

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