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Gordon Anderson

Gordon Anderson is a retired Hydrologic Technician for the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center. 

Employment

1994-2022 USGS-WARC (formerly Southeast Ecological Science Center), Field Office, Homestead, Florida GS-11 Hydrologic Technician. Hydrology monitoring/research for USGS at Everglades National Park. Continued operation of Estuary groundwater network. Involved in a variety of small-scale research studies in hydrology and soils as lead investigator. Supervise government contract employees and student interns.

1993- 1994 National Biological Survey. Homestead, Florida Hydrologic Technician, Charter member of NBS. Hydrology monitoring/research within Everglades National Park. Responsible for development, operation and reporting of the Global Climate Change Estuary groundwater network located in the coastal mangrove region of Everglades National Park.

1976-1993 Hydrologic technician. Everglades National Park, Homestead, Florida (1989-1993) Surveying and field engineering. Department of Interior. NPS/BLM, CO, PA and UT (1987-1989) Computer and admin. ConAgra/E.A. Millers, Hyrum UT (1982-1987) Survey party chief, Valley Engineering Inc., Logan UT. (1979-1982) Seasonal Lift Operator, Beaver Mountain Ski Resort, Logan UT. (1979-1980) Survey Technician, Tongass NF. Ketchikan, AK. (1979) Forest Engineer. Plum Creek/Burlington Northern. Rosyln, WA. (1978) Seasonal forestry technician. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF. North Bend, WA. (1978) Logger, Zumstein Logging, Woodland, WA. (1977) Seasonal forestry technician. Black Hills NF. Custer, SD (1976)

Specialized Training

Supervisory and Management USGS Supervisory Training, 17-19 Aug 2010, Gainesville, FL

Technical GIS Introduction for Conservation Professional (TEC7112), 9-11 Apr 2010, Homestead, FL

Statistical Methods for Environmental Data Analysis (QW1075TC), 17-21 May 2010, Lakewood, CO

Groundwater-surface water relationships (ID2015). 3-7 Mar 2008, Lakewood CO

Basic Hydrologic Data Analysis Using S-PLUS and S Language Training, 8-10 Sept 2004. WRD District. Altamonte Springs, FL

QW Data Toolbox for NWIS Users. 1-5 Mar 2004. WRD District, Raleigh, NC

Biogeochemistry of Wetlands. 13-15 Oct. 2003. U. of Florida, Gainesville, FL

USGS Leadership Training. 2-3 Apr. 2003. WRD District, Altamonte Springs, FL

Principles of Hydraulics. 11-15 Jun 2001. NTC. Denver, CO. NBII Metadata Workshop, Dec 1998, Gainesville, FL.

Campbell Scientific Instrument Training, 20-22 Sept 1994, Lakeland, FL

GIS-GRASS Training 10-14 Aug 1990. Central Washington U. Ellensburg, WA.

Operation and Safety First-Aid/CPR training and Defensive Driving. 10 Dec 2003. WRD District, Miami, FL (and refreshers)

Water Ditching and Survival Training, 11 Feb, 2002, Office of Aviation Services, Homestead, FL

MOCC Boat Training, 14-17 Sept. 1998, USGS, St. Petersburg, FL. (and subsequent refreshers)

Airboat Operators Training. 1991. Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL

S-217/S-271 Aviation Training. 1990. Big Cypress NP, Oasis, FL. B-3 Aviation Training 1989, Homestead, FL (numerous refreshers)

Education and Certifications

  • B.S., Forest Science, Utah State University, 1978

    Graduate Studies, Business/Economics and Engineering, Utah State University, 1981

Affiliations and Memberships*

  • Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation American Geophysical Union

Honors and Awards

  • USGS Star Awards (2001, 2005, 2010)

    National Park Service Special Achievement Award (1991)

    Outstanding Utah State University Natural Resources Student Award 1978

Science and Products

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Researchers monitoring coastal wetland sediment elevations along the Indian River Lagoon

Wetland Evaluation and Sediment Elevation Monitoring and Analysis in the Indian River Lagoon

To better understand coastal response to sea-level rise, USGS is monitoring coastal wetland sediment elevations along Florida's east coast.
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Land Management Research Program, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
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Wetland Evaluation and Sediment Elevation Monitoring and Analysis in the Indian River Lagoon

To better understand coastal response to sea-level rise, USGS is monitoring coastal wetland sediment elevations along Florida's east coast.
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Mangrove damage along northern Gulf of Mexico from extreme freeze event on February 2021

Climate change is altering the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. Quantifying ecosystem responses to extreme events at the landscape scale is critical for understanding and responding to climate-driven change but is constrained by limited data availability. Here, we integrated remote sensing with ground-based observations to quantify landscape-scale vegetation damage from an extrem
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Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

2021 Gulf of Mexico Mangrove Freeze Damage Data

This data set contains measurements of black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) leaf damage following the February 2021 freeze event that affected mangroves in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
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Wetland and Aquatic Research Center , Gulf of Mexico

Soil elevation change in mangrove forests and marshes of the Greater Everglades: a regional synthesis of surface elevation table-marker horizon (SET-MH) data

The surface elevation table (SET)-marker horizon (MH) approach (SET-MH, together) is a method for quantifying surface elevation change through measurements of surface and subsurface processes that control wetland soil elevation. This dataset combines SET-MH data from five different U.S. Geological Survey efforts to monitor surface elevation change in the coastal wetlands of the Greater Everglades
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Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Southwest Everglades coastal soil pore water data Everglades National Park 1997-2012

Soil porewater (30cm and 60cm depth) was sampled for specific conductance, salinity and temperature in the southwest coastal Everglades, Everglades National Park from 1997-2012 at four sampling locations. Principal sampling location (HR) was located adjacent the Harney River and had five sampling sites (~ 60m apart) along a 300m N-S transect in a coastal mangrove fringe forest sampled from 1997-20
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Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Everglades National Park sediment elevation and marker horizon data release

This data set represents the relevant study site information for the Everglades National Park LTER sediment elevation table - marker horizon study. Nine SETs study sites are located near U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) hydrological stations in Everglades National Park. The coupling of coastal sediment elevation with Hydrology data is important aid in evaluating sea level changes influences to coasta
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Temperature thresholds for leaf damage from two extreme freeze events (2018 and 2021) near the northern range limit of black mangroves (Avicennia germinans) in southeastern North America

Extreme winter temperatures govern the northern range limit of black mangroves (Avicennia germinans) in southeastern North America. There is a pressing need for studies that advance our understanding of how extreme cold temperature events affect mangroves near their range limits. However, such events are infrequent and challenging to study at regional scales. Here, we compared the damage to mangro
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Simen Kaalstad, Michael Osland, Donna J. Devlin, C. Edward Proffitt, Laura Feher, Anna R. Armitage, Richard Day, Kathleen M. Swanson, Gordon Anderson, Brigid Berger, Just Cebrian, Karen L. Cummins, Kenneth H. Dunton, Ilka C. Feller, Alejandro Fierro-Cabo, Elena A. Flores, Andrew From, A. Randall Hughes, David A. Kaplan, Amy K. Langston, Melinda Martinez, Briana Martinez, Christopher J. Miller, Nathan G.F. Reaver, Colt R. Sanspree, Caitlin M. Snyder, Andrew P. Stetter, Jamie E. Thompson, Carlos Zamora-Tovar
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Integrating remote sensing with ground-based observations to quantify the effects of an extreme freeze event on black mangroves (Avicennia germinans) at the landscape scale

Climate change is altering the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. Quantifying ecosystem responses to extreme events at the landscape scale is critical for understanding and responding to climate-driven change but is constrained by limited data availability. Here, we integrated remote sensing with ground-based observations to quantify landscape-scale vegetation damage from an extrem
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Melinda Martinez, Michael Osland, James B. Grace, Nicholas Enwright, Camille Stagg, Simen Kaalstad, Gordon Anderson, Anna R. Armitage, Just Cebrian, Karen L. Cummins, Richard Day, Donna J. Devlin, Kenneth H. Dunton, Laura Feher, Alejandro Fierro-Cabo, Elena A. Flores, Andrew From, A. Randall Hughes, David A. Kaplan, Amy K. Langston, Christopher J. Miller, Charles E. Proffitt, Nathan G.F. Reaver, Colt R. Sanspree, Caitlin M. Snyder, Andrew P. Stetter, Kathleen M. Swanson, Jamie E. Thompson, Carlos Zamora-Tovar
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Research and Development Program, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Soil elevation change in mangrove forests and marshes of the greater Everglades: A regional synthesis of surface elevation table-marker horizon (SET-MH) data

Coastal wetlands adapt to rising seas via feedbacks that build soil elevation, which lead to wetland stability. However, accelerated rates of sea-level rise can exceed soil elevation gain, leading to wetland instability and loss. Thus, there is a pressing need to better understand regional and landscape variability in rates of wetland soil elevation change. Here, we conducted a regional synthesis
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Laura Feher, Michael Osland, Karen L. McKee, Kevin R.T. Whelan, Carlos A. Coronado-Molina, Fred H. Sklar, Ken Krauss, Rebecca Howard, Donald Cahoon, James C. Lynch, Lukas Lamb-Wotton, Tiffany G. Troxler, Jeremy R. Conrad, Gordon Anderson, William C. Vervaeke, Thomas J. Smith III, Nicole Cormier, Andrew From, Larry Allain
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Research and Development Program, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Reply to comment by R. Parkinson on “Increasing rates of carbon burial in southwest Florida coastal wetlands” by J. Breithaupt et al.

Breithaupt et al. (2020) investigated why rates of organic carbon (OC) burial in coastal wetlands appear to increase over the past ∼120 years. After comparing dating methods and applying biogeochemical analyses, we concluded that neither dating method nor carbon degradation contribute to the observed trend. Rather, we concluded that OC burial has increased in the past century. Parkinson's (2021) C
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Joshua L. Breithaupt, Joseph M. Smoak, Thomas S. Bianchi, Derrick Vaughn, Christian J. Sanders, Kara R. Radabaugh, Michael Osland, Laura Feher, James C. Lynch, Donald Cahoon, Gordon Anderson, Kevin R. T. Whelan, Brad E. Rosenheim, Ryan P. Moyer, Lisa G. Chambers
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

A tropical cyclone-induced ecological regime shift: Mangrove forest conversion to mudflat in Everglades National Park (Florida, USA)

The ecological effects of tropical cyclones on mangrove forests are diverse and highly location- and cyclone-dependent. Ecological resistance, resilience, and enhancement are terms that describe most mangrove forest responses to tropical cyclones. However, in the most extreme cases, tropical cyclones can trigger abrupt and irreversible ecological transformations (i.e., ecological regime shifts). H
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Michael Osland, Laura Feher, Gordon Anderson, William Vervaeke, Ken Krauss, Kevin R.T. Whelan, Karen S. Balentine, G. Tiling-Range, Thomas J. Smith, Donald Cahoon
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Research and Development Program, Land Change Science Program, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center , Hurricanes

Increasing rates of carbon burial in southwest Florida coastal wetlands

Rates of organic carbon (OC) burial in some coastal wetlands appear to be greater in recent years than they were in the past. Possible explanations include ongoing mineralization of older OC or the influence of an unaccounted‐for artefact of the methods used to measure burial rates. Alternatively, the trend may represent real acceleration in OC burial. We quantified OC burial rates of mangrove and
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Joshua L. Breithaupt, Joseph M. Smoak, Thomas S. Bianchi, Derrick Vaughn, Christian Sanders, Kara Radabaugh, Michael J. Osland, Laura C. Feher, James C. Lynch, Donald R. Cahoon, Gordon H. Anderson, Kevin R. T. Whelan, Brad E. Rosenheim, Ryan P. Moyer, Lisa Chambers
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Research and Development Program, Land Change Science Program, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

The long-term effects of Hurricanes Wilma and Irma on soil elevation change in Everglades mangrove forests

Mangrove forests in the Florida Everglades (USA) are frequently affected by hurricanes that produce high-velocity winds, storm surge, and extreme rainfall, but also provide sediment subsidies that help mangroves adjust to sea-level rise. The long-term influence of hurricane sediment inputs on soil elevation dynamics in mangrove forests are not well understood. Here, we assessed the effects of sedi
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Laura Feher, Michael Osland, Gordon Anderson, William Vervaeke, Ken Krauss, Kevin R. T. Whelan, Karen M. Balentine, Ginger Tiling-Range, Thomas J. Smith, Donald Cahoon
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Research and Development Program, Land Change Science Program, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Temperature thresholds for black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) freeze damage, mortality, and recovery in North America: Refining tipping points for range expansion in a warming climate

Near the tropical‐temperate transition zone, warming winter temperatures are expected to facilitate the poleward range expansion of freeze‐sensitive tropical organisms. In coastal wetlands of eastern and central North America, freeze‐sensitive woody plants (mangroves) are expected to expand northward into regions currently dominated by freeze‐tolerant herbaceous salt marsh plants. To advance under
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Michael Osland, Richard Day, Courtney T. Hall, Laura Feher, Anna R. Armitage, Just Cebrian, Kenneth H. Dunton, Randall Hughes, David Kaplan, Amy K. Langston, Aaron Macy, Carolyn A. Weaver, Gordon H. Anderson, Karen Cummins, Ilka C. Feller, Caitlin M. Snyder
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Research and Development Program, Land Change Science Program, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Integrated species distribution models: combining presence-background data and site-occupancy data with imperfect detection

Two main sources of data for species distribution models (SDMs) are site-occupancy (SO) data from planned surveys, and presence-background (PB) data from opportunistic surveys and other sources. SO surveys give high quality data about presences and absences of the species in a particular area. However, due to their high cost, they often cover a smaller area relative to PB data, and are usually not
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Vira Koshkina, Yang Wang, Ascelin Gordon, Robert Dorazio, Matthew White, Lewi Stone
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Component-specific dynamics of riverine mangrove CO2 efflux in the Florida coastal Everglades

Carbon cycling in mangrove forests represents a significant portion of the coastal wetland carbon (C) budget across the latitudes of the tropics and subtropics. Previous research suggests fluctuations in tidal inundation, temperature and salinity can influence forest metabolism and C cycling. Carbon dioxide (CO2) from respiration that occurs from below the canopy is contributed from different comp
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Tiffany G. Troxler, Jordan G. Barr, Jose D. Fuentes, Victor C. Engel, Gordon H. Anderson, Christopher Sanchez, David Lagomosino, Rene Price, Stephen E. Davis
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Land-margin ecosystem hydrologic data for the coastal Everglades, Florida, water years 1996-2012

Mangrove forests and salt marshes dominate the landscape of the coastal Everglades (Odum and McIvor, 1990). However, the ecological effects from potential sea-level rise and increased water flows from planned freshwater Everglades restoration on these coastal systems are poorly understood. The National Park Service (NPS) proposed the South Florida Global Climate Change Project (SOFL-GCC) in 1990 t
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Gordon H. Anderson, Thomas J. Smith, Karen M. Balentine
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Water Resources Mission Area, Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Analysis and simulation of propagule dispersal and salinity intrusion from storm surge on the movement of a marsh–mangrove ecotone in South Florida

Coastal mangrove–freshwater marsh ecotones of the Everglades represent transitions between marine salt-tolerant halophytic and freshwater salt-intolerant glycophytic communities. It is hypothesized here that a self-reinforcing feedback, termed a “vegetation switch,” between vegetation and soil salinity, helps maintain the sharp mangrove–marsh ecotone. A general theoretical implication of the switc
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Jiang Jiang, Donald L. DeAngelis, Gordon H. Anderson, Thomas J. Smith
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

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