Thomas J. Smith III email: tom_j_smith@usgs.gov address: U.S. Geological Survey 600 Fourth Street South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 phone: (727) 803-8747 ext. 3130 fax: (727) 803-2032

Projects:

Characterizing Past and Present Mangrove Shorelines to Aid Conservation of the Smalltooth Sawfish, Pristis pectinata, Along the Southwest Coast of Florida

Creation of a Digital Archive of Historical Aerial Photographs for Everglades National Park and the Greater Everglades Ecosystem

Dynamics of Land Margin Ecosystems: Historical Change, Hydrology, Vegetation, Sediment, and Climate

Fire, Hydrology and Soils along the Mangrove Ecotone within the Greater Everglades Ecosystem

Hydrologic Variation and Ecological Processes in the Mangrove Forests of South Florida: Response to Restoration

Interrelation of Everglades Hydrology and Florida Bay Dynamics to Ecosystem Processes and Restoration in South Florida

Understanding and Predicting Global Climate Change Impacts on the Vegetation and Fauna of Mangrove Forested Wetlands in Florida

Vegetation Dynamics in Land-Margin Ecosystems: The Mangroves of South Florida