• Red tide bloom dynamics with respect to rainfall and riverine flow. Final report. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2003-04-07)

  This report documents the procedures and results of an examination of blooms of Karenia brevis in the Gulf of Mexico for relationships to rainfall and riverine flows as surrogates for nutrient loadings, to hurricanes as a ...
• Review and recommendations for Charlotte Harbor PAR Data, October 2008-May2010 

  Dixon, L. Kellie (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2010-11-15)

  Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) data for Charlotte Harbor, Florida, has been the subject of a number of recent investigations to address seagrass-related water clarity targets for the Harbor. In this study, Mote ...
• Water quality and the fish assemblages of mangrove creeks: a snapshot study shows the challenges in assessment of coastal zone management strategies. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie; Adams, Aaron J. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2010-03-31)

  This report summarizes a research project which included a long term sampling of fish communities of four estuarine mangrove creeks along Charlotte Harbor, Florida's eastern shoreline. The research included comparisons ...
• Causes of light attenuation with respect to seagrasses in upper and lower Charlotte Harbor. Draft report. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie; Kirkpatrick, Gary (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 1999-04-10)

  This report summarizes the results of the Charlotte Harbor seagrass light requirement project. The goal of the study was to determine the amount of light present at the deep edge of seagrass meadows; to determine the ...
• Interpretation of bulk atmospheric deposition and stormwater quality data in the Tampa Bay region: draft. 

  Dixon, Kellie L.; Heyl, Michael G. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 1998-07-30)
• Analysis of sediment samples for USEPA Region IV: Science and Ecosystem Support Division. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 1999-04-28)

  This report describes a project where the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) collected samples April 1998, January 1999 and March 1999. USEPA requested Mote Marine Laboratory (MML) perform determinations ...
• Contaminant survey of Sarasota Bay priority watersheds : Cedar Hammock Creek, Bowlees Creek, Whitaker Bayou, Hudson Bayou, and Phillippi Creek. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie; Heyl, Michael G.; Perry, Jon S. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 1999-09-29)

  This report summarizes a project with an objective to identify the historic and present-day regions within the Sarasota Bay watersheds which contribute toxic compounds to receiving waters. The evaluation technique initially ...
• Biological effects of atmospheric deposition on algal assemblages. Draft final report. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie; Kirkpatrick, Gary J.; Leverone, Jay R. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 1999-09-24)

  The primary objective of this project was to determine the effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the population dynamics of two distinct algal assemblages in Sarasota Bay, Florida: a nearshore, nutrient enriched ...
• Assessment of bulk atmospheric deposition to the Tampa Bay watershed. Final report. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie; Murray, Susan; Perry, Jon S.; Minotti, Patricia J.; Henry, Michael S.; Pierce, Richard H. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 1996-09-25)

  The objectives of the study were to evaluate the spatial variability in deposition of trace metals and nutrients across the watershed of Tampa Bay, Florida. Seven sites were established in representative areas of the ...
• Analysis of sediment samples for USEPA Region IV: Science and Ecosystem Support Division Homestead Military Canal project. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 1998-02-03)

  This report describes a project in which the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Region IV, Science and Ecosystem Support Division, collected samples in the Military Canal area of Homestead, Florida, in ...
• Evaluation of existing data on light requirements for the seagrasses Thalassia testudinum and Halodule wrightii. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie; Leverone, Jay R. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 1993-02-03)

  This report provides an evaluation of data collected on the light levels necessary to support seagrasses in Tampa Bay, Florida. This information was gathered in preparation of a field study that was to be conducted by ...
• Evaluation and research of impacts of mechanical weed harvesting in Lake Okeechobee. Final report. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 1989-02-22)

  This report describes a research project that was conducted to assess the environmental impacts of mechanical harvesting of Hydrilla verticillata. The study site was on the northwestern shore of Lake Okeechobee where ...
• Metals characterization of sediments at Port Manatee. Final report. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie; Hofmann, Suzanne (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 1989-02-17)

  This report describes a study that was undertaken to identify specific tributaries, Port activities or other sources contributing the majority of metal loading in Port Manatee, located in Tampa Bay, Florida. To evaluate ...
• Non-point water quality impacts on northern west coast inland navigation district waters. Final report on data and analyses. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 1988-08-03)

  The West Coast Inland Navigation District Waters (WCIND) extends from Manatee River south to Lemon Bay, in Florida. This body of water was granted the Outstanding Florida Waters (OFW) status by the Florida Department of ...
• Data compilation for lower Myakka and Peace Rivers and Charlotte Harbor in support of SWFWMD hydrodynamic modeling. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2005-03-31)

  This report describes a project by Mote Marine Laboratory in which a study over multiple years was conducted in Charlotte Harbor and the associated rivers on a number of ecological fronts. Because of the dramatic responses ...
• Analysis of sediment samples for the Division of Aquaculture: methodology and data report. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2006-05-25)

  Mote Marine Laboratory performed analyses of grain size distributions, percent solids, moisture, and percent organics on sediment samples collected by the Division of Aquaculture between February of 2002 and October of ...
• Evaluation of EEM methodology for detection of OSTDS effluent in ambient surface waters. Final report. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie; Buehler, Camia M. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2007-09-05)

  This report describes a study to identify the presence of optical brighteners in ambient surface waters using excitation-emission matrix fluorescence. Failing septic tanks or on site treatment and disposal systems with ...
• ECOHAB: Karenia nutrient dynamics in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, a FWRI/Mote Cooperative red tide reseach program. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie; Kirkpatrick, Gary J. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2008-06-18)

  This report describes a project which studied three blooming stages of red tide in order to discover the nutrient sources fueling the massive, persistent biomass accumulations and to determine where are they coming from ...
• Analysis of changes in seagrass coverage, 1996-1999 and 1999-2001, for Anna Maria Sound, Sarasota, Roberts, Little Sarasota, Blackburn Bays. Final report. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie; Perry, Jon S. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2003-11-20)

  The Project reported here was designed to examine areas of seagrass change within Sarasota Bay in relation to the monitored water clarity and clarity components, depth distribution, nitrogen concentration as a surrogate ...
• A spatially intense nutrient survey of Charlotte Harbor during the 2005 wet season: Year 1. 

  Dixon, L. Kellie; Hall, Emily R.; Whelan, Mary E.; Pierce, Richard H.; Kirkpatrick, Gary J. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2005-12-08)

  The survey was designed to quantify nutrient processes in surface waters of Charlotte Harbor resulting from wet season flows. The study is part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project (CERP)which will redistribute ...

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