Ogurcak, Danielle

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Ogurcak, Danielle Graduate Faculty

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Research Assistant Professor, Institute of Environment , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

dogurcak@fiu.edu

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selected scholarly works & creative activities

Article
- 2023
  
  A Novel Methodological Approach to Quantify Geomorphic Change and Prioritize Risk to Coastal Archeological Sites Under Conditions of a Changing Climate, Everglades National Park, FL, USA. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 46:1677-1689.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-023-01254-2 Web of Science: 001045697000001
- 2021
  
  Conceptualizing ecosystem degradation using mangrove forests as a model system. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. 263.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109355 Web of Science: 000710783000001
- 2021
  
  Changes in Sediment Organic Carbon Accumulation under Conditions of Historical Sea-Level Rise, Southeast Saline Everglades, Florida, USA. WETLANDS. 41.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13157-021-01440-7 Web of Science: 000631157300002
- 2020
  
  Will beach nourishment be enough to hold back the sea? Comments on Houston, J., 2020. “Beach nourishment versus sea level rise on Florida’s coasts.” Shore & Beach, 88(2), 3-13.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.34237/1008844
- 2020
  
  Hurricanes, Storm Surge, and Pine Forest Decline on a Low Limestone Island. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 43:1045-1057.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-019-00624-z Web of Science: 000537511500010
- 2020
  
  Satellite Image-Based Time Series Observations of Vegetation Response to Hurricane Irma in the Lower Florida Keys. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 43:1058-1069.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-020-00701-8 Web of Science: 000507358300001
- 2020
  
  The Effect of Hurricane Irma Storm Surge on the Freshwater Lens in Big Pine Key, Florida using Electrical Resistivity Tomography. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 43:1032-1044.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-019-00666-3 Web of Science: 000495741300001
- 2020
  
  Using Carbon Isotope Ratios to Verify Predictions of a Model Simulating the Interaction Between Coastal Plant Communities and Their Effect on Ground Water Salinity. ECOSYSTEMS. 23:570-585.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10021-019-00423-4 Web of Science: 000530349500008
- 2019
  
  Shifting baselines in coastal forests: Rising seas transform plant communities from the 'ground' up. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. 453.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117581 Web of Science: 000496607200016
- 2019
  
  Groundwater geochemistry fluctuations along a fresh-saltwater gradient on the carbonate islands of the lower Florida Keys. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY. 527.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.09.032 Web of Science: 000501718200008
- 2018
  
  Beach nourishment is not a sustainable strategy to mitigate climate change. ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE. 212:203-209.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2018.07.011 Web of Science: 000446286100020
- 2013
  
  Morphometric and hydrologic characteristics of alligator holes in Everglades National Park, Florida from 1994 to 2007. ECOHYDROLOGY. 6:275-286.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/eco.1266 Web of Science: 000317676600011
- 2012
  
  Use of alligator hole abundance and occupancy rate as indicators for restoration of a human-altered wetland. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS. 23:627-633.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.05.011 Web of Science: 000307130300066
- 2010
  
  Tree Mortality following Prescribed Fire and a Storm Surge Event in Slash Pine (Pinus elliottii var. densa) Forests in the Florida Keys, USA
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1155/2010/204795
- 2010
  
  Using Florida Keys Reference Sites As a Standard for Restoration of Forest Structure in Everglades Tree Islands
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1155/2010/176909
- 2008
  
  Functional groups of rare plants differ in levels of imperilment. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 95:943-953.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800013 Web of Science: 000258255300005
- 2006
  
  Biogeography and decline of rare plants in New England: Historical evidence and contemporary monitoring. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS. 16:1327-1337.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1327:BADORP]2.0.CO;2
- 2005
  
  Field determination of optimal dates for the discrimination of invasive wetland plant species using derivative spectral analysis. PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING AND REMOTE SENSING. 71:603-611.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.14358/PERS.71.5.603
- 2002
  
  Conventional and fuzzy accuracy assessment of the New York Gap Analysis Project land cover map. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT. 81:443-455.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00020-2
Conference
- 2022
  
  A SUMMARY OF WATER-ROCK INTERACTIONS IN CARBONATE COASTAL AQUIFERS AFFECTED BY SALTWATER INTRUSION
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/abs/2022am-382665
- 2019
  
  Variation in sediment nutrient concentrations in an urban-mangrove ecosystem, Pinones, Puerto Rico. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
  Web of Science: 000478861200512
- 2018
  
  Variation in sediment nutrient concentrations in an urban-mangrove ecosystem, Pinones, Puerto Rico. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
  Web of Science: 000435537704111
Letter
- 2020
  
  Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now. CURRENT BIOLOGY. R153-R154.
  Web of Science: 000515494400009
Note
- 2011
  
  Recruitment and growth of old world climbing fern in hurricane-caused canopy gaps. 199-206.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3996/062011-JFWM-040
Preprint
- Beach nourishment is not a sustainable strategy to mitigate climate change
  Full Text via DOI: 10.31230/osf.io/qnvjk
Review
- 2023
  
  Framework for facilitating mangrove recovery after hurricanes on Caribbean islands. RESTORATION ECOLOGY.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/rec.13885 Web of Science: 000940283600001

principal investigator on

Assessing the fate and transport of nutrients in water delivered through coastal wetlands to Biscayne Bay awarded by Environmental Protection Agency 2023 - 2026
Uncertain recovery in mangrove ecosystems following repeated hurricane impacts awarded by University of Michigan 2023 - 2024
Resilience of the Mangrove Coast: Understanding Links between Degradation, Recovery, and Community Benefits awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2020 - 2024
Expanding the Collaborative: Engaging Reserves along the Mangrove Coast awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2023 - 2024
Natural Resource Condition Assessment for Three Parks within the U.S. Virgin Islands awarded by National Park Service 2016 - 2021

co-principal investigator on

Grant
- FIU-ORSA CORE OPERATIONAL SERVICES NERR (CONTINUATION C0263D) FY 23/24 awarded by Florida Department of Environmental Prot 2023 - 2024
- Stabilize and Protect South Florida Archeological Sites with Integrated Ecosystem Restoration awarded by National Park Service 2016 - 2022
- Hurricane Irma assessment: effects on forests of the USFWS Refuges of the Florida Keys awarded by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2017 - 2019

investigator on

Optimization of LiDAR Data Processing Algorithms for Wetland Graminoid Marsh and Prairie Vegetation awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2021 - 2023

full name

Danielle Ogurcak

ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7266-897X (confirmed)

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