Education

1987

Ph.D., Marine Geology and Geophysics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.

Dissertation: Paleoecology, sedimentation and petrology of the Miocene-Pliocene Tamiami Formation of Southwest Florida (with special reference to corals and reef development). 748pp.

1976

M.S., Geology, Minor: Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Thesis: The mollusca from the Inglis Formation (Upper Eocene) and their zoogeographic implications, 114pp.

1971

B.S., Geology, Minor: Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.

Employment History

1992-Present

Research Scientist, Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University.
Adjunct Professor, Environmental Sciences Department, Florida International University.

Co-principle investigator on several applied ecology and management projects documenting ecosystem responses to altered hydrologic and physical processes. Projects include establishment of pre-impact conditions by the application of paleoecologic methodologies.

1990-1991

Principle Investigator, Science Policy Department, National Audubon Society, NY, NY.

Duties included fund raising, management of the Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary Research Project, expert witness in various environmental issues, permit review for wetland projects, and committee member on major environmental issues (e.g. Platte River Ad Hoc Hydrology Study Group).

1984-1990

Assistant Director, Ecosystem Research Unit, National Audubon Society, Naples, FL.

Duties were to review NAS position policy and to manage field research projects.

1983-1984

Research Biologist, Ecosystem Research Unit, National Audubon Society.

Duties were to maintain field monitoring projects in Florida.

1979-1982

Research Assistant, Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, RSMAS, University of Miami

NSF Grant: Paleoecology, Sedimentation and Diagenesis of a Pliocene Reef.

1977-1983

Part-time Research Geologist, National Audubon Society, Naples, FL

Big Cypress geology, soils, hydrology and geological processes.

1979-1981

Graduate Instructor, Geology Department, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.

Taught lectures and laboratories for the following courses: Paleontology, Stratigraphy, Sedimentation and Marine Geology.

1977-1981

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL.

Assisted teaching: Geological Oceanography, Environments of South Florida and Work at Sea

1975-1976

Graduate Research Assistant, Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission (Dr. Nick Holler) through the Florida State Museum (Dr. Fred Thompson).

Studied aquatic invertebrates for the Cross Florida Barge Canal Environmental Impact Statement.

1973-1975

Graduate Research Assistant, Florida State Museum, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Duties included curatorial and field studies including the taxonomy, evolution and distribution of fossil and recent marine invertebrates.

1971-1973

Medic and Medical Laboratory Technician, U.S. Army.

Honorable Discharge

1969-1971

Research Technician,, Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL.

Worked on the ecology, taxonomy and distribution of marine molluscs for Dr. D.R. Moore.

Current Research Interests

1. Quantify the effects of global climate change and sea level rise on coastal and marine shelf ecosystem processes and how these coastal changes may further alter global climate.

2. Further quantify the origin and genesis of coastal and freshwater wetlands soils and the fa tors which contribute to soil accretion rates and information loss.

3. Continue working on the physcial aspects of carbonate sedimenation, especially interested in the mechanics involved in the origin of skeletal deposits and criterea for their recognition.

4. Continue working on coastal wetland management issues by providing pre-deveolopment baseline information determied from detailed paleoecologic studies, developing analog models integrating both physical and biological components for interpreation of changes, and by further quanifying the parameters that control the biogeochemistry of wetland soils and therefore, ultimately coastal productivity.

Present Research Projects

• L-31E freshwater Diversion Pilot Project, South Florida Water Management District Contract No. C-4439. Co-principle investigator with Dr. Mike Ross.

• Effects of Hurricane Andrew on the rock pine lands. National Park Service Contract. Co-principle Investigator with Dr. Mike Ross.

• Effects of Hurricane Andrew on Biscayne National Park uplands. National Park Service. Co-principle investigator with Dr. Mike Ross.

• Effects of freshwater diversion on marine benthic communities in Biscayne Bay. National Park Service. Begins Jan 1996.

• Everglades Nutrient Dosing Study: Establishment of P threshold values for agroculture. Dr. Ron Jones Project supervisor. I'm one of the principle investigators working on soils, below ground productivty and periphyton.

Publications

1. Beyea, J., J.H. Cook, L.J. Hainsworth, J.F. Meeder, J. Sebold, P. Sharma and M.M. Hoenig. 1995. Analysis of river sediments using accelerator mass spectrometry to search for Iodine 129 as evidence of a radioiodine release from Three Mile Island Unit 2. Health Physics.

2. Duever, M.J., J.F. Meeder, L.B. Meeder and J.M. McCollom, 1994. The climate of south Florida and its role in shaping the Everglades Ecosystem. pp. 225-248, In Everglades, (eds. S.M. Davis and J.C. Ogden), St. Lucie Press.

3. Snedaker, S.C., J.F. Meeder, M.S. Ross and R.G. Ford, 1994. Discussion of Ellison and Stoddarts, "Mangrove ecosystem collapse during sea-level rises: Holocene analogues and implications". Journal Coastal Res.

4. Meeder, J.F., M.S. Ross and R.G. Ford. 1993. Mangrove expansion in south Florida under conditions of accelerating rate of sea level rise: results of conceptual depositional and spatial models. In Proceedings of the Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA International Coastal Symposium, (ed. P. Brunn), v2, pp 431-445.

5. Meeder, J.F., 1992. Book Review. "Ecosystems of Florida" by R.M. Myers and J.J. Ewel (eds.). Fla Field Nat. 20(4):112-113.

6. Parkinson,R.W. and J.F. Meeder, 1991. Mud-bank destruction and the formation of a transgressive sand sheet, southwest Florida inner shelf. Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull. 103:1543-1551.

7. Meeder, J.F., 1990. Depositional model of the Tamiami Formation (Pliocene) of South Florida with a discussion of corals and coral reefs, In Plio-Pleistocene Stratigraphy and Paleontology of South Florida (W.D. Allman, ed.), Southeasst Geological Society, 42p.

8. Meeder, J.F., 1989. Comparisons of salinity, hydrology and vegetation characteristics between free- flowing and semi-impounded intermediate to brackish tidal marsh systems. U.S.F.W.S. Biol. Rep. 89(22):131-141.

9. --------------, 1987. Variable effects of Hurricanes on the coast and adjacent marshes: A problem for marsh managers. In Proc. Fourth Water Quality and Wetlands Mgmt. Conf., New Orleans, p 337-374.

10. -------------, 1986. Resource Inventory and analysis of the Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary and adjacent marshlands. First Annual Report: Introduction and Site Descriptions. National Audubon Society, Abbeville, LA. 104p.

11. Duever, M.J., J.E. Carlson, J.F. Meeder, L.C. Duever, L.H. Gunderson, L.A. Riopelle, T.R. Alexander, R.L. Myers and D.P. Spangler, 1986. The Big Cypress National Preserve. Research Report No. 8, National Audubon Society, New York, 455p.

12. ----------------, J.F. Meeder and L.C. Duever, 1984. Ecosystems of the Big Cypress Swamp. p. 294-303. In Cypress Swamps, (eds. K.C. Ewel and H.T. Odum).

13. Beriault, J., R.Carr, R. Johnson and J. Meeder, 1981. The archeological salvage of the Bay West Site, Collier County, Florida. The Florida Anthropologist 34(2):39-58.

14. Meeder, J.F., D.R. Moore and P. Harlem, 1981. Survey of Central Florida Geology. Miami Geological Society 1981 Field Trip Guidebook. 44p.

15. ---------------, 1980. New information on Pliocene reefal limestone and associated facies in Collier and Lee Counties, FL., pp. 27-30, In Miami Geological Society s 1980 Field trip Guidebook (ed. P. Gleason).

16. ---------------, 1979. The corals and coral reefs of the Dry Tortugas, pp. 46-73, In Southeast Geological Society Annual Field Trip Guidebook (ed. R. Halley).

17. ---------------, 1979. The Pliocene fossil reef of southwest Florida: A field quide with road log. Miami Geological Society. 19p.

18. ---------------, 1977. Tectonic control of Cretaceous and Tertiary bivalve diversification and provinciality. Bull. Amer. Malac. Union, 1977:34-40.

19. --------------- and D.R. Moore, 1971. The extension of range of Berthelina caribbea Edmunds to Brazil and Panama (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Caribbean Journ. Sci. 2:158-161.

Reports

1. Ross, M.S., J.F. Meeder, J.P. Sah, A. Herndon, P.L. Ruiz, and G.J. Telesnicki. 1997. Windthrow in south Florida pine rocklands: Pit-and-Mound features and plant microhabitat associations following Hurricane Andrew, Final Report.U.S. Park Service Cooperative Agreement CA 5280-4-9013. 61p..

2. Meeder, J.F., M.S. Ross, G.Telesnicki. P.L. Ruiz and J.P. Sah. 1996. Vegetation anlysis in the C- 111/Taylor Slough Basin. Document 1: The Southeast Saline Everglades revisited: a hlf-century of coastal vegetation change, 56p. Document 2: Marine transgression in the Southeast Saline Everglades, Florida: rates, causes and plant sediment responses, 95p. Final Report. South Florida Water Management District Contract C-4244.

3. Ross, M, J. Meeder, G. Telesnicki and P. Ruis. 1996. Effects of Hurricane Andrew on the distribution of rare plants in south Florida pine rocklands, with emphasis on edaphic factors. Progress Report # 3, Florida International University, Southeast Environmental Research Program. To the National Park Service. 37p.

4. Meeder, J., M.Ross, P. Ruis, G. Telesnicki, C. Navedo-ordova, L. Lavinson and C. Rodriquez, 1995. C- 111 Basin Quarterly Report: June 1995. To: R. Alleman, SFWMD, West Palm Beach, FL. 37p.

5. Meeder, J.F., M.S. Ross and G. Telesnicki, 1995. L-31E Freshwater Rediversion Project Quarerly Report, 22 September, 1995. To R. Alleman, SFWMD, West Palm Beach, FL. 78p.

6. Ross, M.S., J.F. Meeder, G. Telesnicki, P. Ruiz and C. Weekley, 1995. Current and Historical ecosystem of the C111-Taylor Slough Basins. Second Annual Rpt on Contract # C-4244, September 25, 1995, 39 pp.

7. Ross, M.S., J.F. Meeder, G. Telesnicki and C. Weekley, 1995. Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Crocodile Lakes National Wildlife Refuge: The effects of Hurricane Andrew. Final report to the Department of Interior, USFWS Contract # 1448-004-93-035, 168p.

8. Ross, M.S., J.F. Meeder, G. Telesnicki and P. Ruis, 1994. Fourth Quarterly Progress Report on the vegetation analysis of the C-111/Taylor Sloug Basins. First Annual Report on SFWMD Contract # C-4244, 13 p.

9. Meeder, J.F. and M.S. Ross, 1994. L-31E Freshwater diversion project progress report, Aug 15, 1994. To R. Alleman, SFWMD Contract # 2494, 10p.

10. Ross, M.S. and J.F. Meeder, 1994. Effects of Hurricane Andrew on the distribution of rare plants in South Florida pine rocklands; with emphasis on edaphic factors. June 29, 1994, 49p.

11. Meeder, J.F. and M.S. Ross, 1994. Summary of water quality data from the L-31E freshwater diversion project area. Task # 6 of SFWMD Contract # C-2494. 142p.

12. Meeder, J.F. 1986. Resource Inventory and Analysis of the Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary, First Annual report to the Mellon Foundation, Ecosystem Research Unit, National Audubon Society, Abbeville, LA, 88p.

13. Wanless, H.R. and J.F. Meeder, 1982. Paleoecology, sedimentology and diagenesis of the Pliocene Reef, Southwest Florida. Final Report to NSF, Grant # EAR79-21790, 23p.

14. Duever, L.D.., J.F. Meeder and M.J. Duever, 1982. Ecological portion Florida Peninsular Natural Region Theme Study. Contract No. 9212(78). Final report to the National Park Service, U.S. Dept of Interior, 399p.

15. Wanless, H.R. and J.F. Meeder, 1981. Paleoecology, sedimentology and diagenesis of the Pliocene reef, Southwest Florida. Annual report to NSF, Grant # EAR 79-21790. 12p.

16. Duever, L.D., G.B. Iverson, P.F. Lund, M.J. Duever, F.P. Porzel, J.H. Burch and J.F. Meeder, 1981. Resource inventory and analysis of the John D. MacArthur Beach State Recreation Area. Report to the John D and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 100 Sunset Ridge Road, Northbrook, Illinois, by the Nature Conservancy and Ecosystem Research Unit, National Audubon Society, 203p.

17. Meeder, J.F. 1980. Recognition of the biofacies and lithofacies of the Tamiami Formation of southwest Florida. Report to GSA Research Grant Committee, 5p.

18. Duever, M.J., J.E. Carlson, J.F. Meeder, L.H. Gunderson, L.C. Duever, L.A. Riopelle, T.R. Alexander, R.F. Myers and D.P. Spangler, 1978. Resource Inventory and Analysis of the Big Cypress National Preserve. Final Report to the National Park Service. Ecosystem Research Unit, National Audubon Society and Center for Wetlands, University of Florida, 2 vols, 1225p.

Abstracts with Oral or Poster Presentations

1. Meeder, J.F. 1994. Vegetation gradients in the brackish marshes of Southwest Louisiana. Program with Abstract. Second Coastal Wetland Ecology and Management Symposium, (Organ. J.F. Meeder and R.E. Turner), Key Largo, FL. Published by SERC, FIU, Miami, FL. no pagination.

2. Jacobson, M.E. and J.F. Meeder, 1994. Nutrient extractability and availability associated with Rhyzophora mangle trees of different heights. Program with Abstracts. Second Coastal Wetland Ecology and Management Symposium, (Organ. J.F. Meeder and R.E. Turner), Key Largo, FL. Published by SERC, FIU, Miami, FL. no pagination.

3. Ross. M.S., J. Ley, and J.F. Meeder, 1994. A historical examination of the coastal vegetation gradient in the southeastern Everglades. Program with Abstracts. Second Coastal Wetland Ecology and Management Symposium (J.F. Meeder and R.E. Turner, organs.) Dec 6-8 , 1994 Key Largo, Published by SERC, FIU, Miami, FL. Florida. no pagination.

4. Meeder, J.F., J.J. O Brien, R.D. Jones, and M.S. Ross, 1994. Perturbation of the Thalassia ecosystem and effects on ecosystem dynamics caused by Hurricane Andrew, South Florida. Abstract. 45th AIBS and Ecol. Soc. Amer. Meeting, Knoxville, TN

5. Prezeshki, S.R., R.D. DeLaune and J.F. Meeder. 1994. Net photosynthesis and biomass partitioning in black and red mangroves in response to soil hypoxia. Abstract. Third Biogeochemistry of wetland soils symposium, Orlando, FL.

6. Stone, P.A., M.J. Duever, and J.F. Meeder, 1993. Holocene sedimentation at Corkscrew Swamp (Collier County, Florida): A model for the origin and evolution of the present wetland dominated regime of south Florida, POSTER. Geol. Soc. Amer. Annual. Mtg.

7. Meeder, J.F., R. Jones, J.J. O Brien, M.S. Ross, R.J. Sawicki, and A.M. Strong. 1992. Effects of Hurricane Andrew on Thalassia ecosystem dynamics and the stratigraphic record. Symposium on the Florida Keys Regional Ecosystem, 16-20 Nov 1992. RSMAS and NOAA. no pagination.

8. Meeder, J,F, 1991. Results from a long-term ecoystem study of the Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary, SW Louisiana. Coastal Wetland Ecology and Management Symposium, (Organ. R.E. Turner and J.F. Meeder) New Orleans, LA.

9. Meeder, J.F. and R.D. DeLaune, 1991. Relationships between brackish marsh water table, soil redox potential and vegetation standing crops in free-flowing and semi-impounded drainage systems, Vermilion Parish, La., Second Biogeochemistry of Wetland Soils Symposium, Baton Rouge, LA. Wetlands Soils Laboratory, LSU.

10. Meeder, J.F. and E. Perry, 1990. Ecosystem impacts and recovery rates of overgrazing by snow geese and muskrat in brackish marshes, SW Louisiana. Abstracts with Program, 1990 Annual Mtg, Ecol. Soc. Amer., Snowbird, Utah, p.249.

11. Parkinson, R.W. and J.F. Meeder, 1989. Mudbank destruction and the formation of a transgressive sand sheet, western Florida Bay, FL., Abstract with Program, Geol. Soc. Amer. Annual Mtg, St Louis, MO, Nov. 1989.

12. Meeder, J.F. and L.B. Meeder, 1989. Hurricanes in Florida Bay: a dominant physical process. Bull. Mar. Sci. p. 518.

13. Duever, M.J., L.B. Meeder and J.F. Meeder, 1988. Vegetative structure and productivity of semi- impounded and free-flowing brackish marshes in coastal Louisiana. AIBS and Ecol. Soc. Amer. Annual Mtg, Davis,Ca.

14. Meeder, J.F. and M.J. Duever, 1988. Hydrology and salinity characteristics of semi-impounded and free- flowing brackish marshes in coastal Louisiana. AIBS and Ecol, Soc. Amer. Annual Mtg, Davis, CA.

15. Meeder, J.F., 1987. Variable effects of Hurricanes on the coast and adjacent marshes: A problem for marsh managers. Water Quality and Wetlands Management Conference, New Orleans, LA.

16. --------------, 1987. Paleoecology of Miocene-Pliocene Hyotissa haitensis (Sowerby) assemblages (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae), Tamiami Fomation, Southwest Florida. Annual Mtg. Amer. Malac. Union, Key West, FL.

17. --------------, 1985. The coral reef ecosystem in Florida. In Special Session: Ecosystems of Tropical Florida, 36th Annual Mtg AIBS and Ecol. Soc. Amer., Gainesville, FL.

18. -------------- and P. Harlem, 1984. The role of hurricane perturbations in shallow marine benthic communities. Third Conf. on Mesoamerican biogeography, Merida, Mexico. Abstacts, p. 9.

19. ---------------, 1983. Depositional processes in the Tamiami Formation in Southwestern Florida, Symposium on South Florida Geology, Miami Geol. Soc., Miami, FL.

20. -------------- and M.J. Duever, 1983. Geological processes within the Big Cypress Swamp, FL. ibid.

21. --------------, 1982. Utilization of benthic marine communities and their patterns in evaluation of carbonate shelf deposits and their processes. 95th Annual Mtg. Geol. Soc. Amer., New Orleans, LA., pp.563-564.

22. --------------, 1982. Coralline and associated carbonates from Florida Bank (Pliocene), Lee and Collier Counties, FL., Carbonate Section II, Annual Mtg Amer. Asoc. Petro. Geol., Calagary, Canada, p.86.

23. --------------, 1980. Summary of geological research in south Florida. Annual Mtg AIBS and Ecol Soc Amer., Tampa, FL.

24. --------------, 1977. Tectonic control of Cretaceous and Tertiary bivalve diversification and provinciality. 43rd Annual Mtg, Amer. Malac. Union, Naples, FL.

25. --------------, 1977. Eocene molluscan zoogeography. 43rd Annual Mtg. Amer. Malac. Union, Naples, FL.

26. -------------- and G.D. Shaak, 1975. Status of the Bumpnose Limestone Member of the Crystal River Formation, 24th Annual Mtg., SE Section, Geol. Soc. Amer. 7:517-518.

Awards

1988 - National Audubon Society President's Service Award.

1980-81; 1979-1980 - Student Scholarship of the Naples Shell Club, Naples, FL.

1980 - Smithsonian Fellowship Grant to study corals at Carrie Bow, Belize. Dr. Klaus Ruetzler.

1979 - Geological Society of America Graduate Student Grant.

1979 - Bader Fund Scholarship (RSMAS, University of Miami).

1978 - Research Scholarship funded by Miami Geological Society, Miami, FL.

1977-78 - Outstanding Earth Science student at Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ. of Miami, FL.

1975 - Elected to the honor society, "Phi Beta Kappa", University of Florida chapter.

Consultation

1982 - Benthonic community assessment and mudbank development of Cross Banks, Florida Bay. To Sandy Sprunt, Science Director, Tavernier, Fl.

1980 - Porosity trends in Collier and Lee Counties, FL. Missimer and Associates, Cape Coral, FL.

1980 - Ecological survey and impact of oil spill upon the salinas and adjacent mangroves, Puerto Rico. For Dr. G. Voss, RSMAS, Univ of Miami, Fl contracted by the goveronment of Puerto Rico.

1979 - Surface and shallow aquifer hydrology of the Big Cypress National Preserve. Dr. Mike Duever, Ecosystem Research Unit, National Audubon Society, Naples, FL.

Other professional activities

Co-organized the "Second Coastal Wetland Ecology and Management Symposium", Key Largo, FL. with Dr. R.E. Turner of LSU. Over 100 presentations were made by researchers from four countries and thirteen states. Program with Abstracts, SERC, FIU, Miami, FL. no pagination.

Expert Witness. Coastal wetland loss and management practices. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 20. "Scientific Assessment of Coastal Wetland Loss, Restoration and Management in Louisiana. Boesch, D.F. et al. 103p.

Member of the National Capital Office Wetlands Team of National Audubon Society, Washington, D.C. under direction of Consul Hope Babcock. The team responded to congress s attempt to redefine "wetland" by criticing the proposed definition and preparing the major response that was read to congress. This activity eventually resulted in the defeat of the new proposed wetland delineation Manual thereby maintaining a biological rather than politican definition of a wetland and providing more clear cut protection policies than those proposed.

Expert Witness in behalf of the Platt River Crane Trust for the FERC s relicensing of the Kingsley Damn in Nebraska. This litagation became a precedent setting case for establishing instream flow rights for wildlife and ecosystem protection.

Co-organized the "Coastal Wetland Ecology and Management Symposium, New Orleans, Dec 3-5, 1991 with Dr. R.E. Turner from LSU. Over 100 presentations were made by researchers from five countries and 15 states. Program with Abstracts, Baton Rougue, LA. no pagination.

Helped support the development of the "Coalition to save coastal Louisiana" chaired by Dr. Mike Kemp. I participated in organization and promotional activities include a lecture series on the economic benifits for saving the coastal ecosystem from further uncessary perturbation.

Board Member of the Louisiana Aububon Council, Baton Rougue, LA. Helped establish a scientific policy and worked to develope a cohesion between research, management, and activism in the state.

Member of the Platte River Task Force and the Platte River Ad Hoc Committee on Hydrology established by the Surpreme Court to resolve the water use-wildlife conflict along the Central Platte River. We reviewed sediment and hydrology models todetermine their possible applicability with out positie results. We worker with the wildlife committee to determine water management schedule friendly to both agriculture and wildlife. Wildlife "instream" flow needs were established based upon the model generated by both committees and granted by the FERC discission noted above.

Helped write and edit the script for the TBS production "Global Gambit". Mr. Chrisopher Palmer, National Audubon Socity Productions, Washington, D.C. Cited in movie credits.

Helped write and edit the script for the TBS production, The Crane River". Mr. Christopher Palmer, National Audubon Society Productions, Washington, D.C. Cited in movie credits.