Muck Dredging Research Final Reports

Florida Tech EMD Year 1 peer-reviewed final research reports are found in: (All Year 1 results are in ONE Report)

Impacts of environmental muck dredging 2014‒2015. Final Project Report to Brevard County Natural Resources Management Dept., J.G. Windsor, Jr. (Ed.), July 2016

EMD Year 1 Impacts of Environmental Muck Dredging 2014-15

Florida Tech EMD Year 2 peer-reviewed final research reports are found in:

1. Muck Dredging Research Project Management (Subtask 1), John Windsor, June 2019
   • EMD Year 2 Subtask 1 Final Report Project Management Windsor
2. Biological Responses to Muck Dredging in the Indian River Lagoon, Part I.  Seagrass Monitoring and Infaunal Surveys (Subtask 2), Kevin Johnson, September 2017
   • EMD Year 2 Subtask 2 Final Report Biological Responses to Muck Dredging Sea
3. Biological Responses to Muck Dredging in the Indian River Lagoon, Part II: Fish Populations and Sea Grass Restoration (Subtask 3), Jonathan Shenker, March 2018
   • EMD Year 2 Subtask 3 Final Report Biological Responses to Muck Dredging Fis
4. Determining the Effectiveness of Muck Removal on Sediment and Water Quality in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida (Subtask 4A), Austin L. Fox, John H. Trefry, Robert P. Trocine, Stacey L. Fox, Jessica E. Voelker, December 2017
   • EMD Year 2 Subtask 4A Final Report Determining Effectiveness of Muck Remova
5. Inputs of Nitrogen and Phosphorus from Major Tributaries to the Indian River Lagoon (Subtask 4B), John H. Trefry, Austin L. Fox, Robert P. Trocine, Stacey L. Fox, Jessica E. Voelker, Katherine M. Beckett, October 2017
   • EMD Year 2 Subtask 4B Final Report Inputs of N and P from Major Tributaries
6. Hydrologic and Water Quality Model for Management and Forecasting within Brevard County Waters (Subtask 5), Gary Zarillo, April 2018
   • EMD Year 2 Subtask 5 Final Report Hydrologic and Water Quality Model
7. Moving Muck & Fluidized Mud & Tributary Bedload Measurements at Dredge Sites (Subtask 6), Charles Bostater, May 2018
   • EMD Year 2 Subtask 6 Final Report Moving Muck Fluidized Muck Tributary Bedl
8. Wind and microclimate analysis for application to fetch-limited wind wave growth analysis at IRL dredging locations (Subtask 7), Steven Lazarus, November 2017
   • EMD Year 2 Subtask 7 Final Report Wind and Microclimate Analysis Lazarus.
9. Feasibility of muck removal at fixed locations in the IRL watershed and subsequent ferrate treatment to remove nutrients and contaminants (Subtask 8), Robert J. Weaver and Thomas D. Waite, January 2018
   • EMD Year 2 Subtask 8 Final Report Feasibilty of Muck Removal at Fixed Locat
10. Source to Slime Study in Indian River Lagoon (Subtask 9), Leesa Souto, May 2019
    • EMD Year 2 Subtask 9 Final Report Source to Slime Study in IRL Souto Listop

Florida Tech EMD Year 3 peer-reviewed final research reports are found in:

• Muck Dredging Research Project Management (Subtask 1), John Windsor, February 2021
  • EMD Year 3 Subtask 1 Final Report Project Management Windsor
• Muck Removal Efficiency plus Biological and Chemical Responses/Improvements after Muck Dredging (Subtask 2), Kevin Johnson, Jon Shenker, and John Trefry, June 2020.
  • EMD Year 3 Subtask 2 Final Report Muck Removal Efficiency Plus Johnson Shen
• Trends for Inputs of Muck Components from Rivers, Creeks and Outfalls to the Indian River Lagoon (Subtask 3), John Trefry and Austin Fox, December 2019
  • EMD Year 3 Subtask 3 Final Report Trends for Inputs of Muck Components Tref
• Lagoon-Wide Application of the Quick-Flux Technique to Determine Sediment N and P Fluxes (Subtask 4), Austin L. Fox and John H. Trefry, June 2019
  • EMD Year 3 Subtask 4 Final Report Quick Flux Technique Fox Trefry
• Optimizing Selection of Sites for Environmental Dredging in the Indian River Lagoon System (Subtask 5), John H. Trefry and Kevin B. Johnson, November 2019
  • EMD Year 3 Subtask 5 Final Report Optimizing Selection of Sites Trefry John
• Sediment & Water Quality Modeling for Nutrients, Muck and Water Clarity Scenario Assessments (Subtask 6), Gary A. Zarillo and Claudia Listopad, January 2021
  • EMD Year 3 Subtask 6 Final Report Sediment and Water Quality Modeling for N
• SWIL 5.0 Model Update and Future Land Use Impact) For Brevard County NRMD (Subtask 6) Claudia Listopad, January 2021
  • EMD Year 3 Subtask 6 Final Report SWIL 5.0 Model Update and Future Land Use