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Overview

Fred H. Sklar is affiliated with the South Florida Water Management District in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, particularly within fields relating to coastal ecosystems and wetland dynamics.

Their academic contributions span several main fields of study:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broad fields, Sklar's work delves into several specialized subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Plant Science
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

They have contributed extensively to topics such as:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Coastal and Marine Management

Sklar has been involved in publishing studies across various venues, notably:

  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Ecological Applications
  • Science Advances
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Diversity

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Carlos Coronado-Molina
  • Tiffany G. Troxler
  • Eric A. Cline
  • Lukas Lamb-Wotton
  • Stephen E. Davis

Among recent publications featuring Sklar's authorship or co-authorship are:

  • "Coastal Ecosystem Vulnerability and Sea Level Rise (SLR) in South Florida: A Mangrove Transition Projection," 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Migration and transformation of coastal wetlands in response to rising seas," 2022, Science Advances
  • "Effects of Saltwater Pulses on Soil Microbial Enzymes and Organic Matter Breakdown in Freshwater and Brackish Coastal Wetlands," 2020, Estuaries and Coasts
  • "Modeling net ecosystem carbon balance and loss in coastal wetlands exposed to sea-level rise and saltwater intrusion," 2022, Ecological Applications
  • "Soil Elevation Change in Mangrove Forests and Marshes of the Greater Everglades: A Regional Synthesis of Surface Elevation Table-Marker Horizon (SET-MH) Data," 2022, Estuaries and Coasts

Best Publications

  • Modeling Coastal Landscape Dynamics

    Robert Costanza;Fred Hal Sklar;Mary L. White

  • Coastal Environmental Impacts Brought About by Alterations to Freshwater Flow in the Gulf of Mexico

    Fred H. Sklar;Joan A. Browder

  • The development of dynamic spatial models for landscape ecology: a review and prognosis

    F.H. Sklar;R. Costanza

  • Periphyton-Water Quality Relationships along a Nutrient Gradient in the Northern Florida Everglades

    Paul V. McCormick;Peter S. Rawlik;Kathy Lurding;Eric P. Smith

  • The ecological - Societal underpinnings of Everglades restoration

    Fred H. Sklar;Michael J. Chimney;Susan Newman;Paul McCormick

  • Development of a general ecosystem model for a range of scales and ecosystems

    H.C. Fitz;E.B. DeBellevue;R. Costanza;R. Boumans

  • Articulation, accuracy and effectiveness of mathematical models: A review of freshwater wetland applications☆

    Robert Costanza;Fred H. Sklar

  • Relating precipitation and water management to nutrient concentrations in the oligotrophic ''upside-down'' estuaries of the Florida Everglades

    Daniel L. Childers;Joseph N. Boyer;Stephen E. Davis;Christopher J. Madden

  • Methods to evaluate the performance of spatial simulation models

    Monica G. Turner;Robert Costanza;Fred H. Sklar

  • Migration and transformation of coastal wetlands in response to rising seas

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  • Maintaining tree islands in the Florida Everglades: nutrient redistribution is the key

    Paul R. Wetzel;Arnold G. van der Valk;Susan Newman;Dale E. Gawlik

  • Dynamic spatial simulation modeling of coastal wetland habitat succession

    Fred H. Sklar;Robert Costanza;John W. Day

  • ANALYSIS AND SIMULATIONS OF FRAGMENTATION PATTERNS IN THE EVERGLADES

    Yegang Wu;Fred H. Sklar;Ken Rutchey

  • Biomass and nutrient allocation of sawgrass and cattail along a nutrient gradient in the Florida Everglades

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  • Importance of Storm Events in Controlling Ecosystem Structure and Function in a Florida Gulf Coast Estuary

    Stephen E. Davis;Jaye E. Cable;Daniel L. Childers;Carlos Coronado-Molina

  • Natural regeneration of baldcypress (Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.) in a Louisiana swamp

    William H. Conner;John R. Toliver;Fred H. Sklar

  • Factors affecting spatial and temporal variability in material exchange between the Southern Everglades wetlands and Florida Bay (USA)

    Martha A. Sutula;Brian C. Perez;Enrique Reyes;Daniel L. Childers

  • Effects of habitat nutrients and seed sources on growth and expansion of Typha domingensis.

    ShiLi Miao;Susan Newman;Fred H Sklar

  • Recent and Historic Drivers of Landscape Change in the Everglades Ridge, Slough, and Tree Island Mosaic

    Laurel Larsen;Nicholas Aumen;Christopher Bernhardt;Vic Engel

  • Tree Islands of the Everglades: An Overview

    Fred H. Sklar;Arnold van der Valk

  • Development of Vegetation Maps for Assessing Everglades Restoration Progress

    Ken Rutchey;Ted Schall;Fred Sklar

  • Seasonal Measurements of Sediment Elevation in Three Mid-Atlantic Estuaries

    Daniel L. Childers;Fred H. Sklar;Bert G. Drake;Thomas E. Jordan

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel L. Childers
Daniel L. Childers Arizona State University
Tiffany G. Troxler
Tiffany G. Troxler Florida International University
John W. Day
John W. Day Louisiana State University
Robert Costanza
Robert Costanza University College London
Evelyn E. Gaiser
Evelyn E. Gaiser Florida International University
John S. Kominoski
John S. Kominoski Florida International University
Arnold G. van der Valk
Arnold G. van der Valk Iowa State University
Michael S. Ross
Michael S. Ross Florida International University
William H. Orem
William H. Orem United States Geological Survey
Jaye E. Cable
Jaye E. Cable University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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