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Zuo, Yuegang and R.D. Jones. 2000. Where is the missing sink for carbon monoxide in marine surface water. Conference proceedings of The Fourth International Symposium on Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces, June 5-8, 2000, Miami, FL.

Buzzelli, C.P., D.L. Childers, Q. Dong and R.D. Jones. 2000. Simulation of periphyton phosphorus dynamics in Everglades National Park. Ecol. Mod. 134:103-115.

Jones, R.D. 2000. Phosphorus Cycle IN Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Vol. 3, Second Edition, Academic Press, pp 614-617.

Boyer, J.N., P. Sterling and R.D. Jones. 2000. Maximizing Information from a Water Quality Monitoring Network Through Visualization Techniques. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 50: 39-48.

Arfstrom, C., A. Macfarlane, and R.D. Jones. 2000. Distributions of mercury and phosphorous in Everglades soils from Water Conservations Area 3A, Florida, USA. Water, Air and Soil Pollution. 121:133-159.

Cai, Y., S. Monsalud, R. Jaffé and R.D. Jones. 2000 Gas Chromatographic determination of organomercury following aqueous derivatization with sodium tetraethylborate and sodium tetraphenylborate. Comparative study of gas chromatography coupled with atomic fluorescence spectrometry, atomic emission spectrometry and mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A. 876(2000): 147-155.

Scheidt, D., J. Stober, R. Jones, K. Thornton. South Florida Ecosystem Assessment: Everglades Water Management, Soil Loss, Eutrophication and Habitat. EPA 904-R-00-003, September, 2000.

Sinigalliano, C.D., D.N. Kuhn, R.D. Jones and M.A. Guerrero. 2001. In situ reverse transcription to detect the cbbL gene and visualization of RuBisCO chemoautotrophic nitrifying bacteria. Letters in Applied Microbiology 32:1-6.

Noe, G.B., D.L. Childers, and R.D. Jones. 2001. Phosphorus biogeochemistry and the impacts of phosphorus enrichment: Why is the Everglades so unique? Ecosystems 4:603-624. (Invited minireview by R.D. Jones)

Stober, Q.J., K. Thornton, R. Jones, J. Richards, C. Ivey, R. Welch, M. Madden, J. Trexler, E. Gaiser, D. Scheidt and S. Rathbun. South Florida Ecosystem Assessment: Phase I/II - Everglades Stressor Interactions: Hydropatterns, Eutrophication, Habitat, Alteration, and Mercury Contamination. EPA 904-R-01-002, September, 2001

Noe, G.B., D.L. Childers, A.L. Edwards, E. Gaiser, K. Jayachandran, D.W. Lee, J.F. Meeder, J. Richards, L.J. Scinto, J.C. Trexler, and R.D. Jones. 2002. Short-term changes in phosphorus storage in an oligotrophic Everglades wetland ecosystem receiving experimental nutrient enrichment. Biogeochemistry. 59:239-267.

Jones, R.D. et al (South-West Florida Dark-Water Observations Group). Satellite Images Track “Black Water” Event off Florida Coast. EOS 83(26):281-285, June 25, 2002.

Childers, D.L., R.D. Jones, J.C. Trexler, C. Buzzelli, S. Dailey, A.L. Edwards, E.E. Gaiser, K.Jayachandaran, A. Kenne, D.Lee, J.F. Meeder, J.H.K. Pechmann, A. Renshaw, J.Richards, M. Rugge, L.J. Scinto, P. Sterling and W.Van Gelder. Quantifying the Effects of Low-Level Phosphorus Additions on Unenriched Everglades Wetlands with In Situ Flumes and Phosphorus Dosing IN The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys – An Ecosystem Sourcebook J.W. Porter, K.G. Porter (eds). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 2002. pp 127-151.

Boyer, J.N. and R.D. Jones. A View from the Bridge: External and Internal Forces Affecting the Ambient Water Quality of the florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) IN The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys – An Ecosystem Sourcebook, J.W. Porter, K.G. Porter (eds). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 2002. pp 609-628.

Jones, R.D. 2001. Phosphorus Cycling. In:G.J. Hurst, G.A. Knudsen, M.J. McInerney, L.D. Stetzenbach and M.V. Walter (eds), Manual of Environmental Microbiology II. ASM Press, Washington, D.C. In Press.

ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS 2001-2002

Richards, J.H., Q.J. Stober, R.D. Jones and S.L. Rathbun. 2001. A quantitative analysis of wetland plant communities in south Florida Everglades. Botany2001 Conference, "Plants and People", Albuquerque, N.M.

Jones, R.D. 2001. Everglades' changing water quality, the reasons and the impact. FIU class on the Cultural History of the Everglades. Invited speaker.

Jones, R.D. 2001. Everglades Restoration Project. Miami-Dade Community College's Science Faculty Conference Day. Invited speaker.

Jones, R.D. 2001. Everglades: Past, Present and Future. The Izaak Walton League of America's Communities Working for Wetlands Conference, Orlando, Florida. Invited speaker.

Jones, R.D. 2001. The Everglades, a Case Study in Interdisciplinary Research; Science or Political Science. Crossing Boundaries: Third Annual Joint Campus Conference Linking People, Policy and Science. University of Oregon. Invited Keynote Speaker.

Boyer, J.N. and R.D. Jones. 2001. Long-term trends in the water quality of Florida Bay (1989-2000). 2001 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference.

Boyer, J.N. and R.D. Jones. 2001. Increasing Total Phosphorus concentrations in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. 2001 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference.

Sheils, M.A.C., J. Acevedo, Y. Cai, R. Jaffé, X. Lu, R.D.Jones. 2001. Interactions of mercury species with dissolved organic carbon and sulfur in surface waters of the Florida Everglades. 222nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Jayachandran, K., D. Stockman, S. Kemp, R.D. Jones. 2001. Interactions of Arbuscular-Mycorrhizal Fungi and Wetland Plant Species in the Everglades Ecosystem. International Conference on Mycorrhizals , Adelaide, Australia.

Jones, R.D., 2001. Everglades Microbiology, Invited Lecture to the Northern California Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Fall Meeting, Concord, California. October 27.

Jones, R.D. 2001. The Florida Everglades, A Microbial Dominated System where Alligators Just Think They are Important. ASM Waksman Foundation for Microbiology Lecture, Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham.November 10, 2001.

Gaiser, E.E. and R.D.Jones. Using Diatom-Based Calibration Models to Predict Phosphorus Availability in the Everglades: Flexible Optima Prevent generic Application. ASLO 2002.

Gaiser, E.E., Childers, D.L., Jones, R.D. Effects of Hydrologic and Nutrient Alterations on Periphyton Biomass and Composition Across the Everglades Landscape (Florida, USA). ASLO 2002.

Jones, R.D., Mercury Monitoring: Assessment and Ecological Implications in the Florida Everglades. ASLO 2002.

PATENTS

Microbial methane production. January, 1986. Patent no. 4,571,384. (35%; co-inventor).

Phosphate removal from aquaria using immobilized ferric hydroxide. June, 1992. Patent no. 5,124,044. (99%; co-inventor)

Nitrosomonas preservation and reactivation for aquaria. November, 1994. Patent no. 5,314,542. (99%; co-inventor)