Jason Garwood

Skilled Biological Scientist focused on estuarine and coastal marine ecology. Exceptional research skills with demonstrated success in study design and execution. Well-organized and enthusiastic with good communication and problem-solving skills.

• NAUI certified diver
• FDEP certified and active commercial diver
• Florida “Boat Smart” certified
• DEP certified to operate vessels up to less than 40 ft.
• DEP Boating safety trainer
• DEP Boating Safety Advisory Board
• DEP hazardous material technician
• 24 and 40-hour HAZWOPER
• S.C.A.T. (Shoreline Clean-up Assessment Technique)
• Wildland firefighter
• NWS (National Weather Service) advanced spotter
• First aid, Wilderness first aid, and CPR
• Working on specialization in GIS (Geographic Information Systems), Coursera / University of California at Davis

• Allen KL, Garwood JA, Hu K, Meselhe EA and Lewis KA (2023) Simulating synergistic impacts of climate change and human induced stressors on a northern Gulf of Mexico estuarine food web. Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1213949. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1213949
• Garwood, J.A., K. Allen, M.S. Lamb, K.A. Lewis, J.H. Harper, and H.L. Edmiston (2023). Using long-term ecological monitoring to evaluate how climate and human induced disturbances impact nekton communities in a Northern Gulf of Mexico estuary. Hydrobiologia.
• Saintilan, N., K.E. Kovalenko, G. Guntenspergen, K. Rogers, J.C. Lynch, D.R. Cahoon, C.E. Lovelock, D.A. Friess, E. Ashe, K.W. Krauss, N. Cormier, T. Spencer, J. Adams, J. Raw, C. Ibanez, F. Scarton, S. Temmerman, P. Meire, T. Maris, K. Horne, J. Brazner, G. L. Chmura, T. Bowron, G. Palepitiya, K. Cressman, C. Endris, C. Marconi, N. Dix, K. St. Laurent, W. Reay, K.B. Raposa. J. A. Garwood (2022). Constraints on the adjustment of tidal marshes to accelerating sea level rise. Science, 377(6605), pp.523-527
• Steinmuller, H., E. Bourque, S.B. Lucas, K.M. Englebert, J. Garwood, and J.L. Breithaupt. Comparing vertical changes in riverine, bayside, and barrier island wetland soils in response to acute and chronic disturbance in Apalachicola Bay, FL. (2022). Estuaries and Coasts Estuaries and Coasts, pp.1-13
• Garwood, J.A., D.M. Allen, M.E. Kimball, and K.M. Boswell (2019). Site Fidelity and Habitat Use by Young- of-the-Year Transient Fishes in Salt Marsh Intertidal Creeks. Estuaries and Coasts 42(5), 1387-1396
• Allen, D.M., S.A., Luthy, J. A. Garwood, R.F. Young, and R.F. Dame (2013). Nutrient Subsidies from nekton in salt marsh intertidal creeks. Journal of Limnology and Oceanography 58(3) 1048-1060
• Abel, D.C., R.F. Young, J.A. Garwood, M. Travaline, and B.K. Yednock (2008). Observations on the importance of salinity structure to shark populations and nurseries in two South Carolina estuaries. In: Shark Nursery Grounds of the Gulf of Mexico and the East Coast Waters of the United States, 1st edn., pp. 109-124. Ed. By Camilla T. McCandless, Nancy Kohler, and Harold Pratt, 402 pp.

• Jennifer Harper, Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve, Manager, 850-670-7716, jennifer.harper@floridadep.gov
• Wade McGillis PhD., University of Notre Dame, Professor, 508-965-4380, wmcgilli@nd.edu
• Christopher Anderson PhD., Auburn University, Professor, 334-750-7991, andercj@auburn.edu
• Dennis Allen PhD., Baruch Marine Field Laboratory, Director (retired), 843-904-9025, dallen@baruch.sc.edu