Inter-dune habitat with a mix of coastal scrub, bare ground, and grass vegetation, on Santa Rosa Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, FL. The foredune (in background) separates the inter-dune habitat from beach habitat (not visible) behind the foredune.
Simeon Yurek, Ph.D.
Simeon Yurek is a Research Ecologist at the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Identifying optimal strategies for restoration decision making and adaptation planning in coastal areas, given uncertainty in environmental conditions and risk tolerance of decision makers
Ecological modeling of hydrologically pulsed ecosystems with complex geomorphology, dynamic food webs, animal movement, and predator-prey systems
Ensemble-style modeling of alternative scenarios of biophysical and ecological conditions and management decision making, with a goal of predicting ecological outcomes and identifying tradeoffs and risks associated with ecosystem services of interest
Science and Products
North Carolina Sustainable Rivers Program
Water, Water Everywhere: Adapting Water Control Operations and Floodplain Conservation Planning to Global Change
Future of Aquatic Flows: Towards a National Synthesis of Streamflow Regimes Under a Changing Climate
Future of Aquatic Flows: Exploring Changes in the Freshwater/Saltwater Interface and Related Impacts to Aquatic Species
Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS) Program for the Greater Everglades
Coastal Resource Evaluation for Management Application (CREMA)
Real-time Coastal Salinity Index for monitoring coastal drought and ecological response to changing salinity values
Climate Change Adaptation for Coastal National Wildlife Refuges
Data Release: Modeling coastal salinity regime for biological application
Data from: Decision science for management of coastal ecosystems
![Heavily vegetated dunes with yellow flowering plants and patches of sand, with the sea in the background on a clear blue day.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/Yurek-Dune_beach_20221027-straight.jpg?itok=HYcAxVLd)
Inter-dune habitat with a mix of coastal scrub, bare ground, and grass vegetation, on Santa Rosa Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, FL. The foredune (in background) separates the inter-dune habitat from beach habitat (not visible) behind the foredune.
Visualizing wading bird optimal foraging decisions with aggregation behaviors using individual-based modeling
Quantifying uncertainty in coastal salinity regime for biological application using quantile regression
Decision science as a framework for combining geomorphological and ecological modeling for the management of coastal systems
Wading bird foraging on a wetland landscape: A comparison of two strategies
Hierarchical functional response of a forager on a wetland landscape
SiteOpt: An open-source R-package for site selection and portfolio optimization
Cape Romain partnership for coastal protection
Estimating the influence of oyster reef chains on freshwater detention at the estuary scale using Landsat-8 imagery
Modeling structural mechanics of oyster reef self-organization including environmental constraints and community interactions
Trends in oyster populations in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: An assessment of river discharge and fishing effects over time and space
Within the Big Bend region of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, one of the least developed coastlines in the continental USA, intertidal and subtidal populations of eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica (hereafter referred to as “oyster”) are a critical ecosystem and important economic constituent. We assessed trends in intertidal oyster populations, river discharge, and commercial fishing activity
Spatial conservation planning under uncertainty using modern portfolio theory and nash bargaining solution
Spatial conservation planning under uncertainty: Adapting to climate change risks using modern portfolio theory
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
North Carolina Sustainable Rivers Program
Water, Water Everywhere: Adapting Water Control Operations and Floodplain Conservation Planning to Global Change
Future of Aquatic Flows: Towards a National Synthesis of Streamflow Regimes Under a Changing Climate
Future of Aquatic Flows: Exploring Changes in the Freshwater/Saltwater Interface and Related Impacts to Aquatic Species
Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS) Program for the Greater Everglades
Coastal Resource Evaluation for Management Application (CREMA)
Real-time Coastal Salinity Index for monitoring coastal drought and ecological response to changing salinity values
Climate Change Adaptation for Coastal National Wildlife Refuges
Data Release: Modeling coastal salinity regime for biological application
Data from: Decision science for management of coastal ecosystems
![Heavily vegetated dunes with yellow flowering plants and patches of sand, with the sea in the background on a clear blue day.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/Yurek-Dune_beach_20221027-straight.jpg?itok=HYcAxVLd)
Inter-dune habitat with a mix of coastal scrub, bare ground, and grass vegetation, on Santa Rosa Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, FL. The foredune (in background) separates the inter-dune habitat from beach habitat (not visible) behind the foredune.
Inter-dune habitat with a mix of coastal scrub, bare ground, and grass vegetation, on Santa Rosa Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, FL. The foredune (in background) separates the inter-dune habitat from beach habitat (not visible) behind the foredune.
Visualizing wading bird optimal foraging decisions with aggregation behaviors using individual-based modeling
Quantifying uncertainty in coastal salinity regime for biological application using quantile regression
Decision science as a framework for combining geomorphological and ecological modeling for the management of coastal systems
Wading bird foraging on a wetland landscape: A comparison of two strategies
Hierarchical functional response of a forager on a wetland landscape
SiteOpt: An open-source R-package for site selection and portfolio optimization
Cape Romain partnership for coastal protection
Estimating the influence of oyster reef chains on freshwater detention at the estuary scale using Landsat-8 imagery
Modeling structural mechanics of oyster reef self-organization including environmental constraints and community interactions
Trends in oyster populations in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: An assessment of river discharge and fishing effects over time and space
Within the Big Bend region of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, one of the least developed coastlines in the continental USA, intertidal and subtidal populations of eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica (hereafter referred to as “oyster”) are a critical ecosystem and important economic constituent. We assessed trends in intertidal oyster populations, river discharge, and commercial fishing activity
Spatial conservation planning under uncertainty using modern portfolio theory and nash bargaining solution
Spatial conservation planning under uncertainty: Adapting to climate change risks using modern portfolio theory
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.