Professor of Marine Studies
Virginia Institute of Marine Science David Secor, Ph.D Professor
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Maryland
Sea Grant solicited nominations for members to serve on the Habitat Suitability
Quantitative Ecosystem Team from managers, academics, and other stakeholders in the
Chesapeake Bay region. The team is complete and the members, in addition
to the two co-chairs, are listed below. The Team held its first meeting
in conjunction with the CRC Regional Conference, Ecosystem Based Management
(EBM): the Chesapeake Basin and Other Systems March 22-25, 2009 in
Baltimore, Maryland and began to analyze a series of key ecosystem issue briefs
pertinent to Striped Bass produced by the Striped Bass Species Team. The
team has met several times since that date and is currently developing research
proposals to generate ecosystem based reference points that link critical
ecosystem stressors for striped bass, blue crabs, menhaden, and Alosines.
