A number of students have presented the results of their summer research at scientific conferences; students have also been co-authors in scientific papers with their advisors. The list below is a snapshot of some of student publications and presentations.

REU students are in bold.

Almodovar, L. and L. Harris. 2009. Sediment dynamics at Jug Bay Wetland Sanctuary, Maryland.  Presentation. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 20th Biennial Conference, Portland, OR, November 1-5, 2009.

Bell, J.T., R. Nguyen and H.R. Harvey. 1994. Algal Carbon Decay in Marine Waters: Microbial Utilization of Protein and Carbohydrates Under Oxic and Anoxic Conditions. EOS 75. 211.

Brandt, L.A. and E.W. Koch, 2003. Periphyton as a UV-B filter on seagrass leaves: a result of different transmittance in the UV-B and PAR ranges. Aquatic Botany 76:317-327

Breitburg, D.L, T. Loher, C.A. Pacey and A. Gerstein. 1997. Varying effects of low dissolved oxygen on trophic interactions in an estuarine food web. Ecological Monographs 67:489-507.

Breitburg, D.L., N. Steinberg, S. DuBeau, C. Cooksey and E.D. Houde. 1994. Effects of low dissolved oxygen on predation on estuarine fish larvae. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 104. 235-246.

Crump, B.C., C. Peranteau, B. Beckingham, and J.C. Cornwell. 2007. Respiratory succession and community succession of bacterioplankton in seasonally anoxic estuarine waters. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(21): 6802–6810.

Cummings, K. and L. Harris. 2009. Investigation of the impact of vegetation on sediment rates in a freshwater tidal wetland, Jug Bay, Maryland.  Poster. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 20th Biennial Conference, Portland, OR, November 1-5, 2009.

Ebling, A. M. and Schijf, J. 2008. Characterization of sea lettuce surface functional groups by potentiometric titrations, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS41E-1267

Fisher, T.R., J.D. Hagy and E. Rochelle-Newall. 1998. Dissolved and particulate organic carbon in Chesapeake Bay. Estuaries 21:215-229.

Gustafson, D.E., Stoecker, D.K., Johnson, M.D., Van Heukelem, W.F. and K. Sneider. 2000. Cryptophyte algae are robbed of their organelles by the marine ciliate Mesodinium rubrum. Nature 405: 1049-1052.

Hilton, J., Heyes, A., Rowe, C.L. 2008. Dietary exposure to vanadium and selenium: assessment of bioaccumulation and physiological effects in Hyla versicolor. Presented at the 29th Annual Meeting in North America of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), held at the Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida, November 16-20, 2008.

Johnson, M.D., M. Rome and D.K. Stoecker. 2003. Microozplankton grazing on Prorocentrum minimum and Karlodinium micrum in Chesapeake Bay. Limnology and Oceanography 48(1):238-248.

Kana, T.M., M.B. Sullivan, J.C. Cornwell and K. Groszkowski. 1998. Denitrification in estuarine sediments determined by membrane inlet mass spectrometry. Limnology and Oceanography 43:334-339.

Kana, T.M., C. Darkangelo, M.D. Hunt, J.B. Oldham, G.E. Bennett and J.C. Cornwell. 1994. Membrane inlet mass spectrometer for rapid high-precision determine of nitrogen, oxygen and argon in environmental water samples. Analytical Chemistry. 66. 4166-4170.

Lane, S., C. Kelly, and R. Newell. The use of structure by grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio as a refuge against predators. Poster. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 20th Biennial Conference, Portland, OR, November 1-5, 2009.

Lawrence, AL, K.M. McAloon, RP Mason and LM Mayer. 1999. Intestinal solubilization of particle-associated organic and inorganic mercury as a measure of bioavailability to benthic organisms. Environ Sci Technol 33, 1871-1876.

Ludt, W., J. Pierson, D. Kimmel and M. Roman. 2009. Determining egg development rates of acartia tonsa in the Chesapeake Bay using a DAPI staining technique and its significance.  Poster. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 20th Biennial Conference, Portland, OR, November 1-5, 2009.

Marinelli, R.L. and T.J. Williams. 2003. Evidence for density-dependent effects of infauna on sediment biochemistry and benthic-pelagic coupling in nearshore systems. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 57: 181-194.

Nguyen, R.T. and H.R. Harvey. 1994. A rapid micro-scale method for the extraction and analysis of protein marine samples. Marine Chemistry. 45.1-14.

Reaugh, M.L., M.R. Roman and D.K. Stoecker. 2007. Changes in plankton community structure and function in response to variable freshwater flow in two tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. Estuaries and Coasts 30(3):403-417.

Roman, M.R., A.L. Gauzens, W.K. Rhinehart and J.R. White. 1993. Effects of low oxygen waters on Chesapeake Bay zooplankton. Limnology and Oceanography. 38. 1603-1614.

Sanford, L. P., M. Yates, P. Dickhudt, S. Suttles, L. Rubiano-Gomez, C. T. Friedrichs and D. D. Fugate. 2004. Variability of suspended particle concentrations, sizes and settling velocities in the Chesapeake Bay turbidity maximum. In Flocculation in Natural and Engineered Environmental Systems. Eds. I. G. Droppo, G. G. Leppard, P. Liss and T. Milligan. Boca Raton, Florida, CRC Press, LLC: in press.

Secor, D.H., T.E. Gunderson and K. Karlsson. 2000. Effects of salinity and temperature on growth performance in anadromous (Chesapeake Bay) and non-anadromoous (Santee-Cooper) strains of striped bass Morone saxatilis. Copeia 00:291-296.

Stickney, H.L., R.R. Hood and D.K. Stoecker. 2000. The impact of mixotrophy on planktonic trophic dynamics in marine ecosystems. Ecological Modeling 125:203-230.

Stoecker, D.K., A. Li, D.W. Coats, D.E. Gustafson and M.K. Nannen. 1997. Mixotrophy in the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum. Marine Ecology Progress Series 152:1-12.

Stoecker, D.K., A. Long, S.E. Suttles and L.P. Sanford, 2006. Effect of small-scale shear on grazing and growth of the dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida. Harmful Algae, 5(4): 407-418.

Weiss, G., G. McManus and H.R. Harvey. 1996. Development and lipid composition of the harpacticoid copepod, Nitocra spinipes, reared on different diets. Marine Ecology Progress Series 132:57-61.

Wicks, E.C., E.W. Koch, J.M. O'Neil, and K. Elliston. (submitted). Old marsh peat as seagrass habitat substrate: Does sediment organic content have an effect on seagrass growth? Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Zelenke, J.L., J. Stevenson and J.C. Cornwell. 1994. Deposition of inorganic and organic phosphorus in Maryland tidal marshes: a preliminary analysis. In: Toward a Sustainable Coastal Watershed: The Chesapeake Experiment. Proceedings of a Conference. Chesapeake Research Consortium Publication No. 149 pp. 630-633.

Zorach, A.C. and R.E. Ulanowicz, 2003. Quantifying the complexity of flow networks: How many roles are there? Complexity 8(3):68-76.

Adolf, J.E., M.E. Mallonee, W.D. Miller, M. Hoover and L.W. Harding, Jr. 2004. Integrating phytoplankton indicators: relationships between phytoplankton floral composition and size structure in Chesapeake Bay, Poster Presentation at EPA all-EAGLES meeting in Duluth, MN, October 2004.

Adolf, J.E., M.E. Mallonee, W.D. Miller, M. Hoover, J. Benjamin and L.W. Harding, Jr. 2003. Phytoplankton indicators in two differentially impacted sub-estuaries of Chesapeake Bay. Poster, EPA ALL EaGLes meeting, University of California, Bodega Marine Laboratory, Bodega Bay, CA, December 2003.

Barnett, A. and D. Stoecker. 2000. The effect of humic substances on dinoflagellate population growth. Meeting of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Santa Fe, NM.

Battles, E. and L. Murray. 2006. Artificially induced tuber production and SAV restoration on the Chesapeake Bay. ASLO, Honolulu, HI.

Bjork, S. and H. MacIntyre. 2003. The Effects of Glucose on the Growth Irradiance and Light Absorption of the Estuarine Cryptophyte Storeaula major. ASLO, Salt Lake City, UT.

Brandt, L. and E. Koch. 2001. Epiphytic Algae as UV-B Filters on Leaves of the Seagrasses Zostera marina L. and Ruppia maritime L. ASLO, Honolulu, HI.

Crump, B.C., C. Peranteau, B. Beckingham, and J.C. Cornwell. 2005. Estuarine bacterioplankton metabolism and community composition across a seasonal oxygen gradient. 18th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation, Norfolk, VA, October 16-21, 2005.

Daddario, T. and M. Suzuki, 2006. Analysis of ribosomal RNA genes of a fosmid library constructed From Chesapeake Bay Bacterioplankton. ASLO, Honolulu, HI.

Davis, J. and O'Neil, J. 2007. Nitrogen fixation associated with macrophytes and sediment along a salinity gradient in the Chesapeake Bay region. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, February 4-9, 2007.

Duncan, R., M. Roman, S. Lloyd and J.M. Lessmann. 2004. Grazing habits of the estuarine copepods Eurytemora affinis and Acartia tonsa in turbid and non-turbid environments in chesapeake bay. Southeastern Estuarine Research Society, Spring 2004, Harbor Branch Institute, FL, Best Undergraduate Student Poster.

Dubois, A., A.L. Coe and H.L. MacIntyre. 2001. Stimulative effect of sediment pore water on the growth of the bloom-forming dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum. ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.

Ginn, J. and T. Miller. 1999. Effects of small-scale turbulence on ingestion rates and swim speeds of Mnemiopsis leidyii. Meeting of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Santa Fe, NM, Presentation.

Gsilassie, T. and T.M. Kana. 2009. Application of membrane inlet mass spectrometry to assess bubble formation in productivity and denitrification experiments. Poster (pdf), American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences meeting, Nice, France, 25-30 January 2009.

Hazen. E. and E. Houde. 2000. Ontogenetic, regional and interannual variability in the diet of the Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus. Meeting American Fisheries Society Tidewater, Kill Devils Hills, NC.

Jahn, G. and E. North, 2006. Investigation of the relationship between the North Atlantic centers of action and freshwater flow in the Chesapeake and Delaware bays. ASLO, Honolulu, HI.

Johnson, T.L., B. C. Crump, and J.K. Apple. 2007. The influence of spatial variation and dispersal on the composition of microbial communities. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, February 4-9, 2007.

Kearney, K. and W. Boicourt. 2003. A Model for Nutrient Pathways in the Choptank River. ASLO, Salt Lake City, UT.

Long, A., D. Stoecker and L. Sanford. 2001. The Effects of Small-Scale Shear on Pfiesteria piscicida. ASLO, Honolulu, HI.

Luft, E. 1995. Testing of a two-axis laser doppler velocimeter in the laboratory and under field conditions in the Chesapeake Bay. Proceedings of the National Conference of Undergraduate Research, Vol. II: Schenectady, NY.

Lusk, M. and D. Secor, 2006. Effects of environmental conditions and prey availability on the growth, mortality, and recruitment of larval white perch, Morone americana, in the Patuxent River estuary. ASLO, Honolulu, HI.

MacIntyre H.L., A. Dubois and J. Adolf. 2000. The potential for sediment-water column interactions to stimulate growth of the bloom-forming dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum. Symposium on Harmful Marine Algae in the US, Woods Hole, MA.

Marinelli, R.L, S.A. Woodin, S.J. Engstrom and G.G. Waldbusser, K. Douglass, D.S. Wethey, S. Berke. 2004. Effects of geochemical cues on Arenicola: ontogenetic shifts in recruitment vs. growth. ASLO/TOS Ocean Research Meeting, Honolulu, HI, February 15 - 20, 2004.

Marnell, S., A. Lazur, E. Ryder, T. Rippen and D. Webster. 2005. Evaluation of alternative live blue crab Callinectes sapidus handling practices to increase transport/storage survival. Aquaculture America 2005, New Orleans, LA.

Martinez-Rivera, E. and T. Miller. 2007. Assessing habitat quality in Chesapeake Bay: Application of RNA:DNA indices to blue crab ( Callinectes sapidus, Rathbun, 1896). American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, February 4-9, 2007.

Martino, E.J., Houde, E. D., and C. Lozano. 2006. Variability in dominant prey types of larval and juvenile stage striped bass in strong and poor recruitment years. What plankton are fish really eating? Species and diets, availability and dependency. ICES CM 2006/Session F.

McDonald, A. 2006. Acute and sub-lethal effects of chemically and physically dispersed oil on the soft coral . 2006 Undergraduate Research Symposium, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

McLaughlin, E. and D. Breitburg. 1999. Dissolved oxygen tolerance and temperature preference of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in a stratified water column. Meeting of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Santa Fe, NM.

Mitchelmore, C. L., Yost, D. M. and Yuda, J. M. 2008. DMSP & DMSP lyase levels in the coral algal symbionts, symbiodinium sp, 2008 Ocean Sci. Meet. March 2-7, Orlando, FL, Oral Session 144.

Myers, T. and R. Seifert. 2005. Ammonia Flux Measurements at the Air-Water Interface on the Chesapeake Bay. ASLO. Salt Lake City, UT.

Needham, D. M., O’Neil, J. M. and Beckert, K. A. 2008. Virus and bacteria distribution and abundance along a eutrophication gradient in the Coastal Bays of Maryland, 2008 Ocean Sci. Meet. March 2-7, Orlando, FL, Poster Session 026.

Nguyen, R.T. and H.R. Harvey. 1995. Protein and Amino Acid Cycling During the Decomposition of a Dinoflagellate Under Oxic and Anoxic Conditions. Abstracts of the V.M. Goldschmit Conference on Geochemistry. May 1995, University Park, PA.

Oppert, C. and M.H. Bundy. 1999. Effects of increased nutrients and trace metals on grazing and egg production rates of Acartia tonsa. Meeting of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Santa Fe, NM.

Owens, M., M.L. Simons, J.L. Zelenke and J.C. Cornwell.1995. Estimation of trace metal inputs to Chesapeake Bay subtidal and marsh sediments. Estuarine Research Conference, Corpus Christi, TX.

Ostrowski, A. and T. Miller, 2006. Effects of food availability on the RNA: DNA ratio of juvenile Atlantic Menhaden, Brevoortia tryannus, in the habitats of the Patuxent River. ASLO, Honolulu, HI.

Palinkas, C., J. Cornwell, C. LeBeau and R. Halvorson. 2006. Geochemistry of recent (<100 y) sediments in the Corsica River. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, October 2006.

Parker, A.M. and M.H. Bundy. 2000. The impacts of low and moderate levels of suspended solids on fecundity of the estuarine copepod Acartia tonsa. Meeting of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, San Antonio, TX.

Peranteau, C. and B. Crump. 2005. Estuarine Bacterioplankton Metabolism and Diversity across a Seasonal Oxygen Gradient. ASLO. Salt Lake City, UT.

Pierce, K. and T. Fisher. 2007. Methanogenesis and denitrification in groundwaters of agricultural areas on the Delmarva Peninsula. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, February 4-9, 2007.

Purcell, J.E., J.H. Cowan, Jr., and T. Kreps. 1996. Predation rates of the scyphomedusan Chrysaora quinquecirrha on Mnerniopsis leidyi ctenophores, and the importance of escape. Meeting of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography,, San Diego, CA. Presentation.

Roman, M. and K. Rhinehart. 1989. Effects of low dissolved oxygen on Chesapeake Bay copepods. Meeting of Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Conference, October 8-12, 1989, Baltimore, MD.

Rubiano-Gomez, L., L.P. Sanford, and M. Yates. 2004. Sizes and settling speeds of suspended particles in the Chesapeake Bay estuarine turbidity maximum. ASLO-TOS Meeting, Honolulu, HI.

Santos-Corujo, S. 2007. A comparison of microbial pathogen bioaccumulation in Crassotrea virginica and Crassostrea ariakensis. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, February 4-9, 2007.

Sarkodee-Adoo, J., R. R. Hood and M. A. Sexton. 2008. The effects of temperature on scyphomedusan Chrysaora quinquecirrha swimming and mortality, 2008 Ocean Sci. Meet. March 2-7, Orlando, FL, Oral Session 001.

Sexton, M. A., R. R. Hood, J. Sarkodee-Adoo and A. M. Liss. Response of the sea nettle Chrysaora quinquecirrha to low temperature. Poster, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences meeting, Nice, France, 25-30 January 2009.

Steinberg, N.D. 1991. Vulnerability of naked goby ( Gobiosoma bosci) larvae to predation by juvenile striped bass ( Morone saxatilis) under hypoxic conditions. In K.M. Whatley (ed.), Proceedings, Fifth National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Vol. II: The University of NC at Asheville.

Straka, A. M., and J. Schijf. 2008. Sorption of yttrium and the rare earth elements on a marine macroalga, 2008 Ocean Sci. Meet. March 2-7, Orlando, FL, Poster Session 026.

Teffeau, T. and G. Riedel. 2002. The Use of Stable Isotopes to Determine the Uptake of Cadmium from Three Different Uptake Pathways on the Estuarine Fish Fundulus heteroclitus. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society, St. Mary's, MD.

Thomas, K. 1997. Composition and molecular weight fractionation of DOM and POM produced by the diatom Skeletonema costatus in situ and in the chlorophyll maximum of the Delaware Estuary. Estuarine Research Federation meeting, Providence, RI.

Voytek, M., E. Lessard, E. Peele, M. Murrell and B. Crump. 1992. Bactivory in an Amazon floodplain lake. Aquatic Science Meeting, Meeting of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Santa Fe, NM.

Walters, J. and C. Mitchelmore, 2006. Assessing the acute and sublethal effects of oil and dispersed oil to sensitive Cnidarian-algal symbioses. ASLO, Honolulu, HI.

Weiss, G., G. McManus and H.R. Harvey. 1993. Development and lipid composition of the harpacticoid copepod, Nitocra spinipes, reared on different diets. Benthic Ecology Meeting in Mobile, AL.

Wise, A., D. Davis, D. Breitburg and J. Ambler. 2000. Effect of prey abundance ( Acartia tonsa) on growth rates of a top invertebrate ctenophore predator ( Mnemiopsis leidyi) in a mesocosm study. Benthic Ecology Meeting, Wilmington, NC.

Yates, M. and L. Sanford. 2003. Characterizing suspended sediments in the estuarine turbidity maximum zone of the Chesapeake Bay. ASLO, Salt Lake City, UT.

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