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Research Topics & Mentors
Prospective students: Learn about participating mentors by going to their web pages. You should also check out the current students that these and other scientists have advised. For recent years, you'll find abstracts of student research projects. Mentors change annually and will not be determined until March.
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- Benthic Environment. Research covers sedimentation processes and interactions with sediment-dwelling organisms and others that reside on the bottom for part or all of their life histories.
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- Climate Change. Documenting and investigating changes in hurricane activity, climate variability and decadal to century-scale trends using biogeochemistry of natural systems influenced by climate and numerical modeling.
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- Contaminants. Research addresses a diverse array of pollutants and processes that occur in the Bay using chemical, genetic, and physiological assessment.
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- Coastal Technologies. Research in developing new coastal sensor technologies for marine science and developing observing systems.
- Mario Tamburri
- Environmental Chemistry. Genetics, chemical transformations, biogeochemistry and nutrient cycling in the Chesapeake underlie the high productivity of the system and are an important focus of research.
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- Estuarine Processes. Linkages of physical conditions, nutrient inputs, plankton production, and fish yields are under study in both observational and modeling programs.
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- Fisheries. Recruitment, habitat and stock assessment for managing important commercial fish populations are active areas of research. Other areas include aquatic species conservation.
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics. Research focuses on aquatic microbial ecology, microbial food webs, microbial cycling, composition and activity of natural microbial communities. Researchers use molecular and genomic approaches (rRNA, DNA, bioinformatics, etc) to study aquatic microbes and quantify genetic abundance/expression.
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- Modeling and Analysis. Mathematical constructs and data analysis, including ecosystem models and remotely sensed data, are used to develop predictive tools on the function of Chesapeake Bay.
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- Physical Oceanography. Focus is on physical structure of the Chesapeake, including sediment distribution and transport, circulation, stratification and small-scale processes.
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- Submerged Aquatic Vegetation. Aquatic vascular plants represent an important part of the flora of Chesapeake Bay, comprising essential habitat for a variety of species, from research and restoration perspectives.
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