Student Research Papers and Presentations

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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.

The REU students are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Publications:

Lapham, L., S. Dallimore, C. Magen, L. Henderson*, L Powers, M. Gonsior, B. Clark, M. Cote, P. Fraser, and B Orcutt. 2020. Microbial greenhouse gas dynamics associated with warming coastal permafrost, Western Canadian Arctic. Frontiers in Earth Science

Lawrence, A. L., A. M. McAloon*, R. P. Mason, and L. M. Mayer. 1999. Intestinal solubilization of particle-associated organic and inorganic mercury as a measure of bioavailability to benthic organisms . Environmental Science & Technology 33:1871-1876

Li, J., P. Glibert, J. Alexander, and M. Molina*. 2012. Growth and competition of several harmful dinoflagellates under different nutrient and light conditions . Harmful Algae 13:112-125

Marinelli, R. L., and T. J. Williams*. 2003. Evidence for density-dependent effects of infauna on sediment biogeochemistry and benthic-pelagic coupling in nearshore systems . Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 57:179-192

Matsche, M.A., E. Markin, E. Donaldson*, A. Hengst, and A. Lazur. 2012. Effect of chloride on nitrite-induced methaemoglobinemia in Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus (Mitchill) . Journal of Fish Diseases 35:873-885

Millette, N., J. Pierson, A. Aceves*, and D. Stoecker. 2016. Mixotrophy in Heterocapsa rotundata : A mechanism for dominating the winter phytoplankton . Limnology and Oceanography 62:836-845

Millette, N.C., G.E. King*, and J.J. Pierson. 2015. A note on the survival and feeding of copepod nauplii (Eurytemora carolleeae) on the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa rotundata. Journal of Plankton Research 37:1095-1099

Millette, NC; Pierson, JJ; Aceves, A; Stoecker, DK. 2017. Mixotrophy in Heterocapsa rotundata: A mechanism for dominating the winter phytoplankton. . Limnology and Oceanography

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

Plough, L., C. Fitzgerald, A. Plummer*, J. Pierson. 2018. Reproductive isolation and morphological divergence between cryptic lineages of the copepod Acartia tonsa in Chesapeake Bay . Marine Ecology Progress Series 597: 99-113

Quillen, K.*, N. Santos, J.M. Testa, R.J. Woodland . 2022. Students Research Publications: Coastal hypoxia reduces trophic resource coupling and alters niche characteristics of an ecologically dominant omnivore. Food Webs 33: e00252, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2022.e00252

Rizzo, M., C. Corbau, B. Lane*, S. Malkin, V. Bezzi, C. Vaccaro, and W. Nardin. 2021. Examining the dependence of macroplastic fragmentation on coastal processes (Chesapeake Bay, Maryland). Marine Pollution Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112510

Rodriguez, L.K.*, A.D. Fandel, B.R. Colbert, J.C. Testa, and H. Bailey. 2021. Spatial and temporal variation in the occurrence of bottlenose dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay, USA, using citizen science sighting data. PLOS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251637

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

Rowe, C., A. Heyes, and J. Hilton*. 2011. Differential patterns of accumulation and depuration of dietary selenium and vanadium during metamorphosis in the gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 60:336-342

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 I. G. Droppo, G. G. Leppard, P. Liss, and T. Milligan, editors. Flocculation in Natural and Engineered Environmental Systems. CRC Press, LLC, Boca Raton, Florida

Schaeffer, E.*, J. Testa, Y. Gel, and V. Lyubchich. 2016. On information criteria for dynamic spatio-temporal clustering . In A. Banerjee et al. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Climate Informatics: CI 2016. NCAR Technical Note NCAR/TN-529+PROC, p. 5-8. DOI: 10.5065/D6K072N6

Scharping, R.J.*, L. Plough, D.W. Merritt, and E.W. North. 2019. Low-salinity tolerance of early-stage oyster larvae from a mesohaline estuary . Marine Ecology Progress Series: 613, 97-106, https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12905

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