Laurie Arnold, Administrative Assistant II
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Phone: (410) 221-8466
Fax: (410) 221-8456
Email: larnold1@umd.edu
Jeannette Connors, Personnel and Travel Coordinator and National Marine Educators Association (NMEA) National Office Manager
Maryland Sea Grant College
Phone: (301) 405-6376
Email: connors@mdsg.umd.edu
Maurice Crawford, RAMP-UP Coordinator
Maryland Sea Grant College
Email: mkcraw9@mdsg.umd.edu
Caroline DiGiovanni, Watershed Specialist: Calvert and St. Mary's Counties
Phone: (240) 309-4189
Email: cdigiova@umd.edu
Jennifer Dindinger, Lower Eastern Shore Regional Watershed Restoration Specialist
University of Maryland Extension - Dorchester County
Phone: (410) 228-8800
Email: jdinding@umd.edu
Chris Flight, Professional Development and Aquaculture Education Coordinator
Maryland Sea Grant College
Phone: (301) 405-7500
Email: cflight@mdsg.umd.edu
Catherine Frederick, RAS-N Extension Specialist
Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University System of Maryland
Phone: (410) 234-8810
Email: cfrederi@umd.edu
J. Adam Frederick, Assistant Director for Education and National Marine Educators Association (NMEA) National Office Coordinator
Maryland Sea Grant College
Phone: (410) 234-8850
Email: frederic@mdsg.umd.edu
Jorge Holzer, Fisheries Economics Specialist
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources
Phone: (301) 905-1918
Email: jholzer@umd.edu
Bill Hubbard, Assistant Director and Program Leader, Natural Resources, Environment, and Sea Grant Extension Programs
University of Maryland Extension, College AGNR
Phone: (301) 405-6268
Email: whubbard@umd.edu
Elizabeth McGarry, Administrative Assistant I
Central Maryland Research and Education Center - Upper Marlboro
Phone: (301) 627-8440
Email: emcgarry@umd.edu
Brittany Wolfe-Bryant, Shellfish Hatchery Manager, Extension Specialist
Patuxent Environmental and Aquatic Research Laboratory
Phone: (443) 885-5707
Email: brittany.wolfe@morgan.edu
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Leone Yisrael is a cephalopod-loving scuba diver, cook, and loves to try new activities. She conducts genetic analysis and fieldwork at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center through the Coastal Disease Ecology Lab.
Oyster aquaculture is a rapidly growing industry in Maryland’s Chesapeake waters which stimulates economic activity and may provide a host of ecosystem benefits. A potential concern associated with the intensification of the oyster aquaculture is the local production and accumulation of oyster biodeposits, which can lead to a porewater sulfide accumulation and declining bioturbation, symptoms of declining ecosystem function. Sulfide is naturally removed from the seafloor by the interactions between bioturbating infauna and sulfide oxidizing bacteria.