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Dani Weissman is working as a Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Fellow in the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service's Office of Habitat Conservation.
She holds a Ph.D. in Agroecology from the University of Maryland and a BA in Environmental Earth Science with a focus in Geology from Johns Hopkins University. The primary goal of her work is to help landowners implement adaptive and resilient land management practices in coastal areas threatened by sea level rise. Over the past five years, she has worked to create native salt marsh habitat on agricultural lands that can no longer be farmed conventionally due to frequent tidal flooding and persistent saltwater intrusion. Dani uses her understanding of biogeochemical cycling to quantify the magnitude of nutrient pollution reductions downstream of salt marshes.
Dani has a holistic passion for expanding and improving protected areas, both on land and in water. She promotes this mission by engaging herself and others in citizen science projects. Additionally, she volunteers with Maryland and DC-based environmental groups to improve water quality in her local streams and the Chesapeake Bay. Dani spends a lot of time bird watching and creating checklists for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology eBird project as well as hiking and uploading her outdoor observations to the online platform iNaturalist. She also enjoys backpacking, knitting, playing the violin, and photography.
Knauss legislative fellowships in Congress help build careers — and they're fun and educational. See our video and fact sheet for details.
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Smithville is a community on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, on the edge of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. A century ago, Smithville had more than 100 residents. Today, it has four, in two homes: an elderly couple, and one elderly woman and her son, who cares for her.
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.
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