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R/F-66
Genetic analysis of adult and larval blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay
Principal Investigator:
Robert W. ChapmanStart/End Year:
1990 - 1994Institution:
Johns Hopkins UniversityTopic(s):
- Blue Crabs
Description:
Assess genetic variation in adult blue crabs from Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries as well as Delaware Bay and Pamlico Sound. Examine genetic variation in recently metamorphosed individuals.
Funding Start Year
1990
Funding End Year
1994
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Featured Fellow
Nina Santos
Nina Santos is a Ph.D. student at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. For her dissertation, she is focused on small shrimp-like crustaceans called mysids – an understudied yet important part of many estuarine and coastal food webs.
Featured Research Project
Developing a habitat model for mysids, an important link in Chesapeake Bay food webs
Mysids are important mesozooplankton prey for many species of fish in Chesapeake Bay and are an important link in transferring energy from lower to upper trophic levels. Mysids also serve as biological vectors for benthic-pelagic coupling due to their diel vertical migration and omnivorous prey-switching behavior, which makes mysids important regulators of food web architecture. Despite their central role in coastal food webs, surprisingly little is known about mysid ecology and dynamics in Chesapeake Bay.
