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R/IS-09
Ballast water treatment and management: Development of a cost-effective, environmentally friendly ballast water treatment
Principal Investigator:
David A. WrightStart/End Year:
1999 - 2001Institution:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceCo-Principal Investigator:
Rodger Dawson, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Neil A. Belson, Pharmacognetics, Inc.Topic(s):
- Aquatic Invasive Species
Description:
The objectives of the Research Plan are (1) to demonstrate the efficacy, feasibility and environmental safety of Cutlerite as a treatment for ballast water, and (2) to obtain the experimental data necessary to satisfy EPA requirements for registration of Cutlerite as a commercial biocide. The Research Plan includes three separate components: 1. Aquatic toxicology assays, to measure the effective concentrations of Cutlerite against potential aquatic nuisance species; 2) Environmental fate analyses, to measure the biodegradation of Cutlerite; 3) Dockside and Shipboard trials, to measure the performance of Cutlerite under real-world conditions.
Funding Start Year
1999
Funding End Year
2001
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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.
