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R/CBT-38-A
(CERP): Quantifying Ecological Risks of Contaminated Sediments on Living Resources in Supporting Decisions on Habitat Restoration Strategies in the Chesapeake Bay (Maryland Portion)
Principal Investigator:
Joel E. BakerStart/End Year:
2000 - 2005Institution:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceTopic(s):
- Ecosystems and Restoration
Description:
Provide predictive information for management needs on sediment contamination effects on living resources
Funding Start Year
2000
Funding End Year
2005
Related Publications:
Salice, CJ; Miller, TJ; Roesijadi, G. 2009. Demographic Responses to Multigeneration Cadmium Exposure in Two Strains of the Freshwater Gastropod, Biomphalaria glabrata. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology56(4):785 -795. doi:10.1007/s00244-008-9203-9. UM-SG-RS-2009-03.
Nye, JA; Davis, DD; Miller, TJ. 2007. The effect of maternal exposure to contaminated sediment on the growth and condition of larval Fundulus heteroclitus. Aquatic Toxicology82(4):242 -250. doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.02.011. UM-SG-RS-2007-17.
Manyin, T; Rowe, CL. 2006. Chronic exposure of Leptocheirus plumulosus to Baltimore Harbor sediment: Bioenergetic and population-level effects. Marine Environmental Research62(2):116 -130. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.03.006. UM-SG-RS-2006-22.
Salice, CJ; Miller, TJ. 2003. Population-level responses to long-term cadmium exposure in two strains of the freshwater gastropod Biomphalaria glabrata: Results from a life-table response experiment. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry22(3):678 -688. doi:10.1002/etc.5620220329. UM-SG-RS-2003-13.
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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.
