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Search Research Projects
Maryland Sea Grant has funded scientific research relevant to the Chesapeake Bay and the Maryland residents who conserve, enjoy, and make their living from it. Search below our archive of research projects back through 1990, using keywords, topics, or project start year. Project data include the project principal investigators and abstract as well as impact or accomplishment statements and peer reviewed publications, if applicable.
Principal Investigator:
Robert S. AndersonStart/End Year:
1994 - 1995Co-Principal investigator:
Eugene M. Burreson, Virginia Institute of Marine SciencePrincipal Investigator:
Yonathan ZoharStart/End Year:
2000 - 2002Principal Investigator:
Denise L. BreitburgStart/End Year:
1995 - 2001Co-Principal investigator:
James G. Sanders, Academy of Natural Sciences Estuarine Research CenterPrincipal Investigator:
Joel E. BakerStart/End Year:
1990 - 1994Principal Investigator:
Grace S. BrushStart/End Year:
1999 - 2002Institution:
Johns Hopkins UniversityPrincipal Investigator:
Gerardo R. VastaStart/End Year:
1995 - 1998Principal Investigator:
Yonathan ZoharStart/End Year:
1996 - 2001Co-Principal investigator:
Thomas T. Chen, University of Connecticut, Biotechology CenterPrincipal Investigator:
Jonathan G. KramerStart/End Year:
2001 - 2004Institution:
Maryland Sea Grant CollegePrincipal Investigator:
Saul RosemanStart/End Year:
1995 - 2000Institution:
Johns Hopkins UniversityPrincipal Investigator:
Daniel J. ConleyStart/End Year:
1990 - 1993Co-Principal investigator:
Thomas C. Malone, Patricia M. Glibert, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental SciencePrincipal Investigator:
Gregory M. RuizStart/End Year:
1997 - 2000Institution:
Smithsonian Environmental Research CenterCo-Principal investigator:
Anson H. Hines, Smithsonian Environmental Research CenterPrincipal Investigator:
Patricia M. GlibertStart/End Year:
1998 - 2000Co-Principal investigator:
Paul A. del Giorgio, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental SciencePrincipal Investigator:
Katharina A. M. EngelhardtStart/End Year:
2007 - 2010Co-Principal investigator:
Maile C. Neel, University of Maryland, College ParkPrincipal Investigator:
Gerardo R. VastaStart/End Year:
1996 - 1998Principal Investigator:
Denise L. BreitburgStart/End Year:
2003 - 2007Institution:
Smithsonian Environmental Research CenterCo-Principal investigator:
Denise L. Breitburg, Academy of Natural Sciences Estuarine Research LaboratoryPrincipal Investigator:
Thomas J. MillerStart/End Year:
2000 - 2003Principal Investigator:
Lawrence W. Harding, Jr.Start/End Year:
1997 - 2001Principal Investigator:
Gerhardt F. RiedelStart/End Year:
2003 - 2006Co-Principal investigator:
Richard Osman, Academy of Natural Sciences Estuarine Research LaboratoryPrincipal Investigator:
Matthew BakerStart/End Year:
2011 - 2014Institution:
University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyCo-Principal investigator:
Joseph Sexton, University of Maryland, College ParkPrincipal Investigator:
Matthew GrayStart/End Year:
2019 - 2020Co-Principal investigator:
Brendan Campbell, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point LaboratoryPrincipal Investigator:
Cindy PalinkasStart/End Year:
2024 - 2026Co-Principal investigator:
Lorie StaverPrincipal Investigator:
Michael GonsiorStart/End Year:
2016 - 2018Co-Principal investigator:
Lora A. Harris, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Andrew Heyes, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental SciencePrincipal Investigator:
Patricia M. GlibertStart/End Year:
2005 - 2007Co-Principal investigator:
Louis A. Codispoti, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental SciencePrincipal Investigator:
Madilyn FletcherStart/End Year:
1990 - 1994Co-Principal investigator:
Hugh W. Ducklow, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental SciencePrincipal Investigator:
Hugh W. DucklowStart/End Year:
1991 - 1993Co-Principal investigator:
Madilyn Fletcher, Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology InstituteProgram Announcements
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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.
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