Research Publications

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. The funded projects advance scientific knowledge through the publication of peer-reviewed journal articles. You may search these publications by keyword and year of publication. Publications prior to 2003 can be accessed through the National Sea Grant Library.

DePiper, GS; Higgins, N; Lipton, DW; Stocking, A Auction design, incentives, and buying back Maryland and Virginia crab licenses Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 612 35337010.1111/cjag.12005. UM-SG-RS-2013-10.

Fitzpatrick, MC; Sanders, NJ; Normand, S; Svenning, JC; Ferrier, S; Gove, AD; Dunn, RR Environmental and historical imprints on beta diversity: insights from variation in rates of species turnover along gradients. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 2801768 10.1098/rspb.2013.1201. UM-SG-RS-2013-11.

Geatz, GW; Needelman, BA; Weil, RR; Megonigal, JP Nutrient availability and soil organic matter decomposition response to prescribed burns in mid-Atlantic brackish tidal marshes. Soil Science Society of American Journal 775 1852186410.2136/sssaj2012.0272. UM-SG-RS-2013-13.

Holzer, J; Lipton, D; Francois, O Rent-seeking and incentives for compliance in the commons. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 951 11713010.1093/ajae/aas077. UM-SG-RS-2012-11.

Li, J; Glibert, PM; Alexander, JA; Molina, ME Growth and competition of several harmful dinoflagellates under different nutrient and light conditions. Harmful Algae 13 11212510.1016/j.hal.2011.10.005. UM-SG-RS-2012-26.

Woodland, RJ; Secor, DH; Fabrizio, MC; Wilberg, MJ Comparing the nursery role of inner continental shelf and estuarine habitats for temperate marine fishes. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 99 617310.1016/j.ecss.2011.12.019. UM-SG-RS-2012-06.

Kimmel, DG; Tarnowski, M; Newell, RIE Long-term (1939 to 2008) spatial patterns in juvenile Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica, Gmelin 1791) abundance in the Maryland portion of Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Shellfish Research 314 1023103110.2983/035.031.0414. UM-SG-RS-2012-13.

Lozano, C; Houde, ED; Wingate, RL; Secor, DH Age, growth and hatch dates of ingressing larvae and surviving juveniles of Atlantic menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus. Journal of Fish Biology 815 1665168510.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03426.x. UM-SG-RS-2012-14.

Newcomer, TA; Kaushal, SS; Mayer, PM; Shields, AR; Canuel, EA; Groffman, PM; Gold, AJ Influence of natural and novel organic carbon sources on denitrification in forest, degraded urban, and restored streams. Ecological Monographs 824 44946610.1890/12-0458.1. UM-SG-RS-2012-15.

Falahatkar, B; Sotoudeh, E; Lazur, AM Evaluation of Artemia and formulated diets on performance of Persian sturgeon Acipenser persicus larvae. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 285 70971210.1111/j.1439-0426.2012.02038.x. UM-SG-RS-2012-29.

Julian, JP; Elmore, AJ; Guinn, SM Channel head locations in forested watersheds across the mid-Atlantic United States: A physiographic analysis. Geomorphology 177 19420310.1016/j.geomorph.2012.07.029. UM-SG-RS-2012-12.

Barse, AM; Bullard, SA Redescription and new host record of Capsala laevis (Monogenoidea: Capsalidae: Capsalinae) from gill of roundscale spearfish, Tetrapturus georgii (Perciformes: Istiophoridae) in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Parasitology 984 73574510.1645/GE-3093.1. UM-SG-RS-2012-07.

Pagadala, S; Parveen, S; Rippen, T; Luchansky, JB; Call, JE; Tamplin, ML; Porto-Fett, ACS Prevalence, characterization and sources of Listeria monocytogenes in blue crab (Callinectus sapidus) meat and blue crab processing plants. Food Microbiology 312 26327010.1016/j.fm.2012.03.015. UM-SG-RS-2012-16.

Long, WC; Gamelin, EF; Johnson, EG; Hines, AH Density-dependent indirect effects: apparent mutualism and apparent competition coexist in a two-prey system. Marine Ecology Progress Series 456 13914810.3354/meps09702. UM-SG-RS-2012-21.

Bickford, WA; Baldwin, AH; Needelman, BA; Weil, RR Canopy disturbance alters competitive outcomes between two brackish marsh plant species. Aquatic Botany 103 232910.1016/j.aquabot.2012.05.006. UM-SG-RS-2012-08.

Place, AR; Bowers, HA; Bachvaroff, TR; Adolf, JE; Deeds, JR; Sheng, J Karlodinium veneficum: the little dinoflagellate with a big bite. Harmful Algae 14 17919510.1016/j.hal.2011.10.021. UM-SG-RS-2012-17.

Martino, EJ; Houde, ED Density-dependent regulation of year-class strength in age-0 juvenile striped bass (Morone saxatilis). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 693 43044610.1139/F2011-149. UM-SG-RS-2012-28.

Matsche, MA; Markin, E; Donaldson, E; Hengst, A; Lazur, A Effect of chloride on nitrite-induced methaemoglobinemia in Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus (Mitchill). Journal of Fish Diseases 3512 87388510.1111/j.1365-2761.2012.01418.x. UM-SG-RS-2012-19.

Peer, AC; Selckmann, GM; Miller, TJ A standardized method and analytical approach for predicting female reproductive stage in teleosts by using ovary color and female characteristics. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 1414 1036104410.1080/00028487.2012.681103. UM-SG-RS-2012-24.

Harrison, MD; Groffman, PM; Mayer, PM; Kaushal, SS Nitrate removal in two relict oxbow urban wetlands: a N-15 mass-balance approach. Biogeochemistry 11113 64766010.1007/s10533-012-9708-1. UM-SG-RS-2012-25.

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