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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.
Flowers, EM; Johnson, AF; Aguilar, R; Schott, EJ Prevalence of the pathogenic crustacean virus Callinectes sapidus reovirus 1 near flow-through blue crab aquaculture in Chesapeake Bay, USA Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 1292 13514410.3354/dao03232. UM-SG-RS-2018-15.
Chang, AL; Brown, CW; Crooks, JA; Ruiz, GM Dry and wet periods drive rapid shifts in community assembly in an estuarine ecosystem. Global Change Biology 242 E627E64210.1111/gcb.13972. UM-SG-RS-2018-08.
Plough, LV; Fitzgerald, C; Plummer, A; Pierson, JJ Reproductive isolation and morphological divergence between cryptic lineages of the copepod Acartia tonsa in Chesapeake Bay Marine Ecology Progress Series 597 9911310.3354/meps12569. UM-SG-RS-2018-16.
Mozdzer, TJ; Caplan, JS Complementary responses of morphology and physiology enhance the stand-scale production of a model invasive species under elevated CO2 and nitrogen. Functional Ecology 11310.1111/1365-2435.13106. UM-SG-RS-2018-04.
Russ, ER; Palinkas, CM Seasonal-Scale and Decadal-Scale Sediment-Vegetation Interactions on the Subaqueous Susquehanna River Delta, Upper Chesapeake Bay Estuaries and Coasts 417 2092210410.1007/s12237-018-0413-8. UM-SG-RS-2018-17.
Johnston, MR; Elmore, AJ; Mokany, K; Lisk, M; Fitzpatrick, MC Field-measured variables outperform derived alternatives in Maryland stream biodiversity models. Diversity and Distributions 239 1054106610.1111/ddi.12598. UM-SG-RS-2017-06.
Zhang, F; Li, M; Ross, AC; Lee, SB; Zhang, DL Sensitivity analysis of Hurricane Arthur (2014) storm surge forecasts to WRF physics parameterizations and model configurations. Weather and Forecasting 325 1745176410.1175/WAF-D-16-0218.1. UM-SG-RS-2017-04.
Semmler, RF; Hoot, WC; Reaka, ML Are mesophotic coral ecosystems distinct communities and can they serve as refugia for shallow reefs? Coral Reefs 362 43344410.1007/s00338-016-1530-0. UM-SG-RS-2017-07.
Haus, WO; Hartman, KJ; Jacobs, JM; Harrell, RM Development of Striped Bass Relative Condition Models with Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis and Associated Temperature Corrections Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 1465 91792610.1080/00028487.2017.1318093. UM-SG-RS-2017-10.
Bernal, B; Megonigal, JP; Mozdzer, TJ An invasive wetland grass primes deep soil carbon pools. Global Change Biology 235 2104211610.1111/gcb.13539. UM-SG-RS-2017-08.
Zhao, Z; Gonsior, M; Luek, J; Timko, S; Ianiri, H; Hertkorn, N; Schmitt-Kopplin, P; Fang, XT; Zeng, QL; Jiao, NZ; Chen, F Picocyanobacteria and deep-ocean fluorescent dissolved organic matter share similar optical properties Nature Communications 8 11010.1038/ncomms15284. UM-SG-RS-2017-11.
Gurbisz, C; Kemp, WM; Cornwell, JC; Sanford, LP; Owens, MS; Hinkle, DC Interactive effects of physical and biogeochemical feedback processes in a large submersed plant bed. Estuaries and Coasts 406 1626164110.1007/s12237-017-0249-7. UM-SG-RS-2017-02.
Millette, NC; Pierson, JJ; Aceves, A; Stoecker, DK Mixotrophy in Heterocapsa rotundata: A mechanism for dominating the winter phytoplankton Limnology and Oceanography 622 83684510.1002/lno.10470. UM-SG-RS-2017-12.
Glandon, HL; Miller, TJ No effect of high pCO(2) on juvenile blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, growth and consumption despite positive responses to concurrent warming ICES Journal of Marine Science 744 1201120910.1093/icesjms/fsw171. UM-SG-RS-2017-14.
Eller, F; Skalova, H; Caplan, JS; Bhattarai, GP; Burger, MK; Cronin, JT; Guo, WY; Guo, X; Hazelton, ELG; Kettenring, KM; Lambertini, C; McCormick, MK; Meyerson, LA; Mozdzer, TJ; Pysek, P; Sorrell, BK; Whigham, DF; Brix, H Cosmopolitan species as models for ecophysiological responses to global change: The common reed Phragmites australis. Frontiers in Plant Science 81833 12410.3389/fpls.2017.01833. UM-SG-RS-2017-05.
Sanford, LP; Gao, J Influences of wave climate and sea level on shoreline erosion rates in the Maryland Chesapeake Bay. Estuaries and Coasts 119DOI 10.1007/s12237-017-0257-7. UM-SG-RS-2017-15.
Zhang, Q; Ball, WP Improving riverine constituent concentration and flux estimation by accounting for antecedent discharge conditions. Journal of Hydrology 547 38740210.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.12.052. UM-SG-RS-2017-01.
Testa, JM; Clark, JB; Dennison, WC; Donovan, EC; Fisher, AW; Ni, WF; Parker, M; Scavia, D; Spitzer, SE; Waldrop, AM; Vargas, VMD; Ziegler, G Ecological Forecasting and the Science of Hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay BioScience 677 61462610.1093/biosci/bix048. UM-SG-RS-2017-13.
Glandon, HL; Miller, TJ No effect of high pCO(2) on juvenile blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, growth and consumption despite positive responses to concurrent warming ICES Journal of Marine Science 744 1201120910.1093/icesjms/fsw171. UM-SG-RS-2017-14.
Haus, WO; Hartman, KJ; Jacobs, JM; Harrell, RM Development of striped bass relative condition models with bioelectrical impedance analysis and associated temperature corrections. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 1465 91792610.1080/00028487.2017.1318093. UM-SG-RS-2017-10.
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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.
