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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.
Genello, L; Fry, JP; Frederick, JA; Li, X; Love, DC Fish in the classroom: a survey of the use of aquaponics in education. European Journal of Health & Biology Education 42 92010.12973/ejhbe.2015.213p. UM-SG-RS-2015-13.
Bickford, WA; Needelman, BA; Miller, MW; Hutchins, EG Prescribed Fire Increases Soil Temperatures through Canopy Removal in a Mid-Atlantic Brackish Marsh Journal of Coastal Research 314 94194510.2112/JCOASTRES-D-13-00219.1. UM-SG-RS-2015-20.
Needles, LA; Lester, SE; Ambrose, R; Andren, A; Beyeler, M; Connor, MS; Eckman, JE; Costa-Pierce, BA; Gaines, SD; Lafferty, KD; Lenihan, HS; Parrish, J; Peterson, MS; Scaroni, AE; Weis, JS; Wendt, DE Managing bay and estuarine ecosystems for multiple services. Estuaries and Coasts 38 S35S4810.1007/s12237-013-9602-7. UM-SG-RS-2015-01.
Zhang, Q; Brady, DC; Boynton, WR; Ball, WP Long-Term Trends of Nutrients and Sediment from the Nontidal Chesapeake Watershed: An Assessment of Progress by River and Season. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 516 1534155510.1111/1752-1688.12327. UM-SG-RS-2015-16.
Xu, YY; Pearson, S; Kilbourne, KH Assessing coral Sr/Ca-SST calibration techniques using the species Diploria strigosa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 440 35336210.1016/j.palaeo.2015.09.016. UM-SG-RS-2015-15.
Nelson, JA; Lipkey, GK Hypoxia tolerance variance between swimming and resting striped bass Morone saxatilis Journal of Fish Biology 872 51051810.1111/jfb.12735. UM-SG-RS-2015-21.
Zhu, WW; Li, JF; Sanford, LP Behavior of suspended sediment in the Changjiang estuary in response to reduction in river sediment supply. Estuaries and Coasts 386 2185219710.1007/s12237-014-9929-8. UM-SG-RS-2015-14.
Duan, S; Kaushal, SS Salinization alters fluxes of bioreactive elements from stream ecosystems across land use Biogeosciences 1223 7331734710.5194/bg-12-7331-2015. UM-SG-RS-2015-22.
Smith, RM; Kaushal, SS Carbon cycle of an urban watershed: exports, sources, and metabolism Biogeochemistry 12612 17319510.1007/s10533-015-0151-y. UM-SG-RS-2015-23.
Timko, SA; Maydanov, A; Pittelli, SL; Conte; MH; Cooper, WJ; Koch, BP; Schmitt-Kopplin, P; Gonsior, M Depth-dependent photodegradation of marine dissolved organic matter. Frontiers in Marine Science 266 11410.3389/fmars.2015.00066. UM-SG-RS-2015-12.
Breitburg, DL; Hondorp, D; Audemard, C; Carnegie, RB; Burrell, RB; Trice, M; Clark, V Landscape-Level Variation in Disease Susceptibility Related to Shallow-Water Hypoxia PLOS ONE 102 12710.1371/journal.pone.0116223. UM-SG-RS-2015-24.
Ganju, NK; Brush, MJ; Rashleigh, B; Aretxabaleta, AL; del Barrio, P; Grear, JS; Harris, LA; Lake, SJ; McCardell, G; O’Donnell, J; Ralston, DK; Signell, RP;Testa, JM; Vaudrey, JMP Progress and challenges in coupled hydrodynamic-ecological estuarine modeling. Estuaries and Coasts 12210.1007/s12237-015-0011-y. UM-SG-RS-2015-10.
Ray, NE; Li, J; Kangas, PC; Terlizzi, DE Water quality upstream and downstream of a commercial oyster aquaculture facility in Chesapeake Bay, USA Aquacultural Engineering 68 354210.1016/j.aquaeng.2015.08.001. UM-SG-RS-2015-25.
Kaushal, SS; McDowell, WH; Wollheim, WM; Newcomer Johnson, TA; Mayer, PM; Belt, KT; Pennino, MJ Urban evolution: the role of water. Water 78 4063408710.3390/w7084063. UM-SG-RS-2015-08.
Ray, NE; Terlizzi, DE; Kangas, PC Nitrogen and phosphorus removal by the Algal Turf Scrubber at an oyster aquaculture facility Ecological Engineering 78 273210.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.04.028. UM-SG-RS-2015-26.
Millette, NC; Stoecker, DK; Pierson, JJ Top-down control by micro- and mesozooplankton on winter dinoflagellate blooms of Heterocapsa rotundata. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 76 152510.3354/ame01763. UM-SG-RS-2015-07.
Beaulieu, JJ; Golden, HE; Knightes, CD; Mayer, PM; Kaushal, SS; Pennino, MJ; Arango, CP; Balz, DA; Elonen, CM; Fritz, KM; Hill, BH Urban stream burial increases watershed-scale nitrate export. PLoS ONE 107 11410.1371/journal.pone.0132256. UM-SG-RS-2015-06.
Li, J; Kangas, P; Terlizzi, DE A simple cultivation method for Chesapeake Bay Ulva intestinalis for algal seed stock. North American Journal of Aquaculture 762 12712910.1080/15222055.2013.869287. UM-SG-RS-2014-17.
Glibert, PM; Hinkle, DC; Sturgis, B; Jesien, RV Eutrophication of a Maryland/Virginia coastal lagoon: a tipping point, ecosystem changes, and potential causes. Estuaries and Coasts 371 12814610.1007/s12237-013-9630-3. UM-SG-RS-2014-12.
Love, DC; Fry, JP; Genello, L; Hill, ES; Frederick, JA; Li, XM; Semmens, K An international survey of aquaponics practitioners. PLOS ONE 97 10.1371/journal.pone.0102662. UM-SG-RS-2014-18.
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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.
