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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.
Gao, Y; O'Neil, JM; Stoecker, DK; Cornwell, JC Photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation during cyanobacteria blooms in an oligohaline and tidal freshwater estuary. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 722 12914410.3354/ame01692. UM-SG-RS-2014-05.
Julian, JP; Gardner, RH Land cover effects on runoff patterns in eastern Piedmont (USA) watersheds. Hydrological Processes 283 1525153810.1002/hyp.9692. UM-SG-RS-2014-26.
Kaushal, SS; Mayer, PM; Vidon, PG; Smith, RM; Pennino, MJ; Newcomer, TA; Duan, S; Welty, C; Belt, KT Land use and climate variability amplify carbon, nutrient, and contaminant pulses: a review with management implications. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 503 58561410.111/jawr.12204. UM-SG-RS-2014-09.
Gurbisz, CW; Kemp, M Unexpected resurgence of a large submersed plant bed in Chesapeake Bay: Analysis of time series data. Limnology & Oceanography 592 48249410.4319/lo.2014.59.2.0482. UM-SG-RS-2014-03.
Sintes, E; del Giorgio, PA Feedbacks between protistan single-cell activity and bacterial physiological structure reinforce the predator/prey link in microbial foodwebs Frontiers in Microbiology 5 11110.3389/fmicb.2014.00453. UM-SG-RS-2014-27.
Bi, H; Cook, S; Yu, H; Benfield, MC; Houde, ED Deployment of an imaging system to investigate fine-scale spatial distribution of early life stages of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Plankton Research 352 27028010.1093/plankt/fbs094. UM-SG-RS-2013-17.
Passeport, E; Vidon, P; Forshay, KJ; Harris, L; Kaushal, SS; Kellogg, DQ; Lazar, J; Mayer, P; Stander, EK Ecological engineering practices for the reduction of excess nitrogen in human-influenced landscapes: a guide for watershed managers. Environmental Management 512 39241310.1007/s00267-012-9970-y. UM-SG-RS-2013-01.
Sexton, JO; Song, XP; Huang, CQ; Channan, S; Baker, ME; Townshend, JR Urban growth of the Washington, DC-Baltimore, MD metropolitan region from 1984 to 2010 by annual, Landsat-based estimates of impervious cover. Remote Sensing of Environment 129 425310.1016/j.rse.2012.10.025. UM-SG-RS-2013-03.
Blois, JL; Zarnetske, PL; Fitzpatrick, MC; Finnegan, S Climate change and the past, present, and future of biotic interactions. Science 3416145 49950410.1126/science.1237184. UM-SG-RS-2013-09.
Mozdzer, Thomas J.; Brisson, Jacques; Hazelton, Eric L. G. Physiological ecology and functional traits of North American native and Eurasian introduced Phragmites australis lineages. AOB Plants 5 11410.1093/aobpla/plt048. UM-SG-RS-2013-16.
Lozano, C; Houde, ED Factors contributing to variability in larval ingress of Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 118 11010.1016/j.ecss.2012.12.005. UM-SG-RS-2013-05.
Duan, SW; Kaushal, SS Warming increases carbon and nutrient fluxes from sediments in streams across land use. Biogeosciences 102 1193120710.5194/bg-10-1193-2013. UM-SG-RS-2013-04.
Marsden, BW; Engelhardt, KAM; Neel, MC Genetic rescue versus outbreeding depression in Vallisneria americana: Implications for mixing seed sources for restoration. Biological Conservation 167 20321410.1016/j.biocon.2013.08.012. UM-SG-RS-2013-12.
Mayer, PM; Schechter, SP; Kaushal, SS; Groffman, PM Effects of stream restoration on nitrogen removal and transformation in urban watersheds: lessons from Minebank Run, Baltimore, Maryland. Watershed Science Bulletin 41 110. UM-SG-RS-2013-06.
Woodland, RJ; Secor, DH Benthic-pelagic coupling in a temperate inner continental shelf fish assemblage. Limnology and Oceanography 583 96697610.4319/lo.2013.58.3.0966. UM-SG-RS-2013-07.
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.
Prasad, MBK; Kaushal, SS; Murtugudde, R Long-term pCO(2) dynamics in rivers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Applied Geochemistry 31 20921510.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.01.006. UM-SG-RS-2013-14.
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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.
