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Roberta Marinelli, Ph.D.

Location:

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

Research Topics:

Coastal and Estuarine Processes , Biogeochemistry and Environmental Chemistry

Research Interests:

Dr. Roberta Marinelli is a marine scientist with expertise in the ecology and biogeochemistry of the seafloor.

Students:

2005 - Catherine Wade, University of Maryland, College Park

2003 - Keith Douglass, Roger Williams University

2002 - Lisa Malkiel, University of Maryland

2001 - Tracy Jo Williams, Florida Southern College

Student Publications:

Marinelli, R. L., and T. J. Williams*. 2003. Evidence for density-dependent effects of infauna on sediment biogeochemistry and benthic-pelagic coupling in nearshore systems . Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 57:179-192 .

Student Presentations:

Marinelli, R. L., S. A. Woodin, S. J. Engstrom, G. G. Waldbusser, K. Douglass*, D. S. Wethey, and S. Berke. 2004. Effects of geochemical cues on Arenicola: ontogenetic shifts in recruitment vs. growth. ASLO/TOS Ocean Research Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii .

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REU NEWS

Eight students will be presenting the summer work at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in March 2022!
2019 REUs presented at the CERF Conference in Mobile, AL
Olivia Saliger won a student presentation awards for talk at the 2019 Coastal Estuarine Research Federation Meeting. Her REU mentor was Judy O'Neil.
Congratulations to 2015 REU Alison Aceves for being selected as an honorable mention in the 2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program competition.
In February 2016, seven REUs from the 2015 cohort presented their research findings at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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