Student Research Papers and Presentations

A number of students have presented the results of their summer research at scientific conferences; students have also been co-authors in scientific papers with their advisors. The list below is a snapshot of some of student publications and presentations.

The REU students are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Publications:

Bell, J. T., R. Nguyen*, and H. R. Harvey. 1994. Algal carbon decay in marine waters: Microbial utilization of protein and carbohydrates under oxic and anoxic conditions . EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union 75:211
Brandt, L. A.*, and E. W. Koch. 2003. Periphyton as a UV-B filter on seagrass leaves: A result on different transmittance in the UV-B and PAR ranges . Aquatic Botany 76:317-327
Breitburg, D. L., N. Steinberg*, N. Dubeau*, C. Cooksey, and D. E. Houde. 1994. Effects of low dissolved oxygen on predation on estuarine fish larvae . Marine Ecology Progress Series 104:235-246
Breitburg, D. L., T. Loher, C. A. Pacey, and A. Gerstein*. 1997. Varying effects on low dissolved oxygen on trophic interactions in an estuarine food web . Ecological Monographs 67:489-507
Brunner, E.L.*. 2010. Factors affecting cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation on the Sassafras River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay . St. Mary's College Senior Thesis
Chu, C.*, Y.R. Gel, and V. Lyubchich. 2015. Climate change from an insurance perspective: a case study of Norway . In J. G. Dy et al. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Climate Informatics: CI2015. ISBN: 978-0-9973548-0-5
Coles, V. J., M. T. Brooks, J. Hopkins*, M. R. Stukel, P. L. Yager, and R. R. Hood. 2013. The pathways and properties of the Amazon River Plume in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean . Journal of Geophysical Research 118:6894-6913
Crump, B. C., C. Peranteau*, B.* Beckingham*, and J. C. Cornwell. 2007. Respiratory succession and community succession of bacterioplankton in seasonally anoxic estuarine waters . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73:6802-6810
Fertig, B., J. M. O'Neil, K. A. Beckert, C. J. Cain, D. M. Needham*, T. J. B. Carruthers, and W. C. Dennison. 2013. Elucidating terrestrial nutrient sources to a coastal lagoon, Chincoteague Bay, Maryland, USA . Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 116:1-10
Fisher, T. R., J. D. Hagy*, and E. Rochelle-Newall. 1998. Dissolved and particulate organic carbon in Chesapeake Bay . Estuaries 21:215-229
Fleri, J.R., S. Lera, A. Gerevini, L. Staver, and W. Nardin. 2019. Empirical observations and numerical modelling of tides, channel morphology, and vegetative effects on accretion in a restored tidal marsh . Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4646
Glibert, P. M., T. M. Kana, and K. Brown*. 2013. From limitation to excess: the consequences of substrate excess and stoichiometry for phytoplankton physiology, trophodynamics and biogeochemistry, and the implications for modeling . Journal of Marine Systems 125:14-28
Gustafson, D. E., D. K. Stoecker, M. D. Johnson, W. F. Van Heukelem, and K. Sneider*. 2000. Cryptophyte algae are robbed of their organelles by the marine ciliate Mesodinium rubrum . Nature 405:1049-1052
Heyes, A., L. C. Rowe, and P. Conrad*. 2014. Differential patterns of accumulation and retention of dietary trace elements associated with coal ash during larval development and metamorphosis of an amphibian . Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 66:78-85
Johnson, M. D., M. Rome*, and D. K. Stoeker. 2003. Microozoplankton grazing on Prorocentrum minimum and Karlodinium micrum in Chesapeake Bay . Limnology and Oceanography 48:238-248
Kana, T. M., C. Darkangelo*, M. D. Hunt, J. B. Oldham*, G. E. Bennet, and J. C. Cornwell. 1994. Membrane inlet mass spectrometer for rapid high precision determine of nitrogen, oxygen and argon in environmental water samples . Analytical Chemistry 66:4166-4170
Kana, T. M., M. B. Sullivan*, J. C. Cornwell, and K. Groszkowski*. 1998. Denitrification in estuarine sediments determined by membrane inlet mass spectrometry . Limnology and Oceanography 43:334-339
Lawrence, A. L., A. M. McAloon*, R. P. Mason, and L. M. Mayer. 1999. Intestinal solubilization of particle-associated organic and inorganic mercury as a measure of bioavailability to benthic organisms . Environmental Science & Technology 33:1871-1876
Li, J., P. Glibert, J. Alexander, and M. Molina*. 2012. Growth and competition of several harmful dinoflagellates under different nutrient and light conditions . Harmful Algae 13:112-125
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
Matsche, M.A., E. Markin, E. Donaldson*, A. Hengst, and A. Lazur. 2012. Effect of chloride on nitrite-induced methaemoglobinemia in Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus (Mitchill) . Journal of Fish Diseases 35:873-885
Millette, N., J. Pierson, A. Aceves*, and D. Stoecker. 2016. Mixotrophy in Heterocapsa rotundata : A mechanism for dominating the winter phytoplankton . Limnology and Oceanography 62:836-845
Millette, N.C., G.E. King*, and J.J. Pierson. 2015. A note on the survival and feeding of copepod nauplii (Eurytemora carolleeae) on the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa rotundata . Journal of Plankton Research 37:1095-1099
Millette, NC; Pierson, JJ; Aceves, A; Stoecker, DK. 2017. Mixotrophy in Heterocapsa rotundata: A mechanism for dominating the winter phytoplankton. . Limnology and Oceanography
Nguyen, R. T.*, and H. R. Harvey. 1994. A rapid micro-scale method for the extraction and analysis of protein marine samples . Marine Chemistry 45:1-14
Plough, L., C. Fitzgerald, A. Plummer*, J. Pierson. 2018. Reproductive isolation and morphological divergence between cryptic lineages of the copepod Acartia tonsa in Chesapeake Bay . Marine Ecology Progress Series 597: 99-113
Reaugh, M. L.*, M. R. Roman, and D. K. Stoecker. 2007. Changes in plankton community structure and function in response to variable freshwater flow in two tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay . Estuaries and Coasts 30:403-417
Rodriguez, C.*. 2013. Assessing microbial contaminant abundance and antibiotic resistance within tributaries of Johnson Bay, Maryland Coastal Bays . Duke University Senior Thesis
Roman, M. R., A. L. Gauzens, W. K. Rhinehart*, and J. R. White. 1993. Effects of low oxygen waters on Chesapeake Bay zooplankton . Limnology and Oceanography 38:1603-1614
Rowe, C., A. Heyes, and J. Hilton*. 2011. Differential patterns of accumulation and depuration of dietary selenium and vanadium during metamorphosis in the gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) . Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 60:336-342
Sanford, L. P., M. Yates, P. Dickhudt, S. Suttles, L. Rubiano-Gomez*, C. T. Friedrichs, and D. D. Fugate. 2004. Variability of suspended particle concentrations, sizes and settling velocities in the Chesapeake Bay turbidity maximum . In I. G. Droppo, G. G. Leppard, P. Liss, and T. Milligan, editors. Flocculation in Natural and Engineered Environmental Systems. CRC Press, LLC, Boca Raton, Florida
Schaeffer, E.*, J. Testa, Y. Gel, and V. Lyubchich. 2016. On information criteria for dynamic spatio-temporal clustering . In A. Banerjee et al. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Climate Informatics: CI 2016. NCAR Technical Note NCAR/TN-529+PROC, p. 5-8. DOI: 10.5065/D6K072N6
Scharping, R.J.*, L. Plough, D.W. Merritt, and E.W. North. 2019. Low-salinity tolerance of early-stage oyster larvae from a mesohaline estuary . Marine Ecology Progress Series: 613, 97-106, https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12905
Schijf, J. and I. Christy*. 2018. Effect of Mg and Ca on the stability of the MRI contrast agent Gd–DTPA in seawater . Frontiers in Marine Science, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00111
Schijf, J. and S. M. Burns*. 2016. Determination of the side-reaction coefficient of desferrioxamine B in trace-metal-free seawater . Frontiers in Marine Science, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00117
Schijf, J., and A. M. Ebling*. 2010. Investigation of the ionic strength dependence of Ulva lactuca acid functional group pK(a)s by manual alkalimetric titrations . Environmental Science & Technology 44:1644-1649
Schijf, J., E. A. Christenson and K. J. Potter*. 2015. Different binding modes of Cu and Pb vs. Cd, Ni, and Zn with the trihydroxamate siderophore desferrioxamine B at seawater ionic strength . Marine Chemistry 173:40-51
Secor, D. H., T. E. Gunderson, and K. Karlsson*. 2000. Effects of salinity and temperature on growth performance on anadromous (Chesapeake Bay) and non-anadromous (Santee-Cooper) strains of striped bass Morone saxatilis . Copeia 2000:291-296
Sexton, M., R. Hood, J. Sarkodee-Adoo*, and A. Liss*. 2010. Response of Chrysaora quinquecirrha medusae to low temperature . Hydrobiologia 645:125-133
Smith, K. A.*, E. W. North, F. Shi, S. Chen, R. R. Hood, E. W. Koch, and R. I. E. Newell. 2009. Modeling the effects of oyster reefs and breakwaters of seagrass growth . Estuaries and Coasts 32:748-757
Stickney, H. L.*, R. R. Hood, and D. K. Stoecker. 2000. The impact of mixotrophy on planktonic trophic dynamics in marine ecosystems . Ecological Modeling 125:203-230
Stoecker, D. K., A. Long*, S. E. Suttles, and L. P. Sanford. 2006. Effect of small-scale shear on grazing and growth of the dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida . Harmful Algae 5:407-418
Stoecker, D. K., A. S. Li, D. W. Coats, D. E. Gustafson, and M. K. Nannen*. 1997. Mixotrophy in the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum . Marine Ecology Progress Series 152:1-12
Studholme, K.R.*. 2011. A multifaceted approach to investigating nutrient anomalies near Johnson Bay, Maryland coastal bays, USA . St. Mary's College Senior Thesis
Timko, S.A., A. Maydanov*, S.A. Pittelli*, M.H. Conte, W.J. Cooper, B.P. Koch, P. Schmitt-Kopplin, and M. Gonsior. 2015. Depth-dependent photodegradation of marine dissolved organic matter . Frontiers in Marine Science
Weiss, G. M.*, G. B. McManus, and H. R. Harvey. 1996. Development and lipid composition of the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes reared on different diets . Marine Ecology Progress Series 132:57-61
Wicks, E. C., E. W. Koch, J. M. O'Neil, and K. Elliston*. 2009. Effects of sediment organic content and hydrodynamic conditions on the growth and distribution of Zostera marina . Marine Ecology Progress Series 378:71-80
Williams, M., B. Wessel*, S. Filoso. 2016. Sources of iron (Fe) and factors regulating the development of flocculate from Fe-oxidizing bacteria in regenerative streamwater conveyance structures . Ecological Engineering 95:723–737
Woodland, R., D. Secor, and M. Wedge*. 2011. Trophic resource overlap between small elasmobranchs and sympatric teleosts in Mid-Atlantic Bight nearshore habitats . Estuaries and Coasts 34:391-404
Xu, Y-Y., S. Pearson*, and K. H. Kilbourne. 2015. Assessing coral Sr/Ca–SST calibration techniques using the species Diploria strigosa . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 440:353-362
Zelenke, J. J., J. Stevenson*, and J. C. Cornwell. 1994. Deposition of inorganic and organic phosphorus in Maryland tidal marshes: a primary analysis . In Toward a Sustainable Coastal Watershed: The Chesapeake Experiment. Chesapeake Research ConsortiumPublication 149:630 - 633
Zhao, Z., M. Gonsior, J. Luek, S. Timko, H. Ianiri*, N. Hertkorn, P. Schmitt-Kopplin, X. Fang, Q. Zeng, N. Jiao and F. Chen. 2017. Picocyanobacteria and deep-ocean fluorescent dissolved organic matter share similar optical properties . Nature Communications 8, 15284 doi:10.1038/ncomms15284
Zhao, Z; Gonsior, M; Luek, J; Timko, S; Ianiri, H; Hertkorn, N; Schmitt-Kopplin, P; Fang, XT; Zeng, QL; Jiao, NZ; Chen, F. 2017. Picocyanobacteria and deep-ocean fluorescent dissolved organic matter share similar optical properties. . Nature Communications
Zorach, A. C.*, and R. E. Ulanowicz. 2003. Quantifying the complexity of flow networks: How many roles are there? . Complexity 8:68-76

Presentations:

Aceves, A.* and J. Pierson. 2016. Mixotrophy in the winter bloom-forming Heterocapsa rotundata: Quantifying grazing rates using two methodologies . Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
Aceves, A.*, J. Pierson, and N. Millette. 2015. Measuring grazing rates of the winger bloom-forming Heterocapsa rotundata using 2 methodologies . SACNAS Annual Meeting, Washington, District of Columbia
Adolf, J. E., M. E. Mallonee, W. D. Miller, M. Hoover*, and L. W. Harding Jr. 2004. Integrating phytoplankton indicators: relationships between phytoplankton floral compositions and size structure in Chesapeake Bay . EPA All EAGLES Meeting, Duluth, Minnesota
Adolf, J. E., M. E. Mallonee, W. D. Miller, M. Hoover*, J. Benjamin, and L. W. Harding. 2003. Phytoplankton indicators in two differentially impacted sub-estuaries of Chesapeake Bay . EPA all-EAGLES meeting, Bodega Marine Laboratory, Bodega Bay, California
Almodovar, L.*, and L. Harris. 2009. Sediment dynamics at Jug Bay wetland sanctuary, Maryland . Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 20th Biennial Conference, Portland, Oregon
Aragon, S.*, M. Doherty, and B. Crump. 2011. Microbial community dynamics in seasonally anoxic waters of the Chesapeake Bay. . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Autrey, O.*, R.J. Woodland, and L.V. Plough. 2019. Fecundity and genetic differences of Neomysis americana in two tributaries of Chesapeake Bay . Coastal Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting, Mobile, AL
Barnett, A.*, and D. Stoecker. 2000. The effect of humic substances on dinoflagellate population growth . ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Antonio, Texas
Bjork, S.*, and H. Macintyre. 2003. The effects of glucose on the growth irradiance and light absorption of the estuarine cryptophyte Storeaula major . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah
Boardman, A.*, J. O'Neil, A. Guastafson, and K. Sellner. 2014. Cyanobacteria succession and nitrogen fixation in a eutrophic restored wetland system within Chesapeake Bay . Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Bock, M.* , C. L. Fitzgerald and M. R. Roman. 2015. Effects of environmental oxygen partial pressure on nauplii respiration rates of the planktonic copepod, Acartia tonsa . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Granada, Spain
Bonilla, J.* and J. Testa. 2017. Modeling the response to nutrient load reductions in shallow coastal ecosystems . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Brandt, L.*, and E. Koch. 2002. Epiphytic algae as UV-B filters on leaves of the seagrasses Zostera marina L.and Rupia maritime L. . ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Brown, K. L.*, T. M. Kana, J. Alexander, and P. M. Glibert. 2012. N and P accumulation in Thalassiosira pseudonana under different N:P supply ratios at saturating concentrations: implications for food webs . ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah
Brunner, E.*, and J. O'Neil. 2010. Factors affecting cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation on the Sassafras River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay . Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon
Byrd, A.*, H. McIntosh, M. Gonsior, and L. Lapham. 2017. Characterizing fluorescent dissolved organic matter in sediment pore-waters of the Chesapeake Bay estuary . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Canady, C.S.*, and K.H. Kilbourne. 2011. Surprisingly cool coral geochemistry based paleotemperatures in the Caribbean at the end of the Little Ice Age . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Caradine-Taber, S.*, J. Grebmeier, L. Cooper, and C. Goethel. 2017. Ecosystem changes in the benthos: length-weight measurements of four dominant bivalve species in the northern Bering Sea from 2012 to 2015 . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Castro, S. M.* and C. Palinkas. 2015. Geochronological analysis of sediments in tidal freshwater marsh in the Patuxent River . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Granada, Spain
Chapina, R.*, C. Rowe, and R. Woodland. 2017. Oxygen consumption by Neomysis americana under realistic summer temperatures and salinity conditions . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Cherubini, L.*, M. Hays, and C.A. Fuchsman. 2020. An Analysis of Protist Diversity in Oxygen Deficient Zones: Understanding the Relationship between Prochloroccocus and Grazing . Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA
Christy, I.* and J. Schijf. 2017. Effect of Mg and Ca on the stability of the MRI contrast agend GD-DTPA in seawater . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Chu, C.*, Y. Gel, V. Lyubchich. 2015. Climate change from an insurance perspective: A case study of Norway . 5th International Workshop on Climate Informatics, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Cole, A.*, and L. Sanford. 2013. Characterizing Flow at the Susquehanna Flats . SACNAS National Conference, San Antonio, Texas
Crump, B. C., C. Peranteau*, B. Beckingham*, and J. C. Cornwell. 2005. Estuarine bacterioplankton metabolism and community composition across a seasonal oxygen gradient . 18th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation, Norfolk, Virginia
Cummings, K.*, and L. Harris. 2009. Investigation of the impact of vegetation on sediment rates in a fresh water tidal wetland, Jug Bay, Maryland . Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 20th Biennial Conference, Portland, Oregon
Czarnecki, J.* and J. Cornwell. 2017. Sediment small core incubation: an analysis of techniques for measuring nutrient fluxes . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Daddario, T.*, and M. Suzuki. 2006. Analysis of ribosomal RNA genes of a fosmid library constructed from Chesapeake Bay bacterioplankton . ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Dalo, J.*, and J. Schijf. 2020. Complexation of Yttrium and the Rare Earth Elements with Silicate at Seawater Ionic Strength . Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA
Davis, J.*, and J. M. O'Neil. 2007. Nitrogen fixation associated with macrophytes and sediment along a salinity gradient in the Chesapeake Bay region . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Davis, J.*, M. Gonsior, and L. Powers. 2019. Determining the photochemical fate of organic UV filters commonly found in sunscreen . Coastal Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting, Mobile, AL
De La Cruz, N.*, G. Silsbe, and A. Windle. 2020. Remote Sensing in the Chesapeake Bay: A Focus on Harmful Algal Blooms . Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA
De La Cruz, N.*, G. Silsbe, and A. Windle. 2019. Remote Sensing in the Chesapeake Bay: A Focus on Harmful Algal Blooms . Coastal Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting, Mobile, AL
Degenford, J.H.*, H. Bailey, G. Shillinger, A. Hoover , D. Liang. 2018. Using fisheries observation data to predict the occurrence of bycatch for leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the Southeast Pacific . Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR
Diaz-Negron, E. M.*, and D. Stoecker. 2012. The effects of violacein-producing bacteria on microzooplankton grazing and phytoplankton growth . ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah
DiFalco, S.*, C. Gurbisz, and M. Kemp. 2013. Effects of extreme weather on a large submersed plant bed in Chesapeake Bay: Field observations . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
Dougherty, E.*, and J.A. Cram. 2020. Determining the Abundance and Diversity of Bacteria on Marine Particles of Different Size Classes . Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA
Drennan, C.* and G. Silsbe. 2018. Inherent optical properties of Chesapeake Bay: Towards improved satellite retrievals in an optically complex estuary . Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR
Dubois, A.*, A. L. Coe, and H. L. McIntyre. 2001. Stimulative effect of sediment pore water on the growth of the bloom forming dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Duncan, R.*, M. Roman, S. Lloyed, and J. M. Lessmann. 2004. Grazing habits of the estuarine copepods Eurytemora affinis and Acartia tonsa in turbid and non-turbid environments in the Chesapeake Bay . Southeastern Estuarine Research Society, Harbor Branch Institute, Florida
Duncombe, J.*. 2014. Variation in lateral pynocline slope caused by rotationally influenced tides in the Chesapeake Bay . Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Dylla, N. P.* , R. Fox and T. Fisher. 2015. A potent greenhouse gas source: nitrous oxide emission during base flow and storm flow in the Choptank River basin . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Granada, Spain
Ebling, A. M.*, and J. Schijf. 2008. Characterization of sea lettuce surface functional groups by potentiometric titrations . American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California
Eglinton, A. J.*, and E. W. Koch. 2012. Potential sediment exchange between marshes and adjacent submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) beds in Chincoteague Bay (MD) . ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah
Figueroa, Y. A.*, J. Bryan, and L. Harris. 2012. The effects of plant density on the morphological and biomechanical properties of a tidal wetland macrophyte: Zizania aquatic . SACNAS National Conference, Seattle, Washington
Geiser, H.*, N. de Sieyes, A. Boehm, and A. Santoro. 2013. Distribution of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria along physiochemical gradients at subterranean estuaries in California and Maryland . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
Geronimo, G.*, and L. Lapham. 2014. The microbial effects of the addition of oil to anoxic sediments from the Chesapeake Bay . Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Gilbert, W.*, and T. Fisher. 2011. Determining denitrification through the measurementof excess N2 in upwelling groundwater in Choptank River streams . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ginn, J.*, and T. Miller. 1999. Effects of small-scale turbulence on ingestion rates and swim speeds of Mnemiopsis leidyii . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Givens, K.*, E. North, L. Sanford, K. Kahover, L. Harris, and P. Wiberg. 2017. Observing and detecting Crassostrea virginica filtration in Harris Creek, MD . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Gofstein, T.* and A. Heyes. 2014. The behavior of mercury in coal combustion residue-contaminated sediments . American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California
Green, B.*, and C. Palinkas. 2013. Sedimentation in the lower Potomac River and its influence on nitrogen burial . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
Grzyb, E.* and H. Bailey. 2018. Acoustical analysis of bottlenose dolphin signature whistles off Ocean City, MD . Council on Undergraduate Research National REU Symposium, Alexandria, Virginia
Gsilassie, T.*, and T. M. Kana. 2009. Application of membrane inlet mass spectrometry to asses bubble formation in productivity and denitrification experiments . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Nice, France
Hazen, E.*, and E. Houde. 2000. Ontogenetic, regional and interannual variability in the diet of the Atlantic Croaker, Micropogonias undulatus . American Fisheries Society Tidewater Chapter Meeting, Kill Devils Hills, North Carolina
Henderson, L.*, C. Magen, S. Dallimore, D. Whalen, P. Fraser, B. Orcutt, C. Wheat, L. Lapham. 2018. Methane production rates from laboratory incubations of Arctic coastal plain permafrost . American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, District of Columbia
Heyes, A., L. Powers, K. Leonzo*, J. Alvarez, M. Gonsior. 2018. Mercury and carbon linkages in macroalgae Sargassum mats: Coastal stranding leads to degradation, shifts in dissolved organic matter composition and mercury methylation . American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, District of Columbia
Hill, J.*, and V. Coles. 2010. Quantifying nutrient inputs to Chesapeake Bay: What are the appropriate sampling intervals for estimating mean nutrient concentrations? . Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon
Hilton, J.*, A. Heyes, and C. L. Rowe. 2008. Dietary exposure to vanadium and selenium: assessment of bioaccumulation and physiological effects in Hyla versicolor . 29th Annual Meeting in North America of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Tampa, Florida
Hinson, K. I.*, C. Thompson, and E. North. 2012. Testing a new technology for bivalve larvae identification . ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah
Hirtle, N.*, K. Lankowicz, S. Shahrestani, H. Bi, and C. Fan. 2017. Spatial and temporal abundance of forage fish in the Patuxent River . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Hopkins, J. A.*, V. L. Coles, and J. I. Goes. 2012. Quantifying the propagation of the Amazon River plume in the western tropical North Atlantic . ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah
Ianiri, H.*, S. Timko and M. Gonsior. 2016. Similarities in photodegradation of cyanobacteria-derived and marine fluorescent dissolved organic matter . Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
Jahn, G. L.*, and E. North. 2006. Investigation of the relationship between the North Atlantic centers of action and freshwater flow in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays . ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Jarrett, R.*, V. Lyubchich, and J. Testa. 2017. Predicting anoxic volumes of Chesapeake Bay: Utilizing bootstrapping to improve forecasts . Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, Providence, Rhode Island
Johnson, T. L.*, B. C. Crump, and J. K. Apple. 2007. The influence of spatial variation and dispersal on the composition of microbial communities . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Kaplan, E.*, and L. Sanford. 2020. Examining the effects of 3-D reef structures on the mixing and reaeration of hypoxic waters . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Kearney, K.*, and W. Boicourt. 2003. A model for nutrient pathways in the Choptank River . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah
Keohane, I.*, R. Gawde, J. Tay, E. North, and R. Hood. 2017. Variation in oyster influenced water quality simulations in response to different filtration rate functions . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
King, G.*, J. Pierson, and N. Millette. 2014. Predator-prey interactions of copepod Eurytemora carolleeae nauplii and dinoflagellate Heterocapsa rotundata in winter conditions . Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Fall Meeting, Galloway, New Jersey
Kohn, J.* and H. Kilbourne. 2016. The importance of coral growth environment for coral strontium/calcium-based ocean temperature reconstructions . Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
Kwon, S. R.*, and L. P. Sanford. 2012. Mass balance analysis of oyster biodeposits . ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah
Lane, B.*, C. Corbau, S. Malkin, and W. Nardin. 2019. Coupling plastic degradation with bio-coastal processes . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Lane, S.*, C. Kelly, and R. Newell. 2009. The use of structure by grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio as a refuge against predators . Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 20th Biennial Conference, Portland, Oregon
Latorre Arzola, N.*, M. Ross, B. Johnson, A. Volpitta, E. Schott, J. O'Neil. 2019. Tracking microbial contaminants in Baltimore Harbor: Are current techniques sufficient for assessing human risk? . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Long, A.*, D. Stoecker, and L. Sanford. 2002. The effects of small-scale shear on Pfiesteria piscicida . ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Lopez, L.*, L. Staver, J. Cornwell. 2017. Nitrogen Fixation Assessment of the Restored Tidal Marshes at Poplar Island Using Acetylene Reduction Assay . Coastal Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting, Providence, RI
Lopez, O.*, L. Harris, I.C. Sanchez, and J.M. Testa. 2019. Phosphorus Uptake in Floating Wetlands: A Mass Balance Approach . Coastal Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting, Mobile, AL
Lopez, O.*, L. Harris, J.M. Testa, and I. Sanchez Viruet. 2020. Phosphorus Uptake in Floating Wetlands: A Mass Balance Approach . Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA
Ludt, W.*, J. Pierson, D. Kimmel, and M. Roman. 2009. Determining egg development rates of Acartia tonsa in the Chesapeake Bay using a DAPI staining technique and is significance . Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 20th Biennial Conference, Portland, Oregon
Luft, E.*. 1995. Testing of two-axis laser doppler velocimeter in the laboratory and under field conditions in the Chesapeake Bay . Proceedings of the National Conference of Undergraduate Research, Vol. II, Schenectady, New York
Lusk, M.*, and D. Secor. 2006. Effects of environmental conditions and prey availability on the growth, mortality, and recruitment of larval white perch, Monroe americana, in the Patuxent River estuary . ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
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