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Student Research Papers and Presentations

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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 (*).

Presentations:

Ma, S.*, M. Gonsior, L. Powers, N. Robey, T. Townsend, and W. Cooper. 2019. Photo-degradation and ammonification of dissolved organic matter in landfill leachates compared to freshwater. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico

MacIntyre, H. L., A. Dubois*, and J. Adolf. 2000. The potential for sediment-water column interactions to stimulate growth of the bloom-forming dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum. Symposium on Harmful Marine Algae in the US, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Manrique, H.*, S. Kaushal, K. Delaney, A. Sides, and T. Newcomer. 2010. Effects of temperature on biochemical oxygen demand in urbanizing streams . Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon

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

Marnell, S.*, A. Lazur, E. Ryder, T. Rippin, and D. Webster. 2005. Evaluation of alternative live blue crab Callinectes sapidus handling practices to increase transport/storage survival. Aquaculture America, New Orleans, Louisiana

Martin, K.*, L. Lapham, and A. Heyes. 2015. Measuring temporal variability of methylmercury and methane in the pore waters of a Chesapeake Bay tidal marsh . AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California

Martinez, A.*, J. Zhao, and L. Sanford. 2020. Anticyclonic Eddies and their Influences on Salinity in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA

Martinez-Rivera, E.*, and T. Miller. 2007. Assessing habitat quality in Chesapeake Bay: Application of RNA:DNA indices to blue crab (Callinectes sapidus, Rathbun, 1896). ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Maydanov, A.*, S. Timko, J. Luek, M. Conte and M. Gonsior. 2015. Time-resolved photochemistry of marine fluorescent dissolved organic matter . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Granada, Spain

McBride, L.*, A. Heyes, C. Rowe, R. Burke, and C. Clark. 2013. Bioaccumulation of synthetic musk fragrances in northern diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) of Jamaica Bay, New York, United States. SACNAS National Conference, San Antonio, Texas

McClain, A.*, J. Cornwell, M. Owens, and L. Kellogg. 2015. Carbonate chemistry in experiment incubations of restored Chesapeake Bay oyster communities . Coastal Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting, Portland, Oregon

McDonald, A.*. 2006. Acute and sub-lethal effects of chemically and physically dispersed oil on the soft coral . Undergraduate Research Symposium, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

McLaughlin, E.*, and D. Breitburg. 1999. Dissolved oxygen tolerance and temperature preference of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in a stratified water column. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Mendez, C.*, K. L. Liu, and J. J. Pierson. 2013. Effects of hypoxia on copepod predation by the ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi, in Chesapeake Bay. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana

Middleton, J.*, and A. Pyrtle. 2011. Determination of percent moisture, organic matter and carbonate at Emerson Point, Tampa Bay . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Mitchell, T.*, R. Officer*, G. Arora, and C. Solomon. 2020. Pre- and Post-Tunnel Comparison of Nitrogen Dynamics and Microbial Community of the Anacostia River, D.C. Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA

Mitchelmore, C. L., D. M. Yost, and J. M. Yuda*. 2008. DMSP & DMSP lyase levels in the coral algal symbionts, Symbiodinium sp. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida

Myers, T.*, and R. Seifert. 2005. Ammonia flux measurements at the air-water interface on the Chesapeake Bay . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah

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