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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.
Tyler, CG; Jahncke, M; Sumner, S; Hackney, C; Boyer, R; Wang, H; Rippen, T Inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes by Carnobacterium piscicola in fresh and pasteurized crab meat. Food Protection Trends 327 384390. UM-SG-RS-2012-18.
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.
Peer, AC; Selckmann, GM; Miller, TJ A standardized method and analytical approach for predicting female reproductive stage in teleosts by using ovary color and female characteristics. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 1414 1036104410.1080/00028487.2012.681103. UM-SG-RS-2012-24.
Harrison, MD; Groffman, PM; Mayer, PM; Kaushal, SS Nitrate removal in two relict oxbow urban wetlands: a N-15 mass-balance approach. Biogeochemistry 11113 64766010.1007/s10533-012-9708-1. UM-SG-RS-2012-25.
Zoll, AM; Schijf, J A surface complexation model of YREE sorption on Ulva lactuca in 0.05-5.0 M NaCl solutions Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 97 18319910.1016/j.gca.2012.08.022. UM-SG-RS-2012-30.
Duan, S; Kaushal, SS; Groffman, PM; Band, LE; Belt, KT Phosphorus export across an urban to rural gradient in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 117 10.1029/2011JG001782. UM-SG-RS-2012-20.
Giordano, JCP; Brush, MJ; Anderson, IC Ecosystem metabolism in shallow coastal lagoons: patterns and partitioning of planktonic, benthic, and integrated community rates. Marine Ecology Progress Series 458 213810.3354/meps09719. UM-SG-RS-2012-10.
Li, J; Glibert, PM; Alexander, JA; Molina, ME Growth and competition of several harmful dinoflagellates under different nutrient and light conditions. Harmful Algae 13 11212510.1016/j.hal.2011.10.005. UM-SG-RS-2012-26.
Williams, EP; Peer, AC; Miller, TJ; Secor, DH; Place, AR A phylogeny of the temperate seabasses (Moronidae) characterized by a translocation of the mt-nd6 gene. Journal of Fish Biology 801 11013010.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03158.x. UM-SG-RS-2012-02.
Rathjen, KA; Breitburg, DL; Neale, PJ Effects of ultraviolet radiation on the growth, reproduction and survival of the lobate ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 432 12113010.1016/j.jembe.2012.06.029. UM-SG-RS-2012-22.
Bickford, WA; Needelman, BA; Weil, RR; Baldwin, AH Vegetation response to prescribed fire in Mid-Atlantic brackish marshes. Estuaries and Coasts 356 1432144210.1007/s12237-012-9538-3. UM-SG-RS-2012-09.
Kemp, WM; Boynton, WR Synthesis in estuarine and coastal ecological research: what is it, why is it important, and how do we teach it? Estuaries and Coasts 351 12210.1007/s12237-011-9464-9. UM-SG-RS-2012-01.
Harrison, MD; Groffman, PM; Mayer, PM; Kaushal, SS Microbial biomass and activity in geomorphic features in forested and urban restored and degraded streams. Ecological Engineering 381 11010.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.09.001. UM-SG-RS-2012-03.
Lloyd, MW; Burnett, RK; Engelhardt, KAM; Neel, MC Does genetic diversity of restored sites differ from natural sites? A comparison of Vallisneria americana (Hydrocharitaceae) populations within the Chesapeake Bay. Conservation Genetics 133 75376510.1007/s10592-012-0324-3. UM-SG-RS-2012-05.
Harris, LA; Brush, MJ Bridging the gap between empirical and mechanistic models of aquatic primary production with the metabolic theory of ecology: An example from estuarine ecosystems. Ecological Modelling 233 838910.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.03.024. UM-SG-RS-2012-27.
Gao, Y; Cornwell, JC; Stoecker, DK; Owens, MS Effects of cyanobacterial-driven pH increases on sediment nutrient fluxes and coupled nitrification-denitrification in a shallow fresh water estuary. Biogeosciences 97 2697271010.5194/bg-9-2697-2012. UM-SG-RS-2012-23.
Kaushal, SS; Belt, KT The urban watershed continuum: evolving spatial and temporal dimensions URBAN ECOSYSTEMS 152 40943510.1007/s11252-012-0226-7. UM-SG-RS-2012-04.
Li, J; Glibert, PM; Alexander, JA; Molina, ME Growth and competition of several harmful dinoflagellates under different nutrient and light conditions. Harmful Algae 13 11212510.1016/j.hal.2011.10.005. UM-SG-RS-2012-26.
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Featured Fellow
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.
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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.
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Restoration Takes Root: Living Shorelines for Changing Coasts
