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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.

Kaushal, SS; Delaney-Newcomb, K; Findlay, SEG; Newcomer, TA; Duan, S; Pennino, MJ; Sivirichi, GM; Sides-Raley, AM; Walbridge, MR; Belt, KT Longitudinal patterns in carbon and nitrogen fluxes and stream metabolism along an urban watershed continuum.  Biogeochemistry 1211 234410.1007/s10533-014-9979-9. UM-SG-RS-2014-14.

Pennino, MJ; Kaushal, SS; Beaulieu, JJ; Mayer, PM; Arango, CP Effects of urban stream burial on nitrogen uptake and ecosystem metabolism: implications for watershed nitrogen and carbon fluxes.  Biogeochemistry 1211 24726910.1007/s10533-014-9958-1. UM-SG-RS-2014-15.

Scaroni, AE; Ye, SY; Lindau, CW; Nyman, JA Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Soils in Louisiana's Atchafalaya River Basin  Wetlands 343 54555410.1007/s13157-014-0521-6. UM-SG-RS-2014-30.

Breitburg, D; Burrell, R Predator-mediated landscape structure: seasonal patterns of spatial expansion and prey control by Chrysaora quinquecirrha and Mnemiopsis leidyi.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 510 18320010.3354/meps10850. UM-SG-RS-2014-16.

Ciavola, SJ; Jantz, CA; Reilly, J; Moglen, GE Forecast changes in runoff quality and quantity from urbanization in the DelMarVa Peninsula.  Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 191 1910.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000773. UM-SG-RS-2014-01.

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.

Elmore, AJ; Julian, JP; Guinn, SM; Fitzpatrick, MC Potential stream density in mid-Atlantic US watersheds.  PLOS ONE 88 11510.1371/journal.pone.0074819. UM-SG-RS-2013-08.

Zhang, Q; Brady, DC; Ball, WP Long-term seasonal trends of nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended sediment load from the non-tidal Susquehanna River Basin to Chesapeake Bay.  Science of the Total Environment 452 20822110.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.012. UM-SG-RS-2013-18.

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.

Fertig, B; O'Neil, JM; Beckert, KA; Cain, CJ; Needham, DM; Carruthers, TJB; Dennison, WC Elucidating terrestrial nutrient sources to a coastal lagoon, Chincoteague Bay, Maryland, USA.  Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 116 11010.1016/j.ecss.2012.08.013. UM-SG-RS-2013-02.

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.

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