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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.
Li, J; Kangas, P; Terlizzi, DE A simple cultivation method for Chesapeake Bay Ulva intestinalis for algal seed stock. North American Journal of Aquaculture 762 12712910.1080/15222055.2013.869287. UM-SG-RS-2014-17.
Woodward, RT; Tomberlin, D Practical precautionary resource management using robust optimization. Environmental Management 544 82883910.1007/s00267-014-0348-1. UM-SG-RS-2014-19.
Love, DC; Fry, JP; Genello, L; Hill, ES; Frederick, JA; Li, XM; Semmens, K An international survey of aquaponics practitioners. PLOS ONE 97 10.1371/journal.pone.0102662. UM-SG-RS-2014-18.
Caplan, JS; Wheaton, CN; Mozdzer, TJ Belowground advantages in construction cost facilitate a cryptic plant invasion. AOB Plants 6 11010.1093/aobpla/plu020. UM-SG-RS-2014-20.
Wilcox, CS; Grutzmacher, S; Ramsing, R; Rockler, A; Balch, C; Safi, M; Hanson, J From the field: Empowering women to improve family food security in Afghanistan. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 1710.1017/S1742170514000209. UM-SG-RS-2014-21.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lozano, C; Houde, ED Factors contributing to variability in larval ingress of Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 118 11010.1016/j.ecss.2012.12.005. UM-SG-RS-2013-05.
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.
Marsden, BW; Engelhardt, KAM; Neel, MC Genetic rescue versus outbreeding depression in Vallisneria americana: Implications for mixing seed sources for restoration. Biological Conservation 167 20321410.1016/j.biocon.2013.08.012. UM-SG-RS-2013-12.
Duan, SW; Kaushal, SS Warming increases carbon and nutrient fluxes from sediments in streams across land use. Biogeosciences 102 1193120710.5194/bg-10-1193-2013. UM-SG-RS-2013-04.
Mayer, PM; Schechter, SP; Kaushal, SS; Groffman, PM Effects of stream restoration on nitrogen removal and transformation in urban watersheds: lessons from Minebank Run, Baltimore, Maryland. Watershed Science Bulletin 41 110. UM-SG-RS-2013-06.
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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
