Knauss legislative fellowships in Congress help build careers — and they're fun and educational. See our video and fact sheet for details.
Nikelene is serving as the GEO Blue Planet Policy fellow in the Satellite Oceanography and Climatology Division of NOAA NESDIS/STAR. She grew up on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, where she developed her passion for the coastal environment. She is currently a PhD candidate at Morgan State University in the Bioenvironmental Sciences Program. Her research focuses on characterizing the population dynamics of the Atlantic bay nettle (Chrysaora chesapeakei) in the Patuxent River, a sub-estuary of the Chesapeake Bay. She aims to use her findings to help stakeholders develop measures and management strategies to mitigate the impact of the bay nettle’s disruptive blooms in the Chesapeake Bay.
Nikelene has also been actively involved in other research projects which served to investigate measures that can be taken to sustain coastal resources. She has worked on projects related to sustainable shellfish and finfish aquaculture, oyster and coral reef restoration as well as marine wildlife conservation. She has also worked on coastal/marine governance projects involving stakeholder engagement and outreach in Central America, the Caribbean and the Chesapeake Bay.
The Chesapeake Rising: Innovative Law and Policy Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Coastal Communities symposium will explore key legal and policy considerations that affect climate adaptation strategies. It provides a unique opportunity for upper-level law students and early-career lawyers to present and publish their legal scholarship.
Knauss legislative fellowships in Congress help build careers — and they're fun and educational. See our video and fact sheet for details.
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Smithville is a community on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, on the edge of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. A century ago, Smithville had more than 100 residents. Today, it has four, in two homes: an elderly couple, and one elderly woman and her son, who cares for her.
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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