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.
Fellowship Experiences
A blog by and about students supported by Maryland Sea Grant
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Connecting Research with New Audiences During COVID-Times
Megan Munkacsy •
This past fall, University of Maryland’s annual Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences (MEES) colloquium looked a little different. Read more...
Wetland Ecology Research: Behind the scenes
Sylvia Jacobson •
When I first read our project proposal, I remember thinking it sounded straightforward. It neatly laid out a plan to assess the role of native plantings in stabilizing wetlands after an invasive grass, Phragmites australis, was removed. There would be twelve study sites, and we would plant three different native wetland species at each one. Read more...
What COVID Taught Me about the Need for Nature
Amanda Lawrence •
I have never been so aware of the seasons changing until I was forced to watch them from inside.
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Cultivating Culture: Highlighting the resiliency of shellfish farmers and watermen in uncertain times
Brendan Campbell •
For the past seven years, I have been a student at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences Horn Point Laboratory researching fisheries and aquaculture. I have never encountered a community more passionate about their heritage than the Chesapeake Bay watermen.
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Oysters Three Ways: A collection of simple, go-to recipes for all types of oyster eaters
Brendan Campbell •
Looking to try some delicious oyster recipes from home that anyone in the family would enjoy? Here’s a great starter series of simplified versions of classic oyster recipes to satisfy any type of oyster eater.
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