Maryland Sea Grant College

5825 University Research Court, Suite 1350

College Park , MD 20740

Call for Symposium Presenters and Authors

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.

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News and Blogs

February 13, 2025

Why Language Matters in the Environmental Field

January 31, 2025

A Simplified Look at the Knauss Fellowship Application Timeline

January 14, 2025

Workshop Convenes Drone Pilots and Researchers to Aid the Study of Marshes

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Sea Grant Film Explores a Diminishing Smithville

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.

Featured Fellow

Leone Yisrael

Leone Yisrael is a cephalopod-loving scuba diver, cook, and loves to try new activities. She conducts genetic analysis and fieldwork at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center through the Coastal Disease Ecology Lab.

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.

The Blue Crab: Callinectes Sapidus

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