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R/PT-03
Multiscale modeling of coastal landscape dynamics
Principal Investigator:
J. Court StevensonStart/End Year:
1993 - 1995Institution:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceCo-Principal Investigator:
Robert Costanza, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceTopic(s):
Description:
This project will: assess historical changes in the Blackwater River watershed on Maryland's Eastern shore for the period from 1850 to the present by creating a GIS data base of these changes; create a process based, spatially explicit ecological economic simulation model to help explain these historical changes; and project future changes under various management and climate scenarios using the model.
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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.
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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.
