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R/E-19
Providing incentives and quality programs to attract minorities to careers in the marine sciences
Principal Investigator:
Carolyn B. BrooksStart/End Year:
1996 - 2000Institution:
University of Maryland, Eastern ShoreCo-Principal Investigator:
Charles H. Hocutt, Steven G. Hughes, University of Maryland, Eastern ShoreTopic(s):
Description:
To develop collaborations and partnerships that help UMES to strengthen its Sea Grant related teaching and research programs. Sea Grant funded scientists would be assisting UMES in providing extremely high quality education for our students, thus providing the nation with minorities who have acquired expertise in the marine sciences.
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Featured Fellow
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.
Featured Research Project
Exploring the Use of Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells to Remove Sulfide While Harvesting Energy from Oyster Aquaculture Biodeposits
Oyster aquaculture is a rapidly growing industry in Maryland’s Chesapeake waters which stimulates economic activity and may provide a host of ecosystem benefits. A potential concern associated with the intensification of the oyster aquaculture is the local production and accumulation of oyster biodeposits, which can lead to a porewater sulfide accumulation and declining bioturbation, symptoms of declining ecosystem function. Sulfide is naturally removed from the seafloor by the interactions between bioturbating infauna and sulfide oxidizing bacteria.
Chesapeake Quarterly Magazine
A Growing Industry: Advancing Oyster Aquaculture in Maryland
