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R/CBT-32
Baltimore Harbor Sediment Metals
Principal Investigator:
Jeffrey C. CornwellStart/End Year:
1998 - 1999Institution:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceCo-Principal Investigator:
Robert P. Mason, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceTopic(s):
Description:
To measure depositional fluxes of sediment and sediment-water exchange rates of trace metals in order to develop a sediment budget for Baltimore Harbor, examine rates and locations of high rates of metal deposition and develop sediment-water exchange procedures for metals and to determine if such exchanges are important to the biota and overall metal budgets.
Related Publications:
Mason, RP; Kim, EH; Cornwell, J. 2004. Metal accumulation in Baltimore Harbor: current and past inputs. Applied Geochemistry19(11):1801 -1825. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2004.03.005. UM-SG-RS-2004-10.
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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.
Featured Research Project
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.
