Research Publications

Maryland Sea Grant has funded scientific research relevant to the Chesapeake Bay and the Maryland residents who conserve, enjoy, and make their living from it. The funded projects advance scientific knowledge through the publication of peer-reviewed journal articles. You may search these publications by keyword and year of publication. Publications prior to 2003 can be accessed through the National Sea Grant Library.

Fowler, AE; Blakeslee, AMH; Canning-Clode, J; Repetto, MF; Ruiz, GM; Miller, AW A baitbox for all seasons: temporal shifts in a vector's propagule supply characteristics and implications for invasion ecology Marine Ecology Progress Series 641 132410.3354/meps13303. UM-SG-RS-2020-14.

Shannon Hood, Matt Parker, Don Webster Biofouling Control Strategies: A Field Guide for Maryland Oyster Growers . UM-SG-RS-2021-04.

Porter, ET; Robins, E; Davis, S; Lacouture, R; Cornwell, JC Effects of resuspension of eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica biodeposits on phytoplankton community structure Marine Ecology Progress Series 640 7910510.3354/meps13277. UM-SG-RS-2020-15.

Chang, AL; Carlton, JT; Brown, CW; Ruiz, GM Down the up staircase: Equatorward march of a cold-water ascidian and broader implications for invasion ecology Diversity and Distributions 267 88189610.1111/ddi.13055. UM-SG-RS-2020-16.

Kraskura, K; Nelson, JA Hypoxia tolerance is unrelated to swimming metabolism of wild, juvenile striped bass (Morone saxatilis) Journal of Experimental Biology 2235 10.1242/jeb.217125. UM-SG-RS-2020-17.

Russ, E; Palinkas, C; Cornwell, J Evaluating Estuarine Sediment Provenance from Geochemical Patterns in Upper Chesapeake Bay Chemical Geology 533 11210.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.119404. UM-SG-RS-2020-01.

Harding, LW; Mallonee, ME; Perry, ES; Miller, WD; Adolf, JE; Gallegos, CL; Paerl, HW Seasonal to Inter-Annual Variability of Primary Production in Chesapeake Bay: Prospects to Reverse Eutrophication and Change Trophic Classification Scientific Reports 101 10.1038/s41598-020-58702-3. UM-SG-RS-2020-18.

Shen, XY; Su, YC; Liu, CC; Oscar, T; DePaola, A Efficacy of Vibrio parahaemolyticus depuration in oysters (Crassostrea gigas) FOOD MICROBIOLOGY 79 354010.1016/j.fm.2018.10.005. UM-SG-RS-2019-02.

Glandon, HL; Paynter, KT; Rowe, CL; Miller, TJ Resilience of Oxygen Consumption Rates in the Juvenile Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus to Future Predicted Increases in Environmental Temperature and pCO2 in the Mesohaline Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Shellfish Research 383 71172310.2983/035.038.0323. UM-SG-RS-2019-10.

Liljestrand, EM; Wilberg, MJ; Schueller, AM Estimation of movement and mortality of Atlantic menhaden during 1966-1969 using a Bayesian multi-state mark-recovery model FISHERIES RESEARCH 210 20421310.1016/j.fishres.2018.10.015. UM-SG-RS-2019-03.

Glandon, HL; Kilbourne, KH; Miller, TJ Winter is (not) coming: Warming temperatures will affect the overwinter behavior and survival of blue crab. PLOS ONE 147 11310.1371/journal.pone.0219555. UM-SG-RS-2019-11.

Scharping, RJ; Plough, LV; Meritt, DW; North, EW Low-salinity tolerance of early-stage oyster larvae from a mesohaline estuary MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 613 9710610.3354/meps12905. UM-SG-RS-2019-04.

Hornick, KM; Plough, LV Tracking genetic diversity in a large-scale oyster restoration program: effects of hatchery propagation and initial characterization of diversity on restored vs. wild reefs. Heredity 1232 9210510.1038/s41437-019-0202-6. UM-SG-RS-2019-12.

Liljestrand, EM; Wilberg, MJ; Schueller, AM Multi-state dead recovery mark-recovery model performance for estimating movement and mortality rates FISHERIES RESEARCH 210 21422310.1016/j.fishres.2018.10.014. UM-SG-RS-2019-05.

Lu, M; Herbert, ER; Langley, JA; Kirwan, ML; Megonigal, JP Nitrogen status regulates morphological adaptation of marsh plants to elevated CO2. Nature Climate Change 910 76476810.1038/s41558-019-0582-x. UM-SG-RS-2019-13.

He, K; Hain, E; Timm, A; Tarnowski, M; Blaney, L Occurrence of antibiotics, estrogenic hormones, and UV-filters in water, sediment, and oyster tissue from the Chesapeake Bay SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 650 3101310910.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.021. UM-SG-RS-2019-06.

Nelson, JA; Kraskura, K; Lipkey, GK Repeatability of Hypoxia Tolerance of Individual Juvenile Striped Bass Morone saxatilis and Effects of Social Status. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 924 39640710.1086/704010. UM-SG-RS-2019-14.

Secor, DH; Zhang, F; O'Brien, MHP; Li, M Ocean destratification and fish evacuation caused by a Mid-Atlantic tropical storm ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 762 57358410.1093/icesjms/fsx241. UM-SG-RS-2019-07.

Nesslage, GM; Wilberg, MJ A performance evaluation of surplus production models with time-varying intrinsic growth in dynamic ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 7612 2245225510.1139/cjfas-2018-0292. UM-SG-RS-2019-15.

Van Appledorn, M; Baker, ME; Miller, AJ River-valley morphology, basin size, and flow-event magnitude interact to produce wide variation in flooding dynamics Ecosphere 101 12510.1002/ecs2.2546. UM-SG-RS-2018-18.

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