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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.
Newcomer, TA; Kaushal, SS; Mayer, PM; Shields, AR; Canuel, EA; Groffman, PM; Gold, AJ Influence of natural and novel organic carbon sources on denitrification in forest, degraded urban, and restored streams. Ecological Monographs 824 44946610.1890/12-0458.1. UM-SG-RS-2012-15.
Falahatkar, B; Sotoudeh, E; Lazur, AM Evaluation of Artemia and formulated diets on performance of Persian sturgeon Acipenser persicus larvae. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 285 70971210.1111/j.1439-0426.2012.02038.x. UM-SG-RS-2012-29.
Julian, JP; Elmore, AJ; Guinn, SM Channel head locations in forested watersheds across the mid-Atlantic United States: A physiographic analysis. Geomorphology 177 19420310.1016/j.geomorph.2012.07.029. UM-SG-RS-2012-12.
Barse, AM; Bullard, SA Redescription and new host record of Capsala laevis (Monogenoidea: Capsalidae: Capsalinae) from gill of roundscale spearfish, Tetrapturus georgii (Perciformes: Istiophoridae) in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Parasitology 984 73574510.1645/GE-3093.1. UM-SG-RS-2012-07.
Pagadala, S; Parveen, S; Rippen, T; Luchansky, JB; Call, JE; Tamplin, ML; Porto-Fett, ACS Prevalence, characterization and sources of Listeria monocytogenes in blue crab (Callinectus sapidus) meat and blue crab processing plants. Food Microbiology 312 26327010.1016/j.fm.2012.03.015. UM-SG-RS-2012-16.
Long, WC; Gamelin, EF; Johnson, EG; Hines, AH Density-dependent indirect effects: apparent mutualism and apparent competition coexist in a two-prey system. Marine Ecology Progress Series 456 13914810.3354/meps09702. UM-SG-RS-2012-21.
Bickford, WA; Baldwin, AH; Needelman, BA; Weil, RR Canopy disturbance alters competitive outcomes between two brackish marsh plant species. Aquatic Botany 103 232910.1016/j.aquabot.2012.05.006. UM-SG-RS-2012-08.
Place, AR; Bowers, HA; Bachvaroff, TR; Adolf, JE; Deeds, JR; Sheng, J Karlodinium veneficum: the little dinoflagellate with a big bite. Harmful Algae 14 17919510.1016/j.hal.2011.10.021. UM-SG-RS-2012-17.
Martino, EJ; Houde, ED Density-dependent regulation of year-class strength in age-0 juvenile striped bass (Morone saxatilis). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 693 43044610.1139/F2011-149. UM-SG-RS-2012-28.
Matsche, MA; Markin, E; Donaldson, E; Hengst, A; Lazur, A Effect of chloride on nitrite-induced methaemoglobinemia in Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus (Mitchill). Journal of Fish Diseases 3512 87388510.1111/j.1365-2761.2012.01418.x. UM-SG-RS-2012-19.
Peer, AC; Selckmann, GM; Miller, TJ A standardized method and analytical approach for predicting female reproductive stage in teleosts by using ovary color and female characteristics. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 1414 1036104410.1080/00028487.2012.681103. UM-SG-RS-2012-24.
Harrison, MD; Groffman, PM; Mayer, PM; Kaushal, SS Nitrate removal in two relict oxbow urban wetlands: a N-15 mass-balance approach. Biogeochemistry 11113 64766010.1007/s10533-012-9708-1. UM-SG-RS-2012-25.
Zoll, AM; Schijf, J A surface complexation model of YREE sorption on Ulva lactuca in 0.05-5.0 M NaCl solutions Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 97 18319910.1016/j.gca.2012.08.022. UM-SG-RS-2012-30.
Sivirichi, GM; Kaushal, SS; Mayer, PM; Welty, C; Belt, KT; Newcomer, TA; Newcomb, KD; Grese, MM Longitudinal variability in streamwater chemistry and carbon and nitrogen fluxes in restored and degraded urban stream networks. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 132 28830310.1039/c0em00055h. UM-SG-RS-2011-03.
Kim, D; Lipton, D A comparison of the economic performance of offshore and inshore aquaculture production systems in Korea. Aquaculture Economics and Management 152 10311710.1080/13657305.2010.549165. UM-SG-RS-2011-10.
Campfield, PA; Houde, ED Ichthyoplankton community structure and comparative trophodynamics in an estuarine transition zone. Fishery Bulletin 1091 119. UM-SG-RS-2011-04.
Webster, D Education. Shumway, SE, ed. Shellfish Aquaculture and the Environment. Wiley-Blackwell. Chapter 16 447459. UM-SG-RS-2011-15.
Kaushal, SS; Groffman, PM; Band, LE; Elliott, EM; Shields, CA; Kendall, C Tracking nonpoint source nitrogen pollution in human-impacted watersheds Environmental Science & Technology 4519 8225823210.1021/es200779e. UM-SG-RS-2011-11.
Gruber, RK; Hinkle, DC; Kemp, WM Spatial patterns in water quality associated with submersed plant beds. Estuaries and Coasts 345 96197210.1007/s12237-010-9368-0. UM-SG-RS-2011-05.
Rust, MB; Barrows, FT; Hardy, RW; Lazur, A; Naughten, K; Silverstein, J The future of aquafeeds. NOAA/USDA Alternative Feeds Initiative 1103. UM-SG-RS-2011-12.
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Nina Santos
Nina Santos is a Ph.D. student at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. For her dissertation, she is focused on small shrimp-like crustaceans called mysids – an understudied yet important part of many estuarine and coastal food webs.
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.
