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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.
Flowers, EM; Bachvaroff, TR; Warg, JV; Neill, JD; Killian, ML; Vinagre, AS; Brown, S; Almeida, A; Schott, EJ Genome sequence analysis of CsRV1: A pathogenic reovirus that infects the blue crab Callinectes sapidus across its trans-hemispheric range. Frontiers in Microbiology 7126 1910.3389/fmicb.2016.00126. UM-SG-RS-2016-21.
Johnson, T; Kaushal, S; Mayer, P; Smith, R; Sivirichi, G. Nutrient Retention in Restored Streams and Rivers: A Global Review and Synthesis. Water 84 11614310.3390/w8040116. UM-SG-RS-2016-03.
Houde, ED; Annis, ER; Harding, LW; Mallonee, ME; Wilberg, MJ Factors affecting the abundance of age-0 Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) in Chesapeake Bay. ICES Journal of Marine Science 739 2238225110.1093/icesjms/fsw063. UM-SG-RS-2016-20.
Weitzell, RE; Kaushal, SS; Lynch, LM; Guinn, SM; Elmore, AJ Extent of Stream Burial and Relationships to Watershed Area, Topography, and Impervious Surface Area Water 811 12210.3390/w8110538. UM-SG-RS-2016-29.
Close, S; Fisher, D; Yagatich, W; Galli, A Evaluating the environmental effectiveness of grassroots environmental stewardship organizations in Maryland, USA. Watershed Science Bulletin 18. UM-SG-RS-2016-19.
Liu, CC; Mou, J; Su, YC Behavior of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes in Raw Yellowfin Tuna during Cold Storage FOODS 51 1910.3390/foods5010016. UM-SG-RS-2016-27.
Gelesh, L; Marshall, K; Boicourt, W; Lapham, L Methane concentrations increase in bottom waters during summertime anoxia in the highly eutrophic estuary, Chesapeake Bay, USA Limnology and Oceanography 61 25326610.1002/lno.10272. UM-SG-RS-2016-30.
Mueller, P; Hager, RN; Meschter, JE; Mozdzer, TJ; Langley, JA; Jensen, K; Megonigal, JP Complex invader-ecosystem interactions and seasonality mediate the impact of non-native Phragmites on CH4 emissions. Biological Invasions 189 2635264710.1007/s10530-016-1093-6. UM-SG-RS-2016-18.
Mozdzer, TJ; Langley, JA; Mueller, P; Megonigal, JP Deep rooting and global change facilitate spread of invasive grass. Biological Invasions 189 2619263110.1007/s10530-016-1156-8. UM-SG-RS-2016-17.
Gurbisz, C; Kemp, WM; Sanford, LP; Orth, RJ Mechanisms of Storm-Related Loss and Resilience in a Large Submersed Plant Bed. Estuaries and Coasts 394 95196610.1007/s12237-016-0074-4. UM-SG-RS-2016-16.
Fowler, AE; Blakeslee, AMH; Canning-Clode, J; Repetto, MF, Phillip, AM; Carlton, JT; Moser, FC; Ruiz, GM; Miller, AW Opening Pandora's bait box: a potent vector for biological invasions of live marine species. Diversity and Distributions 221 304210.1111/ddi.12376. UM-SG-RS-2016-02.
Flowers, EM; Simmonds, K; Messick, GA; Sullivan, L; Schott, EJ PCR-based prevalence of a fatal reovirus of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun) along the northern Atlantic coast of the USA. Journal of Fish Diseases 396 70571410.1111/jfd.12403. UM-SG-RS-2016-15.
Zhang, Q; Hirsch, RM; Ball, WP Long-Term Changes in Sediment and Nutrient Delivery from Conowingo Dam to Chesapeake Bay: Effects of Reservoir Sedimentation. Environmental Science & Technology 504 1877188610.1021/acs.est.5b04073. UM-SG-RS-2016-13.
Song, XP; Sexton, JO; Huang, CQ; Channan, S; Townshend, JR Characterizing the magnitude, timing and duration of urban growth from time series of Landsat-based estimates of impervious cover Remote Sensing of Environment 175 11310.1016/j.rse.2015.12.027. UM-SG-RS-2016-31.
Zhang, Q; Ball, WP; Moyer, DL Decadal-scale export of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment from the Susquehanna River basin, USA: Analysis and synthesis of temporal and spatial patterns. Science of the Total Environment 563 1016102910.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.104. UM-SG-RS-2016-12.
Kaushal, SS; McDowell, WH; Wollheim, WM; Newcomer Johnson, TA; Mayer, PM; Belt, KT; Pennino, MJ Urban evolution: the role of water. Water 78 4063408710.3390/w7084063. UM-SG-RS-2015-08.
Ray, NE; Terlizzi, DE; Kangas, PC Nitrogen and phosphorus removal by the Algal Turf Scrubber at an oyster aquaculture facility Ecological Engineering 78 273210.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.04.028. UM-SG-RS-2015-26.
Millette, NC; Stoecker, DK; Pierson, JJ Top-down control by micro- and mesozooplankton on winter dinoflagellate blooms of Heterocapsa rotundata. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 76 152510.3354/ame01763. UM-SG-RS-2015-07.
Beaulieu, JJ; Golden, HE; Knightes, CD; Mayer, PM; Kaushal, SS; Pennino, MJ; Arango, CP; Balz, DA; Elonen, CM; Fritz, KM; Hill, BH Urban stream burial increases watershed-scale nitrate export. PLoS ONE 107 11410.1371/journal.pone.0132256. UM-SG-RS-2015-06.
Huang, P; Woodward, RT; Wilberg, MJ; Tomberlin, D Management evaluation for the Chesapeake Bay blue crab fishery: an integrated bioeconomic approach. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 352 21622810.1080/02755947.2014.986342. UM-SG-RS-2015-05.
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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
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.
