{"id":3534,"date":"2022-10-19T14:46:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T18:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/?page_id=3534"},"modified":"2026-01-14T15:58:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:58:25","slug":"kayland-huckaby","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/fy21\/cohort-1-fy21\/kayland-huckaby\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayland Huckaby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOAA-EPP LMRCSC&nbsp;Doctoral&nbsp;Graduate<\/strong><br><em>Ph.D., Marine Estuarine and Environmental Science<\/em><br><strong>University of Maryland Eastern Shore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kayland Huckaby is an LMRCSC Ph.D. Fellow working under the supervision of mentor Dr. Paulinus Chigbu on a collaborative project with NOAA SEFSC dealing with assessment of diet and trophic interactions of Forage Species in the northern Gulf. The study will be complementary to the SEFSC\u2019s ongoing project on variations in the condition and energy densities of forage species in relation to latitude, season and year in the Gulf. Her career plans include research in diet studies, conservation, and fisheries science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/research-themes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Research Theme:<\/a><\/strong> Healthy Habitats<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NOAA LMRCSC Fellows attain the NOAA Core Competencies detailed in&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2024\/02\/NOAA-Core-competency-rubric.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">this rubric<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NERTO Project Title:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Diet and trophic level analysis of groundfish species in the northern Gulf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOAA Mentors:&nbsp;<\/strong>Drs. Glenn Zapfe &amp; Frank Hernandez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Academic Advisor:&nbsp;<\/strong>Dr. Paulinus Chigbu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Publications\/Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Huckaby K<\/strong>, Mullins C, White R, Sayre B, Younkin J, Witiak S. VA. 2023. Comparison Study of Coupled vs. Decoupled Aquaponic System: Crop Quantity and Quality. Presented at American Fisheries Society 153rd Annual Meeting. August 19-24, 2023. Grand Rapids, MI. Oral Presentation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-color-bg-alt-color has-css-opacity has-color-bg-alt-background-color has-background is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/10\/LMRCSC-Logo100.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/10\/LMRCSC-Logo100.png 100w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/10\/LMRCSC-Logo100-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center<br>University of Maryland Eastern Shore (Lead Institution)<br>(410) 651-7870<br>Award numbers: FY 2021 Award #NA21SEC4810005<br>Funding Agency:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/office-education\/epp-msi\">NOAA Educational Partnership Program (EPP\/MSI)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOAA-EPP LMRCSC&nbsp;Doctoral&nbsp;GraduatePh.D., Marine Estuarine and Environmental ScienceUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore Kayland Huckaby is an LMRCSC Ph.D. Fellow working under the supervision of mentor Dr. Paulinus Chigbu on a collaborative project with NOAA SEFSC dealing with assessment of diet and trophic interactions of Forage Species in the northern Gulf. The study will be complementary to&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/fy21\/cohort-1-fy21\/kayland-huckaby\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Kayland Huckaby<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":0,"parent":3483,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-3534","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3534\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=3534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}