{"id":5428,"date":"2024-10-14T14:05:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T18:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/?page_id=5428"},"modified":"2025-12-11T13:53:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T17:53:24","slug":"lydia-clark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/fy21\/cohort-4-fy21\/lydia-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"Lydia Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOAA-EPP LMRCSC\u00a0Masters\u00a0Fellow<\/strong><br><em>M.S., Marine Estuarine Environmental Science<\/em><br><strong>University of Maryland Eastern Shore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lydia Clark aims to evaluate the effects of environmental stressors, such as rising temperatures and heat waves, on ecologically and economically important species in the Maryland Coastal Bays. Because of the shallow nature of the lagoons and absence of deep areas with cooler waters to serve as thermal refuge, some fish species utilizing the lagoons as nursery areas, especially in the summer months, are vulnerable to projected changes in the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Understanding the influence of environmental changes in nursery areas on fish survival and recruitment to the adult population is essential and should be taken into consideration in stock assessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/research-themes\/\">Research theme<\/a>: Stock Assessment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/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\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NERTO Project Title:&nbsp;<\/strong>Examining trophic interactions to explain common trends in Northern shrimp (<em>Pandalus borealis<\/em>) abundance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOAA Mentor:&nbsp;<\/strong>Brian Smith, M.Sc., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/about\/northeast-fisheries-science-center\">Northeast Fisheries Science Center<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Academic Advisors:&nbsp;<\/strong>Dr. Paulinus Chigbu<\/p>\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\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\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\u00a0Masters\u00a0FellowM.S., Marine Estuarine Environmental ScienceUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore Lydia Clark aims to evaluate the effects of environmental stressors, such as rising temperatures and heat waves, on ecologically and economically important species in the Maryland Coastal Bays. Because of the shallow nature of the lagoons and absence of deep areas with cooler waters 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-4-fy21\/lydia-clark\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Lydia Clark<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1739,"featured_media":0,"parent":5151,"menu_order":1,"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-5428","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5428","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\/1739"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5428\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=5428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}