TAB Archive

Principal Investigators and Project Titles

Andrea K. Johnson (UMES)
Organic contaminants in monkfish, Lophius americanus

Jessica Miller (OSU)
Temperature effects on pre- and post-settlement processes in Gulf of Alaska northern rock sole (Lepidopsetta polyxystra)

Bradley Stevens (UMES)
Development of in-situ assessment and observation methods for black sea bass, Centropristis striata

Adam Tulu (UMES-Student), Rosemary Jagus (IMET), Ali Ishaque (UMES)
Characterization of Microgadus tomcod CYP19A aromatase

Heather Wolfer (UMES-Student), Andrea K. Johnson (UMES)
Temperature preferences of Atlantic croaker under hypoxic and normoxic conditions

Diego Lirman (RSMAS)
The role of seascape characteristics of submerged aquatic vegetation as fisheries habitat

Andrij Horodysky (HU)
Sensory ecology of Atlantic sturgeon: ecophysiological auditory and visual performance measures

Al Place (IMET)
Taurine – the missing ingredient for development of fish free diets for aquaculture

Deidre Gibson (HU)
Feeding and growth of doliolids as related to food concentration and temperature: Toward a model of doliolid population dynamics

Joseph Pitula (UMES)
Diversity of Hematodinium sp. in the Maryland Coastal Bay ecosystem

Eric Schott (IMET)
Monitoring pathogens of blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) along a climatological and latitudinal gradient

Stacy Smith (DSU)
Using otolith elemental analysis to classify natal grounds of spawning summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, and spot, Leiostomus xanthurus

Principal Investigators and Project Titles

Andrew Baker (RSMAS)
Do elevated nutrients increase the susceptibility of essential reef fish habitat to climate change stressors?  A field experiment in the Florida Keys using novel genetic tools

Dwight Ebanks (RSMAS) 
Influence of Aqueous hypercapnia on cobia, Rachycentron canadum, pre-fertilization and larval stages of development

Tao Gong (UMES) 
Socioeconomic factors affecting entry-stay-exit behavior of the blue crab fishers in the Chesapeake Bay

Selina Heppell (OSU) 
Analysis of variability in foraging ecology and juvenile growth to improve an assessment model for loggerhead sea turtles

Andrea Johnson (UMES)
Organic Contaminants in monkfish, Lophius americanus

Diego Lirman (RSMAS) 
The role of seascape characteristics of submerged aquatic vegetation as fisheries habitat

Jessica Miller (OSU) 
Evaluating the effects of prey quality on tissue lipids, taurine and growth in juvenile Chinook salmon (Onchorynchus tshawytscha) with a controlled feeding study

Joseph Pitula (UMES)
Dinoflagellate Community Structure within a Maryland Coastal Bay Ecosystem

Eric Schott (IMET) 
Understanding the interaction of probiotic and pathogenic bacteria in oyster larvae hatchery culture

Bradley Stevens (UMES)
Augmenting the Black Sea Bass, Centropristis striata, Stock Assessment:  Assessing the importance of fixed and fluid estuarine habitats

Bradley Stevens (UMES) 
Development of in-situ assessment and observation methods for black sea bass, Centropristis striata, Year 3

Gill Sylvia (OSU) 
Modeling Spatial-Temporal Fishing Effort of the West Coast Salmon Fishery

Principal Investigators and Project Titles

Michael Banks (OSU)
Microsatelite Markers Isolation (EST-SSR’s) for Association Tests of Reproductive Phenotypes (GnRH, FSH and LH) in the Context of Environmental Variability for Chinook Salmon

Tao Gong (UMES)
Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Entry-stay-exit Behavior of the Blue Crab Fishermen in Maryland

Selina Heppell (OSU)
Analysis of variability in foragaing ecology and juvenile growth to improve an assessment model for loggerhead sea turtles (Year 2)

Andrij Horodysky (HU)
Effects of temperature and feed type on gastric evacuation of aquacultured pompano (Trachinotus carolinus)

Jessica Miller (OSU)
Trophic Ecology of Forage Fishes: Linking Primary Productivity to Fisheries Production in the Northern California Current

Joe Pitula (UMES)
Dinophysis sp. In the Maryland Coastal Bay Ecosystem

Al Place (UMCES/IMET)
Diet and feeding of menhaden using molecular identification based on cox1 and 18S sequences

Eric Schott (UMCES/IMET)
Understanding the interaction of probiotic and pathogenic bacteria in oyster larvae hatchery culture

Bradley Stevens (UMES)
Improving management of deep-sea red crabs (Chaceon quinquedens): Reproductive biology, maturity, and stock structure

Bradley Stevens (UMES)
Augmenting the Black Sea Bass, Centropristis striata, Stock Assessment, Year 2: Assessing the importance of fixed and fluid estuarine habitats

Shari Wiley (HU)
Effects of climate change and anthropogenic stressors on piscivore-planktivore trophic interaction

Crystal Smith (SSU)
Profile of EPS-Producting bacteria and diatoms in coastal Georgia sediments

Principal Investigators and Project Titles

Michael Banks (OSU)
Microsatelite Markers Isolation (EST-SSR’s) for Association Tests of Reproductive Phenotypes (GnRH, FSH and LH) in the Context of Environmental Variability for Chinook Salmon

Jennifer Gut (SSU)
Potential Impacts of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) on the temporal and spatial patterns of fish assemblages near the mouth of the Savannah River, Georgia

Ammar Hanif (UMCES/IMET)
Analyzing diets of Atlantic menhaden using metabarcoding

Andrij Horodysky (HU)
Comparison of NOAA Montlake meal and Otohime feed performance in aquacultured pompano: feed ration, feed frequency, feed conversion ration, and feed efficiency.

Andrea Johnson (UMES)
RNA-DNA Ratios as Indicators of Ecosystem Health; metrics to determin the impact of land-use on fish habitat

Andrea Johnson (UMES)
Analysis of Stranding Demographics and Contaminants in Marine Mammals from Coastal Maryland and the
Chesapeake Bay

Jessica Miller (OSU)
Ocean acidification effects on ecology of juvenile northern rock sole

Jolvan Morris (SSU)
Place Attachment and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the Sea Islands: A Case Study of Endangered Culture

Eric Schott (UMCES/IMET)
Searching the coastal bay food web for reservoirs of a virus lethal to blue crab Callinectes sapidus

Bradley Stevens (UMES)
Improving management of deep-sea red crabs, Chaceon quinquedens, Year 2: Reproductive biology, maturity, and age estimation

Bradley Stevens (UMES)
Augmenting the Black Sea Bass, Centropristis striata, Stock Assessment, Year 3: Assessing the importance of fixed and fluid estuarine habitats

Leigh Torres (OSU)
Integrating habitat, prey and predators over space and time to assess distributional responses to environmental variability and climate change: California sea lions and their pelagic prey off Oregon and Washington