Performance Report for Cooperative Agreement No: na06oar4810163 for the Period from September 1, 2006 to August 31, 2012 University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Industry Publications

*Marenghi, F., Ozbay, G., Rossi-Snook, K. and Chalabala, E.J. (2009). Restoration Program in Inland Bays Improves Ecosystems as Oyster Populations Recover. Global Aquaculture Advocate March/April: 16-17.

Ozbay, G., Marenghi, F., Rossi-Snook, K., Ewart, J. and Chalabala, E.J. (2009). Delaware Oyster Gardening and Restoration - A Cooperative Effort. YSI Application Note, YSI Aquaculture 0409 A571. 2009 YSI Inc.

Ozbay, G. (2009). Habitat Value of Oyster Culture Gear. East Coast Shellfish Growers Association Magazine 3:08: 5-7.

Aultman, T.*, M.C. Curran, and *M. Partridge. 2010. Bringing scientific inquiry alive using real grass shrimp research. NSTA Science Scope 33(7): 54-60.

Bowers, H. A., Messick, G., Hanif, A.*, Jagus, R., Carrion, L., Zmora, O., and Schott, E.J. (2010) Using the physicochemical properties of double stranded RNA to discover a reo-like virus from blue crab (Callinectes sapidus). Dis. Aquat. Org. 93:17-29.

Brinson, A.*, Die D.J., Bannerman P., and Diatta, Y. 2009. Socioeconomic performance of West African fleets that target Atlantic billfish. Fisheries Research 99: 55-62.

Chung JS, Zmora N, Katayama H, Tsutsui N., 2010 Crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) neuropeptides family: Functions, titer, and binding to target tissues, Gen. Comp. Endocrinology, 166:447-454.

Chung J.S. 2009. Hemolymph ecdysteroids during the last three molt cycles of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus: quantitative and qualitative analyses and regulation. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. ‘10 73(1):1-13.

Diatta, Y., Die, D.J. and Fitchett M. (In press.) Relative abundance indices for sailfish from the artisanal fleet from Senegal. ICCAT Col. Vol. Sci. Pap.

Die, D.J. 2009. Design and Implementation of Management Plans. Pages 205-220 in A fishery manager's handbook. Ed. K. Cohrane and S. Garcia. Wiley-Blackwell

Fay. J.* and Ozbay, G. (In Press). Evaluating Aquatic Health at Oyster Gardening Restoration Sites in the Delaware Inland Bays, USA. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society.

Graves, J.E., and A.Z. Horodysky. 2010. Asymmetric conservation benefits of circle hooks in multispecies billfish recreational fisheries: a synthesis of hook performance and analysis of blue marlin post-release survival. Fish. Bull. 108:433-441.

Haga, Y., Dominique, V.J. III*, and S.J. Du. 2009. Analyzing notochord segmentation and intervertebral disc formation using the twhh:gfp transgenic zebrafish model Transgenic Res. 18(5):669-83.

Hoover, K.M.* and M.C. Curran.  2010.  It’s easy being green.  Current: The Journal of Marine Education 26(3):18-24

Hoover, K.M*. and M.C. Curran. 2010. Trash Pie: Is your school serving. NSTA: Science and Children 47(7):54-57.

Horodysky, A.Z., R.W. Brill, E.J. Warrant, J.A. Musick, and R.J. Latour. 2010. Comparative visual function in four piscivorous fishes inhabiting Chesapeake Bay. J. Exp. Biol. 213:1751-1761.

Luers, D.F.*, Love, J.W., and G. Bath-Martin. Settlement and pigmentation of glass eels (Anguilla rostrata Lesueur) in a coastal lagoon. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 90: 19-27.

Mace, M.M.*, and M.C. Curran. 2009. Fiddlin’ around with fiddler crabs. The Journ. of Marine Education 25(2):39-46.

Marenghi, F*. Ozbay, G., Erbland, P*. and Rossi-Snook, K. (2009). Comparison of Species Composition, Diversity and Abundance in Sub-tidal and Floating Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Gear Habitat from Delaware’s Inland Bays. Aquaculture International Journal 1–11 DOI 10.1007/s10499-009-9273-3.

Marenghi, F*. and Ozbay, G. (2010). Preliminary Habitat Assessment of Floating Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Gardens (Delaware). Ecological Restoration Journal. 28(3):254-257. ISSN 152204740 E-ISSN 1543-4079.

Marenghi, F*. and Ozbay, G. (In Press). Evaluating restoration criteria for Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica aquaculture in a degraded estuary: A case study from Delaware’s Inland Bays. Restoration Ecology Journal.

Marenghi, F*. and Ozbay, G. (2010). Floating Oyster, Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791, Aquaculture as Habitat for Fishes and Macroinvertebrates in Delaware’s Inland Bays: The Comparative Value of Oyster Clusters and Loose Shell. Journal of Shellfish Research. 29(4):887-902.

McKenzie, J.F. and Ozbay, G. 2010. Viability of a Freshwater Mussel (Elliptio complanata) as a Biomechanical Filter for Aquaculture Ponds II: Effect on Aquaculture Pond Water Quality. Journal of Applied Aquaculture 22(1): 39-56.

McKenzie, J.F. and Ozbay, G. 2009. Viability of a Freshwater Mussel (Elliptio complanata) as a Biomechanical Filter for Aquaculture Ponds I: Clearance Rate of Chlorophyll-α. Journal of Applied Aquaculture.21(4): 205-214.

Mooney, B. D., de Salas, M. F., Hallegraeff, G. M., & Place, A. R. 2009. Karlotoxin production by two species of Karlodinium (Dinophyta): Algicidal activity against Karenia and ichthyotoxicity against sheepshead minnow larvae. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Harmful Algae. Hong Kong, China.

Ozbay, G., Holloway, F. Hughes, J., Ukaegbu, O.* and Dillard, C. (2010). Investigating Growth Responses, Survival, and Cellular Activities of Harmful Algal Species, Karlodinium veneficum and Prorocentrum minimum under Various Environmental Conditions: Students Harmful Algal Research Projects. Journal of Environmental Monitoring & Restoration. 6:178-192.

Ozbay, G., Lambert, M.S.* and Polioudakis, E. 2009. Sedimentation of Soils from Three Physiographic Regions of Alabama at Different Salinities. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 40(4):540-546.

Ozbay, G., Marenghi, F. and Fay, J.* 2009. The Application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Oyster Restoration (Crassostrea virginica) in Delaware Inland Bays. Journal of Environ. Monitoring & Restoration. 5:89-95.

Ozbay, G. and Jackson, M. (2010). Flow Cytometry Application in Marine Phytoplankton Study: A Case Study Investigating the Effects of Formalin Preservation on Phytoplankton Count and Cell Integrity. Journal of Biotech Research.2:79-100. ISSN: 1944-3285.

Ozbay, G., Marenghi. F. and Gibson, A. (2010). Grass-Roots Oyster Aquaculture Aids Blue Crab Fisheries, Global Aquaculture Advocate July/August: 40-41.

Patterson, M.R., A.Z Horodysky, B.W. Deffenbaugh, and R.W. Brill. 2010. Using active echo cancellation to minimize stimulus reverberations during hearing studies conducted with the auditory brain response (ABR) technique. J. Biomed. Sci. Engineer. 3(2010):861-867.

Peng, J., Place, A. R., Yoshida, W., Anklin, C., & Hamann, M. T. 2010. Structure and Absolute Configuration of Karlotoxin-2, an Ichthyotoxin from the Marine Dinoflagellate Karlodinium veneficum. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132(10), 3277–3279.

Rittschof D, Darnell MZ, Darnell KM, Goldman M, Ogburn MB, McDowell R. (In Press). Informing managers: Blue crab spawning biology and stock assessment. Proceedings of the 25th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Science Symposium, Alaska Sea Grant.

Serrano*, X., Grosell, M., and J. Serafy (2010). Salinity selection and preference of the gray snapper Lutjanus griseus: Field and laboratory observations. Journal of Fish Biology 76(7):1592-1608.

Singh-Renton, S., Die D.J. and Mohammed E. (In press). An ecosystem approach to fisheries for management of large pelagic fish resources in the caribbean large marine ecosystem. Proceedings of the Ecosystem Based Management workshop, Barbados Dec 10-12 2008.

Stevens, B. G. 2009.  Effects of epizootic shell disease on American lobsters, Homarus americanus determined using a quantitative disease index.  Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 88:25-34. 

Wejnert, K E., Thunell RC and Pride CJ. 2009. The oxygen isotope composition of planktonic foraminifera from the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California: Seasonal, annual, and interspecies variability. Marine Micropaleontology, v.74, no.1, p.29-37.

Williamson, C.J.*, P.L. Pennington, and M.C. Curran. 2009. Toxicity of synthetic pyrethroid insecticides to the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, parasitized with the bopyrid isopod, Probopyrus pandalicola. Journal of Environmental Science and Health B. 44(8): 810-816.

Zohar Y, Muñoz-Cueto JA, Elizur A, Kah O. 2010. Neuroendocrinology of reproduction in teleost fish. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 165(3):438-55.
Scientific Magazines:

Marenghi, F. Ozbay, G., Rossi-Snook, K. and Chalabala, E.J. 2009. Restoration Program in Inland Bays Improves Ecosystems as Oyster Populations Recover. Global Aquaculture Advocate March/April: 16-17.

Ozbay, G., Marenghi, F., Rossi-Snook, K., Ewart, J. and Chalabala, E.J. 2009. Delaware Oyster Gardening and Restoration - A Cooperative Effort. YSI Application Note, YSI Aquaculture 0409 A571. 2009 YSI Inc.

Ozbay, G. 2009. Habitat Value of Oyster Culture Gear. East Coast Shellfish Growers Association Magazine 3:08: 5-7.

Bowen-Stevens, S., Cox, T.M., and M.C. Curran.2011. What are Bottlenose Dolphins Doing on Land? an Activity Teaching the Scientific Method through the Unique Behavior of Strand Feeding. The American Biology Teacher. 73(7): 407–411.

Cai, W.W., H. Wang, F. Chen, T.L. Zheng. 2011. Bacteriophage influences the dynamics of toxic dinoflagellates by lysing algicidal bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (In Press).

Chung JS, Manor R, Sagi A., 2011. Cloning of an insulin-like androgenic gland factor (IAG) from the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus: implications for eyestalk regulation of IAG expression. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 147: 201-213.

Hearne, JL. and Pitula JS. 2011. Identification of Two Spliced Leader RNA Transcripts from Perkinsus marinus. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 58:266-268.

Hill RT, Fenical W. 2010. Pharmaceuticals from marine natural products: surge or ebb? Curr Opin. Biotechnol. 2010 21(6):777-9.

Horodysky, A.Z., R.W. Brill, P.G. Bushnell, J.A. Musick, and R.J. Latour. 2011. Comparative metabolic rates of common western North Atlantic sciaenid fishes. J. Fish. Biol. 79:235-255

Huang, S., S.W. Wilhelm, H.R. Harvey, K. Taylor, N.Z. Jiao, and F. Chen. 2011. Novel lineages of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus in the global oceans. ISME J (in press).

Huang, S., K. Wang, N.Z. Jiao, and F. Chen. 2011. Genome sequences of four Synechococcus siphoviruses: a new insight into the diversity of marine cyanophage. Environ. Microbiol. (in press).

Huang, S., Y.Y. Zhang, F. Chen, N.Z. Jiao. 2011. Complete genome sequence of a marine roseophage provides evidence into the evolution of gene transfer agent in alphaproteobacteria. Virology Journal. (in press).

Jiao, N., G.J. Herndl, D.A. Hansell, R. Benner, G. Kattner, S.W. Wilhelm, D.L. Kirchman, M.G. Weinbauer, T.W. Luo, F. Chen, and F. Azam. 2011. The microbial carbon pump and the oceanic recalcitrant dissolved organic matter pool. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. (in press).

Johnson A.K., Bediako, B.*, and E. Wirth. 2011. Metal concentrations in monkfish, Lophius americanus from the northeastern USA. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 177(1-4): 385-297.

Kan, J. T.E. Hanson, and F. Chen. 2011. Synchronicity between population structure and proteome profiles: A metaproteomic analysis of Chesapeake Bay bacterial communities. In: Frans J. de Bruijn (ed.). Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I: Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches. (in press).

Montalvo N.F.*, Hill R.T., 2011. Sponge-Associated Bacteria are Strictly Maintained in Two Closely-Related but Geographically Distant Sponge Hosts. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. Aug. Epub.

Ogburn MB, Stuck KC, Heard RW, Wang SY, Forward RB Jr. (2011). Seasonal variability in the morphology of blue crab Callinectes sapidus megalopae and early juvenile stage crabs and distinguishing characteristics among co-occurring Portunidae. Journal of Crustacean Biology 31:106-113.

Rittschof D, Darnell MZ, Darnell KM, Goldman M, Ogburn MB, McDowell R. 2010. Estimating relative abundance of the female blue crab spawning stock in North Carolina. In: GH Kruse, GL Eckert, RJ Foy, RN Lipcius, B Sainte-Marie, DL Stram, and D Woodby (eds.). Biology and Management of Exploited Crab Populations under Climate Change. Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Santos, R.O.*, Lirman, D., and J.E. Serafy. 2011. Quantifying freshwater-induced fragmentation of submerged aquatic vegetation communities using a multi-scale landscape ecology approach. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 427: 233-246.

Serrano, X.* , Serafy, J. and M. Grosell, M. (2011). Osmoregulatory capabilities of the gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus: salinity challenges and field observations', Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology.

Van Wagoner, R.M., Deeds, J.R., Tatters, A. O., Place, A.R., Tomas, C. R., and Wright, J.L.C. (2010). Structure and Relative Potency of Several Karlotoxins from Karlodinium veneficum. J. Natural Products 73(8): 1360–1365

Wang, K., K.E. Wommack, F. Chen. 2011. Inter-annual survey in the Chesapeake Bay: Abundance and distribution of Synechococcus and cyanophages. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (in press).

Weinbauer, M., F. Chen, S. Wilhelm. 2011. Virus mediated redistribution and partitioning of carbon in the global oceans. pp. 54-55. In: Jiao et al. (ed). Microbial Carbon Pump in the Ocean. Science/AAAS, Washington, DC.

Zhang, R. and F. Chen. 2011. The Largest Gene Engineering Factory - Microbial Gene Transfer in the Ocean. The 10,000 Scientific Challenges. Scientific Publisher, Inc. Beijing, China.


Appendix V
Appendix Va: Leveraged funding from NOAA to LMRCSC institutions (Sept. 1, 2006 – Aug. 31, 2007)

Author	Funding Agency	Title of Project	Start/End Date	Amount
Schott, E.	NOAA-COL	NOAA-COL partnership on advanced molecular technologies to conduct nucleotide based research on marine pathogens of interest in Chesapeake Bay	06/01/06-05/31/07	$50,000
A.K. Johnson (UMES)	NOAA-Monkfish Set-Aside Program	Biology of large Monkfish	5/1/06 – 4/30/07	$79,357
David J. Die	NOAA NMFS	Center for independent experts	12/2002- 12/ 2007	$3,311,000 ($662,200 for 2006-2007)
David J. Die	NOAA NMFS	Habitat of shallow water groupers	7/2001-6/2009	$ 135,071 ($16,883.88 for 2006-2007)
Malik Watkins, Dionne Hoskins (SSU)	NOAA EPP Program	Habitat Restoration and Land Use Monitoring Using GIS Technology: A Student Training Program	1Oct05-30Sept10	$492,978 ($98,595.60 for 2006-2007)
Dionne Hoskins	NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center	SSU Coast Camp for Youth	June, 2007	$4,000
TOTAL (2006 – 2007)				$911,036