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

Gilligan, M. R.; Byus, F.; Robinson, L.; Vergun, J. R. (2007). Will Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes

Literacy Efforts Help Build A Diverse and Innovative Ocean Workforce? American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting 4-9 February 2007, Sante Fe, NM.

Gonsalves*, L., and E.B. May (2006). Prey availability and essential fatty acid composition: How diet shifts affect the integrity of the immune system and overall health status of striped bass (Morone saxatilis). Fourth National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program Education and Science Forum. Tallahassee, FL. Oct 31-Nov 2, 2006

Gonsalves*, L. (2006). Professor Fish: Using home aquariums to teach young students biology and stewardship. Fourth National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program Education and Science Forum. Tallahassee, FL. Oct 31-Nov 2, 2006

Gonsalves, L*. Down by the riverside: Practical mechanisms for introducing students to fisheries science. Fifteenth Annual Mid-Atlantic HBCU Science Research Day. University of Maryland Eastern Shore. April 12, 2007.

Hagey,* Z., S. Lloyd, and C. Pride (2006). Summer Influence on Stratification, Dissolved Oxygen Concentration, and the Phytoplankton Community of the Wilmington River Estuary, Savannah, GA. Southeastern Estuarine Research Society (SEERS) meeting; 19-21Oct06; Savannah, GA

Hall, D., Lin, Z., Robledo, J.A.F., and G. Vasta (2006). Search for Pm//Nramp2 polymorphisms in the oyster parasite perkinsus marinus. Fourth National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program Education and Science Forum. Tallahassee, FL. Oct 31-Nov 2, 2006

Henderson, N.D.*, Cox, L., and R. Hannigan. Distinguishing between anthropogenic and biogenic organics in black shale draining streams. Fifteenth Annual Mid-Atlantic HBCU Science Research Day. University of Maryland Eastern Shore. April 12, 2007.

Hughes, J. L. and Ozbay, G. Comparisons of Prorocentrum minimum and Karlodinium veneficum Growth in Cell Culture Flasks of Varying Surface Areas under the Same Light Regime. Delaware State University, 34^rd Annual Honors Day. March 28, 2007

Jackson, M., Hughes, J., Munyei, N., Reiter, M., Whereat, E.B., Farestad, M., and G. Ozbay (2006). Temperature and salinity dependent phytoplankton profile in St. Jones River watershed, Delaware. Fourth National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program Education and Science Forum. Tallahassee, FL. Oct 31-Nov 2, 2006

Joshi, B. and Jagus, R. (2006): Comparative analyses of 4E-BP family members. Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Translational Control, September, 2006.

Joshi, B., Richardson*, M. A. and Jagus, R. (2006): Interferon-upregulated eIF2-kinases in fish. Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Translational Control, September, 2006.

Joshi, B. and Jagus, R.: Comparative analyses of eIF4E family members in fish, 8th International Marine Biotechnology Conference, Eilat Israel, March 2007.

McHenry, M., Suchar, V.A. and Chigbu, P. (2006). The effects of triclosan on marine algae species. Abstract of a Poster presented at the NOAA EPP Educational and Research Conference at Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, October 31 to November 2, 2006.

Miller, J., T. West, K. Buzby, K. Semmens, A. Lazur and D. McIntosh. Use of Aquaponics as a secondary crop and effluent treatment in ponds, raceways and recirculating tank systems. American Society for Horticultural Science. Scottsdale, Arizona. July, 2007,

Nagle*, L., Place, A., Jagus, R., Messick, G. Schott, E., and Pitula, J.S. (2006): A Real-time quantitative PCR-based assay for enhanced detection of Hematodinium sp. Infection and tissue invasion in the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus). NOAA-EPP Meeting, Florida A & M University, October, 2006.

Nance, A.*, Hollowman, E., and M. Newman. Mercury exposure through seafood consumption: A probabilistic risk assessment. Fifteenth Annual Mid-Atlantic HBCU Science Research Day. University of Maryland Eastern Shore. April 12, 2007.

Newhard, J.J., J. Love, and J. Gill.. Spatial and temporal patterns of fish distribution in Blackwater River drainage. NCBO Fisheries Science Symposium, Laurel, MD. April 2007

Nguluwe*, B.S., Johnson, A.K., Lang, K., and A. Richards. Comparison of two methods of aging monkfish: Vertebrae vs illicia. Fifteenth Annual Mid-Atlantic HBCU Science Research Day. University of Maryland Eastern Shore. April 12, 2007.

Oliver*, G. Diet and co-occurrence of smooth and spiny dogfish. Fifteenth Annual Mid-Atlantic HBCU Science Research Day. University of Maryland Eastern Shore. April 12, 2007.

Page,* J.W., and M.C. Curran. (2006). The Top Five Finfish Species Observed as Bycatch in the Commercial Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) Fishery in Georgia. Southeastern Estuarine Research Society (SEERS) meeting; 19-21Oct06; Savannah, GA

Palevich, O., Abraham, E., Gothilf, Y. & Zohar, Y.: Molecular regulation of GnRH neural migration in zebrafish, 8th International Marine Biotechnology Conference, Eilat Israel, March 2007.

Parrish, A., and C. Williams. (2006). Monitoring water quality in the Hampton River. Fourth National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program Education and Science Forum. Tallahassee, FL. Oct 31-Nov 2, 2006

Patterson, R. Plant propagation of submerged aquatic vegetation. Fifteenth Annual Mid-Atlantic HBCU Science Research Day. University of Maryland Eastern Shore. April 12, 2007.

Reyes-Tomassini*, J. J. and Zohar, Y.: Analysis of Dominance Hierarchies in Seabream, Sparus aurata, a Protandrous Hermaphrodite. American Fisheries Society 137th Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 2007.

Schott, E. J., Messick, G., & Place, A. R., Aspects of the Molecular Biology of the blue crab parasite, Hematodinium sp. 32^nd Eastern Fish health Conference, Gettysburg, PA. June 19-21, 2007.

Schott, E.J., Jennings*, K., Murphy*, S., Nagle*, L., Place, A.R., Pitula, J., L., Messick, G., and Jagus, R. (2007). Application of Q-PCR to monitor dynamics of Hematodinium sp. in experimental and field studies of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) 8th International Marine Biotechnology Conference, Eilat Israel, March 2007.

Scoville,* N., L. Middleton, A. Edwards, and C. Franklin (2006). Brown Mosaics – An Early Stage of Marsh Dieback? Southeastern Estuarine Research Society (SEERS) meeting; 19-21Oct06; Savannah, GA

Serrano*, Xaymara, Martin Grosell, David J. Die, Joe Serafy. (2006). Ecophysiology of the Gray Snapper: Relationships between Salinity and Temperature. Presented at the NOAA-EPP Education and Science Forum, Tallahassee, Florida, October 29 – November 1, 2006.

Shoop*, J., Love, J., and A.K. Johnson. (2006). Distribution and abundance of Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrranus) within the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay watersheds: Impacts of land development, salinity and prey abundance. Fourth National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program Education and Science Forum. Tallahassee, FL. Oct 31-Nov 2, 2006

Speaks*, C.M., Brill, R., and P. Bushnell. (2006). The effect of magnets on the feeding behavior of sandbar sharks (Carcharinus plumbeus). Fourth National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program Education and Science Forum. Tallahassee, FL. Oct 31-Nov 2, 2006

Speaks, C.M.*, Brill, R., and P. Bushnell. The effect of magnets on the feeding behavior of sandbar sharks (Carcharinus plumbeus). Fifteenth Annual Mid-Atlantic HBCU Science Research Day. University of Maryland Eastern Shore. April 12, 2007.

Taylor, D.L.*, Love, J.W., Johnson, A.K., and J. Shoop*. The composition and diversity of phytoplankton communities of the Chesapeake Bay watershed as related to the planktivorous Atlantic menhaden. Fifteenth Annual Mid-Atlantic HBCU Science Research Day. University of Maryland Eastern Shore. April 12, 2007.

Ukaegbu*, O., McKenzie, J. F., and Ozbay, G. Water Quality in Relation to Freshwater Mussel Density (Elliptio complanata) and Aquaculture Pond Water Management. University of Delaware Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, August 8, 2007

Wafula*, D.N., J.E. Brofft, and M. Frischer (2006). Ecological Significance of nasA Gene Diversity in Marine Heterotrophic Bacteria. Southeastern Estuarine Research Society (SEERS) meeting; 19-21Oct06; Savannah, GA

Walker, A., and R. Jagus. (2006). Novel approach for the assessment of fish diet. Fourth National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program Education and Science Forum. Tallahassee, FL. Oct 31-Nov 2, 2006

Watkins, J., Chigbu, P., Tchounwou, P.B., Farah, I., Sims, M., Ruple, D., & Woodrey,

M. (2006). Assessment of the macrobenthic invertebrate abundance and distribution in three Mississippi Gulf Coast Bayous. Abstract of a Poster presented at the NOAA EPP Educational and Research Conference at Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, October 31 to November 2, 2006.

Williams, J., Chigbu, P., Tchounwou, P.B., Farah, I., Woodrey, M. & Ruple, D. (2006). A comparative study of heavy metal contamination in three Mississippi Gulf Coast area Bayous. Abstract of a Poster presented at the NOAA EPP Educational and Research Conference at Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, October 31 to November 2, 2006.

Williams, K.D.*, and J.S. Pitula. Cloning and enzymatic activity of an aconitase orthologue from Perkinsus marinus. Fifteenth Annual Mid-Atlantic HBCU Science Research Day. University of Maryland Eastern Shore. April 12, 2007.

Willett*, N., Fox, D., Wetherbee, B., Bradley, M., and N. Kohler. (2006). Site fidelity and habitat utilization of neonate and juvenile sandbar sharks in Delaware Bay. Fourth National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program Education and Science Forum. Tallahassee, FL. Oct 31-Nov 2, 2006


Appendix IIIb: Oral Presentations (*Students) September 1, 2007 to August 31, 2008

Abdul*, N A. & C.J. Pride. Glacial-interglacial variability of the Benguela current system, SW Africa (ODP leg 175, site 1084) using multiple paleoceanographic proxies. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, March 2-7, 2008, Orlando, FL

Alade*, L., Cadrin, S.X., Miller, T., & E.B. May. A simulation-based approach for assessing the performance of a yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) movement-mortality mode. 138^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Ottawa, Canada. August 17-21, 2008.

Alade, L*., Cadrin, S., Miller, T., May, E.B. (2007). Evaluating a movement-mortality model through simulation. 137^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. San Francisco, CA. September 2-6, 2007.

Anuszewski, E. W.* and May, E.B. (2007). Characterization of the Recreational Fisheries of the Maryland Coastal Bays. 137^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. San Francisco, CA. September 2-6, 2007.

Aultman*, T., & M.C. Curran. Promoting Ocean Literacy Within the General Science Curricula: Using Marine Science Data and Examples to Teach Standard Science Concepts. NMEA Savannah, GA July 2008.

Bembe*, S., Chung, J.S., Hines, A., Johnson, E., Lipcus, R., Place, A., Stubblefield, J., Zmora, O., Zohar, Y. Blue Crab Advanced Research Consortium (BCARC) to Enhance the Fishery. First Annual American Fisheries Society UMES Student Subunit Science Symposium. UMES. March 28, 2008.

Brinson*, A. & D.J. Die. Addressing Poverty and Fisheries: A Livelihoods Approach. 138^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Ottawa, Canada. August 17-21, 2008.

Brinson* A. & D.J. Die. Socioeconomics of Billfish Management. Senegalese Sport fishing federation, Dakar, Senegal, July 2008.

Brinson* A. Developing socioeconomic indicators for billfish management. NMFS-NEFSC, Woods Hole. July 2008.

Burrell*, C. Managing Manganese in Drinking Water: an Assessment For Microbes and Metals. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Orlando, FL. March 1, 2008.

Burrell*, C. Managing Manganese in Drinking Water: an Assessment for Microbes and Metals, Hampton University Research Symposium, Hampton VA, March 14, 2008, First Place Undergrad. Oral Award

Cairns*, C. M., Fox, D. A., Bailey, L. L., & K. W. Shertzer. The role of fishing pressure in structuring American eel population dynamics in the St. Jones River, DE. Annual Meeting of the Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference. Galloway, NJ. April 2008.

Christensen, B A., Wiltsey, C., Pride, C., Castner, A., Bohlen, S., Cooper, S., & L. Peart. Ocean of opportunity: using ocean drilling sediment cores to improve ocean literacy. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, March 2-7, 2008, Orlando, FL

Compton*, S S. & C. Pride. Density and distribution of benthic forminifera at four stations along the Georgia continental shelf. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, March 2-7, 2008, Orlando, FL. Honorable Mention award (platform presentation) from the Southern Association of Marine Laboratories

Corbin*, R. Habitat preference of coastal fishes and macroinvertebrates in coastal lagoons of Maryland. Tidewater Chapter Meeting American Fisheries Society. March 7-8, 2008.

Corbin*, R. Habitat Preference of Juvenile Fishes and Crabs in Maryland’s Coastal Bays. First Annual American Fisheries Society UMES Student Subunit Science Symposium. UMES, March 28, 2008.

Curran, M C., Aultman*, T, Fogleman, T., & H. Schaffner. Incorporating real data in K-12 activities: the development of ocean literate students using shrimp, flounder, and marsh lessons. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, March 2-7, 2008, Orlando, FL.

Curran M. C., Aultman* T., Fogleman T., & H. Schaffner. Developing ocean literate students using data from flounder and marsh research NMEA Savannah, GA (July 2008)

Day*, R. Early Season Depletion of Oxygen in the Bottom Waters of the Chesapeake Bay. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL. March 2-7, 2008.

Die D.J. & C. Parker. Review of status of large pelagic fish. CRFM annual assessment workshop, Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, June 2008.

Die. D.J., Trepido, E., & M. Kolber. Development of the Marine Health Initiative program. Health Ministry of the Dominican Republic, Sto Domingo July 2008.

Fox, D. and Brown, L.M. (2007). The role of the endangered species act in North American sturgeon conservation. 137^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. San Francisco, CA. September 2-6, 2007.

Fox, D. A. Life in a hostile environment: Plight of the Delaware River Atlantic sturgeon. University of California Davis. Davis, CA. (Invited Oral Presentation- July 2008)

Fox, D. A., Savoy, T., & J. Manderson. A large-scale collaborative approach to telemetry in the eastern US: the Atlantic Cooperative Telemetry (ACT) Network. Monterey, CA. September 2008.

Fox, D. A., Cairns*, C. M., Bailey, L. L., & K. W. Shertzer. The role of fishing pressure in structuring American eel population dynamics in the St. Jones River, DE. Joint Annual Meeting of American Soc. of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and American Elasmobranch Soc. Montreal, ON, Canada. July 2008

Garland, A. The role of fisheries heritage in historical ecology: a case study from the Albemarle Sound Region, North Carolina. 138^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Ottawa, Canada. August 17-21, 2008. Presented by Dr. Eric May.

Garland, A., May, E.B., and Mitchell, L. (2008). Public Archaeology in Historical Ecology. 2008. Society for Historical Archaeology. Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology Albuquerque, New Mexico January 9-12, 2008.

Gilligan, M R. Marine labs and majority underrepresented institutions can build partnerships that increase underrepresented minority participation in the marine sciences. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL. March 2-7, 2008.

Gonsalves, L.*, & A. Johnson. Worcester County Eastern Shore Restoration and Education Program. First Annual American Fisheries Society UMES Student Subunit Science Symposium. UMES. March 28, 2008.

Hightower, J. E., Magowan, K.J., Brown, L.M. and Fox, D.A. 2007. Estimating anadromous fish abundance using a DIDSON multibeam sonar.  Alden Research Laboratory, Holden, Massachusetts.

Hoskins, D L. The SSU coast camp: A novel approach to increase diversity in marine science. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL. March 2-7, 2008.

Hoskins, D L. Building Literacy in Underrepresented Groups. NMEA Savannah, GA. July 2008.

Johnson, A. K., Richards, A., Cullen, D.*, Nguluwe, B.*, and Lang, K. (2007). Biology of Large Monkfish, Lophius Americanus. International Conference for the Exploration of the Sea Annual Science Conference. Helsinki, Finland. September 16-21, 2007.

Johnson, A.K., Richards, R.A., Cullen, D.W.*, Nguluwe, B.S.*, & K. Lang. Aspects of the biology of large monkfish in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. 138^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Ottawa, Canada. August 17-21, 2008.

Kleisner*, K., D.J. Die & J. F. Walter III. Modeling the spatial autocorrelation of pelagic fish catch rates. Fourth International Symposium in GIS/ Spatial Analyses in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences. Rio Janeiro, August 2008.

Love, J., Chigbu, P. and May, E.B. (2007). Interannual climatic variation influences dispersal of transient coastal fish species: consequences to assemblage dynamics and ecosystem management. 137^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. San Francisco, CA. September 2-6, 2007.

Love, J.W., Newhard*, J.J., & J. Gill. Fish diversity and distribution in the Blackwater River drainage (Chesapeake Bay watershed). 5^th Annual Science Meeting of the Chesapeake Marshlands Complex. April 9, 2008.

Love, J.W. & P.D. Chase. Geometric morphological differences distinguish populations of scup, Stenotomus chryosps Linnaeus in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean.  Presented at annual meeting for the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Montreal, Canada. July 24-29, 2008.

Love, J.W., Birch, D., Cole, W., Cornwell, J., Gill, J., Guy, C., & C. Poukish. 2008.  Annual report of the biological subgroup of the Little Blackwater technical advisory board.  Presented at the annual Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge stakeholders meeting, Cambridge, Maryland.

Love, J.W., Gill, J., & J.J. Newhard*. Saltwater intrusion impacts fish diversity and distribution in the Blackwater River drainage (Chesapeake Bay watershed): Effects on freshwater fish populations. 138^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Ottawa, Canada. August 17-21, 2008.

Luers*, D.F. Factors influencing growth and pigmentation in settling glass stage American Eels Anguilla rostrata). 138^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Ottawa, Canada. August 17-21, 2008.

May, E. Recreational fishing and tourism a changing landscape. 138^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Ottawa, Canada. August 17-21, 2008.

McIntosh, D., Fox, D.A. and G. Ozbay, G. 2008. The Aquatic Sciences Program at Delaware State University. Aquaculture America 2008 Book of Abstracts, Lake Buena Vista, FL.

Moore*, J. E., Fox, D. A., Wetherbee, B. M., & C. T. McCandless. Patterns of habitat use and residency for sand tiger sharks (Carcharias taurus) in Delaware Bay. Joint Annual Meeting of American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and American Elasmobranch Society. Montreal, ON. July 24-29, 2008

Morvan*, D.A. Cultivable bacteria associated with harmful brown tide. 93^rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Milwaukee, WI. August 3-8, 2008.

Newhard, J.*, Gill, J. and Love, J. (2007). Drowning Wetlands and Impacts on Diadromous Fishes: Blackwater River Drainage (Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Maryland, U.S.A.). 137^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. San Francisco, CA. September 2-6, 2007.

Newhard*, J.J. Effects of Latitude and Depth on Fish Species Diversity of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Joint Meeting of the American Soc. of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Montreal, Canada. July 24-29, 2008.

Partridge* M., & M.C. Curran. The Effect of the Parasite Probopyrus pandalicola on the Swimming Endurance of the Grass Shrimp Palaemonetes pugio. SEERS Charleston, SC. March 2008.

Reyes-Thomassini*, J., & Y. Zohar. Dominance Hierarchies in seabream (Sparus aurata) during two different stages of gonad development. First Annual American Fisheries Society UMES Student Subunit Science Symposium. UMES, March 28, 2008

Schott, E. Applications of biotechnology to aquaculture, fisheries, and environmental science: Molecular detection of blue crab pathogens. Delaware State University. College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dept. Seminar. Invited Seminar. March, 2008.

Schott, E., Hanif*, A., & G. Messick. Making use of the rRNA genes of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) parasite, Hematodinium sp.” Invited presentation. Eastern Fish Health Workshop. Atlantic Beach. NC. April 2008

Simpson*, P. C. & D. A. Fox, Understanding juvenile Atlantic sturgeon habitat use in the Delaware River. Annual Meeting of the North East Fish and Wildlife Conference. Galloway, NJ. April, 2008.

Simpson*, P. C. & D. A. Fox, Understanding juvenile Atlantic sturgeon habitat use in the Delaware River. Annual Meeting of the Tidewater Chapter of the American Fisheries Soc. Gloucester, VA. March 2008.

Stiell*, B. The Distribution of Anaerobic Polychlorinated Biphenyl Dechlorinators in the Baltimore Harbor ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL. March 2-7, 2008.

Stiell*, B., Kjellerup, B. & Sowers, K. Diversity and Abundance of anaerobic PCB dechlorinating bacteria in Baltimore Harbor sediments. 108th ASM Meeting, Boston, June 2008.

Taibe, V.*, Chambers, R.C., Davis, D., and Wirgin, I. (2007). Population differences in early life-stage toxicity in Atlantic tomcod, Microgadus tomcod, to PCB congeners. 137^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. San Francisco, CA. September 2-6, 2007.

Washington, A.P. From the Classroom to the Field: The Impact of Experiential Learning in the Sciences. First Annual American Fisheries Society UMES Student Subunit Science Symposium. UMES. March 28, 2008.

Willet*, N. A., Fox, D. A., & B. M. Wetherbee. Not all nursery areas are created equal: the importance of small scale nursery habitat for Delaware Bay sandbar sharks. Joint Annual Meeting of American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and American Elasmobranch Society. Montreal, ON. July, 2008.

Williams, J.* (2007). Tracking Water and Soil Quality in the Maumee River and Watershed using GIS and Remote Sensing. Estuarine Research Federation meeting, November 4 – 8, 2007. Providence, RI.

Williams*, J. Impacts of Land Cover and Usage on Water Quality in Western Lake Erie Watersheds, ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL. March 2-7, 2008. Second Place Award.

Williams*, J. Impacts of Land Cover and Usage on Water Quality in Western Lake Erie Watersheds, Hampton University Research Symposium, Hampton VA, March 14, 2008

Wilkerson*, C. Comparison of Nekton Utilization of Three Intertidal Habitats in the Hampton River (Chesapeake Bay). ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL. March 2-7, 2008.

Abdul*, N A; Pride, C J; Glacial-Interglacial Variability of the Benguela Current System, SW Africa (ODP LEG 175, SITE 1084) Using Multiple Paleoceanographic Proxies. Ocean Sciences 2008 (ASLO) Meeting Orlando, FL 2 – 5 March 2008

Allen*, L*. The effects of pbde-47 on the benthic amphipod, Leptocheirus plumulosus, and polychaete, Streblospio benedicti: a brief overview. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, March 2-7, 2008, Orlando, FL.

Bakht*, H. B., May, E.B., & J.S. Pitula. Isolation and Partial Purification of Bacteriocin-Like Compound from a probiotic species Lactobacillus rhamnosus. First Annual American Fisheries Society UMES Student Subunit Science Symposium. UMES. March 28, 2008.

Bediako, B.*, Johnson, A.K. and Wirth, E. (2007). Determination of metal contaminants in Monkfish, Lophius americanus. International Conference for the Exploration of the Sea Annual Science Conference. Helsinki, Finland. September 16-21, 2007.

Bediako*, B., Johnson, A.K., & E. Wirth. Determination of metal concentrations in monkfish, Lophius americanus. First Annual American Fisheries Society UMES Student Subunit Science Symposium. UMES. March 28, 2008.

Black, R.* (2007). Diet Habits and Trophic Interactions of Species in Maryland's Coastal Bays. 137^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. San Francisco, CA. September 2-6, 2007.

Booker*, T., & P. Chigbu. Effects of Garcinia sp. Dietary Supplement on Growth, Food Consumption, and Hematological Parameters of Rainbow Trout. First Annual American Fisheries Society UMES Student Subunit Science Symposium. UMES. March 28, 2008.

Brady*, M. G., Cairns, C. M., & D. A. Fox. Prevalence of parasitism by a non-native nematode, Anguillicola crassus, in Delaware American eel. Annual Meeting of the Tidewater Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Gloucester, VA, March 2008.

Brinson* A. & D.J. Die. Allocation decisions and the consequences to artisanal fishing communities that target atlantic billfish. FAO conference on coping with global change in marine social-ecological systems. Rome Jul 2008.

Burrell*, C.Managing Manganese in Drinking Water: an Assessment for Microbes and Metals. Mid-Atlantic HBCU Research Day, UMES, April 8, 2008

Cullen*, D.W., Johnson, A.K., Richards, R.A., & K. Lang. Comparing Age and Growth Estimates for Large Monkfish (Lophius americanus V.) using Illicium and Vertebral Ageing Methods. First Annual American Fisheries Society UMES Student Subunit Science Symposium. UMES. March 28, 2008.

Cullen*, D.W., Richards, R.A., & A.K. Johnson. The influence of temperature on monkfish (Lophius americanus V.): historical distribution based on bottom trawl survey data. 138^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Ottawa, Canada. August 17-21, 2008.

Currie*, A., Jeffers, C., & R. Jagus. Comparative Analyses of eIF4E-Family Members In Fish. First Annual American Fisheries Society UMES Student Subunit Science Symposium. UMES. March 28, 2008.

Cooley*, C P. & M.C. Curran. Use of clove oil and carbon dioxide as an anesthetic for the grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL. March 2-7, 2008.

Davis, J.* (2007). Characterization of Novel Sponge-Associated Bacteria from the Barrel Sponge, Xestospongia muta. Estuarine Research Foundation meeting, Nov. 4 – 8, 2007. Providence, RI.

Davis*, J., Montalvo, N. M.* and R. T. Hill. Characterization of novel sponge-associated bacteria from the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL. March 2-7, 2008.

Davis*, J. Characterization of Novel Sponge-Associated Bacteria from the Barrel Sponge. Mid-Atlantic HBCU Research Day, UMES, April 8, 2008

Donaldson, J. Using Q-PCR to identify Hematodinium Sp. In Environmental Samples. LMRCSC Student research day. UMBI-COMB, Baltimore, MD. August 8, 2008.

Gillespie*, K.M., Watts, J.E.M., and K.R. Sowers. Enrichment of a PCB dehalorespiring bacterium from Baltimore Harbor sediments that reductively dechlorinates 3, 5 dichlorobiphenyl. First Annual American Fisheries Society UMES Student Subunit Science Symposium. UMES. March 28, 2008.

Gillespie*, K.M., Watts, J.E.M., and K.R. Sowers. Enrichment of a PCB dehalorespiring bacterium from Baltimore Harbor sediments that reductively dechlorinates 3, 5 dichlorobiphenyl. 108^th meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Boston, MA. June, 2008.

Gonsalves, L.* (2007). Down by the Riverside: Practical Strategies to Introduce Students to Fisheries Science. 137^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. San Francisco, CA. September 2-6, 2007.

Hampton*, J. L.., Clark, J. H., Fox, D. A., Blank, G. S., and D. M. McIntosh. Long term tag retention and post-implantation survival rates of weakfish (Cynoscion regalis). Annual Meeting of the Tidewater Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Gloucester, VA, March 2008.

Hanif*, A., Williams, K.*, Pitula, J.S., Messick, G., Jagus, R., and E. Schott. DNA Based Monitoring Of The Blue Crab Parasite Hematodinium Spp in The Chesapeake Bay. First Annual American Fisheries Society UMES Student Subunit Science Symposium. UMES. March 28, 2008.

Hanif*, A. Using Q-PCR to identify Hematodinium Sp. In Environmental Samples. LMRCSC Student research day. UMBI-COMB, Baltimore, MD. August 8, 2008.

Love, J.W. and Chase, P. (2007). Stock Identification of Scup in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean based on morphological characteristics. 137^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. San Francisco, CA. September 2-6, 2007.

Luers, D.F.* (2007). Transport of American eels (Anguilla rostrata) into Chincoteague Bay (Maryland, USA). 137^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. San Francisco, CA. September 2-6, 2007.

Luers*, D.F. Settlement of American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) in Tidal Creeks of Newport Bay, MD. Tidewater Chapter Meeting American Fisheries Society. March 7-8, 2008.

Luers*, D.F. Settlement of American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) in Tidal Creeks of Newport Bay, MD. First Annual American Fisheries Society UMES Student Subunit Science Symposium. UMES. March 28, 2008.

McGeachy*, C. Benthic Analysis of Buck Island Reef National Monument (St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands): Corals vs. Algae. NOAA Headquarters. Silver Spring, MD.

McIntosh*, D. M. Integrating Aquatic Plant and Finfish Aquaculture. SARE 2008 National Conference. St. Louis, MO, March 2008.

Moore*, J. E., Fox, D. A., Wetherbee, B. M., and C. T. McCandless. New insights into habitat use and timing of residency for sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) in Delaware Bay. Annual Meeting of the Tidewater Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Gloucester, VA. March 7-8, 2008.

Montalvo*, N.F., and R. T. Hill. 2008. Identification of specific bacterial symbionts in the giant barrel sponges, Xestospongia muta and Xestospongia testudinaria: "From the watershed to the global ocean". ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL. March 2-7, 2008.

Montalvo*, N.F., and R.T. Hill. Molecular Characterization of Bacterial Symbionts of Marine Sponges. First Annual American Fisheries Society UMES Student Subunit Science Symposium. UMES. March 28, 2008.

Morvan*, D., Zhoa, Y., Wang, K and F. Chen. Sixteenth Annual Mid-Atlantic HBCU Science and Research Day, UMES, April, 2008.

Newhard*, J.J. Do freshwater habitats enhance growth of juvenile white perch (Morone Americana) (Gmelin)? Tidewater Chapter Meeting American Fisheries Society. March 7-8, 2008.

Newhard*, J.J. Do freshwater habitats enhance growth of juvenile white perch (Morone americana)(Gmelin)? First Annual American Fisheries Society UMES Student Subunit Science Symposium. UMES. March 28, 2008.

Newhard*, J.J. Do freshwater habitats enhance growth of juvenile white perch (Morone americana)? 138^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Ottawa, Canada. August 17-21, 2008.

Nguluwe*, B., Johnson, A., Abraham, E. & Y. Zohar. Effects of chicken litter on early brain development and reproduction in zebrafish. Sixteenth Annual Mid-Atlantic HBCU Science Research Day, UMES, April, 2008.

Okhuereigbe, A. O.*, Shi, Q, and Chung, S. (2007). The presence and role of trehalose in response to stress in the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus). Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Austin, Texas, Nov 2007.

Okhuereigbe, A. O.*, Shi, Q, and Chung, S. (2008). The presence and role of trehalose in response to stress in the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus). Student Research Day Annapolis Feb 2008.

Okhuereigbe*, A. O., Shi, Q, & S. Chung. The presence and role of trehalose in response to stress in the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus). Sixteenth Annual Mid-Atlantic HBCU Science Research Day, UMES, April, 2008.

Partridge*, M., & M.C. Curran. The effect of the parasite Probopyrus pandalicola on the swimming endurance of the grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio. Southeastern Estuarine Research Society (SEERS) Charleston, SC 13-14, March 2008. Best Graduate Student Poster.

Serrano*, X., Serafy, J., Die, D., and M. Grosell. Ecophysiology of the gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus): salinity challenges and choices in the laboratory. 138^th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Ottawa, Canada. August 17-21, 2008.

Stiell*, B. The Distribution of Anaerobic Polychlorinated Biphenyl Dechlorinators in the Baltimore Harbor. Sixteenth Annual Mid-Atlantic HBCU Science and Research Day, UMES, April 8, 2008

Wieczorek, D., Draxler, A. F. J., Deshpande, A. D., Waguespack, Y. Y., Chambers, R. C., and Cleary, T.H. (2007). Effects of sediment contaminants on winter flounder in estuaries along the east coast of the United States. International Conference for the Exploration of the Sea Annual Science Conference. Helsinki, Finland. September 16-21, 2007.

Williams*, J. Impacts of Land Cover and Usage on Water Quality in Western Lake Erie Watersheds. Sixteenth Annual Mid-Atlantic HBCU Science and Research Day, UMES, April 8, 2008

Williamson*, C., Pennington, P.L., and M.C. Curran. Toxicity of synthetic pyrethroid insecticides on the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, parasitized with the bopyrid isopod, Propobyrus pandalicola. Southeastern Estuarine Research Society (SEERS) Charleston, SC 13-14 March 2008. Best Undergraduate Student Poster.