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Hadley, N., M. Bobo, D. Richardson, L. Coen and D. Bushek. Use of specific pathogen-free (SPF) oysters to measure growth, mortality, and onset of MSX and Dermo disease in South Carolina. Nat’l Shellfisheries Assoc. Ann. Mtg., Baltimore, MD, Apr. 14-18, 1996. J Shellfish Research, 15(2):496, 1996. (abstract)

Chintala, M., K. A. Alcox, S. E. Ford and D. Bushek. Cultured and natural Perkinsus marinus cells: A possible mechanism for virulence differences. Milford Aquaculture Seminar, Milford CT, Feb, 1995. J. Shellfish Res., 14(1): 240. 1995. (abstract)

NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture: Streamlining biosecurity management in the context of East Coast molluscan shellfish transfers. Sep 2014 – Aug 2016. $266,989. Co-PI with R Carnegie, L Calvo, R Rheault, D Bouchard and M Nelson

NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture: Minimizing risks of Vibrio bacteria in farm-raised oysters grown in mid-Atlantic intertidal environments. Oct 2014 – Sep 2016. $372,735. PI with T Ben-Horin, L Calvo, K Reece and C Audemard

Add NRAC Aquaculture Studies

NSF REU Supplement: Development of a theoretical basis for modeling disease processes in marine invertebrates. Jun 2014 – May 2015. $20,884. Co-PI with E Hoffman

US ACOE: Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project: 2014 water quality and oyster monitoring study. April 2014 – March 2015. $491,236. PI with W Burton

NJDEP: Strategies for Flooding Risk Reduction for Vulnerable Coastal Populations in Salem and Cumberland Counties along Delaware Bay. Aug 2013-Feb 2014. $119,212. Co-PI with G. Guo and R Lathrop.

US ACOE: Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project: 2013 water quality and oyster monitoring study. May 2013 – May 2014. $409,484. PI with W Burton

NSF EEID Program: Development of a theoretical basis for modeling disease processes in marine invertebrates. Jun 2012 – May 2016. $1,280,133. Co-PI with E. Hofmann, X Guo, D Haidvogel, E Powell.

Barnegat Bay Partnership: Sea Nettle histology service contract. Jul 2013- Oct 2013. $3,600. PI

NJSG: Comparative analysis of bivalve clearance rates for restoration management. Jul 2012 – Jun 2013. $5,000. PI with Amanda Wenczel.

NJ Div Fish and Wildlife: Delaware Bay Shellplanting for ATHOS I restoration. Jul 2011 – Dec 2016. $38,747.

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: Sea level rise adaptation in the Delaware Estuary using living shorelines – identifying potential opportunities at selected vulnerable areas. June 2011 – Feb 2012. PI on subcontract from PDE $29,999

Dupont Clear Into the Future: Developing methods to integrate ribbed mussels into living shorelines to protect and enhance Delaware Bay marshes. April 1, 2011 – March 31, 2012. $25,000.

EPA: Development and Implementation of an Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Program for the Different Tidal Wetlands of the Delaware Estuary. Aug 2009 - Mar 2011. PI on service contract from The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary for $9,500.

EPA: Development and Implementation of an Integrated Tidal Wetlands Monitoring and Assessment Program in the Barnegat Bay and Delaware Estuaries (New Jersey - Coastal Plan Region.) Oct 2009 - Nov 2011. PI on subaward from the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary for $36,500.

USDA Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center: Novel methodologies to over-winter cultured hard clams in the Northeast U.S.” Sep 1, 2010 to May 31 2013. $199,546. coPI with J Kraeuter, B Beal, M Bricelj, G Flimlin and C. Zarnoch

Dupont Clear Into the Future: The role of predators and scavengers in controlling oyster disease in Delaware Bay. June 2010 – December 2010. $15,000

USFWS: Delaware Estuary Living Shorelines Initiative (DELSI) for Creation of Fish Habitat and Stabilization of Erosion Along Eroding Marsh Edges. Oct 1, 2009 – Dec 30, 2010. PI on $6,000 service agreement from the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary.

East Coast Shellfish Research Institute: Assessing the impacts of harvest of aquacultured clams on seafloor habitat and benthos. Sep 2008 – Oct 2010. $164,124. Co-PI with M. Luckenbach and J Kraeuter.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Enhancement of Intertidal Shellfish Communities Along Erosional Marsh Edges: Phase 2. Mar 1, 2009 – Oct 31, 2010. $22,030 sub-contract from the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary. Co-PI with Danielle Kreeger.

NJ DOT: Garden State Parkway Widening Project MP30 to MP 80/Mullica River Bridge Shellfish Monitoring Plan. Jun 1, 2008 – Jan 1, 2011. $155,193. Co-PI with R Chant and J Normant.

USDA Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center: Evaluation of putatively QPX-resistant strains of northern hard clams using field and genetic studies. Jun 1, 2008 to Nov 30 2011. $96,485 sub-contract from MBL coPI with J Kraeuter, S Lindell, and S Roberts

USDA Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center: Jun 2008 – May 2010 $150,000 ($46,030 sub-Contract from University of Maine). Investigations into the potential health and economic benefits of bivalve-finfish co-culture. Co-PI with I Bricknell, D Bouchard, S Dixon-Molloy, R Pomeroy, S Ford, and B Landau

NSF REU Supplement: Collaborative Research: Field and Modeling Studies in Support of Understanding Disease Resistance in Estuarine Populations and Response to Climate Change. Summer 2009. $15,390. co-PI with D Haidvogel.

NSF REU Supplement: Collaborative Research: Field and Modeling Studies in Support of Understanding Disease Resistance in Estuarine Populations and Response to Climate Change. Summer 2008. $14,000. co-PI with D Haidvogel.

New Jersey Marine Science Consortium: Shoreline stabilization and ecosystem enhancement of eroding marsh habitats using intertidal reef communities. Feb 1, 2008 to Jan 31, 2010. $40,000. PI with D Kreeger.

NJAES Hatch Award: Investigating a novel parasite in hard clams to facilitate policy decisions on interstate transfer of shellfish for aquaculture and research. Jan 1- Jun 30, 2008. $5,000. PI: David Bushek

NSF REU Supplement: Collaborative Research: Field and Modeling Studies in Support of Understanding Disease Resistance in Estuarine Populations and Response to Climate Change. Summer 2007. $12,000. co-PI with D Haidvogel and X Guo.

NSF-Ecology of Infectious Diseases: Collaborative Research: Field and Modeling Studies in Support of Understanding Disease Resistance in Estuarine Populations and Response to Climate Change. $1,180,514. Sep 1, 2006 – Aug 30, 2011. Co-PI with D. Haivogel, X. Guo, E. Powell and J. Wilkin.

New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute. Restored oyster reef habitat use by the American Eel (Anquilla rostrata) in the Lower Delaware Bay. $4,984. PI: Jaclyn Taylor, coPI: David Bushek

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Enhancement of shellfish communities along erosional marsh edges. $47,196. Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2008. Co-PI with Danielle Kreeger.

USDA Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center: Evaluation and Genetic Analysis of Hard Clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, Stocks for QPX Resistance. $71,173. Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2008. Co-PI with J. Kraeuter, X. Guo, S. Ford, R. Smolowitz, G. Flimlin, W. Walton and G. Mathis.

National Sea Grant Oyster Disease Research Program: Enhanced growth and disease resistance of the eastern oyster by interstrain hybridization and triploidy. $398,594. Jun 1, 2005 – May 31, 2007. co-PI with Y Wang and X Guo

National Sea Grant Oyster Disease Research Program: Mapping Dermo-resistant genes for marker-assisted selection in the eastern oyster. $366,493. Jun 1, 2005 – May 31, 2007. Co-PI with X. Guo and S. Ford

National Sea Grant Gulf Oyster Industry Program: Analysis of molecular indicators of oyster’s responses to Dermo infections using microarray technology. $185,801 Jun 1, 2005 – May 31, 2007. Co-PI with J Liu, X Guo

Rutgers University Research Council: Oyster restoration methods for lower Delaware Bay. $2,400. July 1, 2006 – May 1, 2007. PI

New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute: The Potential Impact of the Asian Isopod, Synidotea laevidorsalis (Miers 1881), on the Delaware Bay, USA. $2,000. Jan 1, 2006 – May 31, 2007. Student advisee’s grant support (S. Boyd).

New Jersey Oyster Industry Science Steering Committee: Dermo, Mortality and Growth Monitoring on Delaware Bay Seed Beds. $95,991 since 2004, 2006 funding: $45,110. Funding period Mar to Feb, annually. PI.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Preliminary assessment of the effects of Delaware Bay water and a putative endocrine disrupting compound on horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) using proteomics and observation of embryonic development and survival. $24,500. March 16, 2005 to Sep 15, 2006. PI with Brian Marsh (USFWS) and Pete Van Veld (VIMS)

NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office: Fertilization interference between Crassostrea ariakensis and Crassostrea virginica. $104,984. December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2006 PI with Ximing Guo and Greg DeBrosse.

NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office: A histological investigation of oyster parasites and pathology in three Chinese estuaries containing varying mixtures of coexisting oyster species, including Crassostrea ariakensis. $113,786. December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2007. PI with Drs. Susan Ford and Ximing Guo.

USDA ARS ERRC: Specific Cooperative Agreement -- Field Testing of a New Vibrio Detection Assay. $56,000. April 1, 2004 – September 15, 2006. co-PI with Gary Richards, USDA ARS Dover worksite.

The Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology: Development of an Automated Mapping Technique for Monitoring and Managing Shellfish Distributions. $245,491. July 1, 2002 – June 30, 2004. Co-PI with Steve Schill, Dwayne Porter and Loren Coen.

NOAA Estuarine Reserves Division Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force: Using the National Estuarine Research Reserve System platform to prevent and control invasions by exotic decapod crabs. $76,400. July 1, 2002 – December 31, 2003. PI of Record.

NOAA Urbanization and Southeastern Estuarine Systems (USES) Program: PI for sub-study on shellfish disease with Dwayne Porter. $282,258. September 1, 1996 – August 30, 2004.

South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium: Workshop on remote sensing of intertidal shellfish populations. $1,000. May-July 2003. Co-PI with Drs. L. Coen (SCDNR MRRI) and R. Grizzle (UNH)

National Sea Grant Gulf Oyster Industry Program Project #OD-99-47: The Carribbean oyster: genetic resource for American oyster culture? $72,115. Oct. 1, 1999 - Sept. 31, 2001. Co-PI with John Scarpa (HBOI)

National Sea Grant Oyster Disease Research Program Project #R/OD-1: The influence of ecological processes on the transmission of Perkinsus marinus: dispersal dilution and host filtration. $143,200. Sep. 1, 1997 – May 30, 2000. Lead PI with Drs. L. Coen (SCDNR MRRI) and R. Dame (CCU)

National Sea Grant Oyster Disease Research Program Project #R/OD-2: Molecular genetic analysis of Perkinsus marinus: comparisons of among laboratory isolates and natural populations. $188,954. Sep. 1, 1997 - Aug. 31, 1999. Lead PI with Drs. K. Reece and J. Graves (VIMS)

SCDNR MRFAB: Detection and quantification of the oyster pathogen Perkinsus marinus in cultch material used to establish oyster reefs for recreational harvesting. $4,947. Jul. 1, 1997 - Jun. 30, 1998. Co-PI with Mr. B. Anderson (SCDNR OFM)

South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium Project #P/M-2g: Polyclonal rabbit anti-P. marinus antiserum cross-reactivity with dinophyceae: Evolutionary implications and potential for a broad spectrum detection assay. $12,300. Jan. 1, 1997 - Dec. 31, 1997. Lead PI with Dr. A. Lewitus (USC) and Mr. C. Dungan (MD DNR)

SCDNR MRRI: An examination of oyster reefs as “biologically-critical” habitat: Oyster diseases. $8,490. Sep. 1, 1996 - Aug. 31, 1998. Sub-contract on grant to Drs. L. Coen and E. Wenner (SCDNR MRRI)

South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium Project #P/M2A: Tolerance of Perkinsus marinus to Chlorination. $7,852. Jan. 1, 1996 - Aug. 31, 1996. Lead PI.

NSF-RUI Project #DEB-950957: The role of oyster reefs in the structure and function of tidal creek systems. $237,000. Jan. 1, 1996 to Dec. 31, 2000 Co-PI with Drs. D. Allen, D. Edwards, A. Lewitus, B. Kjerfve, J. Schubauer-Berrigan of USC and Drs. R. Dame, E. Koepfler of CCU – Total award $700,000.

NOAA/NMFS Oyster Disease Research Program Project #NA57FL0042: Effect of in vitro and in vivo passages on virulence of Perkinsus marinus. $94,553. Dec. 1, 1994 to Dec. 31, 1996. Co-PI with Dr. Susan Ford (Rutgers)

NOAA/NMFS Oyster Disease Research Program Project #NA47FL0153: Infectivity of cultured Perkinsus marinus. $79,500. May 1, 1994 to Mar. 31, 1996. Co-PI with Dr. Susan Ford, Rutgers University

NOAA/NMFS Oyster Disease Research Program Project #NA47FL0162: Population genetics of Perkinsus marinus. Sub-contract: $20,075. Total Award: $120,620. Jul. 1, 1994 to Dec. 31, 1995. Co-PI with Drs. J Graves (VIMS)

NOAA/NMFS Oyster Disease Research Program Project #NA26FL0381: Resistance of Crassostrea virginica to Perkinsus marinus isolates: A foundation for breeding and management. $77,656. Nov. 1, 1992 to Apr. 30, 1994. Co-PI with Dr. S.K. Allen, Jr. (Rutgers)

Leslie and Mabel Stauber Fund, Biology Dept., Rutgers University: Dermo Disease in American Oysters: Relative resistance of geographically distinct oyster populations. $1500. Jan. 1, 1992 to Dec. 31, 1992

New Jersey Sea Grant: Dermo Disease in American Oysters: Do races of Perkinsus marinus exist? $3,280. Oct. 21, 1991 to Sep. 30, 1992. Co-PI with Dr. SK. Allen, Jr. (Rutgers)

University of Houston Coastal Science Center: Determinants of the horizontal zonation between the American oyster Crassostrea virginica and the ivory barnacle Balanus eburneus in Galveston Bay, Texas. $2,440. Jun. 1986 to Aug. 1986 Co-PI with Dr. GM. Wellington, (U. of Houston)

NJSG: Sea Grant Aquaculture Extension 2010: Delaware Bay and Southern NJ. Jan 2010 – Jan 2015. $195,992

Dupont Clear Into the Future: Graduate Student Fellowship. September 1, 2012 – August 31, 2013. $35,000.

Dupont Clear Into the Future: Graduate Student Fellowship. September 1, 2011 – August 31, 2012. $30,000.

Dupont Clear Into the Future: Project PORTS: Community-Based Oyster Restoration and Habitat Valuation. June 1, 2011 – September 30, 2012. Co-PI with M. DeLuca and L. Calvo. $24,997.

NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve System Graduate Research Fellowship: The relationship between ribbed mussel (Geukensia demissa) density and salt marsh shoreline erosion. June 1, 2010 – May 31, 2011,. $20,000.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Delaware Estuary Watershed Grants Program Project PORTS: Promoting Oyster Restoration Through Schools. Jan 1, 2008 to Dec 31 2008. $60,813. PI with L Calvo

Cumberland County Improvement Authority. Project PORTS: Promoting Oyster Restoration Through Schools - Shell Recycling For Oyster Habitat. Jan 1- Dec 31 2008. $32,000. PI with L. Calvo

Clear into the Future: A DuPont Delaware Estuary Initiative. Graduate Student Fellowship Program Planned Program of Study at Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory. July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008. $25,000.

NSF DBI-0224759: FSML – Improving and expanding nutrient analysis at the Baruch Marine Field Laboratory. $45,000. December 1, 2002 – November 30, 2003.

USC COSM Computer Advisory Committee. Meeting undergraduate student course and research needs at the Baruch Marine Field Laboratory. $6,400. January 1, 2003 – Aug 31, 2003. Lead PI with Dr. M. Fletcher

NSF DBI-9907650: FSML – A state-of-the-art water level measurement system for the Baruch Marine Field Laboratory. $23,500. January 1, 2000 – December 31, 2001. Lead PI with Ginger Matthews and Robert Gardner.

USC COSM Computer Advisory Committee. Student Computers for the Baruch Marine Field Laboratory. $19,900. March 17, 2000 – December 31, 2000. Lead PI with Dr. Madilyn Fletcher

NSF DBI-9713886: Construction of tidal marsh mesocosms at the Baruch Marine Field Laboratory. $60,000. Sep. 1, 1997 - Aug. 31, 1999. Co-PI with Drs. D. Allen and M. Fletcher, USC

NSF DBI-969512338: Construction of a Filtered Seawater System At the Baruch marine Field Laboratory. $72,000. Jan. 1, 1996 - Dec. 31, 1998. Co-PI with Drs. F.J. Vernberg and D.M. Allen, USC

AmeriCorp NCCC: Re-establishment of a valuable scientific and teaching resource. Provided labor to move and organize Institute’s long-term biological voucher collections. November 15, 1996-December 15, 1996. Co-PI with Dennis Allen.

AmeriCorp NCCC: Construction of an educational marsh boardwalk at the North Inlet-Winyah Bay NERR. Provided labor to complete construction of educational marsh boardwalk at Baruch Marine Field Laboratory. November 15, 1996-December 15, 1996. Co-PI with Dennis Allen.
TEACHING
Oceanographic Methods and Data Analysis (Rutgers DMCS 01/11:628:364) 3 credits. Undergraduate field and laboratory course on the analytical tools of oceanography, including data analysis.

SP06 co-taught w/ O Schofield, 8 students

SP07 co-taught w/ O Schofield, 16 students

SP08 co-taught w/ O Schofield, 11 students

SP09 co-taught w/ O Schofield and S Glenn, 19 students

SP10 co-taught w/ O Schofield and S Glenn, 20 students

SP11 co-taught w/ O Schofield and S Glenn, 19 students

SP12 co-taught w/ O Schofield and S Glenn, 22 students

SP13 co-taught w/ O Schofield and S Glenn, 23 students

SP14 co-taught w/ O Schofield and S Glenn, 21 students

SP14 co-taught w/ O Schofield and S Glenn, 21 students

Aquaculture (Rutgers DMCS 11:628:317) 3 credits: Undergraduate course providing a general overview of aquaculture with extensive hands-on laboratory experience.

SP06 co-taught w/ X Guo, 4 students

SP08 co-taught w/ X Guo, 7 students

SP10 co-taught w/ X Guo, 8 students

SP12 co-taught w/ X Guo, 6 students

SP14 co-taught w/ X Guo, 10 students

Topics in Oceanography: Ecology of Marine Parasites (Rutgers DMCS 16:712:596)

FA08: 1 credit graduate course, 4 students.

FA09: 1 credit graduate course, 4 students.

FA10: 1 credit graduate course, 5 students.

Research in Ecology (Rutgers Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources 16:215:701).

FA06 3 credits Sean Boyd, 1 credit Jaclyn Taylor.

SP07 3 credits. Jaclyn Taylor, Sean Boyd.

FA07 1 credit: Sean Boyd MS Thesis Research

SP08 1 credit Sean Boyd; 2 credits Jaclyn Taylor

FA09 2 credits: Joshua Moody

SP10 1 credit Emma Green-Beach; 3 credits Joshua Moody

FA10 2 credits: Joshua Moody and Amanda Wenczel

Special Problems in Marine and Coastal Sciences. (Rutgers DMCS 11:628:498).

SP06 Shellfish pathology methods. 3 credits, Peter Ciaston.

SP 09 Shellfish pathology methods. 3 Credits Joshua Kauffman and Doug Zemeckis

SP10 3 Shellfish pathology methods. credits Kurt Cheng

Seminar in Ecology (Rutgers Ecology and Evolution 16:215:601;602) 1 credit

FA04: Provided seminar

Concepts and Methods in Ecology (Rutgers Ecology and Evolution 16:215 :598) 4 credits.

SP04: Guest lecturer and guide for 3-day field experience
STUDENTS SUPERVISED:
Postdoctoral:

Name Year

Tal Ben-Horin 2013-

Paola Lopez-Duarte 2010-2012
Graduate:

Name Affiliation Degree Years Role

Denise Méthé University of Prince Edward Is Ph.D. 2015 External Examiner

Jason Morson Rutgers Ecology and Evolution Ph.D. 2013- Committee Member

Jenny Paterno Rutgers Ecology and Evolution MS 2012-2015 Major Advisor

Joshua Moody Drexel University Ph.D. 2012- Committee Member

Sona Mason Rutgers Newark (non-thesis MS) MS 2011-2013 Committee Member

Soren Dahl Stony Brook University SMAS Ph.D. 2011- Committee Member

Amanda Wenczel Rutgers Ecology and Evolution Ph.D. 2010- Major Advisor

Elizabeth Diamond Inst Marine and Coastal Sciences MS 2008-2012 Major Advisor

Joshua Moody Rutgers Ecology and Evolution MS 2008-2012 Major Advisor

Emily Scarpa Rutgers Camden Biology MS 2007-2013 Co-Advisor

Emma Green-Beach Rutgers Ecology and Evolution MS 2007-2011 Major Advisor

Jaclyn Taylor Rutgers Ecology and Evolution MS 2005-2008 Major Advisor

Sean Boyd Rutgers Ecology and Evolution MS 2005-2008 Major Advisor

Grant Law Rutgers Oceanography Ph.D. 2005-2008 Committee Member

Larraitz Garmendia Univ Basque Country, Spain Ph.D. 2006 Int’l Fellowship Mentor

Maria Vale Inst Marine Research, Portugal MS 2006 Int’l Fellowship Mentor

Jeff Vincent Univ S Carolina Geography Ph.D. 2002-2004 Research mentor

Steve Allen University of Charleston MS 2000-2004 Committee Member

Nitin Kulkarni Univ S Carolina Marine Science Ph.D. 2002-2003 Committee Member

Alan J. Erskine Coll William & Mary, Marine Sci MS 2001-2003 Committee Member

Mary Jo Hartman Univ S Carolina Marine Science Ph.D. 2000-2003 Committee Member

Brian Gray University of South Carolina Ph.D. 1999-2001 Committee Member

Gwynne Browne Coll William & Mary, Marine Sci Ph.D. 1999-2001 Committee Member

Becky Ellin Univ S Carolina Marine Science MS 1997-2000 Major Advisor

Chris Milardo Univ Charleston Marine Biology MS 1997-2000 Committee Member

Jodi Brewster Cal State Univ Oceanography MS 1999 Summer Res. Assistant

Rachel Giotta Univ Charleston Marine Biology MS 1996-1999 Committee Member

Libby Willson Univ Charleston Marine Biology MS 1996-1999 Committee Member

Dave White Univ S Carolina Marine Science Ph.D 1996-1998 Directed Res. Assistantship