pchigbu@umes.edu
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Fisheries ecology; influence of variations in climatic factors on water quality and biota; culture of rotifers and copepods for use in rearing marine fish larvae; trophic dynamics in marine and freshwater environments; zooplankton ecology

dus@umbi.umd.edu
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Cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling differentiation of muscle and nerve cells during embryogenesis

tshandwerker@mail.umes.edu
nnovative agricultural technology of small-scale alternative crops, specialty crops; hydroponic greenhouse production; poultry waste composting

rharrell@umd.edu
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Aquaculture; fisheries ecology; genetics and hybridization of fishes; stress physiology

ehoude@cbl.umces.edu
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Fisheries science, oceanography, and management; larval fish ecology; resource assessment; biological oceanography

akjohnson@mail.umes.edu
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Assessing the health of Atlantic menhaden using several biomarkers of fish health: indicators of tissue damage, nutritional status and exposure to environmental stresors, immune function and disease

kennedy@hpl.umces.edu
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Reproduction and larval behavior and ecology of bivalves; crab and fish foraging behavior; ecology and dynamics of littoral and sublittoral benthic communities; global climate change

dking@cbl.umces.edu
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Integration of environmental and economic research; economics of ecological restoration and mitigation; market and non-market valuation of natural resources

alazur@hpl.umces.edu
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Food and baitfish culture; integration of aquaculture with agriculture for nutrient reduction; effluent and water quality management; marketing and economic evaluation of alternative aquaculture species; fish restoration

ebmay@mail.umes.edu
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Effects of environmental contamination and habitat degradation on aquatic animal health; use of biochemical and metabolic indicators to determine the response of fish to injurious agents of conditions; establishment of clinical methods for non-lethal testing

mckaye@al.umces.edu
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Fisheries science and management; behavioral ecology and evolution of cooperative behavior; tropical biology; mechanisms of speciation

meritt@hpl.umces.edu
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Oyster aquaculture and restoration

miller@cbl.umces.edu
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Recruitment and population dynamics of aquatic animals; fish early life history; feeding and bio-physical interactions; aquatic ecology; blue crabs

enorth@hpl.umces.edu
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Biological-physical interactions: hydrodynamic and particle trajectory modeling, ichthyoplankton and zooplankton ecology, estuarine physical oceanography, fisheries recruitement variability

paynter@umd.edu
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Comparative biochemistry and physiology of estuarine animals, especially bivalves; oyster disease biochemistry; biology and ecology of the eastern oyster

secor@cbl.umces.edu
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Fish ecology; fish life history and migration studies; fisheries stock enhancement; migration and habitat use as behaviors controlling and regulating population dynamics

jsoares@umd.edu
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Aquaculture; nutrition and molecular regulation of metabolism on nutrition

wilberg@cbl.umces.edu
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Stock assessment; dynamics of exploited populations; harvest policy development and application; statistical model selection and averaging

curry@umd.edu
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Aquaculture; problems related to the domestication of striped bass; cryopreseveration of sperm; physiological responsiveness to stress; selective breeding

zohar@umbi.umd.edu
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Fish physiology, aquaculture and endocrinology; environmental and hormonal regulation of fish reproductive cycles, spawning induction technologies, drug delivery in aquaculture, molecular biotechnology