nb41@umail.umd.edu
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methods for detecting and identifying free radicals in condensed phases; impact of (photo)oxidative reactions on the transformation and fate of organic & inorganic compounds in natural waters and biological systems
boicourt@hpl.umces.edu
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Physical oceanography of shallow waters, estuaries, river plumes; remote sensing and autonomous samplers; physical-biological interactions and food web dynamics
carton@umd.edu
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Physical oceanography; ocean circulation; dynamics of the tropical Atlantic as it responds to meteorological forcing on seasonal and longer timescales
chao@hpl.umces.edu
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Physical oceanography; continental shelf processes; western boundary currents dynamics; lower atmosphere circulations; estuarine circulations; numerical modelling of mesoscale processes in the ocean
codispot@hpl.umces.edu
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Chemical oceanography; oceanic nitrogen and carbon cycling; descriptive physical oceanography; chemical instrumentation; nutrient budgets; the Arctic Ocean; processes that influence the flux of nitrous oxide
vcoles@hpl.umces.edu
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Physical and biological response and feedbacks to climate variability and change; Observation and modeling of ocean circulation and ventilation, biogeochemical tracer, and ecosystem cycling
bcrump@hpl.umces.edu
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Microbial ecology; bacterial and archeal diversity; organic matter and nutrient cycling; composition and development of microbial communities; influence of hydrodynamics and particle cycling on microbial activity
dennison@ca.umces.edu
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Coastal ecosystem ecology; ecophysiology of marine plants; bioindicators in nearshore environments; assessing ecosystem health
eshleman@al.umces.edu
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Watershed and wetlands hydrology; groundwater/surface water interactions; biogeochemical processes in upland and wetland ecosystems; hydrochemical modeling; ecosystem interactions with land use change
fisher@hpl.umces.edu
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Nutrient inputs, cycling and primary production of aquatic systems; plankton-based systems in estuaries and the Amazon river floodplain
glibert@hpl.umces.edu
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Transformations and fate of nitrogen in marine and estuarine systems; ecology of phytoplanktons; effects of eutrophication; growth and physiology of harmful algal bloom species
larry@hpl.umces.edu
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Biological oceanography; physiology and ecology of marine phytoplankton; seasonal and inter-annual variability of chlorophyll and primary productivity in estuarine and coastal waters; satellite remote sensing
harris@cbl.umces.edu
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Systems ecology; theoretical ecology; primary producers from phytoplankton to macrophytes; ecosystem modeling
harvey@cbl.umces.edu
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Organic geochemistry and biogeochemistry; sources and fate of organic compounds in aquatic environments; cycling of lipids through the marine food web
raleigh@hpl.umces.edu
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Phytoplankton production and light response, modeling of primary production and pelagic ecosystems, phytoplankton physiology, bio-optical oceanography
ehoude@cbl.umces.edu
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Fisheries science, oceanography, and management; larval fish ecology; resource assessment; biological oceanography
kana@hpl.umces.edu
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Biological oceanography; algal and plant physiological ecology; regulation of photosynthesis and respiration; oxygen cycling in marine systems; application sof mass spectrometry
mkearne2@umd.edu
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Quaternary geomorphology; processes and rates of marsh loss; barrier island dynamics; applications of remote sensing to the study of coastal processes
kemp@hpl.umces.edu
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Coastal marine ecology; net community production; nutrient cycling; physical-biological coupling; benthic-pelagic interactions; ecosystem analysis; numerical models
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
dkimmel@hpl.umces.edu
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Zooplankton ecology in estuaries and coastal ecosystems, zooplankton physiology, quantitative ecology and climate impacts on ecosystems
koch@hpl.umces.edu
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Hydrodynamically-mediated processes in communities of aquatic plants; impact of global changes on coastal plant communities
mingli@hpl.umces.edu
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Physical oceanography, estuarine/coastal circulations; upper-ocean dynamics; turbulant mixing processes, biological/physical interactions
malone@hpl.umces.edu
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Dynamics of marine ecosystems; phytoplankton ecology; coastal eutrophication
marinelli@cbl.umces.edu
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Sedimentary ecology; analytical and numerical modeling of benthic and water column dynamics; animal-sediment interactions; infaunal recruitment;benthic primary production; continental margin processes
rnewell@hpl.umces.edu
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Marine ecology and physiology; adaptive physiology of aquatic invertebrates
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
joneil@hpl.umces.edu
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Cyanobacteria ecophysiology and plankton trophodynamics
cpalinkas@hpl.umces.edu
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Continental-margin sedimentation; formation and preservation of sedimentary strata in the geological record; deposition and accumulation of fluvial sediment in the coastal ocean
kpresto@umd.edu
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Sediment transport and depositional processes; mechanisms of streamflow generation and their variations with watershed scale, geology and land use; hydrology of coastal and riparian wetlands
mrabenho@umd.edu
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roman@hpl.umces.edu
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Biological oceanography; zooplankton ecology
lsanford@hpl.umces.edu
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Coastal and esturaine physical oceanography; fine sediment transport mechanics, geophysical boundary layers, turbulence, surface and internal waves
stoecker@hpl.umces.edu
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Ecology and physiology of marine ciliates an dinoflagellates; mixotrophy in the plankton; microbial food web interactions
heukelem@hpl.umces.edu
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Behavioral mechanisms of dispersal and recruitment of marine invertebrates; growth and development of juvenile marine invertebrates