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Next Generation: Reed Brodnik

January 30, 2017
"I have the opportunity to work with and learn from some of the foremost experts in fisheries management, while being afforded the resources to address my research questions."

Science in the First Person: Jamie Pierson

January 30, 2017
“I study copepods, one of the smallest multicellular animals in the Chesapeake Bay. They are crustaceans, so they are related to crabs, but they eat mostly algae, or single-celled plants."

Global warming leaves oceans to suffocate

January 16, 2017
“Low oxygen areas in the ocean are expanding at an alarming rate and will affect fisheries and ecosystem diversity,” said Mike Roman. “It’s essential to look at problems that will occur the next decades and to advise governments on ways to coordinate research to solve them.”

UMCES molecular geneticist helps map evolution of dinoflagellates

January 5, 2017
Even though they are a key species in the environment, they have long been misunderstood due to their large, complex genomes.

Horn Point volunteers contribute to Bay research

January 2, 2017
Horn Point celebrates a year of volunteer work. Fifteen dedicated volunteers contributed 1,200 hours to Bay research at the Horn Point Laboratory in 2016. Essential tasks included feeding sturgeon and monitoring the water quality in their tank, sorting marsh grass by species and counting attached insect larvae, organizing an insect collection, counting phytoplankton under a microscope, and growing copepods in the lab.

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