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Ecolabeling can benefit shellfish aquaculture
February 16, 2021
Faculty members Matt Gray and Louis Plough and students share the potential benefits of applying Ecolabels to shellfish aquaculture. They argue more research is needed to understand how different modes of oyster aquaculture impact ecosystem services.

Chelsea Fowler wins USM COVID-19 awareness messaging competition
February 15, 2021
Graduate student Chelsea Fowler was selected as one of six winners of the University System of Maryland (USM) COVID Research & Innovation Task Force's Public Health Challenge to highlight creative ways the USM community and Marylanders can stay safe and healthy while waiting for a vaccine.

Alumna Deborah Bronk named president-elect of Oceanography Society
February 15, 2021
UMCES' Horn Point Laboratory alumna Deborah Bronk, President and CEO of the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, has been named president-elect for The Oceanography Society (TOS).

New book assesses changing anthropogenic pressures in the context of global climate change
January 28, 2021
HPL Professor Emeritus Tom Malone and European partners edit a new book in which, after two decades, they revisit two ecosystems, Chesapeake Bay and the Northern Adriatic, gleaning new insights to inform sustainable development of coastal environments using eco-system based approaches.

Study finds some water quality improvements in Choptank River
January 26, 2021
The Chesapeake Bay has a long history of nutrient pollution resulting in degraded water quality. However, scientists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Horn Point Laboratory are reporting some improvements in the Choptank River on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

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