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UMCES Scientists Respond to Gulf Oil Spill
May 26, 2010
Since the explosion of the oil rig Deepwater Horizon, researchers from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science are playing an active role in determining long-term damage to the ecosystem and providing science-based analysis to policymakers and natural resource managers working to minimize the impact of this environmental tragedy.

HPL Researcher Links Decline of Endangered California Delta Smelt to Nutrient Pollution
May 18, 2010
Research by HPL ecologist and oceanographer Dr. Patricia Glibert recommends that efforts to restore the endangered California delta smelt and other declining pelagic fish should more sharply focus on reducing nutrient pollution to the species’ native waters.

First Hatchery-Reared Oysters of 2010 Bound for the Bay
May 5, 2010
UMCES, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and the non-profit Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP) joined together as the first of 10.3 million oyster spat were planted on the State’s Bank protected sanctuary bar in the Upper Choptank River on May 5.

UMCES Oyster Hatchery Rears Record 750 Million Spat for Chesapeake Bay in 2009
January 1, 2010
The UMCES Horn Point Laboratory oyster hatchery produced nearly 750 million oyster spat for Chesapeake Bay restoration in 2009, the most ever grown in one year at the laboratory’s Eastern Shore facility.

HPL Researcher Finds Seasonal Patterns in Arctic River Bacteria
November 24, 2009

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