Email mlynch@vims.edu Office Wilson House 101 Phone (804) 684-7151

Maurice P. Lynch Professor Emeritus A.B., Harvard University M.S., College of William and Mary Ph.D., College of William and Mary

Research Interests Current Projects Selected Publications Current Students Past Students Courses Taught / Teaching Faculty/Student Awards Professional Memberships Collaborative / Interdisciplinary Efforts

My research interests encompass the use of scientific information in the resource and environmental management decision making process and how new scientific information becomes known to decision makers. Organizational arrangements for transfer of information using data bases are of specific interest.

The natural variability of serum and tissue constituents under conditions of natural stress and their potential for development as indices of physiological condition has been an area of continuing activity for me.

Much of my attention is directed to special management areas involving the National Estuarine Research Reserve and National Marine Sanctuary programs. My particular interests include the role of protected areas in preservation of biological diversity in coastal and marine areas; the use of protected areas in long term monitoring and the integration of research and monitoring results into education programs.

I also investigate the history of coastal and estuarine science - management infrastructure. One goal is understanding why marine and estuarine science in the Chesapeake Bay region has developed to a much greater extent than in other estuarine regions. [top]

Current Projects

• Variability of serum constituents in Decapod Crustaceans from the Mid-Atlantic outer continental shelf.
• The role of "grey literature" and "peer reviewed literature" in the environmental decision making process.
• New approaches for science/management communications. (Use of conceptual model development as a tool for better manager scientist communication).
• Trends in coastal and estuarine scientific productivity.

• Lynch, M. P. 2000. Linking research, stewardship and education in the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia.pp. 828-834 In Coasts at the Millennium. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of The Coastal Society, Portland, OR, USA.
• Lynch, M. P. 1999. Information Infrastructure in Relation to Management Plans in Estuarine and Coastal Regions. p. 134-136, In: Vision 2020: The People, The Coast, The Ocean; Proceedings of the Coastal Zone 99 Conference. San Diego, CA 1999.
• Frankic, A. and M. P. Lynch. 1998. Ecostar--A program for identifying ecotourism activities that support sustainable development in coastal regions. Pages 252-257. In Miller, Marc L. and Jan Auyong (eds.). 1998. Proceedings of the 1996 World Congress on Coastal and Marine Tourism. (19-22 June 1996, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA). Seattle, WA: Washington Sea Grant Program and School of Marine Affairs, University of Washington and Oregon Sea Grant College Program, Oregon State University. 386pp.
• Lynch, M.P. and S.A. Walton. 1998. Talking Trash on the Internet: Working real data into your classroom. Learning and Leading with Technology 25(5):26-31.
• Walton, S.A. and M. P. Lynch. 1997. The menhaden mystery. Science Scope 20(8):10-13. May 1997.