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PhD Dissertations
2009	Chen, Da	Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Flame Retardants in Birds of Prey from the U.S. and China
	Cho, Kyoung-Ho	A Numerical Modeling Study on Barotropic and Baroclinic Responses of the Chesapeake Bay to Hurricane Events
	Horodysky, Andrij	Comparative Sensory and Energetic Ecology of Sciaenid Fishes and Their Competitors in Chesapeake Bay, VA
	Jarvis, Jessie	Function of Seed-Bank Ecology in Mid-Atlantic Semi-Annual and Perennial Zostera marina L. Beds
	Ma, Yanxia	Continental Shelf Sediment Transport and Depositional Processes on an Energetic, Active Margin: the Waiapu River Shelf, New Zealand
	Wozniak, Andrew	Characterization and Deposition of Aerosol Organic Matter in the Eastern United States
2008	Ha, Ho Kyung	Acoustic Measurements of Cohesive Sediment Transport: Suspension to Consolidation
	Hewitt, David	Natural Mortality of Blue Crab: Estimation and Influence on Population Dynamics
	Wilson, Stephanie	Mesopelagic Zooplankton Feeding Ecology and Effects on Particle Repackaging and Carbon Transport in the Subtropical and Subarctic North Pacific Ocean
2007	Kniskern, Tara	Shelf Sediment Dispersal Mechanisms and Deposition on the Waiapu River Shelf, New Zealand
	Long, W. Christopher	Hypoxia and Macoma balthica: Ecological Effects on a Key Infaunal Benthic Species
	Saba, Vincent	Bottom-up and Climatic Forcing on the Nesting and Foraging Ecology of Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea)
	Shields, Amy R.	Biogeochemistry and Phytoplankton Dynamics in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
2006	Mansfield, Katherine	Sources of Mortality, Movements and Behavior of Sea Turtles in Virginia
	Gedamke, Todd	Developing a Stock Assessment for the Barndoor Skate (Dipturus laevis) in the Northeast United States
	Pohlman, John	Sediment Biogeochemistry of Northern Cascadia Margin Shallow Gas Hydrate Systems
2000	Bilkovic, Donna Marie	Assessment of Spawning and Nursery Habitat Suitability for American Shad (Alosa sapidissima) in the Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers.
	Orrell, Thomas M.	A Molecular Phylogeny of the Sparidae (Perciformes: Percoidei)
	Wood, Robert J.	Synoptic Scale Climatic Forcing of Multispecies Fish Recruitment Patterns in Chesapeake Bay
1999	Coles, William C.	Aspects of the Biology of Sea Turtles in the Mid-Atlantic Bight
1998	Frankic, Anamarija	A Framework for Planning Sustainable Development in Coastal Regions: An Island Pilot Project in Croatia
1997	Garrison, Lance	The Influence of Nutritional Stress and Physical Transport on the Zoeae of Estuarine Crabs

Complete list of PhD dissertations.


Masters Theses
2009	Bickel, Samantha	Anthropogenic Causes of Copepod Mortality and Bacterial Decomposition of Copepod Carcasses
	Rice, Stacie	Environmental Analysis of Selected Estrogens and Androgens: Applying Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography and Combating Matrix Interference
	Shen, Tao	Development of a Storm Surge Model Using a High-Resolution Unstructured Grid over a Large Domain
	Woodward, Justine	Investigating the Relationships Between Recruitment Indices and Estimates of Adult Abundance for Striped Bass, Weakfish, and Atlantic Croaker
2008	Barnes, Brian	Interspecific Interactions in Oyster Reef Communities: the Effect of Established Fauna on Oyster Larval Recruitment
	Bearman, Josh	Factors Controlling Tidal Flat Morphology in South San Francisco Bay between the 1890's and 2005
	Buchheister, Andre	Stable Isotope Dynamics in Summer Flounder Tissues, with Application to Dietary Assessments in Chesapeake Bay
	Congrove, Michael	A Bio-economic Feasibility Model for Remote Setting: Potential for Oyster Aquaculture in Virginia
	Dickhudt, Patrick	Controls on Erodibility in a Partially Mixed Estuary: York River, VA
	Eden, Bethany	Zooplankton Community Structure in a Cyclonic and Mode-water Eddy in the Sargasso Sea
	Falls, Justin	The Survival Benefit of Benthic Macroalgae Gracilaria vermiculophylla as an Alternative Nursery Habitat for Juvenile Blue Crabs
	Lawless, Amanda	Effects of Shoreline Development and Oyster Reefs on Benthic Communities in Lynnhaven, Virginia
	Lynch, Abigail	A Molecular Analysis of Atlantic Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) Stock Structure
	Magel, Christopher	Idiopathic Lesions and Visual Deficits in the American lobster (Homarus americanus) from Long Island Sound, NY
	Shields, Erin	Influences of Habitat Conditions on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Development in the Chickahominy River and other Virginia Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay
	Tarantino, William	Effects of Adaptive Foragers on the Diversity and Functioning of Assembled Model Communities
2007	Bevington, Azure	Environmental Factors and Typha spp. Dominance in Created Wetlands
	LeMay, Lynsey	The Impact of Drainage Ditches on Salt Marsh Flow Patterns, Sedimentation and Morphology : Rowley River, Massachusetts
	Lynch, Patrick	Feeding Ecology of Atlantic Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) in Chesapeake Bay
	Strickler, Matthew	Assessing the Impacts of Land Use Change on Hard Clam Aquaculture on Old Plantation Creek, Northampton County, Virginia
	Yam, Emily	Role of Bacteria-Particle Interactions in Marine Snow Dynamics
2006	Bailey, David	Wetland Vegetation Dynamics and Ecosystem Gas Exchange in Response to Organic Matter Loading Rates
	Bever, Aaron	Physical Processes Behind Delta Propagation and Flood Layer Dynamics: Po River, Italy
	Muffelman, Sarah	Diel and Site-Specific Feeding of Young Striped Bass in a Heterogeneous Nursery Habitat
	Yochum, Noelle	Size-Selectivity of the Commercial Sea Scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) Dredge
2005	Campbell, Jessie	Influence of Environmental Factors on the Seed Ecology of Vallisneria americana
	Dingerson, Lynne	Predicting Future Shoreline Condition Based on Land Use Trends, Logistic Regression, and Fuzzy Logic
	Grusha, Donna	Investigation of the Life History of the Cownose Ray, Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchell 1815)
	Huang, Jie (Mary)	Tidal Wetland Contributions to Fecal Coliform Loads in Shellfish Growing Waters by Analysis of Model Prediction Discrepancy
	Lambert, Debra	Estimation of Annual and Semi-annual Survival of Adult Female Blue Crabs and Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Virginia Blue Crab Sanctuary using Tag-Return Methodology
	McGrath, Patrick	Site Fidelity, Home Range, and Daily Movements of White Perch, Morone americana, and Striped Bass, Morone saxatilis, in two small tributaries of the York River
	Metcalfe, William	Meiofauna Abundance and Distribution in Chesapeake Bay: Relationships with Environmental Stressors, Sediment Toxicity and Macrofauna
	Veloza, Adriana	Transfer of Essential Fatty Acids by Marine Plankton
	Waterson, Elizabeth	Sources of Sedimentary Organic Matter in the Mississippi River and Adjacent Gulf of Mexico
2003	Dowd, Wesley	Metabolic Rates and Bioenergetics of Juvenile Sandbar Sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
	Ellis, Julia	Diet of the Sandbar Shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in Chesapeake Bay and Adjacent Waters
	Seney, Erin	Historical Diet Analysis of Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and Kemp's Ridley (Lepidochelys kempi) Sea Turtles in Virginia
2001	Woods, Helen	An Examination of Potential Conflict between SAV and Hard Clam Aquaculture in the Lower Chespeake Bay
1997	Farnsworth, Katherine	Response Modes of the Lower Chesapeake Bay Wave Field
1996	Cooksey, Cynthia	Reproductive Biology of Spanish Mackerel, Scomberomorus maculatus, in the Lower Chesapeake Bay

Complete list of Masters theses.

CHESAPEAKE BAY SCIENTIFIC REPORTS : Search for studies from various agencies, including VIMS, on a wide range of topics.

CENTER FOR COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (CCRM) : Search for publications

Publications: browse the lists. Here are a few selected links:
Tidal Marsh Inventories

Wetlands Flora Reports

Virginia Wetlands Reports

Wetlands Technical Reports

SEA GRANT

Economic Contributions of Virginia's Commercial Seafood and Recreational Fishing Industries: A User's Manual for Assessing Economic Impacts. James Kirkley, Thomas Murray and John Duberg, VIMS, 2005.

Economic Activity Associated with Clam Aquaculture in Virginia, 2004. Thomas Murray and James Kirkley, VIMS 2005.

Saltwater Angling and its Economic Importance to Virginia. James Kirkley and David Kerstetter, VIMS, 1997.

Virginia's Commercial Fishing Industry: Its Economic Performance and Contributions. James Kirkley, VIMS, 1997.

REPORTS

Effectiveness of the blue crab spawning sanctuary in Chesapeake Bay by Debra Lambert, Romuald Lipcius and John Hoenig. VIMS 2006.

Lynnhaven River, Virginia Beach, Virginia Shoreline Inventory Report. by Marcia Berman, Harry Berquist, Sharon Killeen, Karinna Nunez, Karen Reay, Tamia Rudnicky, Daniel Schatt and David Weiss. VIMS 2007.
>> More Shoreline Studies

2005 Distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation in Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Bay by Robert Orth, David Wilcox, Leah Nagey, Amy Owens, Jennifer Whiting and Anna Kenne. VIMS 2006

Estimating relative juvenile abundance of ecologically important finfish and invertebrates in the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay by Mary Fabrizio and Marcel Montane. VIMS 2007

Want to see more? Go to the VIMS Reports page and find information and links to a wide variety of reports produced by VIMS researchers and staff or search the catalog by keywords.

GUIDES and OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Animals of Jelly. Robert Bailey

Biology and Identification of Rays in the Chesapeake Bay. Joseph Smith.

Chesapeake Bay Fishes. FEMAP.

Field Guide to Virginia Salt and Brackish Water Plants. CCRM Wetlands Publications.

Guide to the identification of marine plants and invertebrate animals of tidewater Virginia. Virginia Berry Niemeyer and Dorothy Martin. VIMS 1967

Hydroids and Hydromedusae of Southern Chesapeake Bay. Dale Calder.

Key to the genera of marine bluegreen algae of southeastern North America. Harold J. Humm.

The marine mammals of Virginia : with notes on identification and natural history. Robert Blaylock.

Polychaete Key for Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Virginia.

The Sea Turtles of Virginia. Jack Musick.

Sharks of Virginia Waters. Steve Bransteter and Jack Musick.

Tidal Wetland Plants of Virginia. Gene Silberhorn.

What does it take to become a marine scientist? Susan Haynes.

The Men All Singing; the Story of Menhaden Fishing by John Frye. Norfolk, Donning, 1978. Reproduced with permission of author and publisher

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