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ABBOTT, Tyler, Allen Ecology of upper tidal salt marsh fishes: Investigating the impacts of a salt marsh impoundment in Chesapeake Bay. 1994. M.S. Thesis, University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 242 p. ADELSON, Jordan M. The evaluation of geochemical indicators of anoxia in the Chesapeake Bay. 1997. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park. 214 p. AHMED, J. Studies on the metabolism of inorganic nitrogen compounds by green algae. 1967. Ph.D. Dissertation. University College London, Botany Department. 127 p. ALBERTSON, Helen D. Long term effects of high temperatures and low salinities on specimens of Melongena corona and Nassarius vibex. 1980. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Miami. 222 p. ALLEVA, Brian J. Wind-wave simulation of Upper Chesapeake Bay. 1994. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 158 p. ALVES, Luiz Fernando The fate of streamwater nitrate entering littoral areas of an Amazonian floodplain: the role of plankton, periphyton, inundated soils, and sediments. 1993. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 370 p. ANDERSON, Pilantana Performance evaluation of hybrid striped bass with a comparison to two superior strains of striped bass Morone saxatilis in two aquaculture systems. 2000. M.S. Thesis, University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 173 p.

APPLE, Jude Kolb The regulation of bacterioplankton carbon metabolism in a temperate salt-marsh system. 2005. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 184 p. ATHANAS, Chris L. Energy flow through the birds of a brackish tidal marsh. 1976. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CES, Horn Point Laboratory. 52 p. BAIER, Christine Teresa Chaetognaths as predators and competitors of larval fish in the South Atlantic Bight. 1995. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 100 p. BALDWIN, Bradely Steven The natural diet and feeding behavior of planktotrophic larvae of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. 1992. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 187 p. BARTH, John A. Stability of a coastal upwelling front over topography. 1987. Ph.D. Dissertation. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 168 p. BARTLESON, Richard D. Interactions of seagrass beds and the water column: effects of bed size and hydrodynamics. 2004. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 246 p. BATES, Stephen S. Studies on the use of radiosulfate to determine the physiological state, growth rate and rate of protein synthesis by marine phytoplankton. 1979. Ph.D. Dissertation. Dalhousie University. 174 p. BEARDALL, John Studies on the mechanism of photosynthesis in marine phytoplankton. 1976. Ph.D. Dissertation. University College London. 182 p. BECKERT, Kristen A. Watershed land use and nutrient dynamics in Maryland coastal bays, U.S.A. 2008. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 159 p. BENOIT, Janina Marie Sulfide controls on mercury methylation by sulfate reducing bacteria. 2000. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, College Park. 128 p. BERG, Joseph A. Temporal and spatial variation of seston as a food resource to the oyster, Crassostrea virginica. 1984. M.S. Thesis.

121 p. BERG, Mine G. Physiological and population responses of marine phytoplankton to variations in the quality of nitrogen. 1998. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 371 p. BERNDT, Heather L. Effects of nutrients and turbidity from point and non-point source inputs on phytoplankton in the Choptank estuary. 1999. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 168 p BISHOP, Ronald Henry Fructose-1,6-Diphosphatase in Anacystis nidulans. 1978. Ph.D. Dissertation. University College London. 128 p. BLUNDON, Jay A. Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun) predation on Chesapeake Bay bivalves. M.S. Thesis. 1981. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 82 p. BOICOURT, William A numerical model of the salinity distribution in Upper Chesapeake Bay. 1969. M.S. Thesis. Johns Hopkins University. 70 p. BOICOURT, William C. The circulation of water on the continental shelf from Chesapeake Bay to Cape Hatteras. 1973. Ph.D. Dissertation. Johns Hopkins University. 183 p. BOPP, Richard F. The geochemistry of polychlorinated biphenyls in the Hudson River. 1979. Ph.D. Dissertation. Columbia University. 191 p. BOSSERMAN, Robert W. The hierarchical integrity of Utricularia periphyton microecosystems. 1979. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Georgia. 266 p. BOWDEN, William B. Nitrogen cycling in the sediments of a tidal freshwater marsh. 1982. Ph.D. Dissertation. North Carolina State University. 113 p. BOYNTON, W.R. Phytoplankton production in Chincoteague Bay, Maryland- Virginia. 1974. M.S. Thesis. University of North Carolina. 142 p. BRONK, Deborah A. Microbially mediated transformations of dissolved organic nitrogen. 1992. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of

Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 167 p. BROOKS, Maureen T. Trophic complexity, transfer efficiency and microbial interactions in pelagic ecosystems: A modeling study. 2003. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 118 p. BRYANT, Alison Lee Effects of mesocosm dimension on the factors regulating heterotrophic bacterioplankton dynamics. 1995. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 106 p. BRYNER, Jeanna Rose The effects of iron and sulfur on phosphorus dynamics along a tidal gradient in fresh oligohaline marshes. 2000. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 84 p. BURNS, James A., Jr. Molecular diversity of diazotrophs in contrasting shallow marine sediments. 2003. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, College Park. CABRAAL, Ravindra A. Systems analysis of the Maryland oyster fishery: Production, management and economics. 1978. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, 318 p. CAFFREY, Jane Marie The effect of submersed macrophytes on nitrogen cycling in estuarine sediments. 1989. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 159 p. CAHOON, Donald R. Community production and biomass allocation of Hibiscus moshceutos L.(Malvaceae), a brackish marsh dominant. 1982. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 106 p. CAHOON, Donald R. Net productivity of emergent vegetation at Horn Point salt marsh. 1975. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 94 p. CANNON, Glenn A. Observations of motion at intermediate and large scales in a coastal plain estuary. 1969. Ph.D. Dissertation. Johns Hopkins University. 115 p. CARLSON, Craig Alexander Stocks and dynamics of bacterioplankton and dissolved organic carbon in the open ocean. 1994. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point

Laboratory. 212 p. CHANG, M.-Li Modeling the effects of resuspension and deposition on early diagenesis of nutrients and contaminants. 1999. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 233 p. CHEN, Chung-Chi Wall effects in estuarine mesocosms: Scaling experiments and simulation model. 1998. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 279 p. CHINTALA, Marnita Marie Reproduction and feeding of Stylochus ellipticus (Girard), a predator of juvenile oysters. 1987. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 75 p. CHISCANO, Carina Lynn The effects of wave exposure on submerged aquatic vegetation. 2000. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 145 p. CONNOR, Judith Lorraine Benthic macro-algae associated with central Chesapeake Bay oyster communities. 1979. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. COOLEY, Thomas N. The effect of biotin, thiamine, and vitamin B12 on the growth rate and cell size of Gymnodinium. 1975. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland. 72 p. CRAWFORD, Sean Michael Effects of turbulence on boundary layer fluxes in experimental ecosystems. 1998. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 75 p. CROSBY, Michael Peter Utilization of detrial complexes by the oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin). 1987. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 144 p. CUHEL, Russell Lee Assimilatory sulfur metabolism in marine microorganisms.

1981. Ph.D. Dissertation. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 418 p.

CUNNINGHAM, Jeffrey J. Responses of microcosm communities containing

submerged aquatic vegetation to herbicide stress. 1979. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 66 p.

DANIEL, Peter C. Distance chemoreception and life history of Chesapeake Bay Stylochus ellipticus (Girard) (Turbellaria: Polychladida). 1982. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 79 p.

DEAN, Thomas A. Succession in a marine fouling community: Changes in

community structure and mechanisms of development. 1977. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Delaware. 132 p.

DERRICK, Peggy Ann Feeding periodicity and prey selection of the hogchoker,

Trinectes maculates (Bloch & Schneider) in the Chesapeake Bay. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 171 p.

DINEEN, Joseph F., Jr. Life history, biology and functional morphology of

Lithotrya dorsalis: a burrowing throacican barnacle. 1987. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 171 p.

DOMINGUEZ, Evaristo V. Control, por porte de los protozoos, de las comunidades

bacterianas en differentes ecosisteas marinos. 1999. Ph.D. Dissertation. Universitat de Barcelona. 262 p.

DOWD, Catharina E. Predator-prey interactions between juvenile bay anchovy

(Anchoa mitchilli) and larvae of sea bream Archosargus rhomboidalis). 1986. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Miami. 134 p.

DOYLE, Robert D. Primary production and nitrogen cycling within the

periphyton community associated with emergent aquatic macrophytes in an Amazon floodplain lake. 1991. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 269 p.

DUNCAN, Thomas K. Benthic infaunal community formation in dredged areas in Hampton Roads, Virginia. 1974. M.S. Thesis. University of Virginia. 55 p. EGGE, Jorun K. Nutrient control of phytoplankton growth: effects of macronutrient composition (N, P, Si) on species succession. 1993. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Bergen, Norway. 81 p. FAVA, James A. The behavioral responses of blacknose dace, Rhinichthys atratulus (Herman) to domestic sewage effluents and their toxic constituents. 1975. Ph.D. Dissertation.

University of Maryland. 113 p. FILADELFO, Ronald J. Subtidal sea level and current variability in the Hudson Raritan Estuary. 1984. Ph.D. Dissertation. State University of New York, Stony Brook. 183 p. FRIESE, Amy C. Growth and mortality of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica in the Patuxent River. 1996. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 88 p. GARTON, David W. Effects of temperature and salinity on the predation rate of the southern oyster drill Thais haemastoma upon Crassostrea virginica. 1978. M.S. Thesis. Louisiana State University. 37 p. GLOVER, H.E. Studies on the biochemistry and physiology of Phaedoctylum tricornutum. 1974. Ph.D. Dissertation. University College London. 195 p. GOERTEMILLER, T. Diversity of algae (Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta, Rhodophyta) related to depth, light intensity, NO3-NO2 and water flow across two transects of Long Reef, Grand Turk, BWI. 1988. M.S. Thesis. Georgetown University. 128 p. GOLDSBOROUGH, W.J. Response of the submerged vascular plant, Potamogeton perfoliatus L., to variable light regimes in an estuarine environment. 1983. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 89 p. GOMEZ-REYES, Eugenio Tidally driven lagrangian residual velocity in shallow bays. 1989. Ph.D. Thesis. State University of New York, Stony Brook. 129 p. GOODRICH, David M. On stratification and wind-induced mixing in the Chesapeake Bay. 1985. Ph.D. Dissertation. State University of New York, Stony Brook. 134 p. GOTTFRIED, Mark D. The ingestion and assimilation of coral mucus detritus by reef zooplankton. 1981. M.S. Thesis. University of Miami. 56 p. GREENBERG, Neil J. Essential fatty acid requirements of juvenile sunshine Bass (Morone chrysops x M. Saxatilis). 1992. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 38 p.

GUARRACI, M. Interaction between epiphyte organic mass and resuspended inorganic materials on leaves of natural and artificial submersed aquatic vegetation. 1999. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 68 p. HABERKERN, Erik K. Seasonal edaphic algal production, denitrification, and nutrient fluxes in an oligohaline and a mesohaline marsh on the Choptank River, Chesapeake Bay. 2000. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES Horn Point Laboratory. 88 p. HAGY, James D., III Eutrophication hypoxia and trophic transfer efficiency in Chesapeake Bay. 2002. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 446 p. HARTWIG, Eric O. Physical, chemical and biological aspects of nutrient exchange between the marine benthos and the overlying water. 1974. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of California. 174 p. HENSEL, Philippe F. Nitrogen uptake characteristics of wild celery. 1992. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 229 p. HENTSCHKE, Peter G. A fluorescence-based method for determining true gross photosynthesis reveals a significant photorespiratory flux in Potamogeton perfoliatus L. 1997. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 76 p. HERZOG, Henry W. The economics of regional water quality management (a case study of river water quality in the Chesapeake Bay region). 1974. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland. 254 p. HILL, Suzanne M. Phosphorus uptake and translocation in submersed aquatic Vallisnernia americana. 1989. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 44 p. HOCHHEIMER, John N. Trickling filter model for closed system aquaculture. 1990. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland. 300 p. HOLDEN, Jacqueline The regulation of arginine biosynthesis in Chlalmydomonas

reinhardtii. 1969. Ph.D. Dissertation. University College London. 106 p. HOOD, Mary A. Chitin degradation in the salt marsh environment. 1973. Ph.D. Dissertation. Louisiana State University. 158 p. HOUDE, Sara E.L. The effect of food quality on the functional ingestion

response of the copepod, Acartia tonsa. 1985. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 45 p.

HOWIE, Stephen J. Late holocene sedimentology and stratigraphy of the

Choptank River estuary. 1987. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 125 p.

HUANG, Chou-Chung Variation of food resources and nutritional demands of the

ribbed mussel, Geukensia demissa. 2002. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 229 p.

HUNDEMAN, P.T. Lead concentrations in the Horn Point salt marsh

ecosystem. 1975. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 63 p.

HUNT, Duane M. The effect of seasonal and interannual variations in rainfall

on the input, transport and export of the inorganic nitrogen in the Choptank River, MD subestuary. 1993. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 106 p.

INCZE, Michael L. Episodic detrital organic carbon export from South

Biscayne Bay, Florida. 1981. M.S. Thesis. University of Miami. 84 p.

JANOWITZ, B.S. Food selection of the gastropod, Urosalpinx cinerea (Say). 1956. B.S. Degree. Rutgers University. 27 p. JENKINS, Mark C. The measurement, occurrence, and significance of

nitrification and denitrification in Chesapeake Bay sediments. 1981. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 77 p.

JESIEN, Roman V. An investigation of factors affecting fish response to pulsed electric fields. 1989. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of M Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 135 p.

JOINT, Ian R. Enzymes of the reductive pentose phosphate cycle in Rhodospirillum rubrum. 1971. Ph.D. Dissertation. University College London. 108 p.

JONES, Thomas W. The effect of blue light on carbon metabolism and

osmoregulation in Dunaliella tertiolecta. 1977. JONES, Thomas W. Relative phytoplankton primary productivity and

particulate organism matter in a Maryland salt marsh. 1975. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 79 p/

JORDAN, Christina L. Mesoscale patterns of phytoplankton size structure, primary

productivity and implications for trophic transfer in Chesapeake Bay planktonic communities. 2003. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 224 p.

JORDAN, Stephen J. Macroinvertebrates and reservoir discharge: effects of cave

runlake on tailwater communities. 1980. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 71 p.

JORDAN, Stehen J. Sedimentation and remineralization associated with

biodeposition by the American oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin). 1987. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 200 p.

KELLY, Patty A. The role of behavior in regulating the vertical migration of

stage I zoeae of the red crab, Geryon quinquedens and the mud crab, Eurypanopeus depressus. 1981. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 70 p.

KERNER, Joseph P. Documentation and verification of a finite-difference

approximation of a laterally averaged estuarine model. 1985. M.S. Thesis. State University of New York at Stony Brook. 243 p.

KIM, Eun-Hee The importance of physical mixing and sediment chemistry

in mercury and methylmercury biogeochemical cycling and bioaccumulation within shallow estuaries. 2004. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory.

KLUENENBERG, A.A. The effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on the salt marsh

plants Spartina alterniflora and Juncus roemerianus. 2000. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 118 p.

KRAMER, Jonathan G. Macromolecular bases of growth regulation in marine

Synechococcus spp. 1988. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 251 p.

KRAUS, Richard T. Alternative migratory pathways of white perch in the

Patuxent River Estuary, Maryland. 2003. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CES, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory.

KRYGSMAN, A. The effects of ironic copper on selected larval stages of the

American oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin), (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). 1983. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland. 71 p.

KUHN, William A. Interacting effects of light and sediment sulfide on eelgrass

(Zostrea marina L.) growth. 1992. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 90 p.

LEE, K.-Y. The integration of GWLF and GIS to estimate nutrient

export from a Maryland coastal plain basin. 2000. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 274 p.

LEONARD-SHENTON, M. Nitrifying and denitrifying activity in the sediments of

estuarine littoral zones. 1982. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory.

LEVINE, Daniel M. The role of essential fatty acids during zoeal development

of brachyuran crab larvae as studied using microencapsulation techniques. 1983. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory.

LI, Aishao The feeding physiology of the mixotrophic dinoflagellate

Gyrodinium galatheanum. 1998. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 272 p.

LIEBERT, Amy J. Metabolism and nutrient cycling in experimental marsh

sediments. 1997. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 73 p.

LIN, Weiqi Modeling surface wind waves and their effects on air-sea fluxes in Chesapeake Bay. 2000. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 226 p.

LIPSCHULTZ, Fredric Nitrogen fixation in Horn Point marsh on the upper

Chesapeake Bay. 1978. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 44 p.

LITTLEFORD, R.A. A study of the life history of Dactylometra quinquecirrha,

L. Agassiz, and the taxonomic validity of this species. 1938. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. 86 p.

LOMAS, Michael W. Nitrate metabolism and the cellular energy balance:

contrasting patterns of nitrate uptake, reduction, and release in marine diatoms and flagellates. 1999. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory.

LORAH-DEVEREUX, M. Natural attenuation of chlorinated volatile organic

compounds in a freshwater tidal wetland. 1999. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, College Park. 210 p.

LUCY, Jon A. The representative cycle of Mya arenaria L. and

distribution of juvenile clams in the upper portion of the nearshore zone of the York River, Virginia. 1976. M.A. Thesis.

MA, Xiping Effects of environmental factors on distribution and asexual

reproduction of the invasive hydrozoan, Moerisia lyonsi. 2003. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 131 p.

MacINTYRE, Hugh L. Photosynthesis in variable light fields: regulation of rubisco

activity. 1996. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Delaware. 151 p.

McCONNAUGHEY, R.A. The influence of thermoclines on vertical migration of

stage I blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, larvae and the implications to recruitment. 1983. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 62 p.

McKONE, Katie L. Light available to the seagrass Zostrea marina when

exposed to currents and waves. 2009. M.S. Thesis.

University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 173 p.

MAIO, K.J. Quantitative description of temporal and spatial patterns in

spawning activity of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. 1998. M.S. Thesis.

MATANOSKI, Joseph C. The behavior of the scyphomedusae Chrysaora

quinquecirrha and Aurelia aurita and its ecological importance. 2004. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 186 p.

MAYER, Marilyn S. Effects of benthic macrofauna on nitrogen cycling and

oxygen consumption of estuarine sediments. 1992. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 182 p.

MELTON, John H. Environmental quality and restoration of mesohaline

submerged aquatic vegetation. 2002. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 70 p.

MEREDITH, William H. The dynamics of zooplankton and micronekton community

structure across a salt marsh-estuarine waters interface of lower Delaware Bay. 1982. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Delaware. 381 p.

MERITT, Donald W. Effects of Cliona truitti, Polydora websteri, and Perkinsus

marinus on shell growth, condition index, and mortality of the oyster, Crassostrea virginica. 1993. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 167 p.

MERRELL, Jeffrey R. Effects of spatial scaling and predation by copepods on

microplankton population dynamics. 1996. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 74 p.

MERRELL, Kellie C. The effects of flow and mixing on Vallisneria and its

associated community in experimental mesocosms. 1996. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 83 p.

MERRILL, Jennifer Z. Tidal freshwater marshes as nutrient sinks: particulate

nutrient burial and denitrification. 1999. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point

Laboratory. 342 p. MILLER, Carolyn A. Effects of food quality and quantity on nitrogen excretion

by the copepod, Acartia tonsa. 1992. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 149 p.

MILLER, William D. Climate forcing of phytoplankton dynamics in Chesapeake

Bay. 2006. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory.

MOORE, Kenneth A. Relationships between seagrass growth and survival and

environmental conditions in a lower Chesapeake Bay tributary. 1996. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 188 p.

MORRISSEY, Kevin M. Determining the source of nitrate contamination in

groundwater using 15-nitrogen as a tracer: method development. 1989. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 75 p.

MORTENSON, Edith The morphology, behavior, and habits of Polydora ligni

Webster. 1945. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Minnesota. 80 p.

MOWITT, William P. Scale-dependence on bay anchovy (Anchoa mitchilli)

growth and top-down control by anchovies of plankton communities in estuarine mesocosms. 1999. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory.

MUFFLEY, Brandon W. Scale-dependent predatory effects of the Atlantic silverside,

Meidia menidia, and Lobate ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi, on plankton communities in estuarine mesocosms. 2002. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 144 p.

MUKERJI, D. A study of photosynthetic carboxylating enzymes in marine

phytoplankton. 1976. Ph.D. Dissertation. University College London. 191 p.

MURPHY, Deirdre L. Extracellular release of organics by phytoplankton in the

Delaware Bay. 1984. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Delaware. 111 p.

NEJSTGAARD, Jens C. Food web dynamics in flagellate-dominated marine

environments trophic interactions between haptophytes,

calanoid copepods and microzooplankton. 1997. University of Bergen, Norway. 116 p.

NEMAZIE, David A. Ammonium excretion by gelatinous zooplankton and its

role in the regeneration of nitrogen in Chesapeake Bay. 1991. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 61 p.

NEMETH, Douglas J. Relationship of Aeromonas hydrophila to fish community

health and water quality parameters. 1985. M.S. Thesis. Ball State University, Indiana. 41 p.

NEUDORFER, J. Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus additions waters

overlying estuarine populations of two submersed vascular plants. M.S. Thesis, University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 103 p.

NGUYEN, Reno T. Cycling and preservation of amino acids and proteins in

aquatic systems. 2000. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, College Park. 283 p.

O’NEIL, Judith M. Interaction of pelagic harpacticoid copepods and the

colonial marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium spp. 1995. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 180 p.

ORTNER, Peter B. Investigations into the seasonal deep chlorophyll maximum

in the Western North Atlantic, and its possible significance to the regional food chain relationships. 1978. Ph.D. Dissertation. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 303 p.

PACE, John L. Cell envelope composition of Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

1985. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory.

PACKARD, Theodore T. The estimation of the oxygen utilization rate in the

seawater from the activity of the respiratory electron transport system in plankton. 1969. University of Washington. 99 p.

PARK, Kyoung C. A study on the distribution of microplankton and the role of

protozoa in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica. 1992. M.S. Thesis.

PEDERSEN, Morten F. Growth and nutrient dynamics in marine plants. 1993.

Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Copenhagen. 115 p. PENNOCK, Jonathan R. Regulation of phytoplankton carbon and nitrogen

production in the Delaware Estuary. 1983. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Delaware. 289 p.

PETERSEN, John E. Scale and energy input in the dynamics of experimental

estuarine ecosystems. 1998. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 329 p.

PHELAN, Beth A. Population dynamics of the sand beach amphipod

Talorchestia langicornis and its role in the beach ecosystem. 1981. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland. 87 p.

PINSCHMIDT, W. Distribution of crab larvae in relation to some

environmental conditions in the Newport River Estuary, North Carolina. 1983. Ph.D. Dissertation. Duke University. 112p.

PORTER, Elka T. Physical and biological scaling of benthic-pelagic coupling

in experimental ecosystem studies. 1999. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland , CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 312 p.

PRITCHARD, Donald W. The physical structure, circulation, and mixing in a coastal

plain estuary. 1951. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of California, Los Angeles.

RASMUSSEN, Bjarke Stratification in Kattegat. 1995. Ph.D. Dissertation.

University of Denmark. 145 p. RICE, Dan M. Determining the distribution and expansion rate of

Phragmites australis in six Chesapeake Bay area marshes. 1996. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 75 p.

ROBERTS, Darrell G. Structural, functional and ecological aspects of the lacunar

system of seagrasses. 1988. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Western Australia. 140 p.

ROOTH, Jill E. The role of the invasive Phragmites ausralis, in

Chesapeake Bay marsh stability. 2002. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory.

ROSOWSKI, Mary C. The effect of temperature on growth and dispersal of larvae

of Geryon quinquedens Smith (Brachyura: Geryonidae). 1979. M.S. Thesis. University of Delaware. 81 p.

ROSSELLI, Helen K. The effects of herbicides and light on the growth of the

marine diatom Skeletonema costatum. 1991. M.S. Thesis. University of Maryland, CEES, Horn Point Laboratory. 129 p.

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