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Current Graduate Research Fellows

Proposal Title	Name	Reserve	Year Started	Years Funded	Institution	Degree
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Social Valuation of Ecosystem Services in the ACE Basin, South Carolina	Jarrod Loerzel	Ace Basin	2011	2	College of Charleston	MS
Effects of River Flow on Juvenile Fish Nursery Habitat Function: Developing an Ecosystem Perspective	Mollie Taylor	Apalachicola	2010	3	Florida State University	MS, PhD
Evaluating the Potential Impact of Sea Level Rise and Changed Inundation on Wild Rice, Zizania aquatica, in the Maryland Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Jennifer Bryan	Chesapeake Bay MD	2012	2	University of Maryland - Center for Environmental Science	MS
Reactivity and Chemical Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter from Natural and Anthropogenic Sources Determined by Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry	Rajaa Mesfioui	Chesapeake Bay VA	2012	2	Old Dominion University	PhD
Quantifying Sediment Accretion in Impounded Marshes of the Delaware Estuary Using Radionuclide Chronologies	Brandon Boyd	Delaware	2011	2	University of Delaware	MS
The Effect of Sediment Availability and Climate Change on Marsh Development in the Delaware Estuary	Ramona Stammerman	Delaware	2011	2	Drexel University	PhD
Ecological Consequences From Eutrophication Effects Across a Large Geographic Range in Central and Northern California Estuaries	Brent Hughes	Elkhorn Slough	2011	3	University of California - Santa Cruz	PhD
Life After Redbay: Predicting Shifts in Producer and Consumer Communities	Adam Chupp	Grand Bay	2011	3	Southern Illinois University	PhD
Effects of Anthropogenic Change on Salt Marsh Microbial Structure and Function	Matt Simon	Great Bay	2012	1	University of New England	MS
Ecosystem Engineering by a Marine Apex Predator: The Potential for Coastal Wetland Restoration Facilitated by Cross-Ecosystem Foraging	James Nifong	Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas (GTM), Sapelo Island	2010	3	University of Florida	PhD
Exploring Biogeochemical Connections between Anthropogenic Nutrient Deposition and the Anaerobic Production of Hydrogen Sulfide in Wetland Systems	Brian Brigham	Hudson River	2010	3	City University of New York - Queens College	PhD
Biodegradation of PAHs from Creosote Treated Lumber in the Barnegat Bay Little-Egg Harbor Estuary	Sarah Wolfson	Jacques Cousteau	2011	2	State University of New Jersey - Rutgers	MS
Climate Change Implications to the Early Life History of Estuarine Dependent Fish in an Estuarine Research Reserve	Jamie Caridad	Jacques Cousteau	2011	2	State University of New Jersey - Rutgers	MS
Effects of Nutrient Pollution on Mangrove Ecosystem Functioning	Virginia Schutte	Jobos Bay	2010	3	University of Georgia	PhD
Ecological and Biogeochemical Responses to Nutrient Enrichment in Connected Coastal Fringe and Basin Mangrove Systems	Brita Jessen	Jobos Bay	2011	3	University of Rhode Island	PhD
Effects of Lower pH on Tanner Crab (Chionoecetes bairdi) Larval Development in Kachemak Bay, Alaska	Raphaelle Descoteaux	Kachemak Bay	2010	3	University of Alaska - Fairbanks	MS
Effects of Non-Native Aquatic Plant Species on Benthic Microbial Diversity in a Freshwater Estuary	Emily Graham	Lake Superior	2012	1	University of Colorado	PhD
Assessing Reproductive Dynamics of Four Dominant Seagrass Species in the Mission-Aransas and Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserves for Development of Effective Conservation and Management Strategies	Kelly Darnell	Mission-Aransas, Grand Bay	2011	3	University of Texas - Austin	PhD
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Si Fluxes in Two New England Salt Marshes	Joanna Carey	Narragansett Bay	2010	3	Boston University	PhD
Salt Marsh Productivity and Consumer Control in a Changing Climate	Sarah Corman	Narragansett Bay, Waquoit Bay, Wells	2010	3	Brown University	PhD