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Effects of winds on stratification and circulation in a partially mixed estuary
Journal Of Geophysical Research-Oceans
2011

Numerical experiments are conducted to investigate how axial winds affect stratification and circulation in the partially mixed estuary of Chesapeake Bay.

Lessons Learned From Efforts To Restore Oyster Populations In Maryland And Virginia, 1990 To 2007
Journal Of Shellfish Research
2011

A century-long decline of the fishery for the Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) in Maryland and Virginia stimulated numerous efforts by federal, state, and nongovernmental agencies t

Seasonal Comparison Of Physiological Adaptation And Growth Of Suminoe (Crassostrea Ariakensis) And Eastern (Crassostrea Virginica) Oysters
Journal Of Shellfish Research
2011

Shell growth, survival, and physiology were compared between diploid Suminoe (Crassostrea ariakensis) and eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) under conditions simulating a U.S.

Nitrogen uptake kinetics of Prymnesium parvum (Haptophyte)
Harmful Algae
2011

The uptake rates of different nitrogen (N) forms (NO(3)(-), urea, and the amino acids glycine and glutamic acid) by N-deficient, laboratory-grown cells of the mixotrophic haptophyte, Prymnesium parvum

Modeling and Prediction of Internal Waves in the South China Sea
Oceanography
2011

Nonlinear internal solitary waves generated within Luzon Strait move westward across the northern South China Sea, refract around Dongsha Atoll, and dissipate on the Chinese continental shelf after a

Multiple Stressors And Complex Life Cycles: Insights From A Population-Level Assessment Of Breeding Site Contamination And Terrestrial Habitat Loss In An Amphibian
Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry
2011

Understanding the effects of chemical contaminants on natural populations is challenging, as multiple anthropogenic and natural stressors may individually and interactively influence responses.

OYSTER HEMOCYTE MOBILIZATION AND INCREASED ADHESION ACTIVITY AFTER beta-GLUCAN ADMINISTRATION
Journal Of Shellfish Research
2011

In the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) hemocytes are important effector cells for maintenance of defense against pathogenic microorganisms.

Hemocytes Are Sites of Enteric Virus Persistence within Oysters
Applied And Environmental Microbiology
2011

The goal of this study was to determine how enteric viruses persist within shellfish tissues.

Mapping Shallow Coastal Ecosystems: A Case Study of a Rhode Island Lagoon
Journal Of Coastal Research
2011

STOLT, M.; BRADLEY, M.; TURENNE, J.; PAYNE, M.; SCHERER, E.; CICCHETTI, G.; SHUMCHENIA, E.; GUARINELLO, M.; KING, J.; BOOTHROYD, J.; OAKLEY, B.; THORNBER, C., and AUGUST, P., 2011.

Exploring the effects of reductions in krill biomass in the Southern Ocean on blue whales using a state-dependent foraging model
Ecological Modelling
2011

Many species of baleen whales were hunted to near extinction in the Southern Hemisphere.