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Faculty and Research Scientists

David M. Burdick (Research Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources)

Ecology of coastal wetlands (tidal marshes and seagrass meadows)
Plant responses to stresses and human impacts
Habitat responses to impacts and restoration
Restoration science, education and outreach

Arthur C. Mathieson (Professor of Botany, Department of Plant Biology)

Seaweed ecology, including invasive species
Comparative floristic studies of riverine estuarine/marsh communities
Effects of ice rafting and scouring on seaweeds and salt marsh communities
Detrital patterns of salt marsh communities
Systematics, ecology, and genetics of salt marsh fucoid ecads

Gregg E. Moore (Research Scientist, Marine Program)

Biogeochemistry of natural, disturbed, and restored salt marsh systems
Ecology of invasive plant species in native wetland plant communitiess
Tropical coastal wetland conservation and restoration ecology

Frederick T. Short (Research Professor, Department of Natural Resources

Ecology of seagrasses
Ecological functions of marshes, especially fringing marshes
Site selection and performance criteria for created marshes

Larry G. Ward (Research Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences)

Geomorphologic, sedimentologic and stratigraphic relationships of coastal, estuarine and shelf systems
Holocene development of coastal systems
Impact of climate change and sea level rise (past and future) on coastal systems
Seafloor characterization and mapping
Environmental monitoring

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Brett Still (Technician)

Marsh restoration ecology

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Current Graduate Students

Alison Eberhardt, Ph.D student (Co-Advisor: Dionne/Burdick), Can diadromous fish populations be restored using a habitat approach? email: alyson@cisunix.unh.edu

Joanne Glode, M.S. student (Advisor: Burdick), Do upland buffers reduce effects of human activities on marsh vegetation?

Christopher Peter, M.S. student (Advisor: Burdick), Can plant diversity change susceptibility of marshes to Phragmites invasion?

Jeffrey Rogers, Ph.D. student (Advisor: Ward), Remote sensing and modeling of salt marsh morphology and vegetation

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Collaborators

Robert Buchsbaum (Massachusetts Audubon), Vegetation, restoration science

P. Thompson Davis (Bentley College), Surficial processes, palynology

Clinton J. Dawes (University of South Florida), Ecology and floristic studies of seaweeds

Michele Dionne (Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve), Fish ecology, surficial processes

Elizabeth Duff (Massachusetts Audubon), Education and outreach for salt marsh conservation and management

Edward J. Hehre (Jackson Estuarine Laboratory), Floristic studies of New England seaweeds

Anita S. Klein (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Hampshire), Molecular studies of fucoid, ecads, invasive seaweeds

Ray A. Konisky (Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve), Ecological modeling, restoration science

Christopher D. Neefus (Department of Plant Biology, University of New Hampshire) Molecular and monographic studies of the red alga Porphyra

Jay Odell (The Nature Conservancy), Identification and assessment of estuarine restoration opportunities

Steve Miller (Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve), Coastal issues and outreach

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Current Undergraduate Students

Terri Smith, University of Rhode Island (Advisor: Gregg Moore), Comparison of natural and tidally restricted salt marshes on Cape Cod

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