Seventeen research labs collaborate on scientific studies centered
around linkages between ecosystems at the land-sea margin.

Lab	Lead Scientist	Research Area
Animal Plant Interaction	Ilka Feller	Plant and animal interactions in mangrove communities.
Marine and Estuarine Ecology	Denise Breitburg	Effects of Hypoxia on foodwebs, jellyfish ecology, oyster restoration in Chesapeake Bay.
Protistan Ecology	Wayne Coats	Factors influencing algal blooms.
CO2 and Plant Physiology	Bert Drake	Effects of increased atmospheric CO2 on plant communities.
Phytoplankton Ecology	Charles Gallegos	Optical properties and water clarity standards for Submerged Aquatic Vegetation.
Microbial Ecology	Cindy Gilmour	Mercury methylation mechanisms by bacteria, ecosystem-level studies of mercury methylation and bioaccumulation.
Fish and Invertebrate Ecology	Anson Hines	Fish and invertebrate life studies, 20 years of studies on blue crab biology and ecology.
Nutrient Lab	Thomas Jordan	Transport of nutrients through watersheds.
Biogeochemistry	Pat Megonigal	Biogeochemistry of wetland systems, effects of global change on ecosystems.
Photobiology and Solar Radiation	Pat Neale	Effects of UVB radiation in aquatic ecosystems, solar radiation in the Antarctic and ozone depletion.
Benthic Ecology	Richard Osman	Marine and Benthic communities and factors controling recruitment, invasive species.
Forest Ecology	Geoffrey Parker	Canopy structure and forest function.
Terrestrial Ecology	John Parker	Terrestrial community ecology, consumer-prey interactions, invasion biology.
Trace Element Biogeochemistry	Gerhardt Fritz Riedel	Cycling and toxicology of trace metals in the environment.
Marine Invasion Research	Greg Ruiz	Transportation, prevalence, and impacts of marine invasive species.
Ecological Modeling	Don Weller	Landscape ecology, nutrient transport, wetland and stream health, spatial analysis, and ecological modeling .
Plant Ecology	Dennis Whigham	Terrestrial and wetland ecosystems, indicators of ecosystem condition.