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Coen, L.D., Brumbaugh, R.D., Bushek, D., Grizzle, R. Luckenbach, M.W., Posey, M.H.,

Powers, S.P. and Tolley, S.G.. 2007. Ecosystem services related to oyster restoration.

Marine Ecology Progress Series 341: 303-307.

Hackney, C.T., Avery, G.B. Leonard, L.A., Posey M., and Alphin T. 2007. Biological, chemical,

and physical characteristics of tidal freshwater swamp forests of the lower Cape Fear

River/Estuary , North Carolina, Pages 183-221. In: Conner, W.H., T.W. Doyle, and K.W.

Krauss, eds. Ecology of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands in the Southeastern United

States; Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

GRANTS AND AWARDS: (PI or co-PI on >$10 million in grants and awards since coming to

UNCW)

North Carolina Sea Grant Blue Crab and Shellfish Research Program. 2013-2014. “Identification

of potential interactions between rack and cage shellfish culture and adjacent critical

habitats.” $35,343. (P.I.).

North Carolina Sea Grant Blue Crab and Shellfish Research Program. 2013-2014. “Enhancement

of the North Carolina statewide oysters spat monitoring program”. $17,797. (co-PI)

North Carolina Sea Grant Fisheries Resource Grant Program. 2013-2014. “Development of

Shellfish polyculture techniques in North Carolina”. $17,330. (co-P.I.).

National Science Foundation. 2009-2014. “STAR (Scholarship Team in Action to Recruit)

program.” $898,500. (co-P.I.)

North Carolina Marine Resources Fund, 2012-2014. “Ecosystem function of oyster stabilization

projects: Efficacy and support of local fishery”. $87,501. (co-P.I.)

NOAA Habitat Division. 2012-2013. “Assessment of infauna and sediment characteristics

associated with the Poplar Island, VA marsh restoration project”. $30,000. (co-P.I.)

NOAA National Sea Grant, 2011-2014. “Developing tools for the growth of the shellfish

industry in North Carolina”. $198,837. (co-P.I.)

Dial Cordy and Associates. 2010-2011. “Impacts of Increased Tidal Range and Salinity in the

Cape Fear River Ecosystem Due to Deepening and Widening Wilmington Harbor, North

Carolina”. $144,731 (co-P.I.).

South Carolina Department of Natural resources. 2010. “Student internship at Waddell

Mariculture Center”. $1717. (P.I.)

North Carolina Sea Grant program. 2010-2012. Linking variation in egg quality to hatching

success and larval survival in blue crabs. $9545 (co-P.I.).

North Carolina Sea Grant Program. 2010-2012. “To seed or not to seed: the value of seeding

restored oyster reefs for ecosystem function”. $88,597 + graduate student support. (co-P.I.)

Dial Cordy and Associates. 2009-2010. “Monitoring effects of a potential increased tidal range in

the Cape Fear Ecosystem.” $415,599. (lead P.I.)

North Carolina Sea Grant Program. 2009-2010. “Evaluation of oyster health and sanctuary

function of closed shellfish beds”. $39,358. (co-P.I.).

North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (CICEET), 2009-2010,

“Sustainable estuarine shoreline stabilization”. $117,694. (lead P.I.) (part of larger project

administered through NC Department of Natural Resources, $688,478, overall project co-PI)

North Carolina Coastal Federation, 2009-2010. “Restoration of oyster reefs for fisheries, habitat

and erosion control in southeastern NC.” $75,000. (co-P.I.).

North Carolina Sea Grant Program. 2008-2010. Key parameters for assessing beach

functionality. $99,820, (co-P.I.)

North Carolina Sea Grant Program, 2008-2010, “Spatial variation in blue crab distribution in the

New River during spawning season”. $44,278 (co-P.I.)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2008-2009, “Receiving, storage and technician support for

laboratory analyses. $25,912. (co-P.I.)