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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

Staff Profile

Denise Breitburg

Scientist Emeritus

breitburgd@si.edu

Research Labs

Marine and Estuarine Ecology

Expert Areas

Chesapeake Bay

hypoxia

jellyfish

marine ecology

ocean acidification

oysters

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Breitburg, Denise L. and Riedel, Gerhardt F. (2005). Multiple stressors in marine systems. Marine conservation biology (167-182) .
Grove, M. ; Breitburg, Denise L. (2005). Growth and reproduction of gelatinous zooplankton exposed to low dissolved oxygen . Marine Ecology Progress Series, 301 , 185-198.
Richmond, C. E. ; Breitburg, Denise L. ; Rose, K. A. (2005). Role of environmental generalist species in ecosystem function . Ecological Modelling, 188 , 279-295.
(2004). Identifying and prioritizing research required to evaluate ecological risks and benefits of introducing diploid Crassostrea ariakensis to restore oysters to Chesapeake Bay. Chesapeake Bay Program. Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee .
(2004). River Basins and Coastal Systems Planning within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers . National Academies Press .
Decker, Mary Beth ; Breitburg, Denise L. ; Purcell, Jennifer E. (2004). Effects of low dissolved oxygen on zooplankton predation by the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi . Marine Ecology Progress Series, 280 , 163-172.
Breitburg, Denise L. ; Adamack, Aaron ; Rose, Kenneth A. ; Kolesar, Sarah E. ; Decker, Beth ; Purcell, Jennifer E. ; Keister, Julie E. ; Cowan, James H. (2003). The pattern and influence of low dissolved oxygen in the Patuxent River, a seasonally hypoxic estuary . Estuaries, 26 (2A) , 280-297.
Decker, M. B. ; Breitburg, Denise L. ; Marcus, N. H. (2003). Geographical differences in behavioral responses to hypoxia: Local adaptation to an anthropogenic stressor? . Ecological Applications, 13 (4) , 1104-1109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761(2003)13[1104:GDIBRT]2.0.CO;2
Wiegner, T. N. ; Seitzinger, S. P. ; Breitburg, Denise L. ; Sanders, J. G. (2003). The effects of multiple stressors on the balance between autotrophic and heterotrophic processes in an estuarine system . Estuaries and Coasts, 26 (2) , 352-364.
(2002). Suspension feeders: A Workshop to Assess What We Know, Don't Know, and Need to Know to Determine Their Effects on Water Quality. STAC Publication .
Breitburg, Denise L. (2002). Effects of hypoxia, and the balance between hypoxia and enrichment, on coastal fishes and fisheries . Estuaries, 25 (4b) , 767-781.
Boynton, W. R. ; Hagy, J. D. ; Breitburg, Denise L. (2001). Issues of Scale in Land-Margin Ecosystems. Scaling Relations in Experimental Ecology (299-330) Columbia University Press .
Breitburg, Denise L. ; Pihl, L. ; Kolesar, S. E. (2001). Effects of low dissolved oxygen on the behavior, ecology and harvest of fishes: a comparison of the Chesapeake and Baltic-Kattegat systems. Coastal Hypoxia: Consequences for Living Resources and Ecosystems (241-267) http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/CE058p0241 American Geophysical Union .
Purcell, J. E. ; Breitburg, Denise L. ; Decker, M. B. ; Graham, W. M. ; Youngbluth, M. J. ; Raskoff, K. A. (2001). Pelagic cnidarians and ctenophores in low dissolved oxygen environments: A review . Coastal Hypoxia: Consequences for Living Resources and Ecosystems (77-100) American Geophysical Union .
(2000). Habitat Needs Prospectus for a Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Ecosystem Plan. Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem Plan Workshop Report, FEP Workshop 12-13 July 2000 .

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