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Staff Profile

Kimberly Richie

Research Technician

RichieK@si.edu

443-482-2386

Research Labs

Fish and Invertebrate Ecology

Fisheries Conservation

Expert Areas

blue crabs

fish

river herring

Biography
Publications

Biography

Two blue crabs with pink SERC tags

Education:
B.A. Biology, Arcadia University, 2011

Research Interests:
Blue crab reproductive ecology. Estuarine ecology. Fisheries ecology. River Herring habitat use. Mark-recapture studies. Acoustic telemetry.

Publications:

Ogburn, Matthew B., Roberts, Paige M., Richie, Kimberly D., Johnson, Eric G. and Hines, Anson H. 2014. Temporal and spatial variation in sperm stores in mature female blue crabs Callinectes sapidus and potential effects on brood production in Chesapeake Bay.Marine Ecology Progress Series, 507: 249-262. doi:10.3354/meps10869

Publications

Fowler, Chelsea M. ; Ogburn, Matthew B. ; Aguilar, Robert ; Heggie, Keira ; Legett, Henry D. ; Richie, Kimberly D. ; Plough,Louis, V.. (2024). Viability of high-frequency environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling as a fish enumeration tool . Ecological Indicators, 166 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112384
Livernois, Mariah C. ; Ogburn, Matthew B. ; Legett, Henry D. ; Richie, Kimberly D. ; Aguilar, Robert ; Heggie, Keira ; Furey, Nathan B.. (2024). Tracking animal movements via collaborative acoustic telemetry networks: Multiscale habitat use, phenology, and management insights . Journal of fish biology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15952
Ogburn, Matthew B. ; Legett, Henry D. ; Aguilar, Robert ; Furey, Nathan B. ; Heggie, Keira ; Livernois, Mariah C. ; Richie, Kimberly D.. (2024). Acoustic telemetry captures the full annual migration of alewife between Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf of Maine . Marine Ecology Progress Series, 745 , . http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14676
Huang, Claire S. ; Legett, Henry D. ; Plough, Louis V. ; Aguilar, Rob ; Fitzgerald, Catherine ; Gregory, Benjamin ; Heggie, Keira ; Lee, Benjamin ; Richie, Kimberly D. ; Harbold, William ; Ogburn, Matthew B.. (2023). Early detection and recovery of river herring spawning habitat use in response to a mainstem dam removal . PLOS ONE, 18 (5) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284561
Legett, Henry D. ; Aguilar, Robert ; Heggie, Keira ; Richie, Kimberly D. ; Ogburn, Matthew B.. (2023). Timing and environmental drivers of spawning migrations of alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and blueback herring (A. aestivalis) in rivers of Chesapeake Bay . Fishery Bulletin, 121 (3) , . http://dx.doi.org/10.7755/FB.121.3.4
Ogburn, Matthew B. ; Plough, Louis V. ; Bangley, Charles W. ; Fitzgerald, Catherine L. ; Hannam, Michael P. ; Lee, Benjamin ; Marafino, Gabriella ; Richie, Kimberly D. ; Williams, Meghan R. ; Weller, Donald E. (2023). Environmental DNA reveals anadromous river herring habitat use and recolonization after restoration of aquatic connectivity . Environmental DNA, 5 (1) , 25-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/edn3.348
Bangley, Charles W. ; Edwards, Michelle L. ; Mueller, Claire ; Fisher, Robert A. ; Aguilar, Robert ; Heggie, Keira ; Richie, Kimberly ; Ahr, Bonnie J. ; Ogburn, Matthew B. (2021). Environmental associations of cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) seasonal presence along the US Atlantic Coast . Ecosphere, 12 (9) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3743
Ogburn, Matthew Bryan ; Richie, Kimberly D. ; Jones, Morgan A. ; Hines, Anson H. (2019). Sperm acquisition and storage dynamics facilitate sperm limitation in the selectively harvested blue crab Callinectes sapidus . Marine Ecology Progress Series, 629 , 87-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13104
Plough, Louis V. ; Ogburn, Matthew Bryan ; Fitzgerald, Catherine L. ; Geranio, Rose ; Marafino, Gabriella A. ; Richie, Kimberly D. (2018). Environmental DNA analysis of river herring in Chesapeake Bay: A powerful tool for monitoring threatened keystone species . Plos One, 13 (11) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205578
Ogburn, Matthew Bryan ; Spires, Jason ; Aguilar, Robert ; Goodison, Michael R. ; Heggie, Keira ; Kinnebrew, Eva ; McBurney, William ; Richie, Kimberly D. ; Roberts, Paige M. ; Hines, Anson H. (2017). Assessment of River Herring Spawning Runs in a Chesapeake Bay Coastal Plain Stream using Imaging Sonar . Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 146 (1) , 22-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2016.1235612