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Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

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Staff Profile

Matthew Ogburn

Specialty

Marine Conservation Ecologist

Principal Investigator, Senior Scientist

OgburnM@si.edu

Phone

(443) 482-2203

Research Labs

Fisheries Conservation

Expert Areas

Chesapeake Bay

MarineGEO

aquatic ecosystems

benthic communities

biodiversity

blue crabs

ecology

ecosystem function

ecosystem services

ecosystems

environmental management

estuarine ecology

fish

global change

invasive species

invertebrates

marine bioacoustics

marine ecology

marine invasive species

marine invertebrates

oysters

plankton

river herring

submerged aquatic vegetation

underwater soundscapes

watersheds

wetland ecology

Biography
Publications

Biography

Skip to main contDr. Matthew B. Ogburn

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Education

B.S. Biology, Duke University, 2001

M.S. Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, 2004

Ph.D. Environment, Duke University Marine Laboratory, 2008

Research Interests

Conservation science. Estuarine and marine ecology. Restoration ecology. Sustainable fisheries. Population and community ecology. Animal behavior and physiology. Movement ecology. Larval dispersal and recruitment. Migratory life history strategies. Ecosystem-based fisheries management. Long-term studies. Global change.

Publications

Bailey, H. ; Fandel, A. D. ; Silva, K. ; Gryzb, E. ; McDonald, E. ; Hoover, A. L. ; Ogburn, M. B. ; Rice, A. N. (2021). Identifying and predicting occurrence and abundance of a vocal animal species based on individually specific calls . Ecosphere, 12 (8) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3685
Waltham, Nathan J. ; Elliott, Michael ; Lee, Shing Yip ; Lovelock, Catherine ; Duarte, Carlos M. ; Buelow, Christina ; Simenstad, Charles ; Nagelkerken, Ivan ; Claassens, Louw ; Wen, Colin K-C ; Barletta, Mario ; Connolly, Rod M. ; Gillies, Chris ; Mitsch, William J. ; Ogburn, Matthew B. ; Purandare, Jemma ; Possingham, Hugh ; Sheaves, Marcus. (2020). UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030-What Chance for Success in Restoring Coastal Ecosystems? . Frontiers in Marine Science, 7 , Article 71. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00071
Ogburn, Matthew Bryan. (2019). The effects of sex-biased fisheries on crustacean sex ratios and reproductive output . Invertebrate Reproduction & Development, 63 (3) , 200-207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2019.1612787
Ogburn, Matthew B., Spires, Jason, Aguilar, R., Goodison, M. R., Heggie, Keira, Kinnebrew, Eva, McBurney, W., Richie, K. D., Roberts, P. M. and Hines, A. 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) , 22-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2016.1235612
Ogburn, Matthew Bryan ; Hasselman, Daniel J. ; Schultz, Thomas F. ; Palkovacs, Eric P. (2017). Genetics and Juvenile Abundance Dynamics show Congruent Patterns of Population Structure for Depleted River Herring Populations in the Upper Chesapeake Bay . North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 37 (5) , 1083-1092. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02755947.2017.1339649
Ogburn, Matthew Bryan ; Habegger, Leigh C. (2015). Reproductive Status of Callinectes sapidus as an Indicator of Spawning Habitat in the South Atlantic Bight, USA . Estuaries and Coasts, , 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-015-9962-2
Mathies, Noelle H. ; Ogburn, Matthew Bryan ; McFall, G. ; Fangman, S. (2014). Environmental interference factors affecting detection range in acoustic telemetry studies using fixed receiver arrays . Marine Ecology Progress Series, 495 , 27-38. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps10582
Ogburn, Matthew Bryan ; Criales, Maria M. ; Thompson, R. Tyler ; Browder, Joan A. (2013). Endogenous swimming activity rhythms of postlarvae and juveniles of the penaeid shrimp Farfantepenaeus aztecus, Farfantepenaeus duorarum, and Litopenaeus setiferus . Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology, 440 , 149-155. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2012.12.007