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Fellow: Robert Twilley

Research Strengths:
- Flagship Agenda in Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
- Wetland Research and Restoration
- Tools to Prepare for Coastal Hazards and Disturbance
- Water Resource Research and Land-Surface-Dynamics
- Risks and Resiliency of Society in the Coastal Zone
- Computational Technology for Coastal Science and Engineering

Projects:

- DELTA Ecosystem Forecasting System

- Public Health and Stressors

- Trophic Linkages and Biomass Production in Estuarine Ecosystems

- Investigating Material Exchange between the Marsh and Channel Along an Estuarine Gradient

- From Physics to Fish: Modeling the Effects of Pulsed River Diversion on Fish Distribution

- Riverine and Estuarine Carbon Export to the Coastal Ocean (RECECO), Northern Gulf of Mexico

- Understanding Coastal Resiliency from Hurricane Impacts Using Integrated Modeling and Observations

Publications:

- Marks, B., & White, J. R. (2008). Effects of Marsh Position and Salinity on the Denitrification Enzyme Activity of Wetland Soil. Annual Meeting of the Soil Science Society of America held jointly with the Geological Society of America. Houston, TX.

- Cable, J. E., White, J. R., Mendelssohn, I. A., & Twilley, R. (2008). Investigating Material Exchange between the Marsh and Channel along an Estuarine Gradient. NGI Conference. Biloxi, MS.

- Sutor, M. M., Alford, M., Ates, A. B., Shaw, R. F., & Cowan, J. H. (2008). Trophic Linkages and Biomass Production in Estuarine Ecosystems. NGI Conference. Biloxi, MS.

- Matherne, B., Bae, H. S., Mire, J., & A,, Hou (2008). Populations of Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Breton Sound and Barataria Bay. NGI Conference. Biloxi, MS.

- Czubakowski, J., & Bargu, S. (2008). The role of Nutrient Loaded Freshwater Pulses on Phytoplankton Succession and Phycotoxin Production in Breton Sound Estuary, Louisiana 08. Graduate Student Symposium, LUMCON. Chauvin, LA.

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