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SCIENCE 



migration; David Griffith and Jeffrey Johnson, 

 East Carolina University. 



• Measuring Interrelated Demands for 

 Commercially Caught Fish; Matthew Holt, NC 

 State. 



• Estimating Fishing and Natural Mor- 

 tality Rates for Red Drum in North Carolina 

 Estuaries Using a Combined Telemetry/Con- 

 ventional Tag Approach; Jeff Buckel and Joseph 

 E. Hightower, NC State. 



• Estimating Direct and Indirect Effects 

 of Hypoxia on Estuary-Dependent Fish; Jim 

 Rice and J. Kevin Craig, NC State. 



• Functional Evaluation of Fish Habitat 

 Quality: Juvenile Southern Flounder; John 

 Miller, NC State. 



• An Alternate Approach to Improving 

 Gel-Forming Ability of Seafood Muscle; Tyre 

 Lanier, NC State. 



• Constraints to Rapid Recovery of Habi- 

 tat Function Following Beach Nourishment; 

 Charles Peterson, University of North Carolina at 

 Chapel Hill. 



• Eutrophication and Trophic Transfer 



in the Neuse River Estuary: Dynamics of 

 Nutrients and Phytoplankton at the Chloro- 

 phyll a Maximum; Hans Paerl and Michael F. 

 Piehler, UNC-CH. 



• Effects of Erosion-Control Structures 

 on Adjacent Benthic and Nektonic Commu- 

 nities; Martin Posey and Troy Alphin, University 

 of North Carolina at Wilmington. 



• Mercury in the Organic-Rich Cape 

 Fear Estuary; Stephen A. Skrabel, Robert 

 Kieber and J.D. Willey, UNC-W. 



• Effects of Sediment Phosphorus Con- 

 centration on Fecal Pathogen Indicators in 

 Estuarine Sediments; Larry Cahoon and Mike 

 Mallin, UNC-W. 



• F+ Coliphages as Source Tracking 

 Viral Indicators of Fecal Contamination in 

 Coastal Waters and Shellfish; Mark Sobsey, 

 UNC-CH. 



Other Sea Grant Efforts 



In addition to the major research projects, 

 North Carolina Sea Grant funds a pair of state- 

 based fellowships. 



Patterned after Sea Grant's 

 national Knauss Fellowship in marine 

 policy, the N.C. Coastal Management 

 Fellowship allows a graduate student 

 to focus on planning and policy 

 issues. In particular, this year's fellow, 

 Lindsay Fullenkamp, is working on 

 "smart growth" issues with additional 

 funding from a partnership with the 

 Environmental Protection Agency. 



The N.C. Marine Fisheries Fel- 

 lowship is a partnership with the N.C. 

 Division of Marine Fisheries. A new 

 fellow is expected later this year. 



Sea Grant also funds "mini- 

 grant" projects each year. Recent 

 projects have included rapid 

 responses to determine hurricane 

 impacts. Minigrant projects also 

 may provide groundwork for major 

 research projects, such as studies on 

 gender changes in flounder. 



Other recent minigrants have 

 supported a documentary and book 

 on Snead's Ferry, as well as curricula for 

 middle and high school science lessons. 



North Carolina Sea Grant also encour- 

 ages researchers here to compete for National 

 Sea Grant initiatives funded by Congress. 

 Current projects include oyster disease studies 

 and ballast water technology research to limit 

 introduction of invasive species. 



The public likely is most familiar with 

 North Carolina Sea Grant's nationally recog- 

 nized outreach efforts that translate the latest 

 science into information useful to user groups, 

 educators, community leaders and others. 



North Carolina Sea Grant's extension 

 program includes specialists in fisheries, mari- 

 culture, seafood technology, coastal construc- 

 tion and erosion, marine education, law and 

 policy, water quality, ecotourism and coastal 

 communities. 



The communications team produces not 

 only Coastwatch magazine, but also several 

 newsletters, as well as a mix of books, bro- 

 chures, fact sheets and content for the Web site 

 www.ncseagrant.org. a 



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