UMCES Horn Point Laboratory P.O. Box 775 Cambridge, MD 21613

The Horn Point Laboratory (HPL) is one of three academic research campuses comprising the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, multidisciplinary research unit of the University System of Maryland. Environmental research, education, and public service are the areas of focus at the laboratory. Programmatic strengths of the HPL faculty include biological and physical oceanography, estuarine and wetland ecology, the physiology and population biology of estuarine and marine organisms, and aquaculture.

The Coastal and Estuarine Science and Ian Morris Marine Science Laboratories house modern laboratories, analytical and computer services, telecommunications, offices, classrooms, library, and conference rooms. Brackish river water and controlled temperature- salinity water are supplied to the Morris Marine Lab and to a large hatchery and outdoor ponds which support programs in aquaculture and the ecology of submerged aquatic vegetation. Access to river, estuarine and coastal ecosystems is provided by small boats and larger research vessels. Housing facilities include a dormitory-conference center on the Choptank River (with housing for 28 with two efficiency apartments), a three- bedroom house for visiting faculty, and an Environmental Education Center (with overnight accommodations for 64 and dining room, classroom and laboratory facilities).

A combination of experimental, empirical, and theoretical approaches addresses a broad range of ecological processes and ecosystems.

Biological Oceanography - Population and trophic dynamics of plankton from phytoplankton and marine bacteria to protozoa, copepods, and jellyfish

Physical Oceanography - Estuarine and coastal circulation, transport processes, environmental hydrodynamics, and numerical modeling

Biogeochemistry - Dynamics of nutrients, dissolved gasses, and trace metals

Estuarine Ecosystems - Benthic-pelagic coupling, nutrient and trophic dynamics, empirical field studies, manipulations of experimental ecosystems, and theoretical models

Geographical Information Systems - Time scales of landuse change in the Chesapeake Bay area as well as export of nitrogen and phosphorus from costal plain basins to coastal zones

Natural Resources - Restoration and ecology of submerged aquatic vegetation; oyster and striped bass aquaculture; physiology, behavior, genetics, and population biology of estuarine organisms

HPL has made a major commitment to providing opportunities in environmental education, training, and research to students of all ages.

Marine, Estuarine and Environmental Science (MEES) (http://www.mees.umd.edu) A University-wide program leading to MS and PhD degrees in all aspects of estuarine and marine environmental science. HPL faculty participate in this innovative, multidisciplinary program by providing funding, selecting and supervising students, and teaching advanced courses. Student matriculation and advanced degrees are awarded through the teaching campuses of the University System of Maryland. Prospective students should contact potential faculty advisors directly.

Summer Program - Approximately 30 high school and undergraduate students are selected each summer to work under the supervision of the HPL faculty. This 12-week, residential program (June- August) provides an opportunity for students to participate in environmental research projects. The program also includes a lecture-seminar series featuring resident faculty and visiting scientists. Summer stipends are provided. The program is supported by grants from private foundations, the National Science Foundation (via the Maryland Sea Grant College), the UMCP Office of Minority Programs, and by grants and contracts to HPL faculty.

The Environmental Education program at HPL provides opportunity for kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school students to learn about the environment and resources of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. This program involves about 10,000 students and teachers annually in a broad spectrum of learning experiences from aquatic studies and forestry to conservation and wildlife ecology. Teachers wishing to schedule field trips are offered orientation workshops to learn activities which will compliment their curriculum objectives and familiarize themselves with the Environmental Education Center.

BAPTIST, CATHERINE A., Senior Agent (M.A., Salisbury State University, 1988). Environmental education.

BOICOURT, WILLIAM C., Professor (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1973). Physical oceanography, estuarine circulation.

CHAO, SHENN-YU, Professor (Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1979). Physical oceanography, numerical modeling.

CODISPOTI, LOUIS A., Research Professor (Ph.D., University of Washington, 1973). Oceanic nitrogen cycling.

CORNWELL, JEFFREY C., Research Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Alaska, 1983). Freshwater and marine geochemistry.

del GIORGIO, PAUL A., Assistant Professor (Ph.D., McGill University, 1994). Microbial ecology, regulation of bacterioplankton populations.

FISHER, THOMAS R., Professor (Ph.D., Duke University, 1975). Nutrient cycling and primary production of plankton.

GLIBERT, PATRICIA M., Professor (Ph.D., Harvard University, 1982). Nitrogen cycling and primary production of plankton.

HARDING, LAWRENCE W., Jr., Research Professor (Ph.D., Stanford University, 1978). Phytoplankton ecophysiology and remote sensing.

HOOD, RALEIGH R., Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of California, San Diego - Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1990). Analytical and numerical modeling of aquatic systems.

KANA, TODD M., Research Associate Professor (Ph.D., Harvard University, 1982). Phytoplankton physiological ecology.

KEMP, W. MICHAEL, Professor (Ph.D., University of Florida, 1977). Systems analysis and ecology;ecosystem energetics.

KENNEDY, VICTOR S., Professor (Ph.D., University of Rhode Island, 1970). Reproduction, ecology, and behavior of aquatic benthic organisms.

KOCH, EVAMARIA W., Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of South Florida, 1993). Seagrass ecology, hydrodynamics of macrophytes.

MacINTYRE, HUGH L., Research Assistant Professor, (Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1996). Physiology and ecology of estuarine phytoplankton and microphytobenthos.

MALONE, THOMAS C., Professor and Director of HPL (Ph.D., Stanford University, 1971). Phytoplankton ecology and nutrient cycling in aquatic systems.

MERITT, DONALD W., Senior Agent (Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1996). Oyster aquaculture, fisheries ecology.

MURRAY, LAURA, Research Associate Professor (Ph.D., William and Mary, 1982). Wetland ecology and environmental education.

NEWELL, ROGER I.E., Professor (Ph.D., University of London, England, 1978). Adaptive physiology of aquatic invertebrates.

PURCELL, JENNIFER E., Professor (Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1981). Ecology of gelatinous zooplankton.

ROMAN, MICHAEL R., Professor (Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 1976). Zooplankton ecology and biological oceanography.

SANFORD, LAWRENCE P., Associate Professor (Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1984). Physical oceanography, boundary layer processes.

STEVENSON, J. COURT, Professor (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1972). Ecology of marsh and estuarine shallows.

STOECKER, DIANE K., Professor (Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1979). Ecology and physiology of marine ciliates and dinoflagellates.

VAN HEUKELEM, WILLIAM F., Associate Research Scientist (Ph.D., University of Hawaii, 1976). Finfish aquaculture and biology of blue crabs.

HPL provides objective information on environmental matters to the public, policy makers, government agencies and industry. Marine Advisory Services, with support from the University System of Maryland's Cooperative Extension Service and Sea Grant College, provide technical information and services in shellfish and finfish aquaculture.

HPL occupies the 850-acre former estate of Francis V. duPont on the banks of the Choptank River in Dorchester County (Cambridge) on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Please visit our web site (http://www.hpl.umces.edu) for detailed directions to the laboratory.