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CURRICULUM VITAE of DAVID BUSHEK May 2015

Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory Phone: (856) 785-0074 x4327 Rutgers University Fax: (856) 785-1544 6959 Miller Avenue E-mail: [email protected] Port Norris, New Jersey 08349 Internet: www.hsrl.rutgers.edu/bushek.html USA EDUCATION: 1994 Ph.D., Ecology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Dissertation title: Dermo disease in eastern oysters: genetics of host-parasite interactions. 1987 M.S., Biology, University of Houston, Houston, TX Thesis title: Settlement as a major determinant of intertidal oyster and barnacle distributions along a

horizontal gradient. 1984 B.S., Zoology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 2011 - present Director, Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers University, Port Norris, NJ 2009 - present Associate Professor, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences and New Jersey Agricultural

Experiment Station, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 2003 - 2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences and New Jersey Agricultural

Experiment Station, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 2003 - present Adjunct Associate Professor of Marine Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 1998 - 2004 Visiting Research Assistant Professor, Department of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina

University, Conway, SC 1996 - 2004 Adjunct Faculty Member, Graduate Program in Marine Biology, University of Charleston,

Charleston, SC 2002 - 2003 Research Associate Professor, Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research/ Marine

Science Program/ School of the Environment, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 1994 - 2003 Assistant Director, Baruch Marine Field Laboratory, University of South Carolina, Georgetown,

SC 1994 - 2002 Research Assistant Professor, Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research/ Marine

Science Program (appointed 1995)/ School of the Environment (appointed 1995), University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

1989 - 1994 Graduate Assistant, Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers University, Port Norris, NJ 1987 - 1989 Researcher, Department of Biology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 1986 Research Assistant, Marine Science Program, University of Houston, Galveston, TX 1985 Biological Aide, National Marine Fishery Service, Galveston, TX 1984 - 1987 Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 1983 - 1984 Undergraduate Research Assistant, The Ohio State University, Department of Zoology,

Columbus, OH PUBLICATIONS: Submitted

1. Baggett, L.P., S.P. Powers, R.D. Brumbaugh, L. Coen, B. DeAngelis, J. Greene, B. Hancock, S. Morlock, B. Allen, D. Breitburg, D. Bushek, J.H. Grabowski, R. Grizzle, T. Grosholz, M. La Peyre, M. Luckenbach, K. McGraw, M.F. Piehler, S. Westby and P.S.E. zu Ermgassen. (accepted w/revision) Setting guidelines for evaluating performance of oyster habitat restoration. Restoration Ecology

2. Moody, J., D. Bushek, D. Kreeger, E. J. Green, R. Lathrop Jr. (accepted w/revision) The relationship between the ribbed mussel (Geukensia demissa) and salt marsh shoreline erosion. Estuaries and Coasts

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Accepted/in press 1. Ben-Horin, T., G. Bidegain, L. Huey, D.A. Narvaez, and D. Bushek (in press) Parasite transmission

through particle feeding. J. Invert. Path. 2. Dungan, C.F. and D. Bushek. 2015. Development and applications of Ray's fluid thioglycollate media

for detection and manipulation of Perkinsus spp. pathogens of marine molluscs. J. Invert. Pathol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2015.05.004.

3. Powell, E.N., R. Mann, K.A. Ashton-Alcox, Y. Kim and D. Bushek. 2015. The allometry of oysters: spatial and temporal variation in the length–biomass relationships for Crassostrea virginica. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315415000703.

Peer Reviewed 1. Zarnoch, C.B., J.N. Kraeuter, B.F. Beal, V. M. Bricelj, G. Flimlin and D. Bushek. 2015. Geographic

origin and culture method influence the overwinter mortality of juvenile hard clams, Mercenaria mercenaria (L.). Aquaculture, 440: 48–59.

2. Munroe, D., A. Tabatabai, I. Burt, D. Bushek, E.N. Powell, and J. Wilkin. 2013. Oyster Mortality and Disease in Delaware Bay: Impact and Recovery Following Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 135:209-219.

3. Bushek, D., S.E. Ford and I. Burt. 2012. Long-term patterns of an estuarine pathogen along a salinity gradient. J Marine Research, 70(2-3):225-251.

4. Ford, S.E. and D. Bushek. 2012. Development of resistance to an introduced marine pathogen by a native host. J. Marine Research, 70(2-3):205-223.

5. Ford, S.E., E. Scarpa and D. Bushek. 2012. Spatial and temporal variability of disease refuges in an estuary: implications for the development of resistance. J. Marine Research, 70(2-3):253-277.

6. He, Y., S. Ford, D. Bushek, E. Powell, Z. Bao, and X. Guo. 2012. Effective population sizes of eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin) populations in Delaware Bay, USA. J. Marine Research, 70(2-3): 357-379.

7. Powell, E.N., J. Klinck, X. Guo, E. Hoffman, S.E. Ford and D. Bushek. 2012. Can oysters Crassostrea virginica develop resistance to Dermo disease: The impediment posed by climate cycles. J. Marine Research, 70(2-3):309-355.

8. Wang, Z., D. Haidvogel, D. Bushek, S. Ford, E. Hofmann, E. Powell, and J. Wilkin. 2012. Circulation and Water properties and Their Relationship to the Oyster Disease, MSX, in Delaware Bay. J. Marine Research, 70(2-3):279-308.

9. Kraeuter J.N., S.E. Ford, D. Bushek, E. Scarpa, W.C. Walton, D.C. Murphy, G. Flimlin and G. Mathis 2011. Evaluation of three northern quahog (=hard clam) Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus) strains grown in Massachusetts and New Jersey for QPX-resistance. J. Shellfish Research, 30(3):805-812.

10. Powell, E.N., J. Klink, X. Guo, E. Hofmann, S.E. Ford and D. Bushek. 2011. The potential for oysters, Crassostrea virginica to develop resistance to Dermo disease in the field: Evaluation using a gene-based population dynamics model. J. Shellfish Research, 30(3):685-712.

11. Ford, SE, J Paterno, E Scarpa, Y Kim, EN Powell and D Bushek. 2011. Widespread survey finds no evidence of Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX) in Gulf of Mexico oysters. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 93: 251–256. DOI: 10.3354/dao02306.

12. Wang S., E. Peatman, H Liu, D Bushek, SE Ford, H Kucuktas, J Quilang, P Li, R Wallace, Y Wang, X Guo, Z Liu. 2010. Microarray analysis of gene expression in eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) reveals a novel combination of antimicrobial and oxidative stress host responses after dermo (Perkinsus marinus) challenge. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 29(6):921-9.

13. Hofmann, E., D. Bushek, S. Ford, X. Guo, D. Haidvogel, D. Hedgecock, J. Klinck, C. Milbury, D. Narvaez, E. Powell, Y. Wang, Z. Wang, J. Wilkin, L. Zhang. 2009. Understanding How Disease and Environment Combine to Structure Resistance in Estuarine Bivalve Populations. Oceanography 22(12):212-231.

14. Ford, S., N. Stokes, E. Burreson, E. Scarpa, R. Carnegie, J. Kraeuter and D. Bushek. 2009. Minchinia mercenariae n sp., a parasite of the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol., 56(6):542–551

15. Gray, B. R., D. Bushek, J. W. Drane and D. Porter. 2009. Associations between land use and Perkinsus marinus infection of eastern oysters in a high salinity, partially urbanized estuary. Ecotoxicology, 18:259-269.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2015.05.004

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315415000703

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16. Powell, E.N., J. Kraeuter, K. Ashton-Alcox, S.E. Ford and D. Bushek. 2008. Long-term trends in oyster population dynamics in Delaware Bay: Regime shifts and response to disease. J. Shellfish Res. 27(4): 729-755.

17. Taylor, J. and D Bushek. 2008. Intertidal oyster reefs can persist and function in a temperate North American Atlantic estuary. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 361:301-306.

18. Richards, G.P., M.A. Watson, E.J. Crane, I.G. Burt, and D. Bushek. 2008. Shewanella and Photobacterium in oysters and seawater from the Delaware Bay. Appl. Env. Micro. 74(11):3323-3327.

19. Bushek, D., A. Kornbluh, H. Wang, X. Guo, G. DeBrosse and J. Quinlan. 2008. Fertilization interference between Crassostrea ariakensis and Crassostrea virginica: a gamete sink? J. Shellfish Res. 27(3): 593-600.

20. Bushek, D., BJ Landau and EM Scarpa. 2008. Perkinsus chesapeaki in stout razor clams Tagelus plebeius from Delaware Bay. Dis. Aquat. Org. 78(3):243-247

21. Coen LD, R.D. Brumbaugh, D. Bushek, R. Grizzle, M.W. Luckenbach, M.H. Posey, S.P. Powers, G.S. Tolley. 2007. AS WE SEE IT: Ecosystem services related to oyster restoration. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 341:303-307

22. Bushek D., M. Heidenreich and D. Porter. 2007. The effects of several common anthropogenic contaminants on proliferation of the parasitic oyster pathogen Perkinsus marinus. Mar. Env. Res., 64:535-540.

23. Allen, D.M., S.S. Haertel-Borer, B.J. Milan, D. Bushek and R.D. Dame. 2007. Geomorphological determinants of nekton use in intertidal salt marsh creeks. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 329:57-71.

24. Ellin, R. and D. Bushek. 2006 Adaptation of Ray’s fluid thioglycollate medium assay to detect and quantify planktonic stages of Perkinsus parasites. J. Shellfish Res. 25(3):1037-1042.

25. Bushek, D. and S. Boyd. 2006. Seasonal Abundance and Occurrence of the Asian Isopod Synidotea laevidorsalis in Delaware Bay, USA. Biological Invasions, 8(4):697-702.

26. Toline, C.A., P. Kenny and D. Bushek. 2005. Cement-coated stakes enhance recruitment of damaged oyster reefs (South Carolina). Ecological Restoration, 23(4):277-288.

27. Bushek, D. and D.M. Allen. 2005. Motile suspension feeders in estuarine and marine ecosystems. In: The Comparative Role of Suspension Feeders in Ecosystems, RF Dame and S Olenin (eds), NATO Science Series: IV – Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vol. 47. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. pp 53-71.

28. Bushek, D., D Richardson, M.Y. Bobo and L.D. Coen. 2004. Quarantine of oyster shell cultch reduces the abundance of Perkinsus marinus. J. Shellfish Research, 23(2):369-373.

29. Ford, S.E., M.M.Chintala, and D. Bushek. 2002. Comparison of in vitro cultured and wild-type Perkinsus marinus I. Pathogen virulence. Dis. Aquat. Org., 51:187-201.

30. Chintala, M.M., D. Bushek, and S.E. Ford. 2002. Comparison of in vitro cultured and wild-type Perkinsus marinus II. Dosing methods and host response. Dis. Aquat. Org., 51:203-216.

31. Bushek, D. S.E. Ford and M.M Chintala. 2002. Comparison of in vitro cultured and wild-type Perkinsus marinus III. Fecal elimination and its role in transmission. Dis. Aquat. Org., 51:217-225.

32. Bushek, D, C. Dungan, and A. Lewitus. 2002. Serological Affinities of the Protozoan Oyster Pathogen Perkinsus marinus (Apicomplexa) with Some Dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae). J. Euk. Microbiol., 49(1):11-16

33. Dame, R., D. Bushek, D. Allen, A. Lewitus, D. Edwards, E. Koepfler and L. Gregory. 2002. Ecosystem response to bivalve density reduction: management implications. Aquatic Ecology, 36:51-65.

34. Reece, K.S., D. Bushek, K.L. Hudson and J.E. Graves. 2001. Geographic distribution of Perkinsus marinus genetic strains along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the USA, Marine Biology, 139: 1047-1055.

35. Dame, R., D. Bushek and T. Prins. 2001. Benthic suspension feeders as determinants of ecosystem structure and function in shallow coastal waters. pp. 11-37 In: Ecological Studies, Vol. 151, K. Reise (ed) Ecological Comparisons of Sedimentary Shores. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, 384 pp.

36. Dame, D., D. Bushek, D. Allen, D. Edwards, L. Gregory, A. Lewitus, S. Crawford, E. Koepfler, C. Corbett, B. Kjerve and T. Prins. 2000. The experimental analysis of tidal creeks dominated by oyster reefs: The pre-manipulation year. J. Shellfish Res., 19(1): 361-369.

37. Bushek, D., R. A. Holley and K. S. Reece. 2000. Use of micromanipulation and “feeder” layers to clone the protozoan oyster pathogen Perkinsus marinus. J. Eukaryotic Microbiol., 47(2):164-166

38. Vernberg, F.J., W.B. Vernberg, D.E. Porter, G.T. Chandler, H.N. McKellar, D. Tufford, G. Scott, T. Siewicki, M. Fulton, D. Bushek and M. Wahl. 1999. Impact of coastal development on Land-Coastal

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Waters. IN: Land-Ocean Interactions: Managing Coastal Ecosystems. E. Ozhan (ed.) MEDCOAST, Middle East Technical University, Ankara Turkey. pp. 613-622.

39. Kawaguchi, T., D. Porter, D. Bushek and B. Jones. 1999. Mercury in the American oyster Crassostrea virginica in South Carolina, USA and public health concerns. Mar. Poll. Bull., 38(4): 324-327

40. Dame, R., D. Edwards, S. Crawford, L. Gregory, D. Bushek, A. Lewitus, E. Koepfler, D. Allen, C. Corbett, B. Kjerfve, and students. 1998. Ecosystem scale observations of estuarine variability. ICES CM 1998/MINI8, 9 pp.

41. White, D. L., D. Bushek, D. E. Porter, and D. Edwards. 1998. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Kriging: Analysis of the Spatial and Temporal Distributions of the oyster pathogen Perkinsus marinus in a Developed and an Undeveloped Estuary. J. Shellfish Res., 17(5): 1473-1476.

42. Nikolova, S., D. Williams, G. Kineke, D. Bushek, and D. Porter. 1998. Searching for a prominent role of research in undergraduate education: Project Interface. J. Excellence in College Teaching, 8(1):69-81.

43. Green, R., D. Bushek and R. Dame. 1998. The spatial distribution of the parasite, Perkinsus marinus, in the oyster Crassostrea virginica along the intertidal creeks of North Inlet Estuary, South Carolina. Proc. Nat’l. Conf. Undergrad. Res. NCUR 98, 4:1423-1426.

44. Bushek, D., S.E. Ford, K.A. Alcox, R. Gustafson, and S.K. Allen, Jr. 1997. Response of Crassostrea virginica to in vitro cultured Perkinsus marinus: Preliminary comparisons of three inoculation methods. J. Shellfish Res., 16(2):479-485.

45. Reece, K., J. Graves and D. Bushek. 1997. Molecular markers for population genetic analysis of Perkinsus marinus. Mol. Mar. Biol. Biotech., 6(3):197-206.

46. Bushek, D. and S.K. Allen, Jr. 1996. Host-parasite interactions among broadly distributed populations of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica and the protozoan Perkinsus marinus. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 139:127-141.

47. Bushek, D. and S.K. Allen, Jr. 1996. Races of Perkinsus marinus. J. Shellfish Res., 15(1):103-107. 48. Gaffney, P.M. and D. Bushek. 1996. Genetic aspects of disease resistance in oysters. J. Shellfish Res.,

15(1):135-140. 49. Bushek, D., S.E. Ford and S.K. Allen. Jr. 1994. Evaluation of methods using Ray’s fluid thioglycollate

medium for diagnosis of Perkinsus marinus infections in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Ann. Rev. Fish Dis., 4:201-217.

50. Fong, D., R. Rodriguez, K. Koo, J. Sun, M.L. Sogin, D. Bushek, D.T.J. Littlewood, S.E. Ford. 1993 Small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence of the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus. Mol.Mar.Biol.Biotech. 2(6):346-350.

51. Allen, S.K., Jr., P.M. Gaffney, J.S. Scarpa, D. Bushek. 1993. Inviable hybrids of Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin) with C. rivularis (Gould) and C. gigas (Thunberg). Aquaculture 113:269-289.

52. Allen, S.K., Jr., and D. Bushek. 1992. Large scale production of triploid Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin) using "stripped" gametes. Aquaculture, 103:241-251.

53. Bushek, D. and G.N. Cameron. 1992. Recruitment and reproduction of the Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea) in southeastern Texas. Texas J. Sci., 44(1):123-127.

54. Cameron, G.N., J.M. Symons, D. Bushek, R. Kulkarni. 1989 The effect of temperature and pH on the toxicity of monochloramine to the Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea). J. Amer. Water Works Assoc., 81(10):62-71.

55. Bushek, D. 1988. Settlement as a major determinant of intertidal oyster and barnacle distributions along a horizontal gradient. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 122(1):1-18.

Technical Reports

1. Ashton-Alcox, K., D. Bushek, J. Morson and D. Munroe. 2015. Report of the 2015 Stock Assessment Workshop: New Jersey Delaware Bay Oyster Beds (17th SAW) February 10-11, 2015. 118 pp.

2. Carnegie, RB, D. Bushek, L.R. Calvo, K.L. Hudson, L.L. Gustafson, and L.H. Creekmore. 2014. East Coast Regional Molluscan Aquaculture Health Management Workshop: Meeting Summary October 6, 2014. 2 pp. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4061.2004

3. Ashton-Alcox, K and D Bushek. 2014. Executive Summary of the 2014 Stock Assessment Workshop (16th SAW) for the New Jersey Delaware Bay Oyster. 20 pp.

4. Carnegie, R and D Bushek. 2013. Bonamia exitiosa and its infection of Crassostrea virginica in the eastern USA: An advisory. 2 pp. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2488.3363

5. Bushek, D and K Ashton-Alcox. 2013. HSRL Report of the 2013 Stock Assessment Workshop for the New Jersey Delaware (15th SAW). 133 pp

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6. Bushek, D. 2013. Delaware Bay New Jersey Oyster Seedbed Monitoring Program: 2012 Status Report. Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. February 4, 2013. 29 pp.

7. Bushek, D and K Ashton-Alcox. 2012. HSRL Report of the 2013 Stock Assessment Workshop for the New Jersey Delaware (15th SAW). 133 pp. Bay Oyster Beds. Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Port Norris, NJ.





12. Ad Hoc HRF Oyster Restoration Review Team (Loren Coen, David Bushek, Sean Powers, Ray Grizzle, Mark Luckenbach, Kim Reece and Steve Scyphers). 2009. Overview of HRF Oyster Restoration Efforts and Future Directions: August 11-12, 2009 Post-Meeting Workshop Summary. 4 pp.


14. Kathryn Ashton-Alcox, Eric Powell, and David Bushek. 2008. 2008 Shell-Planting Program in Delaware Bay. Report to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 34 pp.

15. Ford, S., N. Stokes, E. Burreson, E. Scarpa, R. Carnegie, J. Kraeuter, D. Bushek. 2008. A Novel Hard Clam Parasite: Making Sense of a New Finding. ICES CM 2008/D. 5 pp.

16. Kreeger, D, J Kraeuter and D Bushek. 2008. Oysters: Crassostrea virginica. Status report for State of the Delaware Estuary published as a special issue of Estuary News, 18(3):29; PDE Report No. 08-01.


18. Bushek, D., P.R. Kingsley-Smith, S.K. Allen, Jr., M.J. Bishop, C.J. Kelly, V.S. Kennedy, M.W. Luckenbach, R.I.E. Newell, D.W. Merritt, A. Padeletti, K.P. Paynter, C.H. Peterson, and M.N. Tamburri. 2007. Potential Direct and Indirect Interactions Between Crassostrea ariakensis and Crassostrea virginica. NOAA Fact Sheet. 2 pp.


20. Marsh, B., D. Bushek, S. Boyd and P. VanVeld. 2007. Preliminary assessment of the effects of Delaware Bay water and a known endocrine disrupting compound on horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) using proteomics and observation of embryonic development and survival. DEC ID # 200550005.1, FFS # 5N41, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northeast Region Division of Refuges and Wildlife, Hadley, Massachusetts. June 2007. 114 pp.

21. Bushek, D. 2006. Bennies Sand 2003 NJDEP Demonstration Project: Preliminary Growth Report. Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Jan 23, 2006. 2 pp.

22. Schill, S.R., D. Porter, L.D. Coen, D. Bushek, and J. Vincent, 2006. Development of an Automated Mapping Technique for Monitoring and Managing Shellfish Distributions. A Final Report Submitted to the NOAA/UNH Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET), 88pp.

23. Bushek, D. 2005. Delaware Bay Oyster Seedbed Disease Monitoring Program: 2005 Status Report. Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. December 30, 2005. 19 pp.

24. Bushek, D. 2005. Delaware Bay Oyster Seedbed Mortality and Disease Report for 2004. Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. February 7, 2005. 17 pp.

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25. Bushek, D. 2004. Delaware Bay Oyster Seedbed Stock Assessment Workshop Mortality and Disease Report for 2003. Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. February 4, 2004. 6 pp.

26. Bushek, D., A.M. Lohrer, and M.J. Hartman. 2004. Using the National Estuarine Research Reserve System as a platform to prevent and control invasions by exotic decapod crabs. NOAA Technical report NA17OR2494. 30 pp.

27. Bushek D. and T.L. Howell. 2000. The effect of UV irradiation on Perkinsus marinus and its potential use to reduce transmission via shellfish effluents. Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center, Univ. Mass., North Dartmouth, MA. NRAC Publication No. 00-008. 5 pp.

28. Friedman C., E.M. Burreson, D. Bushek, R. Elston, J. Moore, R. Smolowitz. 2000. Chapter 10: Disease. Pp 117-134 in: Molluscan Shellfish Research and Management, Charting a Course for the Future. Shumway and Kraeuter (eds). Proceedings from the workshop at Charleston, SC January 2000.

Other

1. Bushek, D. and R. Carnegie. 2014. Harmonizing East Coast Shellfish Health Regulations. ECSGA Newsletter, Issue 3 October 2014. pp 3 & 8.

2. Whalen, L., D. Kreeger, D. Bushek and J. Moody. 2012. Strategic Planning for Living Shorelines in the Delaware Estuary. National Wetlands Newsletter, 34(6):14-19.

3. Bushek, D. 2011. Shellfish being used to monitor Delaware Bay, other estuaries. Estuary News, 21(4):7. 4. Whalen, L., D. Bushek, D. Kreeger, and J. Moody. 2011. Bivalve bolstering the marsh: an update on the

Delaware Estuary Living Shoreline Initiative. Estuary News, 21(4):10. 5. Bushek, D. and Kreeger, K. 2010. Scientists flex mussels to protect shorelines. Estuary News, 20(2):6-7. 6. Hofmann, E. et al. 2010. Researchers seeking to tame oyster disease in Delaware Bay. Estuary News,

20(2):9-10. 7. Kreeger, K. and D. Bushek. 2008. Combating tidal marsh erosion with ‘living shorelines’. Estuary News,

19(1):12-13. 8. Boyd, S. (Bushek MS student advisee). 2008. Potential ecological impacts to the Delaware Bay from a

non-indigenous isopod. New Jersey Flows, 9(1):7. 9. Guo, X. Y. Wang, G. DeBrosse, D. Bushek and S. Ford. 2008. Building a superior oyster for aquaculture.

The Jersey Shoreline, 25(1):7-9. 10. Bushek, D. 2006. Protecting horseshoe crab and human health. Estuary News, 16(3):8-9. 11. Bushek, D. and L.D. Coen. 2004. Oysters, Clams, and other Bivalves. In Grolier’s The New Book of

Knowledge, Danbury, CT, Scholastic Library Publishing, Inc., Vol. O, pp. 290-91. INVITED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS (includes published abstracts): Bushek, D. S. Ford and T. Ben-Horin. Experimental studies of disease transmission. RCN Disease Modeling and

Transmission Workshop. May 11-15, 2015. Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

Bushek, D., R. Carnegie, L. Calvo, R. Rheault, D. Bouchard, M. Nelson, K. Hudson, L. Gustafson, and L. Creekmore. Streamlining biosecurity management in the context of regional molluscan shellfish transfers. 107th Annual meeting National Shellfisheries Association, March 22 – 26, 2015, Monterey, CA, USA

Bushek, D., K.Ashton-Alcox and E. Powell. Sustainable fishery management and oyster population enhancement: a case study in Delaware Bay. 107th Annual meeting National Shellfisheries Association, March 22 – 26, 2015, Monterey, CA, USA

Carnegie, R., D. Bushek, D. Bouchard, L. Calvo, M. Nelson and R. Rheault. Organizers and hosts. East Coast Molluscan Health Workshop. January 13‐14, 2015, Portland, ME, USA

Bushek, D. and R. Carnegie. PANEL SESSION: East Coast Molluscan Health Management. 16th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration: Restoration in an Ever-Changing World. December 10-13, 2014, Charleston, SC, USA

Carnegie, R., D. Bushek, L. Calvo, K. Hudson, L. Gufstafson, L. Creekmore, R. Jones and L. Bienlien. East Coast Regional Molluscan Aquaculture Health Management Workshop. Organizers and hosts. Sep 9-10, 2014.

Bushek, D. Oysters in NJ and research at the Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Lab. Barnegat Bay Shellfish Restoration Program. Sep 16, 2014.

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Bushek, D. History and Sustainability of the Delaware Bay Oyster Industry. Cape May Sea Food Festival, Jun 28, 2014, Cape May, NJ

Tal Ben-Horin, Susan Ford, Eric Powell and D. Bushek. Filtering out disease: parasite consumption can inhibit disease spread in dense oyster populations. National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, Mar. 29 - Apr. 2, 2014. J. Shellfish Research, 33(2):590

Gorka Bidegain, Eric .N Powell, John M. Klinck, Eileen E. Hofmann, David Bushek, Ximing Guo. Modeling shellfish infectious diseases: application to dermo in eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, Mar. 29 - Apr. 2, 2014. J. Shellfish Research, 33(2):592

Hofmann, E. J. Klinck, D. Bushek, S. Ford, X. Guo, D. Munroe, T. Ben-Horin, E. Powell, D. Haidvogel and J. Levin. Development of a theoretical basis for modeling disease processes in marine invertebrates. National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, Mar. 29 - Apr. 2, 2014. J. Shellfish Research, 33(2):616

Bushek, D. The American Oyster - an ecological and economical engine powering a fishery, aquaculture and restoration. The Wetlands Institute, Stone Harbor, NJ, Feb. 28, 2014

Bushek, D and R Carnegie. Regulation of molluscan transfers: defining new alternative models for improved biosecurity regulation. National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Feb. 21-25, 2013

Bushek, D., Munroe, D. and E. Powell. 2013. Oyster Mortality and Disease in Delaware Bay: Impact and Recovery Following Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. Aquaculture and Restoration - A Partnership: NACE – Northeast Aquaculture Conference & Exposition; MAS – Milford Aquaculture Seminar; ICSR – International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, December 12-15, 2012, Groton, CT; Delaware Estuary Science Summit Jan 28-30, 2013, Cape May, NJ; National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Feb. 21-25, 2013. J. Shellfish Research, 32(2):580.

Bushek, D., D. Kreeger, L. Whalen, J. Moody and A. Padeletti. The Delaware Estuary Living Shoreline Initiative (DELSI). 39th Annual Environmental Congress – The clean water act at 40 …. Keeping the promise. October 20, 2012, Edison, NJ

Bushek, D., D. Kreeger, L. Whalen, J. Moody and A. Padeletti. The Delaware Estuary Living Shoreline Initiative (DELSI). Rowan University ACES Marine Science Educators Program, The Wetlands Institute, August 2, 2012, Stone Harbor, NJ

Bushek, D. and J. Moody. Plant-mussel living shoreline tactic. Out of harm’s way forum. August 1, 2012, Wilmington, DE

Bushek, D. Salinity effects on shellfish, the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. Interstate Seafood Seminar, April 16, 2012, Cape May, NJ

Bushek, D. Innovating to restore bivalves for the future. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Town Square -- Delaware Bay Oysters: from culinary delights to ecosystem engineers. March 5, 2012, Philadelphia, PA

Bushek, D. The oyster wars in Delaware Bay: Battling MSX and Dermo - one down, one to go. Department of Environmental and Aquatic Animal Health, Virginia Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Gloucester Point, VA October 25, 2011.

Wang, Z., D. Haidvogel, J. Wilkin, D. Bushek, S. Ford and E. Powell. Inter-annual variability in circulation and water properties in Delaware Bay and their relationship to disease prevalence. Ecological and Climate Controls of Infectious Diseases session at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 27-31, 2011, Baltimore, MD. J. Shellfish Res., 2011, 30(2):562.

Powell, E.N., J.M. Klinck, X. Guo , E.E. Hofmann, S.E. Ford, and D. Bushek. Can oysters develop resistance to Dermo disease: evaluation using a Gene-based population dynamics model. Ecological and Climate Controls of Infectious Diseases session at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 27-31, 2011, Baltimore, MD. J. Shellfish Res., 2011, 30(2):544.

Hofmann, E.E., J.M. Klinck, D. Bushek, S.E. Ford, X. Guo, E.N. Powell, D.B. Haidvogel and J. Wilkin. Delaware Bay Ecology of Infectious Disease project overview and results. Ecological and Climate Controls of Infectious Diseases session at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 27-31, 2011, Baltimore, MD. J. Shellfish Res., 2011, 30(2):516.

Bushek, D. The Delaware Estuary Living Shorelines Initiative. Workshop for Advancing Living Shorelines in New Jersey. Monmouth University, Monmouth, NJ. March 23, 2011.

Bushek, D., D. Kreeger, L. Whalen, J. Moody, and A. Padeletti. Mussel powered living shorelines for salt marsh erosion control. The Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit, January 30 – February 2, 2011,

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Cape May, NJ. Proceedings: Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit 2011 – PDE Report No. 11-01, pg 50.

Hofmann, E., D. Bushek, S. Ford, X. Guo, E. Powell, D. Haidvogel, J. Wilkin, and J. Klinck. Understanding how disease and environment combine to structure resistance in estuarine populations. The Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit, January 30 – February 2, 2011, Cape May, NJ. Proceedings: Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit 2011 – PDE Report No. 11-01, pg 72.

Moody, J., and D. Bushek, D. Kreeger. Exploring the role of ribbed mussels (Geukensia demissa) in salt marsh stabilization. The Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit, January 30 – February 2, 2011, Cape May, NJ. Proceedings: Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit 2011 – PDE Report No. 11-01, pg 95.

Powell, E. N., J. Klinck, X. Guo, E. Hofmann, S. Ford, and D. Bushek. Can oysters develop resistance to dermo disease in the field: Evaluation using a gene‐ based population dynamics model. The Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit, January 30 – February 2, 2011, Cape May, NJ. Proceedings: Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit 2011 – PDE Report No. 11-01, pg 105.

Wang, Z., D, Bushek, S. Ford, E. Powell, D. Haidvogel, and J. Wilkin. Inter‐ annual variability in circulation and water properties in Delaware Bay and its relationship to disease prevalence. The Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit, January 30 – February 2, 2011, Cape May, NJ. Proceedings: Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit 2011 – PDE Report No. 11-01, pg 138.

Bushek, D. Living Shorelines—A Natural Alternative to Shoreline Protection. The Cousteau Center at Bridgeton: Jersey Roots, Global Reach—Rutgers University Science in South Jersey Seminar Series. April 5, 2010, Bridgeton, NJ

Bushek, D and D. Kreeger. The Delaware Estuary Living Shoreline Initiative (DELSI). NJMSC Extension, Education and Communication Monthly Workshop. October 22, 2009

Bushek, D. Moving the Relatively New Field of Conservation Medicine into the Ocean Realm: Understanding disease processes in estuarine and marine invertebrates. International Marine Conservation Congress – making marine science matter, Syposium: Pathology and Medicine in Marine Ecosystem Conservation, May 23, 2009, George Mason University, Washington DC

Bushek, D, S Ford, I Burt, B Landau, and E Scarpa. Understanding the basis of oyster disease refugia in Delaware Bay. 101st Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 22-26, 2009, Savannah, GA. J. Shellfish Res., 2009, 28(3):686.

Bushek, D. and SE Ford. PCR disease diagnostics: promising correct results and pitfalls confounding research. 101st Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 22-26, 2009, Savannah, GA. J. Shellfish Res., 2009, 28(3):686.

Hofmann, E., J. Klinck, D. Bushek, S. Ford, X. Guo, E. Powell, D. Haidvogel, J. Wilkin, and D. Hedgecock. Understanding disease resistance in estuarine populations and response to climate change. 101st Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 22-26, 2009, Savannah, GA. J. Shellfish Res., 2009, 28(3):704

Kreeger, D., D. Bushek, A. Padeletti, J. Moody, and L. Whalen. Mussel powered living shorelines for salt marsh erosion control. 101st Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 22-26, 2009, Savannah, GA. J. Shellfish Res., 2009, 28(3):708.

Babb, R., J. Hearon, E. Powell, D. Bushek and C. Tomlin. The Delaware Bay oyster (Crassostrea virginica) restoration program. 11th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, November 20-22, 2008. Charleston, South Carolina.

Babb, R., J. Hearon, C. Tomlin, D. Bushek, K. Ashton-Alcox, and E. Powell. The Delaware Bay oyster (Crassostrea virginica) restoration program. 100th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. April 6-10, 2008, Providence, RI. J. Shellfish Res., 2008, 27(4):987.

Kreeger, D and D. Bushek. From the headwaters to the coast: a watershed-based perspective on bivalve shellfish restoration. 100th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. April 6-10, 2008, Providence, RI. J. Shellfish Res., 2008, 27(4):1022.

Taylor, J., and D. Bushek. Nekton utilization of constructed intertidal oyster reefs and aquaculture structures in Delaware Bay , USA. 28th Milford Aquaculture Seminar, Feb 25-27, 2008, Meridian, CT. J. Shellfish Res., 2008, 27(4):963.

Bushek et al. Potential direct and indirect interactions between Crassostrea ariakensis and Crassostrea virginica. ERF 2007: Science and Management – Observations/Syntheses/Solutions. Nov 4-8, 2007, Providence, RI

Bushek, D., S. Ford and C. Dungan. Some considerations on the use of RFTM, PCR and other assays in monitoring and research of perkinsosis. Workshop for the Analysis of the Impact of Perkinsosis to the European Shellfish

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Industry. September 12-14th 2007, Vigo, Spain. pp. 35 In: Workshop for the Analysis of the Impact of Perkinsosis to the European Shellfish Industry. A. Villalba (ed), Centro de Investigacions Marinas, Conselleria de Peca e Asuntos Maritimos da Xunta de Galicia, Vilanova de Arousa, Spain, 163 pp.

Bushek, D., B.J. Landau, E. Scarpa, I. Burt, and C. Dungan. First Report of Perkinsus chesapeaki in Delaware Bay Razor Clams, Tagelus plebeius. Aquaculture 2007. Feb 26-Mar 2, 2007, San Antonio, TX

Bushek D. and Kreeger, D. Potential Alternative Shellfish Restoration Efforts for Delaware Bay. Second Delaware Estuary Science Conference, Jan 22-24, 2007, Cape May, NJ

Babb, R., J. Hearon, D. Bushek, and E. Powell. The Delaware Bay Oyster (Crassostrea Virginica) Restoration Program. Second Delaware Estuary Science Conference, Jan 22-24, 2007, Cape May, NJ

Bushek, D. Monitoring Total Vibrios in Oysters and Water from Delaware Bay -- A Two-year Evaluation of the COPP Assay. Joint meeting of the Northeast Shellfish Sanitation Association and the International Shellfish Sanitation Commission, October 23-26, 2006, Cape May, NJ

Bushek, D. Sources, sinks, cycles and circulation: factors influencing Dermo disease in oysters. Old Dominion University, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, 2006 Fall Seminar Series. October 2, 2006, Norfolk, VA

Bushek, D. The American Oyster Fishery, Dermo Disease and Gamete Competition with Asian Oysters, Hainan University, April 14, 2006 Haikou, Hainan Province, China

Bushek, D., A. Kornbluh, G. Debrosse, H. Wang, X. Guo, and J. Quinlan. Oyster sex wars: evidence for a ‘gamete sink’ if Crassostrea virginica and Crassostrea ariakensis spawn synchronously. 98th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 26-30, 2006, Monterey, CA. J. Shellfish Res. 2006, 25(2):716

Bushek, D., S.E. Ford, and D.E. Porter. A comparison of dermo disease in oysters at two different latitudes. ERF 2005: The 18th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation. Norfolk, VA, October 17-20, 2005.

Bushek, D. and A. Fredrick. Introduced oysters, fact or folly. Presentation for PA Sea Grant Teacher and Environmental Educator Workshop “Invasive Species: the good, the bad and the prolific. Widener University, Chester, PA, June 28-30, 2005.

Boyd S. and D. Bushek. A new introduced isopod to the Delaware Bay. Presentation for PA Sea Grant Teacher and Environmental Educator Workshop “Invasive Species: the good, the bad and the prolific. Widener University, Chester, PA, June 28-30, 2005.

Bushek, D. Concerns about interstate shellfish transport. East meets West session, Aquaculture 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 4, 2004

Bushek, D. Ecological aspects of dermo disease in Eastern oysters. Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program Seminar, Rutgers, Feb 19, 2004.

Bushek, D. and D. Allen. Suspension feeding nekton in estuarine and marine systems. NATO Advanced Research Workshop: The Comparative Roles of Suspension Feeders in Ecosystems, Nida, Lithuania, October 4-9, 2003

Bushek, D. Understanding the Bayou Beastie (and the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus): an ecological perspective. IMCS Seminar Series, Rutgers, Feb 28, 2003

Bushek, D., D. Porter, L. D. Coen, M. Y. Bobo and D. L. Richardson. Status and trends of Dermo and MSX in South Carolina. Status and Trends of Bivalve Shellfish Diseases session at the National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Mystic, CT, April 14-18, 2002. J. Shellfish Res. 2002, 21(1):386

Bushek, D., J. Scarpa and S. E. Laramore. Susceptibility of the Caribbean oyster Crassostrea rhizophorae to Perkinsus marinus. Perkinsus session at the National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Mystic, CT, April 14-18, 2002. J. Shellfish Res. 2002, 21(1): 371-272

Dame, R.F., D.M. Allen, D. Bushek, A. Lewitus. Life on the edge: A thermodynamic imperative. Pulsed Events session at the 16th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation. November 4-8, 2001. ERF 2001: An Estuarine Odyssey. St. Pete Beach, FL

Bushek, D., C. Beals and T.L. Howell. Determination of Perkinsus marinus UV tolerance with in vitro culture system helps shellfish company obtain permit. In Vitro Culture Systems for Molluscan Shellfish session at Aquaculture 2001, Orlando, FL. January 21-26, 2001.

Bushek D., R. Dame, D. Allen, A. Lewitus, E. Koepfler and D. Edwards. The ecological structure and function of intertidal creek ecosystems: how much do oysters control? Bivalves and Environmental Management session at Aquaculture 2001, Orlando, FL. January 21-26, 2001. J. Shellfish Res. 2001, 20(1):540-541 (abstract)

Bushek, D., R.F. Dame, D.M. Allen, A.J. Lewitus, E.T. Koepfler, and D. Edwards. Nutrient Cycling In Intertidal Creeks Along The Southeast U.S.: Are Oysters In Control? International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, 2000. Hilton Head Island, SC, Nov. 15-18, 2000. J. Shellfish Res. 2000, 19(2): (abstract)

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Bushek, D., J. Keesee, B. Jones, D. White, M. Neet, D. Porter. Shellfish Health Management: a system level perspective for Perkinsus marinus. Shellfish Health Management session of the National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA, March 2000. J. Shellfish Res. 2000, 19(1):642-643 (abstract)

Dungan, C., R. Hamilton, D. Bushek, J. Cardinal and A. Lewitus. Serological affinities between Perkinsus marinus and some parasitic dinoflagellates. Shellfish Health Management session of the National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA, March 2000. J. Shellfish Res. 2000, 19(1): 643-644

Dame, R., D. Bushek, D. Allen, A. Lewitus, E. Koepfler, L. Gregory, and D. Edwards. Bivalves or nekton? Is that the question? Special session on the Functional Role of Bivalves in Marine Environments at the National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA, March 2000. J. Shellfish Res. 2000, 19(1):608 (abstract)

Dame R., D. Bushek and T. Prins. Benthic suspension feeders as ecosystem engineers in shallow coastal waters. Intercoast on Sylt: Ecological comparisons of Sedimentary Shores. Wadden Sea Station, Sylt, Germany, October 1999

Dame, R., D. Bushek, D. Allen, D. Edwards, A. Lewitus, E. Koepfler, L. Gregory. Ecosystem management of coastal areas dominated by bivalves. International Conference on Sustainable Management of Coastal Ecosystems. Oporto Portugal, November 1999

Reece, K.S., K.L. Hudson and D. Bushek. Analysis of genetic variation in Perkinsus marinus: Implications for development of DNA-based molecular diagnostics. International Conference of the European Association of Fish Pathologists, September 18-23, 1999, Rhodes, Greece

Bushek, D. Ecological and evolutionary interactions between the eastern oyster and a protozoan parasite, Perkinsus marinus. Biology Department, Georgia Southern University, Oct. 27, 1998.

Bushek, D. Spatial and temporal patterns of Dermo disease in oysters: spatial sampling strategies and GIS. Institute for Arthropodology and Parasitology, Georgia Southern University, Oct. 27, 1998.

Bushek, D., A.J. Erskine, R. Dame, L. Coen and N. Hadley. The influence of ecological processes on transmission of Perkinsus marinus: dispersal dilution and host filtration. 2nd International Conference on Shellfish Restoration. Hilton Head, SC. November 1998. J. Shellfish Res., 17(4):1295. (abstract).

Dame, R. F., E. Koepfler, L. Gregory, T. Prins, D. Allen, D. Bushek, C. Corbett, D. Edwards, B. Kjerfve, A. Lewitus, J. Schubauer-Berigan, S. Thomas and students. Testing the role of oyster reefs in the structure and function of tidal creeks with a replicated ecosystem scale experiment: system level variability and response to removal of oysters. 2nd International Conference on Shellfish Restoration. Hilton Head, SC. November 1998.

Dame, R., Edwards, D., Crawford, S., Gregory, L., Bushek, D., Lewitus, A., Koepfler, E., Allen, D., Corbett, C., Kjerfve, B., and Students. Ecosystem scale observations of estuarine variability. ICES ’98, Lisbon, Spain, Sept. 1998.

Bushek, D. D. White, D. Porter and D. Edwards. Land-use patterns, hydrodynamics and the spatial pattern of Dermo disease in two South Carolina estuaries. Aquaculture ’98, Las Vegas, NV, Feb. 1998 J. Shellfish Res. 1998. 17(1): 320 (abstract)

CONTRIBUTED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS (includes published abstracts): Calvo, L., T. Ben-Horin and D. Bushek. Effect of intertidal exposure on Vibrio parahaemolyticus levels

in oysters cultivated in Delaware Bay, New Jersey, USA. 107th Annual meeting National Shellfisheries Association, March 22 – 26, 2015, Monterey, CA, USA

Ben-Horin, T., G. Bidegain, E. Powell and D. Bushek. Overfiltration of marine diseases I: Experimental evidence and notes from the field. 107th Annual meeting National Shellfisheries Association, March 22 – 26, 2015, Monterey, CA, USA

Bidegain, G., T. Ben-Horin, E. Powell, J. Klinck, D. Bushek and E. Hofmann. Overfiltration of marine diseases II: Compartmental models and water column simulations. 107th Annual meeting National Shellfisheries Association, March 22 – 26, 2015, Monterey, CA, USA

Paterno, J., D. Bushek and L. Calvo. Faunal community use of enhanced and natural oyster reefs in Delaware Bay. 107th Annual meeting National Shellfisheries Association, March 22 – 26, 2015, Monterey, CA, USA

Wenczel, A. and D. Bushek. Feeding interactions of cohabiting bivalve molluscs: a study of interspecific relationships and their potential effects on the future of shellfish aquaculture and restoration. 107th

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Looney, J., L. Huey, W. Schroer, T. Ben-Horin, D. Munroe and D. Bushek. Viability of Perkinsus marinus in seawater. Northeast Aquaculture Conference & Exposition and the 35th Milford Aquaculture Seminar. January 14-16, 2015, Portland, Maine USA

Calvo, L., T. Ben-Horin and D. Bushek. Effect of intertidal exposure on Vibrio parahaemolyticus levels in Delaware Bay oysters. Northeast Aquaculture Conference & Exposition and the 35th Milford Aquaculture Seminar. January 14-16, 2015, Portland, Maine USA

Ben-Horin, T., D. Bushek, D. Munroe. Competition, commensalism, and consumption: the community ecology of oyster reefs and dermo disease. 16th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration: Restoration in an Ever-Changing World. December 10-13, 2014, Charleston, SC, USA

Bushek, D., and K. Ashton-Alcox Sustainable fishery, sustainable habitat: Managing the Delaware Bay oyster resource. 16th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration: Restoration in an Ever-Changing World. December 10-13, 2014, Charleston, SC, USA

Paterno, J., D. Bushek, L. Calvo, and T. Grothues. Assessment of fish utilization on a sub-tidal oyster restoration area in a mid-Atlantic estuary. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Fall 2014 Meeting: Sandy and Superlative Storms: Resilience, Recovery, Restoration. Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2014, Galloway, NJ.

Lopez-Duarte, P., E. McGurk, D. Kreeger, G. DeBrosse, M. Neuman, and D. Bushek. Developing methods to integrate ribbed mussels into living shorelines: reproduction in the field and in a hatchery. National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, Mar. 29 - Apr. 2, 2014. J. Shellfish Research, 33(2):628

Paterno, J., D. Bushek and L. Calvo. Assessment of fish utilization on a sub-tidal oyster restoration area in a mid-Atlantic estuary. National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, Mar. 29 - Apr. 2, 2014. J. Shellfish Research, 33(2):640

Powell, E., R. Mann, K. Ashton-Alcox and D. Bushek. The curious case of oyster allometry. National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, Mar. 29 - Apr. 2, 2014. J. Shellfish Research, 33(2):643

Paterno, J., L. Calvo and D. Bushek. Assessment of fish utilization on a sub-tidal oyster restoration area in a mid-Atlantic estuary. MAC-AFS Annual Meeting, Nov 14-15, 2013 Tuckerton, NJ.

Bushek, D., Ford, S., Guo, X., Munroe, D., Powell, E., Haidvogel, D, Wilkin, J., Levin, J., Klinck, J., Ben-Horin, T., Hofmann, E. Development of a theoretical basis for modeling disease processes in marine invertebrates. 21st Biennial Conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation. November 3-7, 2013, San Diego, CA

Munroe, D., Tabatabai, A., Bushek, D., Powell, E. N., Wilkin, J. Oyster mortality in delaware bay: impacts and recovery from hurricane irene and tropical storm lee. 21st Biennial Conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation. November 3-7, 2013, San Diego, CA

Wenczel, A. A. and Bushek, D. Examining bivalve shellfish particle removal efficiencies to enhance restoration and aquaculture implementation within New Jersey waters. 21st Biennial Conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation. November 3-7, 2013, San Diego, CA

Wenczel, A. A. and Bushek, D. Does single species restoration alter the interactions of native bivalve mollusks?: using aquaculture methods and imaging technology to quantify bivalve feeding. ASLO 2013 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, February 17-22, 2013, New Orleans, LA

Bushek, D., S. Ford, X. Guo, D. Munroe, E. Powell, D. Haidvogel, J. Wilkin, J. Levin, J. Klinck, E. Hofmann Development of a theoretical basis for modeling disease processes in marine invertebrates. Poster Presentation. Aquaculture and Restoration - A Partnership: NACE – Northeast Aquaculture Conference & Exposition; MAS – Milford Aquaculture Seminar; ICSR – International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, December 12-15, 2012, Groton, CT; Delaware Estuary Science Summit Jan 28-30, 2013, Cape May, NJ; National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Feb. 21-25, 2013.

Carnegie, R. and D. Bushek. 2013. Interstate shellfish seed transport: improving regulations to facilitate commerce while enhancing biosecurity. Aquaculture and Restoration - A Partnership: NACE – Northeast Aquaculture Conference & Exposition; MAS – Milford Aquaculture Seminar; ICSR – International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, December 12-15, 2012, Groton, CT. J. Shellfish Research, 32(2):581

Foca T. and D. Bushek. 2013. Developing remote setting capabilities with disease-resistant triploid oysters for shellfish leases in Delaware Bay. Aquaculture and Restoration - A Partnership: NACE – Northeast Aquaculture Conference & Exposition; MAS – Milford Aquaculture Seminar; ICSR – International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, December 12-15, 2012, Groton, CT. J. Shellfish Research, 32(2):589

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Wenczel, A. and D. Bushek. 2013. Using aquaculture methods to measure the interactions of restored and existing bivalve populations. Aquaculture and Restoration - A Partnership: NACE – Northeast Aquaculture Conference & Exposition; MAS – Milford Aquaculture Seminar; ICSR – International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, December 12-15, 2012, Groton, CT. J. Shellfish Research, 32(2):610

Bushek, D., D. Kreeger, L. Whalen, J. Moody and A. Padeletti. The Delaware Estuary Living Shoreline Initiative (DELSI). 4th International EcoSummit: Ecological sustainability, restoring the planets ecosystem services. September 30-October 5, 2012, Columbus, OH.

Guo, X., C. Milbury, Y. Wang, Y. He, L. Zhang, D. Bushek, and S. Ford. Genetic structure of eastern oyster populations in Delaware Bay and selection by diseases. 104th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 29-24, 2012, Seattle, WA. J. Shellfish Res., 2012, 31(1):292

Kraeuter, J.N., M.W. Luckenbach, D. Bushek, and A. Birch. Effects of northern quahog (=hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria) farming on local biota: results from New Jersey and Virginia. 104th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 29-24, 2012, Seattle, WA. J. Shellfish Res., 2012, 31(1):306

Lopez-Duarte, P.C., E.E. Scarpa, D.A. Kreeger and D. Bushek. Mussels at work: developing methods to integrate ribbed mussels into living shorelines as foundation reinforcers104th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 29-24, 2012, Seattle, WA. J. Shellfish Res., 2012, 31(1):315

Lopez-Duarte, P.C., A.A. Wenczel, I.G. Burt, E.E. Scarpa, J. Paterno and D. Bushek. Sentinels on duty: can ribbed mussels (Geukensia demissa) reliably monitor Perkinsus spp. abundance in Delaware Bay? 104th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 29-24, 2012, Seattle, WA. J. Shellfish Res., 2012, 31(1):315

Burt I., S. Ford, and D. Bushek. Long-term patterns of an oyster disease (Dermo) in Delaware Bay. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, March 8-10, 2012, Cape May, NJ

Bushek, D., I. Burt, E. Scarpa, and S. Ford. The short-term impacts of hurricane Irene and TS Lee on oyster disease in Delaware Bay. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, March 8-10, 2012, Cape May, NJ

Bushek, D., D.E. Kreeger, L. Whalen, J. Moody, and A. Padeletti. A practitioner’s guide to mussel-based living shorelines. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, March 8-10, 2012, Cape May, NJ

Diamond, E. and D. Bushek. Do scavengers influence Dermo disease (Perkinsus marinus) transmission? Experiments in oyster parasite trophic interactions. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, March 8-10, 2012, Cape May, NJ

Moody, J.A., D. Bushek, D. Kreeger, R. Lathrop, and E.J. Green. Exploring the role of ribbed mussels (Geukensia demissa) in salt marsh stabilization. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, March 8-10, 2012, Cape May, NJ

Rothrock, S., D. Kreeger, J. Adkins, L. Wool, L. Whalen, D. Bushek and J. Moody. Delaware estuary living shorelines initiative: Making a local connection. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, March 8-10, 2012, Cape May, NJ

Scarpa, E.E., P.C. López-Duarte, D. Kreeger, and D. Bushek. Nature versus nurture: developing methods to integrate ribbed mussels into living shorelines. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, March 8-10, 2012, Cape May, NJ

Wenczel*, A.A., P.C. López-Duarte, and D. Bushek. Using ribbed mussels (Geukensia demissa) to monitor changes in Perkinsus spp. distribution and transmission. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, March 8-10, 2012, Cape May, NJ

Whalen L.S., D. Kreeger, D. Bushek, J. Moody, and S. Rothrock. Living shorelines for all - from estuary-wide planning to pilots on the ground. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, March 8-10, 2012, Cape May, NJ

Bushek, D., D. Kreeger, L. Whalen, J. Moody and A. Padeletti. Status of the Delaware Estuary Living Shoreline Initiative (DELSI). CERF Biennial Meeting, Nov 6-10, 2011, Daytona, FL

Moody, J.A., D. Bushek. D. Kreeger. R. Lathrop and E.J. Green. Exploring the role of ribbed mussels (Geukensia demissa) in salt marsh stabilization. CERF Biennial Meeting, Nov 6-10, 2011, Daytona, FL

Whalen, L., D. Kreeger, D. Bushek and J. Moody. Practitioner's guide to shellfish-based living shorelines for salt marsh erosion control and environmental enhancement in the Mid-Atlantic. CERF Biennial Meeting, Nov 6-10, 2011, Daytona, FL

Moody, J., D. Bushek and D. Kreeger. Investigating the role of ribbed mussels (Geukensia demissa) in stabilizing salt marsh shorelines. 103rd Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 27-31, 2011, Baltimore, MD. J. Shellfish Res., 2011, 30(2):533.

Diamond, E. and D. Bushek. Oyster parasite trophic interactions. 103rd Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 27-31, 2011, Baltimore, MD. J. Shellfish Res., 2011, 30(2):499.

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Cheng, K. and D. Bushek. Ribbed mussels as sentinels for Dermo disease. 103rd Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 27-31, 2011, Baltimore, MD. J. Shellfish Res., 2011, 30(2):494.

Green-beach, E., X. Guo, P. Smouse and D. Bushek. Population structure of oysters on Martha’s Vineyard, MA in response to selection by Perkinsus marinus, using microsatellite markers. 103rd Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 27-31, 2011, Baltimore, MD. J. Shellfish Res., 2011, 30(2):512.

Bao, Y., S. Ford, D. Bushek, and X. Guo. Genetic analysis of Haplosporidium nelsoni from four us populations with internal transcribed spacer sequences. 103rd Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 27-31, 2011, Baltimore, MD. J. Shellfish Res., 2011, 30(2):485.

Bushek, D., S. Ford, I. Burt, E. Scarpa, and B. Landau. MSX and Dermo disease in Delaware Bay oysters: The role of disease refugia. The Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit, January 30 – February 2, 2011, Cape May, NJ. Proceedings: Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit 2011 – PDE Report No. 11-01, pg 49.

Cheng, K.M., and D. Bushek. Using ribbed mussels as sentinels for Dermo disease in Delaware Bay. The Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit, January 30 – February 2, 2011, Cape May, NJ. Proceedings: Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit 2011 – PDE Report No. 11-01, pg 55.

Diamond, E. and D. Bushek. Do scavengers influence Dermo disease transmission among Delaware Bay oysters? The Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit, January 30 – February 2, 2011, Cape May, NJ. Proceedings: Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit 2011 – PDE Report No. 11-01, pg 60.

Guo, X., C. Milbury, L. Zhang, Y. Wang, D. Bushek, and S. Ford. Genetic structure of Eastern oyster populations in Delaware Bay. The Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit, January 30 – February 2, 2011, Cape May, NJ. Proceedings: Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit 2011 – PDE Report No. 11-01, pg 69.

Bushek, D, S Ford, I Burt, E Scarpa and BJ Landau. MSX and Dermo disease in Delaware Bay oysters: the role of disease refugia. Northeast Aquaculture Conference and Expo0. December 1-3, 2010. Plymouth, MA

Kraeuter, JN, S Ford, D Bushek, WC Walton, DC Murphy, G Flimlin and G Mathis. Evaluation of Hard Clam, Mercenaria mercenaria (Linne), stocks for QPX-resistance. Northeast Aquaculture Convention and Exposition 2010. December 1-3, 2010. Plymouth, MA

Bushek, D, D Kreeger, L Whalen, J Moody, A Padeletti. Ribbed mussels for shoreline protection? An update from New Jersey. 13th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration. November 17-20, 2010. Charleston, SC

Moody, J., D. Bushek, D. Kreeger. Exploring the role of ribbed mussels (Geukensia demissa) in salt marsh stabilization. 13th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration. November 17-20, 2010. Charleston, SC

Diamond, E and D Bushek. Do scavengers influence dermo disease (Perkinus marinus) transmission among oysters? Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. November 18-19th, 2010. Lewes, DE

Padeletti, A.T.*, D. Kreeger, M. Maxwell-Doyle, A.D. Jacobs, T. Quirk, D. Velinsky, T. Belton, D. Frizzera and D. Bushek. Collaborative assessment of tidal wetland condition in Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society. November 4 – 6, 2010, Kitty Hawk, NC

Padeletti, A. T.*, D.A. Kreeger, L. Whalen, S.G. Hughes, D. Bushek, and R.L. Thomas. From headwaters to coast: a watershed-based perspective on bivalve shellfish restoration. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society. November 4 – 6, 2010, Kitty Hawk, NC

Bushek, D. NSF EID REU students study oyster disease ecology. NSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease – PI Meeting March 23-25, 2010, Atlantic City, NJ

Hofmann, E., D. Bushek, S. Ford, X. Guo, D. Haidvogel, D. Hedgecock, J. Klinck,E. Powell, and J. Wilkin. How do oyster populations respond to persistent disease pressure? NSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease – PI Meeting March 23-25, 2010, Atlantic City, NJ

Ford, S. and D. Bushek. Development of Resistance to an Introduced Pathogen by Native Oysters. NSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease – PI Meeting March 23-25, 2010, Atlantic City, NJ

Guo, X. Rutgers U How disease has modified the genetic structure of oysters in an estuarine system. NSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease – PI Meeting March 23-25, 2010, Atlantic City, NJ

Milbury, C. S. Ford, D. Bushek, X. Guo. U Temporal and spatial estimates of effective population size in Delaware Bay oysters. NSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease – PI Meeting March 23-25, 2010, Atlantic City, NJ

Kauffman, J., D. Zemeckis, D. Bushek. The sexual preference of Perkinsus marinus. NSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease – PI Meeting March 23-25, 2010, Atlantic City, NJ

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Evans, T., C. Milbury, X. Guo and D. Bushek. Using microsatellites to determine if two rivers in the Delaware Bay are supporting disease refugia for the eastern oyster (Crassosstrea virginica). NSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease – PI Meeting March 23-25, 2010, Atlantic City, NJ

Hofmann, E., J. Klinck, D. Bushek, S. Ford, X. Guo, E. Powell, D. Haidvogel, and J. Wilkin. Understanding disease resistance in estuarine populations and response to climate change. NSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease – PI Meeting March 23-25, 2010, Atlantic City, NJ

Pydeski, J.R. and D. Bushek. The role of transmission and infection in establishing refugia from two protozoan oyster diseases in Delaware Bay. NSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease – PI Meeting March 23-25, 2010, Atlantic City, NJ

Zemeckis D., Kauffman, J., and D. Bushek. Early summer transmission of Perkinsus marinus to oysters Crassostrea virginica in two Delaware Bay tributaries. NSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease – PI Meeting March 23-25, 2010, Atlantic City, NJ

Whalen*, L.S., A. Padeletti, D. Kreeger, J. Moody and D. Bushek. Mussel powered living shorelines for salt marsh erosion control. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting “Nutrient Solutions: Science Based Management of Estuarine and Coastal Systems” March 4 – 6, 2010, Atlantic City, NJ

Moody*, J.A. and D. Bushek. The relationship between ribbed mussel (Geukensia demissa) density and salt marsh shoreline erosion. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting “Nutrient Solutions: Science Based Management of Estuarine and Coastal Systems” March 4 – 6, 2010, Atlantic City, NJ

Diamond, E. and Bushek. The role of scavengers and predators in oyster disease transmission and the use of Dermo (Perkinsus marinus) as a model for aquatic parasite dispersal. Aquaculture 2010, Mar 1-5, 2010, San Diego, CA

Green-Beach, E., D. Bushek and X. Guo. Dermo disease on martha’s vineyard, massachusetts: patterns of infection and population structure. Aquaculture 2010, Mar 1-5, 2010, San Diego, CA

Kraeuter, J, D. Bushek, M. Luckenbach and A. Birch. Preliminary Results from New Jersey and Virginia. 30th Milford Aquaculture Seminar. Feb. 8-10, 2010, Shelton, CT. J. Shellfish Research, 29(2): 542.

Whalen, L., D. Kreeger, D. Bushek, A. Padeletti and J. Moody. Mussel Powered Living Shorelines for Salt Marsh Erosion Control. CERF Biennial Meeting, Nov 1-5, 2009, Portland, OR

Ford, S. and D. Bushek. Development of Resistance to an Introduced Pathogen by Native Oysters. AFS Mid-Atlantic Chapter Annual Meeting. Oct 1-2, 2009, Pomona, NJ

Bushek D. and S. Ford. How do oyster populations respond to persistent disease pressure? AFS Mid-Atlantic Chapter Annual Meeting. Oct 1-2, 2009, Pomona, NJ

Green-Beach, E., D. Bushek, and X. Guo. Genetic differences among oyster (Crassostrea virginica) populations across a gradient of disease history on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. 101st Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 22-26, 2009, Savannah, GA. J. Shellfish Res., 2009, 28(3):700.

Kauffman, J., D. Zemeckis, D. Bushek. The Sexual Preference of Perkinsus marinus. 101st Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 22-26, 2009, Savannah, GA. J. Shellfish Res., 2009, 28(3):706.

Milbury, C. S. Ford, D. Bushek, X. Guo. Temporal and spatial estimates of effective population size in Delaware Bay oysters. 101st Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 22-26, 2009, Savannah, GA. J. Shellfish Res., 2009, 28(3):715.

Scarpa, E., S. Ford, W. Saidel, X. Guo and D. Bushek. Ciliate xenomas in Crassostrea virginica from Great Bay, NH. 101st Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 22-26, 2009, Savannah, GA. J. Shellfish Res., 2009, 28(3):727.

Zhang, L., D. Bushek, S. Ford, and X. Guo. Mapping quantitative trait loci affecting dermo and MSX infection in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. 101st Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 22-26, 2009, Savannah, GA. J. Shellfish Res., 2009, 28(3):740.

Bushek, D., S. Ford, X. Guo, I. Burt, B. Landau, C. Milbury, E. Scarpa and L. Zhang. Field and laboratory studies to understand disease resistance in the Delaware Bay oysters and response to climate. The Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit, January 11 - 14, 2009, Cape May, NJ

Bushek, D., B. Marsh and P. Van Veld. An assessment of a methoprene-containing insecticide on horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) using proteomics and observations of embryonic development and survival. The Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit, January 11 - 14, 2009, Cape May, NJ

Calvo, L., B. Shadel and D. Bushek. Today’s students, tomorrow’s stewards—promoting oyster restoration through schools. The Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit, January 11 - 14, 2009, Cape May, NJ

Hofmann, E., J. Klinck, D. Bushek, S. Ford, X. Guo, E. Powell, D. Haidvogel, and J. Wilkin. Understanding disease resistance in estuarine populations and response to climate change. The Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit, January 11 - 14, 2009, Cape May, NJ

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Moody, J., D. Bushek, D. Kreeger, A. Padeletti and L. Whalen. The Delaware Estuary Living Shoreline Initiative (DELSI). The Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit, January 11 - 14, 2009, Cape May, NJ

Zhang, L., X. Guo, D. Bushek, and S.E. Ford. Mapping quantitative trait loci conferring dermo resistance in the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica. Plant and Animal Genome XVII Conference, January 10-14, 2009 San Diego, CA

Wang, S., H. Liu, D. Bushek, S.E. Ford, H. Kucuktas, J. Quilang, P. Li, R. Wallace, Y. Wang, X. Guo, and Z. Liu. Microarray Analysis of Gene Expression in Eastern Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) Reveals Activation of Apoptosis Inhibition after Dermo (Perkinsus marinus) Challenge. Plant and Animal Genome XVII Conference, January 10-14, 2009 San Diego, CA

Bushek, D., J. Moody, D. Kreeger, A. Padeletti, L. Whalen. The Delaware Estuary Living Shoreline Initiative (DELSI). 11th International Conference On Shellfish Restoration, November 20-22, 2008. Charleston, South Carolina.

Ford, S., N. Stokes, E. Scarpa, E. Burreson, R. Carnegie, J. Kraeuter, and D. Bushek . Making sense of a new hard clam parasite. ICES Annual Science Conference. September 22-26, 2008, Halifax, Canada

Zemeckis D., Kauffman, J., and D. Bushek. Early Summer Transmission of Perkinsus marinus to Eastern Oysters, Crassostrea virginica, in Two Delaware Bay Tributaries. NSF REU RIOS 2008 Colloquium. August 8, 2008, New Brunswick, NJ.

Kauffman, J., D. Zemeckis and D. Bushek. The sexual preference of Perkinsus marinus. NSF REU RIOS 2008 Colloquium. August 8, 2008, New Brunswick, NJ.

Taylor J. and D. Bushek. The habitat value of constructed intertidal oyster reefs and aquaculture structures in Delaware Bay. First Annual Science and Restoration Symposium – Clear into the Future: A Dupont Delaware Estuary Initiative. May 29, 2008, Wilmington, DE.

Bushek, D., S. Ford, X. Guo, I. Burt, B. Landau, C. Milbury, E. Scarpa and L. Zhang. Field and laboratory studies to understand disease resistance in Delaware Bay oysters and response to climate change. 100th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. April 6-10, 2008, Providence, RI. J. Shellfish Res., 2008, 27(4):993.

Evans, T., C. Milbury, X. Guo and D. Bushek. Using microsatellites to determine if two rivers in the Delaware Bay are supporting disease refugia for the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). 100th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. April 6-10, 2008, Providence, RI. J. Shellfish Res., 2008, 27(4):1007.

Hofmann, E. Bushek, D., S. Ford, X. Guo, E. Powell, D. Haivogel, J. Wilkin, D. Hedgecock and J. Klinck. Field and modeling studies in support of understanding disease resistance in estuarine populations and responses to climate change. 100th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. April 6-10, 2008, Providence, RI. J. Shellfish Res., 2008, 27(4):1016.

Milbury, C., X. Guo, D. Bushek and S, Ford. Spatial population structure in Delaware Bay oysters. 100th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. April 6-10, 2008, Providence, RI. J. Shellfish Res., 1033.

Pydeski, J.R. and D. Bushek. The role of transmission and infection in establishing refugia from two protozoan oyster diseases in delaware bay. 100th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. April 6-10, 2008, Providence, RI. J. Shellfish Res., 2008, 27(4):1044.

Richards, G., M. Crane, and D. Bushek. Hemolytic strains of Shewanella, Photobacterium and Listonella in Delaware Bay oysters and seawater. 100th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. April 6-10, 2008, Providence, RI. J. Shellfish Res., 2008, 27(4):1047-8.

Taylor J. and Bushek D. An assessment of habitat value of constructed intertidal oyster reefs and oyster aquaculture systems in Delaware Bay, USA. 100th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. April 6-10, 2008, Providence, RI. J. Shellfish Res., 2008, 27(4):1056.

Zhang, L., X. Guo, D. Bushek, and S. Ford. Mapping quantitative trait loci conferring dermo resistance in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. 100th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. April 6-10, 2008, Providence, RI. J. Shellfish Res., 2008, 27(4):1067.

Bushek, D., I. Burt, S. Ford. Performance of different oyster management strategies in Delaware Bay. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Spring 2008 Meeting: Effects of Climate Change on Mid-Atlantic Coastal Wetlands, March 13-15, Lewes, DE.

Ford, S., I. Burt, D. Bushek. Oyster disease and mortality on Delaware Bay New Jersey beds: spatial, temporal, and age-related patterns. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Spring 2008 Meeting: Effects of Climate Change on Mid-Atlantic Coastal Wetlands, March 13-15, Lewes, DE

Bushek, D., S. Ford, X. Guo, E. Powell, D. Haivogel, J. Wilkin, D. Hedgecock, J. Klinck and E. Hofmann. Ecology of infectious diseases: Field and modeling studies in support of understanding disease resistance in oyster

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populations in response to climate change. 28th Milford Aquaculture Seminar, Feb 25-27, 2008, Meridian, CT. J. Shellfish Res., 2008, 27(4):946.

Guo, X., Y. Wang, G. DeBrosse, R. Karney, P. Bagnall, J. Blake, S. Ford, and D. Bushek. Superior performance of triploid eastern oyster in the northeastern region. 28th Milford Aquaculture Seminar, Feb 25-27, 2008, Meridian, CT. J. Shellfish Res., 2008, 27(4):952.

Taylor J. and Bushek D. Nekton utilization of constructed intertidal oyster reefs and aquaculture structures in Delaware Bay, USA. ERF 2007: Science and Management – Observations/Syntheses/Solutions. Nov 4-8, 2007, Providence, RI

Scarpa, E., D. Bushek, S. Ford, L. Ragone Calvo, X. Guo, B.J. Landau, K. Reece, G. Brown, J. Moss, R. Carnegie, E. Burreson. Surveying oysters in Asia for parasites and pathogens in response to the proposed introduction of Crassostrea ariakensis to the east coast of North America. Aquaculture 2007. Feb 26-Mar 2, 2007, San Antonio, TX.

Taylor, J. and D. Bushek. Preliminary investigations of constructed oyster reef habitat in lower Delaware Bay. Second Delaware Estuary Science Conference, Jan 22-24, 2007, Cape May, NJ

Babb, R., J. Hearon, D. Bushek, and E. Powell. Seeding the Seed Beds: The Delaware Bay Oyster (Crassostrea Virginica) Restoration Program. 9th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration. November 15–19, 2006, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Taylor, J. and D. Bushek. Preliminary Investigations of Constructed Oyster Reef Habitat in Lower Delaware Bay. 9th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration. November 15–19, 2006, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Ford, S., and D. Bushek. Additional evidence of high resistance to Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX) in the native oyster population of Delaware Bay. 98th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 26-30, 2006, Monterey, CA. J. Shellfish Res., 25(2):726-727 (Abstract)

Scarpa E., S. Ford, X. Guo, L. Ragone Calvo and, D. Bushek. A histological investigation of oyster parasites and pathology in China. 98th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 26-30, 2006, Monterey, CA. J. Shellfish Res., 25(2):772 (Abstract)

Scarpa, E., S. Ford, B. Smith and D. Bushek. An investigation of ciliate xenomas in Crassostrea virginica. 98th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. March 26-30, 2006, Monterey, CA. J. Shellfish Res., 25(2):772-773 (Abstract) Also presented at the 26th Milford Aquaculture Seminar, Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2006, Meriden, CT. J. Shellfish Res., 25(2):672 (Abstract)

Boyd, S., and D. Bushek. Establishment and impact of an Asian isopod in Delaware Bay. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting. March 9-11, 2006. The Academy of Natural Sciences. Philadelphia, PA

Wang, Y., X. Guo, G. DeBrosse, R. Karney, P. Bagnall, J. Blake, S. Ford and D. Bushek. Superior growth of triploid eastern oyster depends on culture environment. 26th Milford Aquaculture Seminar, Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2006, Meriden, CT. J. Shellfish Res., 25(2):675 (Abstract)

Toline, A.C., P. Kenny and D. Bushek. Enhancing recruitment of damaged oyster reefs: application of cement-coated stakes. 2006 Joint Meeting of SC Chapter of the American Fisheries Society and the South Carolina Fishery Workers Association. Charleston, SC, February 16-17, 2006.

Boyd, S. G. and D. Bushek. Establishment of the non-indigenous Asian isopod Synidotea laevidorsalis in Delaware Bay, USA. ERF 2005: The 18th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation. Norfolk, VA, October 17-20, 2005.

Bushek, D., R. Babb and J. Hearon. Seeding the seedbeds: enhancing oyster (Crassostrea virginica) recruitment and production in Delaware Bay, USA. ICSR 05: 8th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, Brest, France. October 2-5, 2005

Bushek, D. X. Guo and G. DeBrosse. Gamete survival and fertilization experiments with Crassostrea virginica and Crassostrea ariakensis. ICSR 05: 8th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, Brest, France. October 2-5, 2005.

Richards, G.P., Bushek, D. 2005. A Novel, Enzyme-Based Assay for the Rapid and Simple Detection of Vibrios in Shellfish and Seawater. International Association for Food Protection. P4-27. P. 130. (Abstract)

Bushek, D. and Ford, S. A comparison of Perkinsus marinus infection patterns in New Jersey and South Carolina. National Shellfisheries Assoc. Annual Meeting, April 10-14, 2005. Philadelphia, PA. J. Shellfish Res. 24(2):643.

Richards, G.P., Burt, I.G., Bushek, D. Diversity and seasonality of the Vibrionaceae in oysters (Crassostrea virginica) and seawater in Delaware bay. National Shellfisheries Assoc. Annual Meeting, April 10-14, 2005. Philadelphia, PA. J. Shellfish Res. 24(2):672.

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Babb, R., Hearon, J. and Bushek, D. Collection and relay of oyster spat from high recruitment - high mortality sites to enhance seedbed production. National Shellfisheries Assoc. Annual Meeting, April 10-14, 2005. Philadelphia, PA. J. Shellfish Res. 24(2):639-640.

Allam, B., Bushek, D., Pawagi, S., Calvo, L., Dove, A., Normant, J., Thiel, J., Joseph, J., Barnes, D., and Ford, S. Monitoring QPX disease in Raritan / Sandy Hook Bays: results of a 3-year survey program. National Shellfisheries Assoc. Annual Meeting, April 10-14, 2005. Philadelphia, PA. J. Shellfish Res. 24(2):637.

Boyd, S and Bushek, D. The Asian Isopod Synidotea laevidorsalis in Delaware Bay, USA. National Shellfisheries Assoc. Annual Meeting, April 10-14, 2005. Philadelphia, PA. J. Shellfish Res. 24(2):641.

Richards, GP, MA Watson, IG Burt, and D Bushek. Detection of vibrios in oysters Crassostrea virginica and seawater using a new, rapid, simple, and quantitative enzyme-based assay. Aquaculture America, New Orleans, LA, January 17, 2005

Babb, R., J. Hearon and D. Bushek. Use of surf clam shell to enhance oyster seed bed production in Delaware bay. Delaware Estuary Science Conference 2005, January 10-12, 2005, Cape May, NJ

Boyd, S. and Bushek D. Potential impact of the non-native marine isopod Synidotea laevidorsalis (Miers 1881) in the Delaware Bay. Delaware Estuary Science Conference 2005, January 10-12, 2005, Cape May, NJ

Ford, SE and Bushek, D. Oysters and oystering in Delaware Bay. Delaware Estuary Science Conference 2005, January 10-12, 2005, Cape May, NJ

Babb, R, J Hearon and D Bushek. Enhancing oyster grounds with spat from high recruitment sites. 7th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration: Improving the Health of Coastal Ecosystems through Shellfish Restoration. Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. November 17–20, 2004. J. Shellfish Res. 24(1):317-318 (abstract)

Vincent, JS, SR Schill, J Manon, D Porter, L Coen, and D Bushek. Using remote sensing to detect and map intertidal shellfish resources. 7th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration: Improving the Health of Coastal Ecosystems through Shellfish Restoration. Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. November 17–20, 2004. J. Shellfish Res. 24(1):338 (abstract)

Haertel, S. S., Allen, D. M., Dame, R. F., Bushek, D. Nutrient production by fishes, shrimps and oysters in intertidal salt-marsh creeks. ERF 2003, Seattle, WA, September 14-18, 2003.

Hartman, M. J., Bushek, D., Wasson, K., Lohrer, A. M., Crawford, M., Stancyk, S. E. Using the National Estuarine Research Seserve System as a platform to detect invasions by exotic decapod crabs. ERF 2003, Seattle, WA, September 14-18, 2003.

Vincent, J.S., Porter, D.E., Coen, L.D., Bushek, D., and Schill, S.R. Mapping intertidal shellfish resources using remote sensing. ERF 2003, Seattle, WA, September 14-18, 2003.

Vincent, J.S., D.E. Porter, L. Coen, D. Bushek and S. Schill. Assessing and mapping shellfish resources using hyperspectral remote sensing. May 5-9, 2003. American Society For Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing Conference, Anchorage, Alaska

Bushek, D., D.L. Richardson, Y. Bobo, L.D. Coen and J. Cardinal. Evaluating shell quarantine duration to limit the transfer of Perkinsus marinus when planting oyster cultch. National Shellfisheries Assoc. Annual Meeting, April 13-17, 2003. New Orleans, LA. J. Shellfish Res. 22(1):321-322.

Vincent, J.S., D.E. Porter, L. Coen, D. Bushek and S. Schill. Remote sensing to map and assess intertidal shellfish resources in the southeastern USA. National Shellfisheries Annual Meeting, April 13-17, 2003. New Orleans, LA. J. Shellfish Res. 22(1):359.

Richardson, D.L., D. Bushek, M.Y. Bobo, J. Cardinal and L.D. Coen. Short-term quarantine of shell stock reduces risk of transferring Perkinsus marinus on shell used for restoration. ICSR 02 – Sixth International Conference on Shellfish Restoration. Nov. 20-24, 2002, Charleston, SC, USA

Dame, R., D. Allen, D. Bushek, S. Haertel and A. Lewitus. Implications to oyster reef restoration from an exercise in reverse engineering: the creek project. ICSR 02 – Sixth International Conference on Shellfish Restoration. Nov. 20-24, 2002, Charleston, SC, USA

Vincent, J.S., D. Porter, L. Coen, D. Bushek, and S.R. Schill. Developing hyperspectral remote sensing methods to rapidly map and assess intertidal shellfish resources. ICSR 02 – Sixth International Conference on Shellfish Restoration. Nov. 20-24, 2002, Charleston, SC, USA

Vincent, J.S., D. Porter, L. Coen, D. Bushek, and S.R. Schill. Assessing and mapping intertidal shellfish resources using remote sensing. Southeastern Estuarine Research Society Semiannual Meeting, Conway, SC, October 17-19, 2002.

Brucker, J.D. and D. Bushek. Effects of the insecticide fipronil on the free-living stages of the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus. Southeastern Estuarine Research Society Semiannual Meeting, Conway, SC, October 17-19, 2002.

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Haertel, S.S., D.M. Allen, B. Milan, D. Bushek, and R.F. Dame. Why do fishes and shrimps use some intertidal creeks more than others? Southeastern Estuarine Research Society (SEERS), Savannah, GA, Feb 28 – Mar 2, 2002.

Scarpa, J., S.E. Laramore and D. Bushek. Comparative resistance between Caribbean Crassostrea rhizophorae and American C. virginica oysters to Dermo disease Perkinsus marinus. Aquaculture America 2002 in San Diego, January 27-30, 2002.

Gray, B, D. Bushek, J.W. Drane and D. Porter. Modeling oyster infection data in space and time, and as normal and ordinal outcomes. Aquaculture 2001, Orlando, FL. January 21-26, 2001.

Gray, BR, Bushek, D, Porter, DE, Drane, JW. Modeling spatially-correlated, multinomial oyster infection data. Presented in Spatially Sensitive Ecological Risk Assessment session at the Society for Risk Analysis annual meeting, Alexandria, VA, Dec 3-6, 2000.

Ellin, R and D. Bushek. An examination of ecological factors governing planktonic abundance and dispersal of Perkinsus marinus. National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA, March 2000. J. Shellfish Res. 2000, 19(1):644. Also presented at the joint Benthic Ecology, SEERS and AERS March 2000 meeting in Wilmington, NC

Erskine, A.J., D. Bushek, R. Dame N. Hadley and L. Coen. Juvenile oyster growth and carrying capacity of intertidal creeks in North Inlet, SC. National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA, March 2000. J. Shellfish Res. 2000, 19(1): 609

Brewster, J., D. Bushek, and R. Dame. Perkinsus marinus population dynamics in North Inlet, South Carolina – an ecosystem model. National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA, March 2000. J. Shellfish Res. 2000, 19(1): 660

Butsic, E., R. Dame and D. Bushek. The effect of oyster removal on intensities of Perkinsus marinus infections in native oyster populations. National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA, March 2000. J. Shellfish Res. 2000, 19(1):661 . Also presented at the joint Benthic Ecology, SEERS and AERS March 2000 meeting in Wilmington, NC

Reece K., D. Bushek and K. Hudson. Molecular genetic studies of Perkinsus: examination of inter- and intra-specific variation. World Aquaculture Society Annual Meeting, May 1-7, 2000. Nice, France.

Hadley, N.H., L.D.Coen, M.Y. Bobo, R.E. Giotta, and D. Bushek. Production and use of Specific-Pathogen-Free (SPF) oysters Crassostrea virginica for research. Aquaculture America 2000, February, 2-5 2000, New Orleans, LA.

Allen, D.M., D. Bushek, R. Dame, B. Milan and E. Koepfler. Linking habitat features and nekton use of intertidal creeks. Estuarine Research Federation, September 1999, New Orleans, LA

Dame, R., D.M. Allen, A.J. Lewitus, L. Gregory, D. Edwards, D. Bushek E. Koepfler. The role of nekton and oysters in controlling tidal creek nutrients. Estuarine Research Federation, September 1999, New Orleans, LA

Allen, D.M., D. Bushek, R. Dame, L. Gregory and B. Milan. Geomorphological determinants of nekton use among intertidal salt marsh creeks. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, September 1999, Charlotte, NC

Reece, K.S. D. Bushek and K. Hudson. 1999. Analysis of the geographic distribution of Perkinsus marinus strains. Nat’l Shellfisheries Assoc. Ann. Mtg., Halifax, Nova Scotia. Apr. 18-22, 1999. J. Shellfish Res. 18(1):320, (abstract)

Brewster, J., D. Bushek and R. Dame. 1999. An ecosystem model of Perkinsus marinus. Nat’l Shellfisheries Assoc. Ann. Mtg., Halifax, Nova Scotia. Apr. 18-22, 1999. J. Shellfish Res. 18(1):326-327, (abstract)

Bushek, D., A. J. Erskine, R. Dame, L. Coen, N. Hadley. 1999. Transmission of Perkinsus marinus to intertidal oysters. Nat’l Shellfisheries Assoc. Ann. Mtg., Halifax, Nova Scotia. Apr. 18-22, 1999. J. Shellfish Res. 18(1):317-18, (abstract)

Ellin, R.C. and D. Bushek. Potential use of Ray’s fluid thioglycollate medium to detect and quantify Perkinsus marinus in environmental water samples. Nat’l Shellfisheries Assoc. Ann. Mtg., Halifax, Nova Scotia. Apr. 18-22, 1999. J. Shellfish Res. 18(1):328, (abstract).

Potthoff, M. and D. Bushek. Patterns of oyster and barnacle recruitment into intertidal creeks with and without live oyster reefs. Southeastern Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, April 1999, Jacksonville, FL.

Allen, D.M., Bushek, D., Milan, B., Brost, B., and M. Potoff. Nekton biodiversity in intertidal creeks: the role of habitat structure. Southeastern Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, April 1999, Jacksonville, FL.

Erskine, A., D. Bushek, R. Dame, L. Coen and N. Hadley. How does the removal of oyster reefs influence transmission of the oyster pathogen Perkinsus marinus within intertidal creeks? Southeastern Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, April 1999, Jacksonville, FL.

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Reece, K.S., K.L. Hudson and D. Bushek (1999) Analysis of genetic variation in strains of the oyster pathogen Perkinsus marinus. Oral presentation, 24th Annual Eastern Fish Health Workshop. March 9-12, 1999, Atlantic Beach, NC.

Ellin, R.C. and D. Bushek. Potential use of Ray’s fluid thioglycollate medium to detect and quantify Perkinsus marinus in environmental water samples. 2nd International Conference on Shellfish Restoration. Hilton Head, SC. November 1998. J. Shellfish Res., 17(4):1299-1300. (abstract)

Reece, K.S. , J. E. Graves, D. Bushek and K. Hudson. Analysis of genetic variation in the oyster pathogen Perkinsus marinus. 2nd International Conference on Shellfish Restoration. Hilton Head, SC. November 1998., J. Shellfish Res., 17(4):1311-1312. (abstract)

Allen, D., D. Bushek, L. Gregory, and B. Milan. Factors affecting nekton use of intertidal creeks. SEERS - Fall 1998 Meeting, Oct. 15-17, 1998, Georgetown, SC

Castellion, B., Dame, R., Bushek, D. and Gregory, L. The Uptake and Release of Organic Matter and Inorganic Nutrients by the American Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, as a Function of Flow Velocity. SEERS - Fall 1998 Meeting, Oct. 15-17, 1998, Georgetown, SC

Dame, R., Edwards, D., Crawford, S., Gregory, L., Bushek, D., Lewitus, A., Koepfler, E., Allen, D. , Corbett, C., Kjerfve, B., and Students. Ecosystem scale observations of estuarine variability. SEERS - Fall 1998 Meeting, Oct. 15-17, 1998, Georgetown, SC

Johnston, K., Dame, R F., Bushek, D and Gregory, L. Flow patterns in two intertidal creeks. SEERS - Fall 1998 Meeting, Oct. 15-17, 1998, Georgetown, SC

Bushek. D, D White, D Porter, B Jones, J Keesee and D Edwards. 1998 Relationships between land-use patterns and Dermo disease in oysters from two South Carolina estuaries. 3rd International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health. Baltimore, MD. August 1998

Dungan, C. F., D. Bushek, A. J. Lewitus. Antibodies to the protozoan oyster pathogen Perkinsus marinus (Apicomplexa) bind to some dinoflagellates (Dynophyceae): Pragmatic and Phylogenetic Implications. 3rd International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health. Baltimore, MD. August 1998

Reece, K. S., D. Bushek, K. Hudson, and J. Graves. Molecular genetic analysis of Perkinsus marinus, a protozoan pathogen. 3rd International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health. Baltimore, MD. August 1998

Bushek, D., D. M. Allen, B. King, and B. Milan. Use of intertidal salt marsh creeks by nekton: relationships to creek morphology. Concepts and Controversies in Tidal Marsh Ecology. Vineland, NJ. April 1998.

Porter, D. E., D. Bushek, D. L. White, J. Keesee. Host-parasite relationships and disease status as a measure of ecosystem health. South Eastern Coastal Ocean Research (SECOR) Conference “Crossing Disciplines/Crossing Boundaries: Research in the South Atlantic Bight”, Savannah, GA. April 7-10, 1998.

Fletcher, M., D.M. Allen, D. Bushek, A. Lewitus, G. Ogburn-Matthews, and D. Porter. Advancing Knowledge Through Collaborative Research and Long-term Databases. South Eastern Coastal Ocean Research (SECOR) Conference “Crossing Disciplines/Crossing Boundaries: Research in the South Atlantic Bight”, Savannah, GA. April 7-10, 1998.

Bushek, D., D. Porter, D. White, B. Jones, J. Keesee and Don Edwards. Host-parasite relationships and disease status as measures of habitat restoration success. Goal Setting and Success Criteria for Habitat Restoration. Charleston, SC. January 1998.

Allen, D.M., Bushek, D., Dame, R., Gregory, L., and Milan, B. Does the geomorphology of intertidal creeks affect nekton use? SEERS Spring Meeting. Athens, GA. March 1998

Bushek, D., Porter, D., White, D., Keesee, J., Jones, B. and Edwards, D. Land-use patterns, hydrodynamics and the spatial pattern of Dermo disease in two South Carolina estuaries. SEERS Spring Meeting. Athens, GA. March 1998

Bushek, D., Reece, K., Graves, J., Holley, R. and Hudson, K. Development of molecular markers for population genetic analysis of Perkinsus marinus. SEERS Spring Meeting. Athens, GA. March 1998

Dame, R.,. Koepfler, E., Allen, D., Bushek, D., Corbett, C., Edwards, D., Gregory, L., Prins, T., Kjerfve, B., Lewitus, A., Schubauer-Berigan, J. and Students. Oyster reefs as structural and functional components of tidal creeks: an ongoing ecosystem experiment. SEERS Spring Meeting. Athens, GA. March 1998

DeFranco, C.P., Bushek, D., Gregory, L., Corbett, C. and Dame, R.F. Growth and survival of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica in intertidal creeks. SEERS Spring Meeting. Athens, GA. March 1998

Milan, B., Allen, D.M., Bushek, D., and Gregory, L. Use of intertidal creeks by the Atlantic silverside Menidia menidia: Comparisons between bank full (high tide) and residual pool (low tide) catches. SEERS Spring Meeting. Athens, GA. March 1998

Raphan, J., Bushek, D., Gregory, L., Corbett, C. and Dame, R. Oyster and barnacle recruitment into intertidal creeks in North Inlet Estuary, Georgetown, SC. SEERS Spring Meeting. Athens, GA. March 1998

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Green, R.A., Bushek, D., and Dame, R.F. The spatial distribution of the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus along intertidal creeks within North Inlet Estuary, South Carolina. SEERS Spring Meeting. Athens, GA. March 1998

Bushek, D., R. Holley, and M. Kelly. Treatment of Perkinsus marinus-contaminated materials. Nat’l Shellfisheries Assoc. Ann. Mtg., Fort Walton Beach, FL. Apr. 20-24, 1997. J. Shellfish Res. 16(1):330, 1997. (abstract)

Kenny, P.D., D.M. Allen and D. Bushek. Long-term patterns of oyster settlement in a relatively undisturbed high salinity South Carolina estuary. Nat’l Shellfisheries Assoc. Ann. Mtg., Fort Walton Beach, FL. Apr. 20-24, 1997. J. Shellfish Res. 16(1):309, 1997. (abstract)

Bushek, D., R. Holley, and M. Kelly, Chlorine tolerance of Perkinsus marinus. Int’l. Conf. Shellfish Restoration, Hilton Head Island, SC, Nov. 1996. J. Shellfish Res. 16(1):260, 1997. (abstract)

Dame, R.F., E. Koepfler, L. Gregory, T. Prins, D. Allen, D. Bushek, C. Corbett, D. Edwards, B. Kjervfe, A. Lewitus and J. Schubauer-Berigan. Oyster reefs as structural and functional components of tidal creeks: An ongoing ecosystem experiment. Int’l. Conf. Shellfish Restoration, Hilton Head Island, SC, Nov. 1996. J. Shellfish Res. 1997. 16(1):260. 1997 (abstract)

Reece, K.S., J. Graves and D. Bushek. 1997. Molecular markers for the oyster pathogen Perkinsus marinus and preliminary population genetic analysis. Int’l. Conf. Shellfish Restoration, Hilton Head Island, SC, Nov. 1996. J. Shellfish Res. 16(1):274, 1997. (abstract)

White, D. D. Bushek, D. Edwards and D. Porter. “Spatial and temporal distributions of Perkinsus marinus in oysters in a developed and an undeveloped estuary in South Carolina. Spatial Data And Remote Sensing In Invertebrate Fisheries Workshop. Fort Walton Beach, FL. Apr. 19-20, 1997 and at the Estuarine Research Federation Annual Meeting. Providence, RI. Oct. 12-16, 1997.

Reece, K., J. Graves and D. Bushek. Development of molecular markers for population genetic analysis of Perkinsus marinus. Nat’l Shellfisheries Assoc. Ann. Mtg., Baltimore, MD, Apr. 14-18, 1996. J. Shellfish Research, 15(2):477, 1996. (abstract)

Chintala, M., D. Bushek, and S. Ford. Infectivity and pathogenicity of Perkinsus marinus: 1. Parasite characteristics. Nat’l Shellfisheries Assoc. Ann. Mtg., Baltimore, MD, Apr. 14-18, 1996. J Shellfish Research, 15(2):499, 1996. (abstract)

Ford, S., M. Chintala and D. Bushek. Infectivity and pathogenicity of Perkinsus marinus: 2. Dosing methods and host response. Nat’l Shellfisheries Assoc. Ann. Mtg., Baltimore, MD, Apr. 14-18, 1996. J Shellfish Research, 15(2):500, 1996. (abstract)

Bushek, D., S. Ford and M. Chintala. Infectivity and pathogenicity of Perkinsus marinus: 3. Fecal elimination. Nat’l Shellfisheries Assoc. Ann. Mtg., Baltimore, MD, Apr. 14-18, 1996. J Shellfish Research, 15(2):499, 1996. (abstract)

Hadley, N., M. Bobo, D. Richardson, L. Coen and D. Bushek. Use of specific pathogen-free (SPF) oysters to measure growth, mortality, and onset of MSX and Dermo disease in South Carolina. Nat’l Shellfisheries Assoc. Ann. Mtg., Baltimore, MD, Apr. 14-18, 1996. J Shellfish Research, 15(2):496, 1996. (abstract)

Bushek, D. M. Chintala and S. Ford. Infection and elimination pathways of the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus. Benthic Ecology Meeting, USC, Columbia. March 8, 1996.

Bushek, D, K. Reece, and J. Graves. Investigating the population structure of Perkinsus marinus. Estuarine Research Federation, Corpus Christi, TX. November, 1995

Chintala, M., K. A. Alcox, S. E. Ford and D. Bushek. Cultured and natural Perkinsus marinus cells: A possible mechanism for virulence differences. Milford Aquaculture Seminar, Milford CT, Feb, 1995. J. Shellfish Res., 14(1): 240. 1995. (abstract)

Bushek, D. and S. K. Allen, Jr. Race-specific interactions between Crassostrea virginica and Perkinsus marinus. Nat’l Shellfisheries Assoc. Ann. Mtg., Charleston SC, Apr. 24-88, 1994. J. Shellfish Res. 13(1): 295. 1994. (abstract)

Bushek, D., S. K. Allen, Jr., K. A. Alcox, R. Gustafson and S. E. Ford. 1994. Dose response of Crassostrea virginica to in vitro cultured cells of Perkinsus marinus, the agent of Dermo disease. Milford Aquaculture Seminar, Milford CT, Feb 1994. J. Shellfish Res., 13(1) 313. (abstract)

Bushek, D. Evaluation of Perkinsus marinus quantification techniques using fluid thioglycollate media. Nat’l Shellfisheries Assoc. Ann. Mtg., Portland OR, May 30-Jun 3, 1993. J. Shellfish Res., 12(1) 126. 1993 (abstract)

Bushek, D. Perkinsus races: management implications and initial observations of geographically distinct isolates. Nat’l Shellfisheries Assoc. Ann. Mtg., Aquaculture ’92, Orlando FL May 21-25, 1992. J. Shellfish Res., 11(1) 190. 1992. (abstract)

Bushek, D. and S. K. Allen, Jr. Repeatability of triploid induction of Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin) using "stripped" gametes. Nat’l Shellfisheries Assoc. Ann. Mtg., Portland ME, Jun 23-27, 1991. J. Shellfish Res., 10(1) 293. 1991. (abstract)

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Bushek, D. and S. K. Allen, Jr. Effective population size for shellfish broodstock management. National Shellfisheries Assoc., Williamsburg, VA, J. Shellfish Res., 8(2) 446. 1990. (abstract)

Bushek, D. Genetics of disease resistance in oysters. State University of New York, Stonybrook, Department of Evolution and Ecology, Stonybrook, NY. November, 1990.

Bushek, D. Settlement as a major determinant of intertidal oyster and barnacle distributions along a horizontal gradient. The Ecological Society of America, Columbus, OH. August, 1987.

GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF RESEARCH: US ACOE: Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project: 2015 water quality and oyster monitoring study.

April 2014 – March 2015. $648,906. PI with W Burton NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture: Streamlining biosecurity management in the context of East Coast molluscan

shellfish transfers. Sep 2014 – Aug 2016. $266,989. Co-PI with R Carnegie, L Calvo, R Rheault, D Bouchard and M Nelson

NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture: Minimizing risks of Vibrio bacteria in farm-raised oysters grown in mid-Atlantic intertidal environments. Oct 2014 – Sep 2016. $372,735. PI with T Ben-Horin, L Calvo, K Reece and C Audemard

Add NRAC Aquaculture Studies NSF REU Supplement: Development of a theoretical basis for modeling disease processes in marine invertebrates.

Jun 2014 – May 2015. $20,884. Co-PI with E Hoffman TNC gandy’s beach Add: PDE - $7300, update oyster money US ACOE: Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project: 2014 water quality and oyster monitoring study.

April 2014 – March 2015. $491,236. PI with W Burton NJDEP: Strategies for Flooding Risk Reduction for Vulnerable Coastal Populations in Salem and Cumberland

Counties along Delaware Bay. Aug 2013-Feb 2014. $119,212. Co-PI with G. Guo and R Lathrop. US ACOE: Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project: 2013 water quality and oyster monitoring study.

May 2013 – May 2014. $409,484. PI with W Burton NSF EEID Program: Development of a theoretical basis for modeling disease processes in marine invertebrates.

Jun 2012 – May 2016. $1,280,133. Co-PI with E. Hofmann, X Guo, D Haidvogel, E Powell. Barnegat Bay Partnership: Sea Nettle histology service contract. Jul 2013- Oct 2013. $3,600. PI NJSG: Comparative analysis of bivalve clearance rates for restoration management. Jul 2012 – Jun 2013. $5,000.

PI with Amanda Wenczel. NJ Div Fish and Wildlife: Delaware Bay Shellplanting for ATHOS I restoration. Jul 2011 – Dec 2016. $38,747. Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: Sea level rise adaptation in the Delaware Estuary using living shorelines –

identifying potential opportunities at selected vulnerable areas. June 2011 – Feb 2012. PI on subcontract from PDE $29,999

Dupont Clear Into the Future: Developing methods to integrate ribbed mussels into living shorelines to protect and enhance Delaware Bay marshes. April 1, 2011 – March 31, 2012. $25,000.

EPA: Development and Implementation of an Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Program for the Different Tidal Wetlands of the Delaware Estuary. Aug 2009 - Mar 2011. PI on service contract from The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary for $9,500.

EPA: Development and Implementation of an Integrated Tidal Wetlands Monitoring and Assessment Program in the Barnegat Bay and Delaware Estuaries (New Jersey - Coastal Plan Region.) Oct 2009 - Nov 2011. PI on subaward from the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary for $36,500.

USDA Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center: Novel methodologies to over-winter cultured hard clams in the Northeast U.S.” Sep 1, 2010 to May 31 2013. $199,546. coPI with J Kraeuter, B Beal, M Bricelj, G Flimlin and C. Zarnoch

Dupont Clear Into the Future: The role of predators and scavengers in controlling oyster disease in Delaware Bay. June 2010 – December 2010. $15,000

USFWS: Delaware Estuary Living Shorelines Initiative (DELSI) for Creation of Fish Habitat and Stabilization of Erosion Along Eroding Marsh Edges. Oct 1, 2009 – Dec 30, 2010. PI on $6,000 service agreement from the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary.

East Coast Shellfish Research Institute: Assessing the impacts of harvest of aquacultured clams on seafloor habitat and benthos. Sep 2008 – Oct 2010. $164,124. Co-PI with M. Luckenbach and J Kraeuter.

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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Enhancement of Intertidal Shellfish Communities Along Erosional Marsh Edges: Phase 2. Mar 1, 2009 – Oct 31, 2010. $22,030 sub-contract from the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary. Co-PI with Danielle Kreeger.

NJ DOT: Garden State Parkway Widening Project MP30 to MP 80/Mullica River Bridge Shellfish Monitoring Plan. Jun 1, 2008 – Jan 1, 2011. $155,193. Co-PI with R Chant and J Normant.

USDA Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center: Evaluation of putatively QPX-resistant strains of northern hard clams using field and genetic studies. Jun 1, 2008 to Nov 30 2011. $96,485 sub-contract from MBL coPI with J Kraeuter, S Lindell, and S Roberts

USDA Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center: Jun 2008 – May 2010 $150,000 ($46,030 sub-Contract from University of Maine). Investigations into the potential health and economic benefits of bivalve-finfish co-culture. Co-PI with I Bricknell, D Bouchard, S Dixon-Molloy, R Pomeroy, S Ford, and B Landau

NSF REU Supplement: Collaborative Research: Field and Modeling Studies in Support of Understanding Disease Resistance in Estuarine Populations and Response to Climate Change. Summer 2009. $15,390. co-PI with D Haidvogel.

NSF REU Supplement: Collaborative Research: Field and Modeling Studies in Support of Understanding Disease Resistance in Estuarine Populations and Response to Climate Change. Summer 2008. $14,000. co-PI with D Haidvogel.

New Jersey Marine Science Consortium: Shoreline stabilization and ecosystem enhancement of eroding marsh habitats using intertidal reef communities. Feb 1, 2008 to Jan 31, 2010. $40,000. PI with D Kreeger.

NJAES Hatch Award: Investigating a novel parasite in hard clams to facilitate policy decisions on interstate transfer of shellfish for aquaculture and research. Jan 1- Jun 30, 2008. $5,000. PI: David Bushek

NSF REU Supplement: Collaborative Research: Field and Modeling Studies in Support of Understanding Disease Resistance in Estuarine Populations and Response to Climate Change. Summer 2007. $12,000. co-PI with D Haidvogel and X Guo.

NSF-Ecology of Infectious Diseases: Collaborative Research: Field and Modeling Studies in Support of Understanding Disease Resistance in Estuarine Populations and Response to Climate Change. $1,180,514. Sep 1, 2006 – Aug 30, 2011. Co-PI with D. Haivogel, X. Guo, E. Powell and J. Wilkin.

New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute. Restored oyster reef habitat use by the American Eel (Anquilla rostrata) in the Lower Delaware Bay. $4,984. PI: Jaclyn Taylor, coPI: David Bushek

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Enhancement of shellfish communities along erosional marsh edges. $47,196. Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2008. Co-PI with Danielle Kreeger.

USDA Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center: Evaluation and Genetic Analysis of Hard Clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, Stocks for QPX Resistance. $71,173. Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2008. Co-PI with J. Kraeuter, X. Guo, S. Ford, R. Smolowitz, G. Flimlin, W. Walton and G. Mathis.

National Sea Grant Oyster Disease Research Program: Enhanced growth and disease resistance of the eastern oyster by interstrain hybridization and triploidy. $398,594. Jun 1, 2005 – May 31, 2007. co-PI with Y Wang and X Guo

National Sea Grant Oyster Disease Research Program: Mapping Dermo-resistant genes for marker-assisted selection in the eastern oyster. $366,493. Jun 1, 2005 – May 31, 2007. Co-PI with X. Guo and S. Ford

National Sea Grant Gulf Oyster Industry Program: Analysis of molecular indicators of oyster’s responses to Dermo infections using microarray technology. $185,801 Jun 1, 2005 – May 31, 2007. Co-PI with J Liu, X Guo

Rutgers University Research Council: Oyster restoration methods for lower Delaware Bay. $2,400. July 1, 2006 – May 1, 2007. PI

New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute: The Potential Impact of the Asian Isopod, Synidotea laevidorsalis (Miers 1881), on the Delaware Bay, USA. $2,000. Jan 1, 2006 – May 31, 2007. Student advisee’s grant support (S. Boyd).

New Jersey Oyster Industry Science Steering Committee: Dermo, Mortality and Growth Monitoring on Delaware Bay Seed Beds. $95,991 since 2004, 2006 funding: $45,110. Funding period Mar to Feb, annually. PI.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Preliminary assessment of the effects of Delaware Bay water and a putative endocrine disrupting compound on horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) using proteomics and observation of embryonic development and survival. $24,500. March 16, 2005 to Sep 15, 2006. PI with Brian Marsh (USFWS) and Pete Van Veld (VIMS)

NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office: Fertilization interference between Crassostrea ariakensis and Crassostrea virginica. $104,984. December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2006 PI with Ximing Guo and Greg DeBrosse.

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NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office: A histological investigation of oyster parasites and pathology in three Chinese estuaries containing varying mixtures of coexisting oyster species, including Crassostrea ariakensis. $113,786. December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2007. PI with Drs. Susan Ford and Ximing Guo.

USDA ARS ERRC: Specific Cooperative Agreement -- Field Testing of a New Vibrio Detection Assay. $56,000. April 1, 2004 – September 15, 2006. co-PI with Gary Richards, USDA ARS Dover worksite.

The Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology: Development of an Automated Mapping Technique for Monitoring and Managing Shellfish Distributions. $245,491. July 1, 2002 – June 30, 2004. Co-PI with Steve Schill, Dwayne Porter and Loren Coen.

NOAA Estuarine Reserves Division Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force: Using the National Estuarine Research Reserve System platform to prevent and control invasions by exotic decapod crabs. $76,400. July 1, 2002 – December 31, 2003. PI of Record.

NOAA Urbanization and Southeastern Estuarine Systems (USES) Program: PI for sub-study on shellfish disease with Dwayne Porter. $282,258. September 1, 1996 – August 30, 2004.

South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium: Workshop on remote sensing of intertidal shellfish populations. $1,000. May-July 2003. Co-PI with Drs. L. Coen (SCDNR MRRI) and R. Grizzle (UNH)

National Sea Grant Gulf Oyster Industry Program Project #OD-99-47: The Carribbean oyster: genetic resource for American oyster culture? $72,115. Oct. 1, 1999 - Sept. 31, 2001. Co-PI with John Scarpa (HBOI)

National Sea Grant Oyster Disease Research Program Project #R/OD-1: The influence of ecological processes on the transmission of Perkinsus marinus: dispersal dilution and host filtration. $143,200. Sep. 1, 1997 – May 30, 2000. Lead PI with Drs. L. Coen (SCDNR MRRI) and R. Dame (CCU)

National Sea Grant Oyster Disease Research Program Project #R/OD-2: Molecular genetic analysis of Perkinsus marinus: comparisons of among laboratory isolates and natural populations. $188,954. Sep. 1, 1997 - Aug. 31, 1999. Lead PI with Drs. K. Reece and J. Graves (VIMS)

SCDNR MRFAB: Detection and quantification of the oyster pathogen Perkinsus marinus in cultch material used to establish oyster reefs for recreational harvesting. $4,947. Jul. 1, 1997 - Jun. 30, 1998. Co-PI with Mr. B. Anderson (SCDNR OFM)

South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium Project #P/M-2g: Polyclonal rabbit anti-P. marinus antiserum cross-reactivity with dinophyceae: Evolutionary implications and potential for a broad spectrum detection assay. $12,300. Jan. 1, 1997 - Dec. 31, 1997. Lead PI with Dr. A. Lewitus (USC) and Mr. C. Dungan (MD DNR)

SCDNR MRRI: An examination of oyster reefs as “biologically-critical” habitat: Oyster diseases. $8,490. Sep. 1, 1996 - Aug. 31, 1998. Sub-contract on grant to Drs. L. Coen and E. Wenner (SCDNR MRRI)

South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium Project #P/M2A: Tolerance of Perkinsus marinus to Chlorination. $7,852. Jan. 1, 1996 - Aug. 31, 1996. Lead PI.

NSF-RUI Project #DEB-950957: The role of oyster reefs in the structure and function of tidal creek systems. $237,000. Jan. 1, 1996 to Dec. 31, 2000 Co-PI with Drs. D. Allen, D. Edwards, A. Lewitus, B. Kjerfve, J. Schubauer-Berrigan of USC and Drs. R. Dame, E. Koepfler of CCU – Total award $700,000.

NOAA/NMFS Oyster Disease Research Program Project #NA57FL0042: Effect of in vitro and in vivo passages on virulence of Perkinsus marinus. $94,553. Dec. 1, 1994 to Dec. 31, 1996. Co-PI with Dr. Susan Ford (Rutgers)

NOAA/NMFS Oyster Disease Research Program Project #NA47FL0153: Infectivity of cultured Perkinsus marinus. $79,500. May 1, 1994 to Mar. 31, 1996. Co-PI with Dr. Susan Ford, Rutgers University

NOAA/NMFS Oyster Disease Research Program Project #NA47FL0162: Population genetics of Perkinsus marinus. Sub-contract: $20,075. Total Award: $120,620. Jul. 1, 1994 to Dec. 31, 1995. Co-PI with Drs. J Graves (VIMS)

NOAA/NMFS Oyster Disease Research Program Project #NA26FL0381: Resistance of Crassostrea virginica to Perkinsus marinus isolates: A foundation for breeding and management. $77,656. Nov. 1, 1992 to Apr. 30, 1994. Co-PI with Dr. S.K. Allen, Jr. (Rutgers)

Leslie and Mabel Stauber Fund, Biology Dept., Rutgers University: Dermo Disease in American Oysters: Relative resistance of geographically distinct oyster populations. $1500. Jan. 1, 1992 to Dec. 31, 1992

New Jersey Sea Grant: Dermo Disease in American Oysters: Do races of Perkinsus marinus exist? $3,280. Oct. 21, 1991 to Sep. 30, 1992. Co-PI with Dr. SK. Allen, Jr. (Rutgers)

University of Houston Coastal Science Center: Determinants of the horizontal zonation between the American oyster Crassostrea virginica and the ivory barnacle Balanus eburneus in Galveston Bay, Texas. $2,440. Jun. 1986 to Aug. 1986 Co-PI with Dr. GM. Wellington, (U. of Houston)

GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH:

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Rutgers SEBS: Expanding Student Learning Opportunities at the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory and Related

Facilities in Southern New Jersey, PI w/Daphne Munroe. July 2013. Eight refurbished Apple computers. NJSG: Sea Grant Aquaculture Extension 2010: Delaware Bay and Southern NJ. Jan 2010 – Jan 2015. $195,992 Dupont Clear Into the Future: Graduate Student Fellowship. September 1, 2012 – August 31, 2013. $35,000. Dupont Clear Into the Future: Graduate Student Fellowship. September 1, 2011 – August 31, 2012. $30,000. Dupont Clear Into the Future: Project PORTS: Community-Based Oyster Restoration and Habitat Valuation. June

1, 2011 – September 30, 2012. Co-PI with M. DeLuca and L. Calvo. $24,997. NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve System Graduate Research Fellowship: The relationship between

ribbed mussel (Geukensia demissa) density and salt marsh shoreline erosion. June 1, 2010 – May 31, 2011,. $20,000.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Delaware Estuary Watershed Grants Program Project PORTS: Promoting Oyster Restoration Through Schools. Jan 1, 2008 to Dec 31 2008. $60,813. PI with L Calvo

Cumberland County Improvement Authority. Project PORTS: Promoting Oyster Restoration Through Schools - Shell Recycling For Oyster Habitat. Jan 1- Dec 31 2008. $32,000. PI with L. Calvo

Clear into the Future: A DuPont Delaware Estuary Initiative. Graduate Student Fellowship Program Planned Program of Study at Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory. July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008. $25,000.

NSF DBI-0224759: FSML – Improving and expanding nutrient analysis at the Baruch Marine Field Laboratory. $45,000. December 1, 2002 – November 30, 2003.

USC COSM Computer Advisory Committee. Meeting undergraduate student course and research needs at the Baruch Marine Field Laboratory. $6,400. January 1, 2003 – Aug 31, 2003. Lead PI with Dr. M. Fletcher

NSF DBI-9907650: FSML – A state-of-the-art water level measurement system for the Baruch Marine Field Laboratory. $23,500. January 1, 2000 – December 31, 2001. Lead PI with Ginger Matthews and Robert Gardner.

USC COSM Computer Advisory Committee. Student Computers for the Baruch Marine Field Laboratory. $19,900. March 17, 2000 – December 31, 2000. Lead PI with Dr. Madilyn Fletcher

NSF DBI-9713886: Construction of tidal marsh mesocosms at the Baruch Marine Field Laboratory. $60,000. Sep. 1, 1997 - Aug. 31, 1999. Co-PI with Drs. D. Allen and M. Fletcher, USC

NSF DBI-969512338: Construction of a Filtered Seawater System At the Baruch marine Field Laboratory. $72,000. Jan. 1, 1996 - Dec. 31, 1998. Co-PI with Drs. F.J. Vernberg and D.M. Allen, USC

AmeriCorp NCCC: Re-establishment of a valuable scientific and teaching resource. Provided labor to move and organize Institute’s long-term biological voucher collections. November 15, 1996-December 15, 1996. Co-PI with Dennis Allen.

AmeriCorp NCCC: Construction of an educational marsh boardwalk at the North Inlet-Winyah Bay NERR. Provided labor to complete construction of educational marsh boardwalk at Baruch Marine Field Laboratory. November 15, 1996-December 15, 1996. Co-PI with Dennis Allen.

TEACHING Oceanographic Methods and Data Analysis (Rutgers DMCS 01/11:628:364) 3 credits. Undergraduate field and

laboratory course on the analytical tools of oceanography, including data analysis. SP06 co-taught w/ O Schofield, 8 students SP07 co-taught w/ O Schofield, 16 students SP08 co-taught w/ O Schofield, 11 students SP09 co-taught w/ O Schofield and S Glenn, 19 students SP10 co-taught w/ O Schofield and S Glenn, 20 students SP11 co-taught w/ O Schofield and S Glenn, 19 students SP12 co-taught w/ O Schofield and S Glenn, 22 students SP13 co-taught w/ O Schofield and S Glenn, 23 students SP14 co-taught w/ O Schofield and S Glenn, 21 students SP14 co-taught w/ O Schofield and S Glenn, 21 students Aquaculture (Rutgers DMCS 11:628:317) 3 credits: Undergraduate course providing a general overview of

aquaculture with extensive hands-on laboratory experience. SP06 co-taught w/ X Guo, 4 students SP08 co-taught w/ X Guo, 7 students SP10 co-taught w/ X Guo, 8 students

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SP12 co-taught w/ X Guo, 6 students SP14 co-taught w/ X Guo, 10 students Topics in Oceanography: Ecology of Marine Parasites (Rutgers DMCS 16:712:596) FA08: 1 credit graduate course, 4 students. FA09: 1 credit graduate course, 4 students. FA10: 1 credit graduate course, 5 students. Research in Ecology (Rutgers Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources 16:215:701). FA06 3 credits Sean Boyd, 1 credit Jaclyn Taylor. SP07 3 credits. Jaclyn Taylor, Sean Boyd. FA07 1 credit: Sean Boyd MS Thesis Research SP08 1 credit Sean Boyd; 2 credits Jaclyn Taylor FA09 2 credits: Joshua Moody SP10 1 credit Emma Green-Beach; 3 credits Joshua Moody FA10 2 credits: Joshua Moody and Amanda Wenczel Special Problems in Marine and Coastal Sciences. (Rutgers DMCS 11:628:498). SP06 Shellfish pathology methods. 3 credits, Peter Ciaston. SP 09 Shellfish pathology methods. 3 Credits Joshua Kauffman and Doug Zemeckis SP10 3 Shellfish pathology methods. credits Kurt Cheng Seminar in Ecology (Rutgers Ecology and Evolution 16:215:601;602) 1 credit FA04: Provided seminar Concepts and Methods in Ecology (Rutgers Ecology and Evolution 16:215 :598) 4 credits. SP04: Guest lecturer and guide for 3-day field experience STUDENTS SUPERVISED: Postdoctoral: Name Year Tal Ben-Horin 2013- Paola Lopez-Duarte 2010-2012 Graduate: Name Affiliation Degree Years Role Denise Méthé University of Prince Edward Is Ph.D. 2015 External Examiner Jason Morson Rutgers Ecology and Evolution Ph.D. 2013- Committee Member Jenny Paterno Rutgers Ecology and Evolution MS 2012-2015 Major Advisor Joshua Moody Drexel University Ph.D. 2012- Committee Member Sona Mason Rutgers Newark (non-thesis MS) MS 2011-2013 Committee Member Soren Dahl Stony Brook University SMAS Ph.D. 2011- Committee Member Amanda Wenczel Rutgers Ecology and Evolution Ph.D. 2010- Major Advisor Elizabeth Diamond Inst Marine and Coastal Sciences MS 2008-2012 Major Advisor Joshua Moody Rutgers Ecology and Evolution MS 2008-2012 Major Advisor Emily Scarpa Rutgers Camden Biology MS 2007-2013 Co-Advisor Emma Green-Beach Rutgers Ecology and Evolution MS 2007-2011 Major Advisor Jaclyn Taylor Rutgers Ecology and Evolution MS 2005-2008 Major Advisor Sean Boyd Rutgers Ecology and Evolution MS 2005-2008 Major Advisor Grant Law Rutgers Oceanography Ph.D. 2005-2008 Committee Member Larraitz Garmendia Univ Basque Country, Spain Ph.D. 2006 Int’l Fellowship Mentor Maria Vale Inst Marine Research, Portugal MS 2006 Int’l Fellowship Mentor Jeff Vincent Univ S Carolina Geography Ph.D. 2002-2004 Research mentor Steve Allen University of Charleston MS 2000-2004 Committee Member Nitin Kulkarni Univ S Carolina Marine Science Ph.D. 2002-2003 Committee Member Alan J. Erskine Coll William & Mary, Marine Sci MS 2001-2003 Committee Member Mary Jo Hartman Univ S Carolina Marine Science Ph.D. 2000-2003 Committee Member Brian Gray University of South Carolina Ph.D. 1999-2001 Committee Member Gwynne Browne Coll William & Mary, Marine Sci Ph.D. 1999-2001 Committee Member Becky Ellin Univ S Carolina Marine Science MS 1997-2000 Major Advisor

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Chris Milardo Univ Charleston Marine Biology MS 1997-2000 Committee Member Jodi Brewster Cal State Univ Oceanography MS 1999 Summer Res. Assistant Rachel Giotta Univ Charleston Marine Biology MS 1996-1999 Committee Member Libby Willson Univ Charleston Marine Biology MS 1996-1999 Committee Member Dave White Univ S Carolina Marine Science Ph.D 1996-1998 Directed Res. Assistantship Undergraduate: Name Affiliation Class Years Role William Schroer Allegeny College Jun-Sen 2014 NSF REU Adv. Lauren Huey Rutgers Jun-Sen 2014 NSF REU Adv. Joseph Looney Rutgers Jun-Sen 2014 NSF REU Adv. Kurt Cheng Rutgers Jun-Sen 2009-10 Ind. Study/NSF REU Adv. Jenny Paterno Stockton College Soph-Jun 2009-10 NSF REU Advisor Joshua Kauffman Rutgers Jun-Sen 2008-9 Ind. Study/NSF REU Adv. Doug Zemeckis Rutgers Jun-Sen 2008-9 Ind. Study/NSF REU Adv. Jeff Pydeski West Virginia University Senior 2007 NSF REU Advisor Thomas Evans Juniata College Senior 2007 NSF REU Advisor Peter Ciaston Rutgers Marine Science Senior 2006 Independent Study Rachel Koehler St Stephens College Junior 2005 NSF REU Mentor Sarah Hauke UMASS Junior 2004 NSF REU Mentor Melissa Engle University of South Carolina Soph. 2003 Summer Intern Advisor Jon Brucker University of South Carolina Senior 2002 Summer Intern Advisor Scott Hagins University of South Carolina post bac 2002 Summer Intern Advisor Heather Hostetler Coastal Carolina University Junior 2000 NSF RUI Mentor Kevin Gross USC Marine Science Senior 1999-2000 Faculty Advisor Mike Potthoff Coastal Carolina University Junior 1999 NSF RUI/REU Mentor Emily Butsic Coastal Carolina University Jun-Sen 1999-2000 NSF RUI Mentor Beth Brost Coastal Carolina University Jun-Sen 1999-2000 NSF RUI Mentor Brian Milan Coastal Carolina University Soph-Sen 1997-1999 NSF RUI/REU Mentor Carrie Burdick Coastal Carolina University Jun-Sen 1998-1999 NSF RUI Mentor Jodi Brewster Coastal Carolina University Jun-Sen 1998-1999 NSF RUI Mentor Chris Salmon University of South Carolina Senior 1998 Independent Study Amy Sabo Coastal Carolina University Senior 1998 NSF RUI Mentor Kristine Johnston Coastal Carolina University Senior 1998 NSF RUI/REU Mentor Barbara Castellion Coastal Carolina University Jun-Sen 1997-1998 NSF RUI Mentor Chris DeFranco Coastal Carolina University Jun-Sen 1997-1998 NSF RUI Mentor Becky Green Coastal Carolina University Jun-Sen 1997-1998 NSF RUI/REU Mentor Jennifer Raphan Coastal Carolina University Jun-Sen 1997-1998 NSF RUI Mentor Becky King Coastal Carolina University Sop-Sen 1996-1998 NSF RUI Mentor Leroy Humphries Coastal Carolina University Jun-Sen 1996-1997 NSF RUI/REU Mentor Amy Anderson Coastal Carolina University Jun-Sen 1996-1997 NSF RUI/REU Mentor Megan Kelly University of South Carolina Soph. 1996 Independent Study Other: Name Affiliation Degree Years Role William Schroer Lower Cape May Regional HS HS 2009-10 Science Fair Project Mentor Chris Gowen Summer intern, Tennessee HS 2001 Supervised Internship Misty Borst SC Governor’s School intern HS 1997 Supervised Internship Jennifer Cruz SC Governor’s School intern HS 1997 Supervised Internship Forest Davidson, III SC Governor’s School intern HS 1996 Supervised Internship PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE: Memberships: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2009-present

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American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) 2007-present East Coast Shellfish Growers Association (ECSGA) 2006-present Atlantic Estuarine Research Society (AERS) 2005-present Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (ERF) 1995 - present The National Shellfisheries Association (NSA) 1989-present The Southeastern Estuarine Research Society (SEERS) 1994-2003 The American Fisheries Society (AFS) 1994-96 The American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists (AIFRB) 1990-1996 The Ecological Society of America (ESA) 1985-1991 The World Aquaculture Society (WAS) 1985-1991 Service: Rutgers E&E Graduate Program Admissions Committee 2014-5 AL-G Technologies Scientific Advisory Board 2014 - present Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee: 2012 to present NJ Aquaculture Advisory Committee: 2011- present Review Editor: Aquaculture Environment Interactions 2009-present National Shellfisheries Association: Past-President 2009-2011, President 2007-2009, President-Elect 2005-

2007, Treasurer 2001-2005, Local Organizing Committee 2005 Annual Meeting, Vice President 2000-2001, Program Committee rep from NSA for Aquaculture 2001, Membership Committee Chair 1996-2000, Student Recruits Officer and Founding Member 1991-1994, Annual Meeting session moderator, Student award judge

Delaware River and Bay Oil Spill Advisory Committee, Scientific Advisor: October 2008 – April 2010 Delaware Bay Oyster Seed Bed Stock Assessment Review Committee – Member, 2004-present Delaware Bay Oyster Industry Science Committee member 2004-present Proposal reviewer – ongoing: NSF, EPA, NOAA, USDA, Sea Grant Agencies, NRAC, National Fish and

Wildlife Foundation, Rutgers NJAES, National Estuarine Research Reserve System Manuscript/Book/Chapter reviewer - ongoing: PLOS, Estuaries, Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.,

Parasitology, J. Shellfish Res., J. World Aquaculture Soc., Springer Verlag Ecological Studies Series, “The Ecology of Bivalve Molluscs” (R. Dame), Progressive Fish Culturist, Exp. Parasitology

Congressional Testimony: “Ecological Restoration of Native Oyster Populations: Fact or Fancy” Written Testimony to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans Oversight Hearing on Past, Current, and Future Efforts to Restore Oysters, September 10, 2008. RN Lipcius, RP Burke, JM Hoenig, RD Seitz, D Bushek, HS Lenihan, CH Peterson and SP Powers

Workshop participation: Annual Delaware Bay Oyster Stock Assessment Workshops (Presenter), Haskin Shellfish Research

Laboratory, Rutgers, Port Norris, NJ: Annually in Feb 2004-present Plenary Discussion Panelist: "Oyster restoration metrics for assessing ecological function, sustainablity,

and success" at 7th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration: Improving the Health of Coastal Ecosystems through Shellfish Restoration. Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. November 17–20, 2004

Workshop on Oyster Restoration Metrics For Assessing Ecological Function, Sustainability and Success, NH to LA. Springmaid Beach Resort & Conference Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. May 20-21, 2004

Identifying and Prioritizing Research Required to Evaluate Ecological Risks, Benefits and Alternatives Related to the Potential Introduction of Crassostrea ariakensis to Chesapeake Bay, (Chaired Disease working group) December 2-3, 2003 Annapolis, Maryland

Remote Sensing of Intertidal Shellfish Populations (host). June 2003, USC BMFL, Georgetown, SC East Coast Shellfish Transport Workshop Expert Panel Member, Feb 2002, Charleston, SC CRII Shellfish Workshop Participant, January 2000 Impact of Boat Wakes in Shallow Estuaries, SCDNR, Charleston, SC 1999 Ecosystem Dynamics Strategic Planning Workshop, Charleston, SC, March 29, 1999 Chesapeake Bay Program Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Review Panel for the Environmental

Risk Assessment on the Proposed Introduction of Crassostrea ariakensis into Chesapeake Bay, 2008. Chesapeake Bay Program Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Review Panel for the Draft PEIS

regarding the proposed introduction of Crassostrea ariakensis to Chesapeake Bay, 2008. International Conferences on Shellfish Restoration Planning Committee 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 Scientific Committee 2007

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Co-moderated 2006 session on “Large-scale Approaches to Shellfish Restoration” Member SCDNR Shellfish Coordinating Committee 1998-2003 Consultant work: NJDEP and Delaware Bay Shellfisheries Council 2003 – present HDR/LMS Engineering 2006 UNH and NH Fish and Game 2003- present SCDNR 1995-2003 (pro bono) ICES Working Group on Pathology and Disease, SC Shellfish Disease Expert reporting annually to US rep,

1998-2003 (pro bono) Spinney Creek Shellfish, Eliot, ME, 1999 The Research Planning Institute, Columbia, SC, 1999 Micro Technologies, Maine, 1998 US Corps of Engineers, 1998 (pro bono) South Carolina Environmental Law Project, 1995 HONORS AND AWARDS: 2013 Delaware Bay Day 2013 Dedication, Bayshore Center at Bivalve 2011 Meritorious Service Award, National Shellfisheries Association 2009 Meritorious Service Award, National Shellfisheries Association 2000 Recognized for service as Chair of NSA Membership Committee 1998 Recognized for service as Chair of NSA Membership Committee 1994 Thurlow C. Nelson Award for Best Paper, NSA 1994 Annual Meeting 1992 Student Research Award, AIFRB Student Endowment Fund Travel Award, NSA 1991 Graduate Student Dissertation Research Award, The Graduate School, Rutgers Univ. Student Research Award, AIFRB Student Endowment Fund Travel Award, NSA 1990 Student Travel Award, AIFRB 1987 Student Travel Award, University of Houston Activities Funding Board and the Biology Department 1981 Member Phi Eta Sigma Scholastic Honor Society Member Alpha Lambda Delta Scholastic Honor Society COMMUNITY SERVICE and OUTREACH: Interviewed on Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods America with Andrew Zimern to discuss triploid oyster

production on syndicated show that initially aired November 04, 2013: http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/bizarre-foods/episodes/new-jersey-pigs-blood-and-paprikash

Guest scientist on WHYY radio program Radio Times that aired on October 9, 2013: http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2013/10/09/delaware-bay-oysters-a-quiet-resurgence/

Interviewed on WHYY public television program Friday Night Arts about oyster aquaculture in Delaware Bay: http://whyy.org/cms/fridayarts/oysters-conception-to-consumption/. Aired September 2013

Additional video: http://video.pbs.org/partnerplayer/nN0AP5hIa1hStIUlaFQL2w==/?autoplay=false Judge for Bayshore Discovery Project Annual Bay Days Festival Shucking Contest 2008-2009 Volunteer soccer coach, Vineland Soccer Association, 2003-2005, 2007-2008 President, Provisional Board, Georgetown County Family YMCA 2003 Chair, Citizens for Family Activity Centers in Georgetown County, SC 2002-2003 Board Member, Georgetown County United Way 1999-2003 Coordinated South Carolina Oyster Restoration and Enhancement (SCORE) at Pawley’s Island, 2001-2 Volunteer soccer coach Georgetown County, SC Parks and Recreation, 1997-2002 Career Day presentations: Kennsington Elementary School, 1996, 1998, 2002 Georgetown High School, Georgetown, SC 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 Rosemary Middle School, Andrews, SC 2002 Winlsow Elementary School, Vineland, NJ 2004 Science Fair Judge, Georgetown County Public Schools, 1995-1996

http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/bizarre-foods/episodes/new-jersey-pigs-blood-and-paprikash

http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/bizarre-foods/episodes/new-jersey-pigs-blood-and-paprikash

http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2013/10/09/delaware-bay-oysters-a-quiet-resurgence/

http://whyy.org/cms/fridayarts/oysters-conception-to-consumption/

http://video.pbs.org/partnerplayer/nN0AP5hIa1hStIUlaFQL2w==/?autoplay=false

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Public Lectures/interviews: “Estuary Live” program 2002 “Protecting Our Oysters, Ourselves and Our Coasts” Georgetown Senior Scholars, Sept 18, 2001 “Research at the Baruch Marine Field Lab” Sigma Zeta Soc., Coastal Carolina Univ., Feb 29, 2000 “Aquaculture at the Baruch Institute” televised on SC PBS program “Making it Grow” 1999 “Oyster Ecology” Grand Strand Shell Club, Feb 11, 1999 “Ecology of South Carolina’s Oysters” Winyah Group Sierra Club, Mar. 17, 1998 “The Health of Our Oysters” NI-Winyah Bay NERR lunch-time Chats, Oct 22, 1997 “Research Programs at the BMFL” Audubon Soc. Waccamaw Chapter, Nov 7, 1997 “Resources at USC’s Baruch Institute” Leadership Georgetown County course, 1996, 1997 “Water: A dangerous endangered resource” Georgetown Senior Scholars, Mar 19, 1996

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