Grantee Research Project Results

Institution Information
Name:	University of Maryland - College Park
Dept:
Center:	EERC - Multiscale Experimental Ecosystem Research Center (MEERC)
EPA Region:	3
Street Address:	1296 Symons Hall
City:	College Park
State:	MD
Zip Code:	20742

Associated Project Details for: University of Maryland - College Park

74 Projects listed for this institution:
Grant Number	Grant Title	Project Type	Project Period
R828677	Atlantic Coast Environmental Indicators Consortium	Center	February 26, 2001 through February 25, 2005
R828677C002	Trophic Indicators of Ecosystem Health in Chesapeake Bay	Center	March 1, 2001 through February 28, 2003
R828771	Center for Hazardous Substances in Urban Environments (CHSUE)	Center	October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2007
R828771C002	The Fate and Potential Bioavailability of Airborne Urban Contaminants	Center	October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002
R828771C004	Large Eddy Simulation of Dispersion in Urban Areas	Center	October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2007
R828771C015	Transport of Hazardous Substances Between Brownfields and the Surrounding Urban Atmosphere	Center	October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2007
R832417	Johns Hopkins Particulate Matter Research Center	Center	October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2010
R832417C002	PM Characterization and Exposure Assessment (Project 2)	Center	October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2010
R835569	Center for Reinventing Aging Infrastructure for Nutrient Management (RAINmgt)	Center	September 1, 2013 through August 31, 2018
F13B20312	Association Between Climate Extremes and Chronic Respiratory Diseases Among a Nationally Representative Sample of the U.S. Population	Fellowship	September 1, 2014 through September 1, 2016
F13B20412	The Thin Line Between Health and Disease: Determining the Effects of Climate Change on Amphibians’ Skin Microbial Communities	Fellowship	September 2, 2014 through September 2, 2016
F13B30487	The Evaluation of Microbial Fuel Cells to Provide Energy-Efficient Wastewater Treatment as Part of a Master’s Program in Environmental Engineering	Fellowship	August 25, 2014 through August 25, 2016
F5F21616	Consequences of Elevated CO₂ for a Sensitive Wetland Food Web	Fellowship	September 1, 2005 through August 31, 2008
FP916325	Long-Term Tropospheric Ozone Variation Over Western Pacific Ocean	Fellowship	January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2006
FP916343	The Ecology and Physiology of Pseudo-nitzschia* Toxin Production in the Chesapeake Bay*	Fellowship	January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2006
FP917113	Using Genetic Diversity of Vallisneria americana Across a Latitudinal Gradient To Inform Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Restoration Strategies	Fellowship	August 30, 2010 through August 29, 2012
FP917169	Wind Power Development in the United States – An Empirical Evaluation of the Effectiveness of State Renewable Energy Policies	Fellowship	September 1, 2010 through August 31, 2013
FP917372	Landscape Connectivity of Headwater Stream Systems as a Measure of the Cumulative Impacts of Stream Burial During Urbanization	Fellowship	August 1, 2011 through July 31, 2014
FP917492	Social-Ecological Resilience and Adaptation on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay	Fellowship	August 1, 2012 through July 31, 2015
FP917499	Forest Nitrogen Retention in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: A Role in Water Quality Restoration?	Fellowship	August 29, 2012 through August 28, 2015
GF9501732	Reductive Dechlorination and Degradation of Model Chlorophenols in Marine and Estuarine Sediments	Fellowship	June 1, 1995 through
U915013	The Effect of Chlorothalonil on Immune System Function in Fish and Oysters	Fellowship	January 1, 1996 through January 1, 1999
U915015	Assessment of the Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Innate Immunity of the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica	Fellowship	January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1999
U915152	The Effect of Sulfate and Sulfide on Mercury Methylation in Florida Everglades	Fellowship	January 1, 1997 through
U915193	Prediction and NMR Determination of Fluid-Film Thickness and Velocity Distribution in Nitrifying Trickling Filters	Fellowship	January 1, 1997 through
U915224	Host Fidelity and Apparent Competition in Host-Parasitoid Systems	Fellowship	January 1, 1997 through
U915356	Use of Multiple Isotope Tracers (d15N, d34S, d13C, d18O) To Track Changes in Denitrification Electron Donors	Fellowship	September 1, 1998 through August 1, 2001
U915366	Retention and Transport of White Perch and Bay Anchovy Eggs and Larvae in Chesapeake Bay: Mechanisms and Implications for Recruitment	Fellowship	August 1, 1998 through August 1, 2001
U915374	Phosphorus Burial in a Tidal Fresh/Oligohaline Marsh	Fellowship	September 1, 1998 through September 1, 2001
U915408	Forest Interior Songbird Diversity and Breeding Success as a Function of Topography and Climate in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands	Fellowship	June 1, 1998 through June 1, 2001
U915789	Variation in Elemental Composition (N and P) of Host Plants and the Consequences for Herbivore Performance	Fellowship	August 1, 2000 through August 1, 2003
U915999	Chronic Effects of Cadmium and Copper on Palaemonetes pugio and Leptocheeirus plumulosus at the Levels of the Individual, Population, and Assemblage	Fellowship	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
NIMHD006	Analysis and Action on the Environmental Determinants of Health and Health Disparities	Grant	August 1, 2011 through July 31, 2014
R822444	Importance of Reductive Dechlorination in Chesapeake Bay Sediments Role of Sulfate Respiration	Grant	October 1, 1995 through September 1, 1998
R823292	Capillary Immunophoresis for Environmental Monitoring	Grant	October 1, 1995 through September 1, 1998
R824995	Integrated Assessment of the Public Health Effects of Climate Change for the United States	Grant	October 1, 1996 through September 30, 1999
R825151	Trophic Transfer of Atmospheric and Sedimentary Contaminants Into the Great Lakes Fisheries Controls on the Ecosystem Scale Response Times	Grant	October 1, 1996 through September 30, 1999
R825159	Development and Application of Spectroscopic Probes for Measurement of Microbial Activity in Aquatic Ecosystems	Grant	November 1, 1996 through October 31, 1999
R825247	Atmospheric Fate and Dry Deposition of Urban Soot to Great Waters Using a Novel, State-of-the-Art Isotopic Particulate Tracer	Grant	December 6, 1996 through December 5, 1999
R825251	Interstitial Lung Disease: Moisture, Molds, and Mycotoxins	Grant	December 2, 1996 through December 1, 1999
R825269	Development of a Semi-Continuous Monitor for Determination of Trace Elements and Heavy Metals in Ambient Aerosol Particles	Grant	November 15, 1996 through November 14, 1999
R825792	Impact of Social Systems on Ecology and Hydrology in Urban-Rural Watersheds: Integration for Restoration	Grant	June 1, 1998 through May 31, 2001
R826110	Assessment of forest disturbance in the mid-Atlantic region: a multi-scale linkage between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems	Grant	October 1, 1997 through September 30, 2002
R826134	Stages in Sublethal Exposure to EDCs in a Quail Model System	Grant	December 1, 1997 through November 30, 2000
R826373	Investigations of Factors Determining the Occurrence of Ozone and Fine Particles in Northeastern USA	Grant	April 15, 1998 through April 14, 2003
R826608	The Valuation of Mortality Risk Reductions: Application of Two New Survey Instruments	Grant	October 1, 1998 through September 30, 2000
R826612	Market Valuation Models and Ecosystem Management in Making Legal and Policy Choices	Grant	June 1, 1998 through December 31, 1999
R826617	The Impact of Farmland Preservation Programs	Grant	October 1, 1998 through September 30, 1999
R827084	The Development of a DNA Based Specific Assay for Pfiesteria piscicida in Water and Sediments	Grant	October 8, 1998 through October 7, 2001
R827110	A Genetic Test for Vulnerability to Inbreeding Depression in Right Whales and Elephant Seals	Grant	May 5, 1999 through May 4, 2001
R827161	Mechanisms of Pb,Cd, As Interactions	Grant	November 15, 1998 through November 14, 2001
R827169	Whole Watershed Health and Restoration: Applying the Patuxent and Gwynns Falls Landscape Models to Designing a Sustainable Balance Between Humans and the Rest of Nature	Grant	March 1, 1999 through February 28, 2001
R827450	Infrastructure Systems, Services, and Climate Change: Integrated Impacts and Response Strategies for the Boston Metropolitan Area	Grant	September 14, 1999 through September 13, 2003
R827631	Response of Methylmercury Production and Accumulation to Changes in Hg Loading: A Whole-ecosystem Mercury Loading Study	Grant	October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2002
R827972	Over-compliance in Point Source Water Pollution	Grant	December 15, 1999 through December 15, 2000
R828012	The Spatial Patterning of Land Use Conversion: Linking Economics, Hydrology and Ecology to Evaluate the Effects of Alternative Future Growth Scenarios on Stream Ecosystems	Grant	June 1, 2000 through May 31, 2003
R828224	Behavioral Toxicology and Pathology of Early Exposure to Toxic PCOs	Grant	September 1, 2000 through August 30, 2003
R829607	Urban Regeneration through Environmental Remediation: Valuing Market Based Incentives for Brownfields Development	Grant	March 1, 2002 through February 29, 2004
R831369	A Watershed Classification System for Improved Monitoring and Restoration: Landscape Indicators of Watershed Impairment	Grant	February 1, 2004 through January 31, 2007
R832444	Quantifying Ecological Thresholds And Resilience In Stream Ecosystems	Grant	January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2007
R832851	A Conceptual and Empirical Framework for Analyzing Information Disclosure Programs	Grant	September 1, 2006 through August 31, 2008
R833349	Metropolitan Accessibility and Transportation Sustainability: Comparative Indicators for Policy Reform	Grant	February 1, 2007 through January 31, 2010
R833373	Impacts of Global Climate and Emissions Changes on U.S. Air Quality (Ozone, Particulate Matter, Mercury) and Projection Uncertainty	Grant	April 15, 2007 through April 14, 2011
R834189	Consequences of Global Climate and Emissions Changes on U.S. Water Quality: An Integrated Modeling Assessment	Grant	August 1, 2009 through July 31, 2012
R835034	Linking Regional Aerosol Emission Changes with Multiple Impact Measures through Direct and Cloud-Related Forcing Estimates	Grant	August 1, 2011 through July 31, 2014
R835284	Sustainable Community Oriented Stormwater Management (S-COSM): A Sensible Strategy for the Chesapeake Bay	Grant	July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2017
R835825	Improving Water Reuse for a Much Healthier Potomac Watershed	Grant	November 1, 2015 through November 1, 2018
R835876	Particulate Matter Prediction and Source Attribution for U.S. Air Quality Management in a Changing World	Grant	April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2019
R836165	Estimating the Benefits of Stream Water Quality Improvements in Urbanizing Watersheds: An Ecological Production Function Approach	Grant	June 1, 2016 through May 31, 2020
R836173	Community-enabled Lifecycle Analysis of Stormwater Infrastructure Costs (CLASIC)	Grant	April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2020
R840011	A diagnostic package to facilitate and enhance chemical mechanism implementations within regional and global atmospheric chemistry models	Grant	August 1, 2020 through May 9, 2025
SU831864	Protecting Surface Water Quality Through Utilization of Industrial By-Products to Reduce Nutrient Transport in Sensitive Agriculture-Dominated Ecosystems	Grant	September 30, 2004 through May 30, 2005
SU835528	Solar-Powered Membrane System for Emergency Drinking Water Supply	Grant	August 15, 2013 through August 14, 2014
X3832206	Ecological Sustainability in Rapidly Urbanizing Watersheds: Evaluating Strategies Designed to Mitigate Impacts on Stream Ecosystems	Grant	May 1, 2005 through April 30, 2008

12 Additional Projects listed as performed at this location:2424

R822444	Importance of Reductive Dechlorination in Chesapeake Bay Sediments Role of Sulfate Respiration	Grant	October 1, 1995 through September 1, 1998
R824711	Mortality Risk Valuation And Stated Preference Methods: An Exploratory Study	Grant	October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1997
R826608	The Valuation of Mortality Risk Reductions: Application of Two New Survey Instruments	Grant	October 1, 1998 through September 30, 2000
R827631	Response of Methylmercury Production and Accumulation to Changes in Hg Loading: A Whole-ecosystem Mercury Loading Study	Grant	October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2002
R828224	Behavioral Toxicology and Pathology of Early Exposure to Toxic PCOs	Grant	September 1, 2000 through August 30, 2003
R831369	A Watershed Classification System for Improved Monitoring and Restoration: Landscape Indicators of Watershed Impairment	Grant	February 1, 2004 through January 31, 2007
R833346	Reality Check Plus: Envisioning a Sustainable Maryland	Grant	March 1, 2007 through April 30, 2010
R833418	Transport/Fate/Ecological Effects of Steroids from Poultry Litter & Evaluations of Existing/Novel Management Strategies	Grant	August 1, 2007 through June 30, 2010
R835284	Sustainable Community Oriented Stormwater Management (S-COSM): A Sensible Strategy for the Chesapeake Bay	Grant	July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2017
R840041	Building Community Resilience to Natural-disaster-Driven Contaminant Exposures Through System-level Risk Analysis, Management, and Readiness	Grant	August 1, 2020 through July 31, 2023
R840477	Septic to Sewer? Justice-focused strategies for addressing coastal septic failures under sea-level rise and increased flooding	Grant	September 1, 2022 through May 12, 2025
SU840874	Enhancement of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)-Contaminated Organic Wastes Treatment in Anaerobic Digestion by Carbon Materials	Grant	January 1, 2024 through May 13, 2025

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