Jackson Estuarine Laboratory
JEL has eight resident faculty members from the departments of Biological Sciences, Natural Resources, and Earth Systems Science, along with several support staff, research associates, students, post-doctoral fellows and visiting scientists. In addition, non-resident faculty and students from other UNH departments conduct research at JEL. A fleet of small research vessels is based at JEL, including five outboard powered boats ranging from a 12-foot skiff to a 22-foot center console. Facilities include a pier with a 2,000-pound crane and a floating dock with slip spaces for four boats. JEL has a full analytical laboratory to study water quality, and labs dedicated to sedimentology, animal physiology and behavior, shellfish/seafloor ecology, microbiology, phycology (study of benthic algae), tidal marsh ecology, and seagrass ecology. In addition, flowing estuarine water is provided to a wet lab, greenhouse, and outdoor facilities to support the study of estuarine plants and animals.
Submissions from 2013
Seasonal and sexual differences in the thermal preferences and movements of American lobsters, Winsor H. Watson III and Steven H. Jury
At-sea determination of female American lobster (Homarus americanus) mating activity: Patterns vs. expectations, Winsor H. Watson III, Tracy L. Pugh, Jason S. Goldstein, and Kari L. Lavalli
Quantifying the Loss of a Marine Ecosystem Service: Filtration by the Eastern Oyster in US Estuaries, Philine S. E. zu Ermgassen, Mark D. Spalding, Raymond E. Grizzle, and Robert D. Brumbaugh
Submissions from 2012
Recovering Salt Marsh Ecosystem Services through Tidal Restoration, Gail L. Chmura, David M. Burdick, and Gregg E. Moore
Belowground Biomass of Phragmites australis in Coastal Marshes, Gregg E. Moore, David M. Burdick, Christopher R. Peter, and Donald R. Keirstead
Permanent and Transient Leaf Reddening in the Seagrass Thalassia Testudinum, Alyssa B. Novak and Frederick T. Short
Comparative Growth and Survival of Juvenile Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua)Cultured in Copper and Nylon Net Pens, Winsor H. Watson III, Michael D. Chambers, Jon Bunker, and William Hunting Howell
The Influence of Stocking Density on the Swimming Behavior of Adult Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhua, in a Near Shore Net Pen, Winsor H. Watson III, Martin Fore, and William Hunting Howell
The relationship between American lobster catch, entry rate into traps and density, Winsor H. Watson III and Steven H. Jury
Historical ecology with real numbers: past and present extent and biomass of an imperiled estuarine habitat, Philine S. E. zu Ermgassen, Mark D. Spalding, Brady Blake, Loren D. Coen, Brett Dumbauld, Kay McGraw, William Rodney, Jennifer L. Ruesink, Sean P. Powers, and Robert Brumbaugh
Submissions from 2011
Gulf of Mexico Oil blowout increases risks to globally threatened species, Claudio Campagna, Frederick T. Short, Beth A. Polidoro, Roger McManus, Bruce B. Collette, Nicolas J. Pilcher, Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson, Simon N. Stuart, and Kent E. Carpenter
Seagrass ecology and threats in the Tropical Indo-Pacific bioregion, Rob Coles, Alana Grech, Mike Rasheed, Len McKenzie, Richard Unsworth, and Frederick T. Short
The Effects of Road Culverts on Nekton in New England Salt Marshes: Implications for Tidal Restoration, Alyson L. Eberhardt, David M. Burdick, and Michele Dionne
A Floristic Comparison of Benthic "Marine" Algae in Bras D'or Lake, Nova Scotia with Five Other Northwest Atlantic Embayments and the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe, Arthur C. Mathieson and Clinton J. Dawes
Mapping Soil Pore Water Salinity of Tidal Marsh Habitats Using Electromagnetic Induction in Great Bay Estuary, USA, Gregg E. Moore, David M. Burdick, Christopher R. Peter, and Donald R. Keirstead
Leaf Reddening in the Seagrass Thalassia testudinum in relation to anthocyanins, seagrass physiology and morphology, and plant protection, Alyssa B. Novak and Frederick T. Short
UV-b induces leaf reddening and supports photosynthesis in the seagrass Thalassia testudinum, Alyssa B. Novak and Frederick T. Short
Extinction Risk Assessment of the World’s Seagrass Species, Frederick T. Short, Beth Polidoro, Suzanne R. Livingstone, Kent E. Carpenter, Salomao Bandeira, Japar Sidik Bujang, Hilconida P. Calumpong, Tim J. B. Carruthers, Robert G. Coles, William C. Dennison, Paul L. A. Erftemeijer, Miguel D. Fortes, Aaren S. Freeman, T. G. Jagtap, Abu Hena M. Kamal, Gary A. Kendrick, W. Judson Kenworthy, Yayu A. La Nafie, Ichwan M. Nasution, Robert J. Orth, Anchana Prathep, Jonnell C. Sanciangco, Brigitta van Tussenbroek, Sheila G. Vergara, Michelle Waycott, and Joseph C. Zieman
Two Methods for Determining the Fertility Status of Early-Stage American Lobster, Homarus americanus, Eggs, Winsor H. Watson III, Kirby J. Johnson, and Jason S. Goldstein
Evidence that potential fish predators elicit the production of carapace vibrations by the American lobster, Winsor H. Watson III, Francoise Morison, Elizabeth Morrissey, and Kyle Jenks
The behavior of cod (Gadus morhua) in an offshore aquaculture net pen, Winsor H. Watson III, Chris Rillahan, Michael D. Chambers, and William Hunting Howell
Submissions from 2010
Effects of moving acclimation cages prior to release of cultured fish: alternate release strategies for a juvenile winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus stock enhancement effort, Elizabeth A. Fairchild, James A. Sulikowski, Nathan Rennels, W. Huntting Howell, and Paul C. W. Tsang
The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates, Michael Hoffmann, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Ariadne Angulo, Monkia Bohm, Thomas M. Brooks, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Kent E. Carpenter, Janice Chanson, Ben Collen, Neil A. Cox, William R. T. Darwall, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Lucy R. Harrison, Vineet Katariya, Caroline M. Pollock, Suhel Quader, Nadia I. Richman, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Jean-Christophe Vie, John M. Aguiar, David J. Allen, Gerald R. Allen, Giovanni Amori, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Franco Andreone, Paul Andrew, Aida Luz Aquino Ortiz, Jonathan E. M. Baillie, Ricardo Baldi, Ben D. Bell, S. D. Biju, Jeremy P. Bird, Patricia Black-Decima, J. Julian Blanc, Federico Bolanos, Wilmar Bolivar-G., Ian J. Burfield, David R. Capper, Fernando Castro, Gianluca Catullo, Rachel D. Cavanagh, Alan Channing, Ning Labbish Chao, Anna M. Chenery, Federica Chiozza, Viola Clausnitzer, Nigel J. Collar, Leah C. Collett, Bruce B. Collette, Claudia F. Cortez Fernandez, Matthew T. Craig, Michael J. Crosby, Neil Cumberlidge, Annabelle Cuttelod, Andrew E. Derocher, Arvin C. Diesmos, John S. Donaldson, J. W. Ducksworth, Guy Dutson, S. K. Dutta, Richard H. Emslie, Aljos Farjon, Sarah Fowler, Jorg Freyhof, David L. Garshelis, Justin Gerlach, David J. Gower, Tandora D. Grant, Geoffrey A. Hammerson, Richard B. Harris, Lawrence R. Heaney, S. Blair Hedges, Jean-Marc Hero, Baz Hughes, Syed Ainul Hussain, Javier Icochea M., Robert F. Inger, Nobuo Ishii, Djoko T. Iskandar, Richard K. B. Jenkins, Yoshio Kaneko, Maurice Kottelat, and Frederick T. Short
Cryptic diversity of Ulva (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) in the Northwest Atlantic: Introduced and indigenous distromatic species, Laurie C. Hofmann, Jeremy C. Nettleton, Christopher D. Neefus, and Arthur C. Mathieson
Grateloupia turuturu Yamada (Rhodophyta, Halymeniales, Halymeniaceae), Arthur C. Mathieson
A Floristic Comparison of Seaweeds from James Bay and Three Contiguous Northeastern Canadian Arctic Sites, Arthur C. Mathieson, Gregg E. Moore, and Frederick T. Short
The dispersal dynamics of juvenile plantigrade mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) from eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadows in Maine,USA, Carter R. Newell, Frederick T. Short, Heidi Hoven, Linda Healey, Vijay Panchang, and Guo Cheng
Leaf reddening in seagrasses, Alyssa B. Novak and Frederick T. Short
Can Plant Competition and Diversity Reduce the Growth and Survival of Exotic Phragmites australis Invading a Tidal Marsh?, Christopher Robert Peter and David M. Burdick
The loss of species: mangrove extinction risk and failure of critical exosystem services, Beth A. Polidoro, Kent E. Carpenter, Lorna Collins, Norman C. Duke, Aaron M. Ellison, Joanna C. Ellison, Elizabeth J. Famsworth, Edwino S. Fernando, Kandasamy Kathiresan, Nico E. Koedam, Suzanne R. Livingstone, Toyohiko Miyagi, Gregg E. Moore, Vien Ngoc Nam, Jin Eong Ong, Jurgenne H. Primavera, Severino G. Salmo III, Jonnell C. Sanciangco, Sukristijono Sukardjo, Yamin Wang, and Jean Wan Hong Yong
Male horseshoe crabs Limulus polyphemus use multiple sensory cues to locate mates, Katharine M. Saunders, H. Jane Brockman, Winsor H. Watson III, and Steven H. Jury
Seasonal movements of American horseshoe crabs Limulus polyphemus in the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire (USA), Susanne Y. Schaller, Christopher C. Chabot, and Winsor H. Watson III
Halophilia ovalis in the tropical Atlantic Ocean, Frederick T. Short, Gregg E. Moore, and Kimberly A. Peyton
Eelgrass recovery after nutrient enrichment reversal, Jamie M. P. Vaudrey, James N. Kremer, Brett F. Branco, and Frederick T. Short
Circatidal rhythms of locomotion in the American horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus: Underlying mechanisms and cues that influence them, Winsor H. Watson III and Christopher C. Chabot
High resolution tracking of adult horseshoe crabs Limulus polyphemus in a New Hampshire estuary using fixed array ultrasonic telemetry, Winsor H. Watson III and Christopher C. Chabot
The effects of water pressure, temperature, and current cycles on circatidal rhythms expressed by the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, Winsor H. Watson III, Christopher C. Chabot, Jeffrey F. Yelle, and Conor B. O'Donnell
Submissions from 2009
From Seals to Snails: Understanding Eelgrass, Nora T. Beem and Frederick T. Short
Impacts of Marine Docks on Eelgrass in New England: A Spreadsheet-Based Model for Managers and Planners, David M. Burdick, Frederick T. Short, and Gregg Moore
Using telemetry to monitor movements and habitat use of cultured and wild juvenile winter flounder in a shallow estuary, Elizabeth A. Fairchild, N. Rennels, and W. Huntting Howell
Effects of a large fishing closure on benthic communities in the western Gulf of Maine: recovery from the effects of gillnets and otter trawls, Raymond E. Grizzle, Larry G. Ward, Larry A. Mayer, Mashkoor A. Malik, Andrew B. Cooper, Holly A. Abeels, Jennifer K. Greene, Melissa A. Brodeur, and Andrew A. Rosenberg
Microbial contamination and shellfish safety, Stephen H. Jones
Floristic Studies of Seaweeds from Cobscook Bay, Maine, Arthur C. Mathieson, Clinton J. Dawes, Edward J. Hehre, and Larry G. Harris
Investigations of New England Marine Algae I: A Floristic and Descriptive Ecological Study of the Marine Algae at Jaffrey Point, New Hampshire, U.S.A., Arthur C. Mathieson, Edward J. Hehre, and N. B. Reynolds
Investigations of New England Marine Algae II: The Species Composition, Distribution and Zonation of Seaweeds in the Great Bay Estuary System and the Adjacent Open Coast of New Hampshire, Arthur C. Mathieson, N. B. Reynolds, and Edward J. Hehre
Status of the Eastern Grasswort, Lilaeopsis chinensis (Apiaceae), in the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire, U.S.A, Gregg E. Moore, Chrisopher R. Peter, David M. Burdick, and Donald R. Keirstead
The Functions and Values of Fringing Salt Marshes in Northern New England, USA, Pamela A. Morgan, David M. Burdick, and Frederick T. Short
Revised ranges of sea grass species in the Myeik Archipelago, Myanmar, Alyssa B. Novak, Ellen Hines, Donna Kwan, Leslee Parr, Mya Than Tun, Han Win, and Frederick T. Short
Home range dynamics of the American lobster, Homarus americanus, Darren A. Scopel, Walter J. Golet, and Winsor H. Watson III
Distribution and evolution of variable group I-introns in the small ribosomal subunit of North Atlantic Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta), Brian W. Teasdale, Andrew West, Anita S. Klein, and Arthur C. Mathieson
Use of ultrasonic telemetry to determine the area of bait influence and trapping area of American lobster, Homarus americanus, traps, Winsor H. Watson III, Walter J. Golet, and Steven H. Jury
A self-contained system for observing and quantifying the behavior of Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, in an offshore aquaculture cage, Winsor H. Watson III, Chris Rillahan, Michael D. Chambers, and William Hunting Howell
The Relationship Between Small- and Large-Scale Movements of Horseshoe Crabs in the Great Bay Estuary and Limulus Behavior in the Laboratory, Winsor H. Watson III, Susanne Y. Schaller, and Christopher C. Chabot
Home range dynamics of the American lobster, Homarus americanus, Winsor H. Watson III, Darren A. Scopel, and Walter J. Golet
Accelerating loss of seagrasses across the globe threatens coastal ecosystems, Michelle Waycott, Carlos M. Duarte, Tim J. B. Carruthers, Robert J. Orth, William C. Dennison, Suzanne Olyarnik, James W. Fourqurean, Kenneth L. Heck Jr., A. Randall Hughes, Gary A. Kendrick, W. Judson Kenworthy, Frederick T. Short, and Susan L. Williams
Submissions from 2008
Subtidal Eelgrass Declines in the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire and Maine, USA, Nora T. Beem and Frederick T. Short
Managing seagrasses for resilience to climate change, Mats Bjork, Frederick T. Short, Elizabeth Mcleod, and Sven Beer
Intertidal Oysters in Northern New England, Mark Capone, Raymond E. Grizzle, Arthur C. Mathieson, and Jay Odell
Seagrass ecosystems: their global status and prospects, C. M. Duarte, J. Borum, Frederick T. Short, and D. I. Walker
Distribution of winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, in the Hampton-Seabrook Estuary, New Hampshire: observations from a field study, Elizabeth A. Fairchild, James Sulikowski, Nathan Rennels, W. Huntting Howell, and Christopher W. D. Gurshin
Seagrass on the edge: land-use practices threaten coastal seagrass communities in Sabah, Malaysia, A. S. Freeman, Frederick T. Short, I. Isnain, F. A. Razak, and R. G. Coles
Bottom habitat mapping using towed underwater videography: subtidal oyster reefs as an example application, Raymond E. Grizzle, Melissa A. Brodeur, Holly A. Abeels, and Jennifer K. Greene
Seston removal by natural and constructed intertidal eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) reefs: a comparison with previous laboratory studies, and the value of in situ methods, Raymond E. Grizzle, Jennifer K. Greene, and Loren D. Coen
Environmental sources of microbial contaminants in shellfish and their public health significance, Stephen H. Jones
The Asian red seaweed Grateloupia turuturu (Rhodophyta) invades the Gulf of Maine, Arthur C. Mathieson, Clinton J. Dawes, Judith Pederson, Rebecca A. Gladych, and James T. Carlton
An historical comparison of seaweed populations from Casco Bay, Maine, Arthur C. Mathieson, Edward J. Hehre, Clinton J. Dawes, and Christopher D. Neefus
Rapid Assessment Surveys of Fouling and Introduced Seaweeds in the Northwest Atlantic, Arthur C. Mathieson, Judith Pederson, and Clinton J. Dawes
Multiple assessments of introduced seaweeds in the Northwest Atlantic, Arthur C. Mathieson, Judith R. Peterson, Christopher D. Neefus, Clinton J. Dawes, and Troy L. Bray
Restoring Ecological Functions and Increasing Community Awareness of an Urban Tidal Pond Using Blue Mussels, Sean McDermott, David M. Burdick, Raymond E. Grizzle, and Jennifer Greene
The Distribution, Morphology, and Ecology of Three Introduced Asiatic Species of Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) in the Northwestern Atlantic, Christopher D. Neefus, Arthur C. Mathieson, Troy L. Bray, and Charles Yarish
Characterization of Escherichia coli populations from gulls, landfill trash, and wastewater using ribotyping, M. Nelson, Stephen H. Jones, C. Edwards, and J. C. Ellis
Detecting water quality patterns in New Hampshire’s estuaries using National Coastal Assessment probability-based survey data, Philip R. Trowbridge and Stephen H. Jones
Stratigraphy, pollen history and geochronology of tidal marshes in a Gulf of Maine estuarine system: climatic and relative sea level impacts, Larry G. Ward, Brent J. Zaprowski, Kevin D. Trainer, and P. Thompson Davis
Rhythms of Locomotion Expressed by Limulus polyphemus, the American Horseshoe Crab: II. Relationship to Circadian Rhythms of Visual Sensitivity, Winsor H. Watson III, Lisa Bedford, and Christopher C. Chabot
Rhythms of Locomotion Expressed by Limulus polyphemus, the American Horseshoe Crab: I. Synchronization by Artificial Tides, Winsor H. Watson III, Christopher C. Chabot, and Stephen J. Skinner
Submissions from 2007
A morphological and molecular investigation of the Porphyra purpurea (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) complex in the Northwest Atlantic, Troy L. Bray, Christopher D. Neefus, and Arthur C. Mathieson
New insights into the cryptic diversity of the North Atlantic-Mediterranean ‘Porphyra leucosticta’ complex: P. olivii sp. nov. and P. rosengurttii (Bangiales, Rhodophyta), Juliet Brodie, Inka Bartsch, Christopher D. Neefus, Sotiris Orfanidis, Troy Bray, and Arthur C. Mathieson
As we see it: Ecosystem services related to oyster restoration, Loren D. Coen, Robert D. Brumbaugh, David Bushek, Raymond E. Grizzle, Mark W. Luckenbach, Martin H. Posey, Sean P. Powers, and S. Gregory Tolley
Successional development of fouling communities on open ocean aquaculture fish cages in the western Gulf of Maine, USA, Jennifer K. Greene and Raymond E. Grizzle
Salt marsh and seagrass communities of Bakkhali Estuary, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, M. K. Abu Hena, Frederick T. Short, S. M. Sharifuzzaman, M. Hasan, M. Rezowan, and M. Ali
Comparison of three Seagrass monitoring systems: Seagrassnet, “Posidonia” programme and RSP, Gerard Pergent, C. Pergent-Martini, B. Casalta, C. Lopez, Y. Royo, B. Mimault, M. Salivas-Decaux, and Frederick T. Short
Effect of grazing by Canada geese Branta canadensis on an intertidal eelgrass Zostera marina meadow, David O. Rivers and Frederick T. Short
Global Seagrass distribution and diversity: a bioregional model, Frederick T. Short, T. Carruthers, W. Dennison, and Michelle Waycott
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Winsor H. Watson III, Christopher C. Chabot, Scott H. Betournay, and Nicole R. Braley
Thermal histories of brooding lobsters, Homarus americanus, in the Gulf of Maine, Winsor H. Watson III, Diane F. Cowan, Andrew R. Solow, and Andrew M. Mountcastle
Submissions from 2006
Human Facilitation of Phragmites australis Invasions in Tidal Marshes: A Review and Synthesis, David Bart, David M. Burdick, Randolph Chambers, and Jean Marie Hartman
Sheath length as a monitoring tool for calculating leaf growth in eelgrass (Zostera marina L.), Jeffrey L. Gaeckle, Frederick T. Short, S. E. Ibarra-Obando, and A. E. Meling-Lopez
A new in situ method for measuring seston uptake by suspension-feeding bivalve mollusks, Raymond E. Grizzle, Jennifer K. Greene, Mark W. Luckenback, and Loren D. Coen
A population dynamics model of the hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria: development of the age- and length-frequency structure of the population, Eileen E. Hofmann, John M. Klinck, John N. Kraeuter, Eric N. Powell, Raymond E. Grizzle, Stuart C. Buckner, and V. Monica Bricelj
A Regional Assessment of Salt Marsh Restoration and Monitoring in the Gulf of Maine, Raymond A. Konisky, David M. Burdick, Michele Dionne, and Hilary A. Neckles
Distribution, morphology, and genetic affinities of dwarf embedded Fucus populations from the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, Arthur C. Mathieson, Clinton J. Dawes, Aaron L. Wallace, and Anita S. Klein
Zostera: biology, ecology and management, K. A. Moore and Frederick T. Short
A global crisis for seagrass ecosystems, Robert J. Orth, Tim J. B. Carruthers, William C. Dennison, Carlos M. Duarte, James W. Fourqurean, Kenneth L. Heck, A. Randall Hughes, Gary A. Kendrick, W. Judson Kenworthy, Suzanne Olyarnik, Frederick T. Short, Michelle Waycott, and Susan L. Williams
Occurrence of Halophila baillonii meadows in Belize, Central America, Frederick T. Short, E. Fernandez, A. Vernon, and Jeffrey L. Gaeckle
SeagrassNet monitoring across the Americas: case studies of seagrass decline, Frederick T. Short, Evamaria W. Koch, Joel C. Creed, Karine M. Magalhaes, Eric Fernandez, and Jeffrey L. Gaeckle
SeagrassNet monitoring of habitat change across the Americas, Frederick T. Short, Evamaria W. Koch, Joel C. Creed, Karine M. Magalhaes, Eric Fernandez, and Jeffrey L. Gaeckle
A reply to Engel et al, Aaron L. Wallace, Anita S. Klein, and Arthur C. Mathieson
Daily patterns of locomotion expressed by American lobsters (Homarus americanus) in their natural habitat, Winsor H. Watson III, Walter J. Golet, Darren A. Scopel, and Andrew B. Cooper
Submissions from 2005
Recovery of chlorine-exposed Escherichia coli in estuarine microcosms, Carl H. Bolster, Jonathan M. Bromley, and Stephen H. Jones
Impacts of Seawalls on Saltmarsh Plant Communities in the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire USA, Catherine M. Bozek and David M. Burdick