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Gruber, R. K. and W. M. Kemp. 2010. Feedback effects in a coastal canopy-forming plant bed. Limnol. Oceanogr. 55: 2285-2298. pdf icon

Testa, J. C. Gurbisz, L. Murray, W. Gray, J. Bosch, C. Burrell, M. Kemp. 2010. Investigating aquatic dead zones: A series of activities designed to explore the mysteries of the deep. The Sci. Teacher. 77 (2): 29-34.pdf icon

Najjar, R., C. Pyke, M.B. Adams, D. Breitburg, C. Hershner, M. Kemp, R. Howarth, M. Mulholland, M. Paolisso, D. Secor, K. Sellner, D.Wardrop, R.Wood. 2010. Potential climate-change impacts on the Chesapeake Bay. Estuar. Coastal Shelf Sci. 86: 1–20.pdf icon

Orth, R. M. Williams, S. Marion, D. Wilcox, K. Moore, M. Kemp, R. Batiuk, P. Bergstrom, T. Carruthers, N. Rybicki, W. Dennison. 2010. Annual and decadal patterns in distribution of submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries: 1984-2006. Estuar. Coasts. 33:1144–1163.pdf icon

Kemp, W.M., J. M. Testa, D. J. Conley, D. Gilbert, J. D. Hagy. 2009. Temporal responses of coastal hypoxia to nutrient loading and physical controls. Biogeosciences. 6: 2985–3008.pdf icon

Nagel, J.L., W. M. Kemp, J. Cornwell, M. Owens, D. Hinkle, C. Madden. 2009. Seasonal and regional variations in net ecosystem production in Thalassia testudinum throughout Florida Bay. Contrib. Marine Science. 38: 91-108.pdf icon

Testa, J. and W.M. Kemp. 2008. Regional, seasonal, and inter-annual variability of biogeochemical processes and physical transport in a partially stratified estuary: Box-modeling analysis. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 356: 63-79. pdf icon

Testa, J., W. Boynton, J. Hagy, W.M. Kemp. 2008. Long-term changes in water quality and productivity in the Patuxent River estuary: 1985 to 2003. Estuar. Coasts. 31: 1021-1037. pdf icon

Boynton, W.R., W. M. Kemp. 2008. Nitrogen in estuaries. pp. 809-866, In: D.G. Capone, D.A. Bronk, M.R. Mulholland, E.J. Carpenter (eds.) Nitrogen in the marine environment. Academic Press, New York.pdf icon

Ball, W.P., D.C. Brady, M.T. Brooks, R. Burns, B.E. Cuker, D.M. Di Toro, T.F. Gross, W.M.       
Kemp, L. Murray, R.R. Murphy, E. Perlman, M. Piasecki, J.M. Testa, I. Zaslavsky. 2008. A Prototype System for Multi-Disciplinary Shared Cyberinfrastructure – Chesapeake Bay Environmental Observatory (CBEO). Journal of Hydrologic Engineering: 13(10):960-970. pdf icon

Boynton, W.R., J. Hagy, J. Cornwell, W.M. Kemp, S. Greene, M. Owens, J. Baker, R. Larsen. 2008. Nutrient budgets and management actions in the Patuxent River estuary, Maryland. Estuaries and Coasts 31(4): 623-651. pdf icon

Newell R.I.E., W.M. Kemp, J.D. Hagy, C.F. Cerco, J.M. Testa, and W.R. Boynton. 2007. Top-down
control of phytoplankton by oysters in Chesapeake Bay, USA: Comment on Pomeroy et al. (2006). Marine Ecology Progress Series 341: 293-298.

Fulford, R.S., D. L. Breitburg, R. I. E. Newell, W.M. Kemp and M.W. Luckenbach. 2007. Effects of oyster population restoration strategies on phytoplankton biomass in Chesapeake Bay: a flexible modeling approach. Marine Ecology Progress Series 336:43-61.

Apple, J. K., P. del Giorgio, W. M. Kemp. 2006. Temperature regulation of bacterial production, respiration and growth efficiency in a temperate salt-marsh estuary. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 43: 243-254.

Williams, M.R., T. Fisher, K. Eschleman, W. Boynton, W. M. Kemp, C. Cerco, S.-C. Kim, R. Hood, D. Fiscus, G. Radcliffe. 2005. An integrated modeling system for management of the Patuxent River estuary and basin, Maryland, USA. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 27: 3705-3726.

Kemp, W.M., W. Boynton, J. Adolf, D. Boesch, W. Boicourt, G. Brush, J. Cornwell, T. Fisher, P. Glibert, J. Hagy, L. Harding, E. Houde, D. Kimmel, W.D. Miller, R. I.E. Newell, M. Roman, E. Smith, J.C. Stevenson. 2005. Eutrophication of Chesapeake Bay: Historical trends and ecological interactions. Marine Ecology Progress Series 303: 1-29.

Bartleson, R. D., W. M. Kemp, J. C. Stevenson. 2005. Use of a simulation model to examine effects of nutrient loading and grazing on Potamogeton perfoliatus L. communities in microcosms. Ecological Modeling 185: 483-512.

Kemp, W. M., W. R. Boynton. 2004. Productivity, trophic structure and energy flow in the steady-state ecosystems of Silver Springs, Florida. Ecological Modeling 178: 43-49.

Chen, C-C, W. M. Kemp. 2004. Periphyton communities in experimental marine ecosystems: Scaling effects of removal from walls. Marine Ecology Progress Series 271: 27-41.

Kemp, W. M., R. Batiuk, R. Bartleson, P. Bergstrom, V. Carter, G. Gallegos, W. Hunley, L. Karrh, E. Koch, J. Landwehr, K. Moore, L. Murray, M. Naylor, N. Rybicki, J. C. Stevenson, D. Wilcox. 2004. Habitat requirements for submerged aquatic vegetation in Chesapeake Bay: Water quality, light regime, and physical-chemical factors. Estuaries 27: 363-377.

Petersen, J., W. M. Kemp, W. Boynton, C-C Chen, J Cornwell, R. Gardner, D. Hinkle, E. Houde, T. Malone, W. Mowitt, L. Murray, L. Sanford, C. Stevenson, K. Sundberg. S. Suttles. 2003. Multi-scale experiments in coastal ecology: Improving realism and advancing theory.BioScience. 53: 1181-1197.

Smith, E. M. and W. M. Kemp. 2003. Planktonic and bacterial respiration along an estuarine gradient: Responses to carbon and nutrient enrichment. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 30: 251-261.

Sturgis, R.B. and L. Murray. 1997. Scaling of nutrient inputs to submersed macrophyte mesocosms: Temporal and spatial variations. Marine Ecology Progress Series 152: 89-102.