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CHESAPEAKE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY | SOLOMONS, MDJANUARY 2024ISSUE 89Lab LinesIN THIS ISSUE:DIRECTOR’S VIEW1IN CASE YOU MISSED IT 5SAFETY CORNER RECENT PUBLICATIONS 3IN THE NEWS2 1 4NEW FACES AT CBL DIRECTOR’S VIEWHappy New Year, I wish you all the very best for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2024! I share this picture that highlights a morning view from Beaven Hall across the Patuxent River; we certainly work in a great location! Not only did we welcome the new semester on January 24th, we have also welcomed three new members to our CBL community. Joy Amadi joined Michael Gonsior’s laboratory and will be conducting her graduate studies on the photochemistry of sunscreen UV filters. Stefanie Landeweer (postdoc) and Adrianna Danvers (research assistant) have joined my laboratory, working on…you guessed it..sunscreens and despite being only a few weeks in to this year we have many successes to report across our community. Brian and Chris are now our in-house licensed HVAC Technicians; congratulations to both and thank you for helping to improve response times and efficiency. CBL continues in its global reach with faculty and scientists conducting research from Iceland (Christina Goethel) to Norway (Jeremy and Jamie Testa). Tom Miller chaired a National Academies report on “Assessing Equity in the Distribution of Fisheries Management Benefits” which will be released this month. This study brought natural and social scientists together to provide important insights, advice and recommendations to the National Marine Fisheries service. Solange Filoso continues to provide advice to the state regarding stream restoration projects as highlighted in a media article. Although 2024 will be a year of change across UMCES leadership with a new President and unit Directors, these are excing mes and smooth transions are expected. We should be breaking ground on the new Collaboratory building and it is only months away unl CBL celebrates its 100th year. Stay tuned for updates and acvies for this! I have replenished my coee, tea and chocolate biscuit supplies, please stop by my oce and say hello (I ate way too many packets last semester!).& AWARDS

In Case You Missed ItJeremy Testa began his year/long sabbacal at the Aarhus University Department of Ecoscience in Roskilde, Denmark. He will be working with Danish colleagues to quanfy where carbon is consumed and stored within benthic communies in the Danish coastal zone.Jeremy Testa was awarded the journal Biogeosciences 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The award will be handed over at EGU 2024.Congratulaons Brian & Chris!Congratulaons, High-Five and a big Wahoo to Brian Duke and Chris Turner. Brian and Chris completed the required classwork and sat for the HVAC License test late in 2023 and are now registered HVAC Technicians. This is a rst cercaon for Brian and a recercaon for Chris. Becoming a licensed HVAC Tech requires a lot of dedicaon and work to get through the required coursework. How does this benet CBL? Both are now able to manage several repairs, gain access to parts and supplies that we were previously reliant on an outside contractor. This saves us money and systems can be back up and running in a mely manner. Chrisna Goethel has been conducng laboratory research this month at the University of Akureyri in Iceland and is accompanied by Sophia Garms, a former St. Marys College of Maryland student who conducted senior thesis research at CBL in Jackie Grebmeier's lab. Both Sophia and Chrisna provided a seminar from Iceland on collaborave research with Icelandic sciensts. A Zoom recording of the seminar is available at hps://eu01web.zoom.us/rec/share/kz-S9uZXVCP3H_de2VChFLUuLsks5SbAFX1-4MSFaUquI6Qzj9QRRqiFhqFT.nDtRRqEWvv0Iqv0PChrisna Goethel & Sophia GarmsChris Turner & Brian DukeIn Case You Missed It 2

New Faces at CBL3The American Fisheries Society has published “The So-Shell Clam Mya arenaria: Biology, Fisheries and Mariculture”, co-edited by Vic Kennedy (CBL) and Brian Beal (University of Maine). This 596-page volume is Kennedy’s fourth co-edited book on ecologically and commercially important Chesapeake species; the others involve the eastern oyster, the blue crab, and the diamond-backed terrapin. He wrote the book’s chapter on clam anatomy and funconal morphology, another on the history of the shery, and co-authored the chapter on reproducon and larval biology. The book is available at hps://sheries.org/bookstore/all-tles/professional-and-trade/the-so-shell-clam-mya-arenaria/2024_UMCES-CN-6348 Leanne C. Powers, Philippe Schmi-Kopplin, Michael Gonsior. 2023. Evaluang the photochemical reacvity of disinfecon byproducts formed during seawater desalinaon processes. Science of the Total Environment2024_UMCES-CN-6349 Frey, B., Miller, N., Lyubchich, V., Secor, D. H., and Sluis, M. Z. 2023. Examining the periodicity of annular deposion of otolith microconstuents as a means of age validaon. Fishery Bullen2024_UMCES-CN-6350 Ella R. Rothermel, Michael H.P. O’Brien, Jessica E. Best, Dewayne A. Fox, Benjamin I. Gahagan, Amanda L. Higgs, Ian A. Park, Gail Wippelhauser, David H. Secor. An Eulerian perspecve on habitat models of striped bass occurrence in an oshore wind development area. ICES Journal of Marine Science2024_UMCES-020Krisi K. Tikka, Edwin "Ed" Levine, Akua Asa-Awuku, Cynthia Beegle-Krause, Victoria Broje, Steven Buschang, Dagmar Schmidt Etkin, John Farrington, Julia Fought, Bernard Goldstein, Carys Mitchelmore, Nacy Rabalais, Sco Socolofsky, Berrin Tansel, Helen K. White, Michael Ziccardi. 2023. Oil in the Sea IV Quick Guide for Praconers and Researchers. Naonal Academies Recent Publications & AwardsJoy Amadi is a new graduate student in Michael Gonsiors’ laboratory and will be on Michael's new NSF project on photochemistry and fate of UV lters.Adrianna Danvers joined Carys Mitchelmore’s lab as a research assistant and will be working on UV lter fate and eects projects.Stefanie Landeweer is a new postdoc in Carys Mitchelmore’s lab. She recently received her PhD from Florida Internaonal University in analycal chemistry invesgang UV lters. She will be working on the detecon and impacts of UV lters (and other chemicals) at CBL.Joy AmadiStefanie LandeweerPlease join me in welcoming all of the new faces to our CBL community.

In The NewsClick HERE4Throughout 2023, Tom Miller chaired a Naonal Academies consensus study report on "Assessing Equityin the Distribuon of Fisheries Management Benets." This study brought natural and social scienststogether to provide advice to NMFS. Commiee members brought perspecves from sheries science,sheries economics, anthropology, human geography and Indigenous knowledge systems together to provideguidance to the federal sheries agencies and the eight regional shery management councils. The commieerecommends NMFS adopt a muldimensional denion of equity, increase social science capacity in theagency and councils, and work across government to recognize that equity consideraons are central to theagency meeng its mission. The report will be released on January 24. More details are available at hp://bit.ly/3SbIgmHOn December 23, 2023, the Balmore Brew featured an arcleentled “Restoraon of Balmore’s Stony Run is failing again,residents and sciensts say". Solonge Filoso was quotedas saying, “The system is promong the rush to streamrestoraon,” she said, nong that the spending for such projectshas increased dramacally in recent years. “People go where the money is.”To read the enre arcle:hps://www.balmorebrew.com/2023/12/23/restoraon-of-balmores-stony-run-is-failing-again-residents-and-sciensts-say/Maryland Board of Public Works Issues 2023 Year-In-Review Highlights (Oce of Gov. Wes Moore) December 29, 2023. The board approved more than $500 million to support Maryland’s public colleges and universiesand community colleges this year, including $8.4 million for the Chesapeake Analycs Collaboraon Project atthe University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.NOAA Fisheries Extends Voluntary Right Whale Slow Zone (Coast TV) January 2NOAA Fisheries has announced the extension of a voluntary right whale Slow Zone, triggered by acouscsignals. The decision came aer the Ocean City buoy, operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Instuonand the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, detected the presence of right whales eastof Ocean City, Maryland, on December 24, 2023. This Slow Zone will remain in eect through January 8, 2024.A right whale breaches. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

5www.umces.edu/cbl | 410-326-4281P.O. Box 38 | 146 Williams Street | Solomons, MD 20688-0038When most people think of lab coats, the picture that most comes to mind is the tradional white medical lab coat. However, laboratory coats are not one type ts all. The coat you use should be appropriate to the chemicals, tools or materials that you are using. They are intended to provide protecon to your skin and clothing from incidental contact or small splashes, prevent the spread of contaminaon outside the lab (as long as they are not worn outside the lab), and to provide a removable barrier in the event of a spill or splash of hazardous substances.There are three types of lab coats: 1). Tradional coat – are the most widely used lab coats and they are very good for small spills or splashes from non-hazardous materials, but they should not be used with hazardous or ammable materials. These are usually coon or a coon/polyester blend and they should not be worn while working with blood borne pathogens, ammables greater than 1 mL or where there is risk of ignion.2). Barrier coat – are made mostly of polyester and should never been worn when using ammables. They will burn, melt, shrink and sck to skin. They are intended to protect the user from blood borne pathogens or biohazardous materials. These coats usually have ed cus to prevent splashes up the arm.3). Flame resistant - are intended to protect the wearer when there is a risk of clothing or skin catching re. These coats will resist re and prevent it from spreading over the coat. These are not reproof, but it will give you me to get out of the coat or away from the source. Some ame resistant coats are not necessarily chemical resistant and should be removed immediately if any chemical substance is spilled on it. However, Work-Rite makes a ame resistant, chemical proof laboratory coat which will cover all your lab needs and can be ordered through VWR. I would also recommend wearing coon clothing if you work with ammables in your lab.Lab coats should be at least knee length and have a top buon for the most eecve coverage and protecon. It is recommended that a lab coat should have a ed wristband/cu to lessen the possibility for splashes up the arm and for addional protecon from re hazards. The University of Southern California has a fact sheet for laboratory coat selecon and is available at: hps://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.usc.edu/dist/0/713/les/2022/03/PPE-lab-coat-select-fs-v3.pdfReferences:hps://ucsf.app.box.com/s/idpvv72l2p4esi2loav3sigc95cr2kz7hps://labcoats.mit.edu/guidanceSafety Corner: Laboratory Coat Selection