Dr. Donald F. Boesch President and Professor of Marine Sciences University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Education: Ph.D., 1971, Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia Research Interests: Environmental and natural resource management: science-management interactions, watershed/ecosystem management, monitoring systems, oil and gas development, habitat modification and fisheries Biological oceanography: benthos, communities, ecosystems, recruitment processes Estuaries: ecology, evolution, physical processes Continental shelves: oceanography, ecology Sedimentology: effects of organisms on sediment dynamics and geochemistry Marine pollution: oil, dredged material, sewage, eutrophication, monitoring Selected Publications: Costanza, R., R. Andrade, P. Antunes, M. van den Belt, D. Boersma, D.F. Boesch, F. Catarino, S. Hanna, K. Limburg, B. Low, M. Molitor, J. G. Pereira, S. Rayner, R. Santos, J. Wilson, and M. Young. 1998. Principles for sustainable governance of the oceans. Science 281: 198-199. Boesch, D.F., M.A. Lewis, W.H. McKee, D. Morrison, P.F. Roscigno, G.I Scott, and J.K. Summers. 1999. Contaminant fate and effects in coastal and estuarine wetlands, p. 207-242. In: M.A. Lewis, F. L. Mayer, R.L. Powell, M.K. Nelson, S.J. Klaine, M.G. Henry and G.W. Dickenson (eds.) Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment for Wetlands. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Pensacola, Florida. Costanza, R., F. Andrade, P. Antunes, M. van den Belt, D. Boesch, D. Boersma, F. Catarino, S. Hanna, K. Limburg, B. Low, M. Molitor, J.G. Pereira, S. Rayner, R. Santos, J. Wilson, and M. Young. 1999. Ecological economics and sustainable governance of the oceans. Ecol. Economics 31: 171-187. Boesch, D.F. 1999. The role of science in ocean governance. Ecol. Economics 31: 189-198. Boesch, D.F. 2000. Measuring the health of the Chesapeake Bay: toward integration and prediction. Environ. Res. 82: 134-142. Boesch, D.F. and R.B. Brinsfield. 2000. Coastal eutrophication and agriculture: contributions and solutions, p. 93-115. In: E. Balázs, E. Galante, J.M. Lynch, J.S. Schepers, J.P. Toutant, E. Werner, and P.A.Th.J. Werry (eds.) Biological Resource Management: Connecting Science and Policy. Springer, Berlin. Boesch, D.F., J. C. Field, and D. Scavia (eds.) 2000. The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change on Coastal Areas and Marine Resources. NOAA Coastal Ocean Program Decision Analysis Series #21, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland. Boesch, D.F., R.H. Burroughs, J.E. Baker, R.P. Mason, C.L. Rowe, and R.L. Siefert. 2001. Marine Pollution in the United States. Pew Oceans Commission, Arlington, Virginia. Boesch, D.F. 2001. Science and integrated drainage basin-coastal management: the Chesapeake Bay and the Mississippi Delta. In: B. von Bodungen and K. Turner (eds.) Science and Integrated Coastal Management. Dahlem University Press, Berlin. Jickells, T.D., D.F. Boesch, F. Colijn, R. Elmgren, P. Frykblom, L.D. Mee, J.M. Pacyna, M. Voss, and F.V. Wulff. 2001. Transboundaries issues. In: B. von Bodungen and K. Turner (eds.) Science and Integrated Coastal Management. Dahlem University Press, Berlin. Boesch, D.F., R. B. Brinsfield, and R. E. Magnien. 2001. Chesapeake Bay eutrophication: scientific understanding, ecosystem restoration and challenges for agriculture. J. Environ. Qual. 30: