Email: edarrow@vims.edu
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall S218
Phone: (804) 684-7396
Ecosystem Modeling Website
Research interests
Ecosystem effects of suspension feeders (Atlantic menhaden, hard
clams); physiological ecology of estuarine organisms; benthic-pelagic
coupling; nutrient cycling and causes/effects of eutrophication;
ecology of littoral systems
Research Experience Top
| Present |
Marine Scientist, Ecosystem Modeling Program, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
- Menhaden feeding experiments for "Modeling Atlantic menhaden in support of
nutrient and multispecies management". Chesapeake Bay Program, Environmental Protection Agency. (PI’s: M.J. Brush, R.J. Latour,
and E.A. Canuel)
- Synthesis of data
from the National Estuarine Research Reserve System-Wide Monitoring
Program for the Mid-Atlantic region. Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET),
NOAA. (PI’s: K.A. Moore and M.J. Brush)
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| 2002 - 2005 |
Graduate research assistant, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Thesis: Physiological ecology of aquacultured clams, Mercenaria mercenaria
Measured feeding rates of clams in the laboratory and field using original systems; clam
respiration, excretion and egestion rates; collected and managed clam size data and analyzed growth rates; created
physiological/ecological model for clam suspension feeding
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| 2002 |
Laboratory technician, Epoch
Biosciences,
San Diego,
CA
Purified manufactured DNA products by PAGE
and C-18 purification, and ethanol
precipitation; conducted quality control measures on products via gelelectrophoresis and spectrophotometry
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| 2000 - 2001 |
Distinguished Majors Program,
Environmental Science Dept., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Thesis: Effects of thermal stress on clam hemocyte chemotaxis
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| 2000 |
Estuarine ecology independent research,
Environmental
Science Dept., University of Virginia
Independent study on the effects of clamfiltering
on suspended and sediment nutrients
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| 2000 |
NSF REU Program,
University of
Maryland,
ChesapeakeBiological Laboratory, Solomons, MD.
Utilized methods found in the literature to determine thechemotactic
response of Mercenaria mercenaria hemocytes
toQPX (quahog parasite unknown) in vitro.
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Awards Top
December 2002 |
Ocean Conservation Co., Inc. Eastern Shore Scholarship |
Fall 2000 |
University of Virginia College of Arts Sciences Research
Stipend |
Membership in ProfessionalSocieties Top
| 2004 - present
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National Shellfisheries Association
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| 2004 - present
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World Aquaculture Society
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Presentations Top
Condon, E.D., G.L. Arnold, M.W. Luckenbach. "Estimated impacts of clams(Mercenaria mercenaria) on
phytoplankton in Cherrystone Inlet, Virginia." Oral presentation, Estuarine Research Federation meeting (October 16-23, 2005 Norfolk,
Virginia)
Luckenbach, M.; Li, Y.; Wang, H.; Arnold, G.; Condon, E., "Estimating the effects
of large-scale clam aquaculture on basin-level phytoplankton production
and water quality." Oral presentation, Estuarine Research
Federation meeting (October 16-23, 2005 Norfolk, Virginia)
Darrow, E.S., M.W.
Luckenbach, R.L. Mann. "Physiological ecology of the cultured
clam, Mercenaria mercenaria".
Oral presentation, Aquaculture America 2004: Joint Conference of
the World Aquaculture Society and National Shellfisheries Association
(March 1-4, 2004 Honolulu, Hawaii)
Tozzi, S., E. S.
Darrow, R. H. Condon, L.W. Haas. “The spring phytoplankton bloom in
the York River estuary, Virginia.
Characterization and interannual variability.” Poster
presentation, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography meeting
(February 15-20, 2004 Honolulu, Hawaii)
Tozzi, S.,R. H. Condon, E. S. Darrow, A. C. Spivak,
L. H. Brasseur, L. W. Haas. “Characterization and environmental
regulation of the spring bloom in the York River estuary, Virginia,
USA
.” Poster presentation, Estuarine Research Federation meeting (September 14-18, 2003
Seattle,
Washington)
Teaching Top
| Summer 2004 |
Assistant instructor, NERRS and DREAMS programs,
Wachapreague,
Virginia. Bob
Carroll, NERRS; Dr. Kam Tang, DREAMS, VIMS; Dr. Deirdre Gibson, DREAMS,
Hampton
University.
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| Spring 2004 . |
Teaching assistant for VIMS’ MS 502L, Coastal and Estuarine
Processes, Issues and Investigations (laboratory component, Professor
Larry Haas), Gloucester Point, VA.
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| Fall 1998 |
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Biology
203,
University of
Virginia,
Charlottesville,
VA.
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| Summer 1998 |
Naturalist Intern,
Huntley
Meadows
Park,
Fairfax
County Park Authority,
Alexandria,
VA. |
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