Bryce Brylawski

Ph.D. Student

B.A. St. Mary's College of Maryland
M.S. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland

Research
Teaching
Awards
Publications

Email:  Brylawsk@vims.edu
Office:  Chesapeake Bay Hall N314
Phone: (804) 684-7439

Community Ecology Lab

Major Advisors Top

Rochelle Seitz,  Biological Sciences

Research statement

            I am interested in the bioenergetic and trophic relationships of benthic ecosystems. I use a combination of field, laboratory, and computer simulations to create predictive models that can be used to answer fisheries and ecosystem management questions. I am currently exploring the ramifications of benthic secondary production and nutritional quality on the enhancement of the blue crab (Callinecties sapidus) stocks using hatchery reared animals.

Research Experience Top

2003 - Current  Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary
Graduate Research Assistant
          -  The effects of episodic hypoxia on the distribution, foraging, and scope for growth of blue crabs (Callinecties sapidus).
          -  The implications of Macoma balthica production and nutritional quality on the enhancement of Callinictes sapidus    stocks
 
2003 TrustSolutions LLC.
Medicare Data Analyst
                - Identifying potential fraud, waste and abuse in Medicare date using statistical and data-mining techniques.
                - Developing stochastic and neural network based models to detect criminal activity
 
1998 – 2002    University of Maryland Center for Ecological Science Solomons, Maryland
Graduate Research Assistant
            - The Bioenergetic modeling of blue crab (Callinecties sapidus).
            - The exploration and modeling of temperature Dependant blue crab growth using molt-process techniques.
 
2001      University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WATER Institute Fisheries Laboratory
 Research Assistant
           - Performed experiments and field studies of the feeding and larval ecology of the yellow perch.
 
1997-1998      University of Maryland Center for Ecological Science Solomons, Maryland
Undergraduate Research Assistant
         - Explored the variation in blue crab growth in different habitats using and enclosure study.
1997   St. Mary's College of Maryland - Glover's Reef Biological Station, Belize .
Undergraduate Research
          - Explored the effectiveness of algal decoration on the survival of Caribbean  masking crabs.

1997      Maryland Sea Grant College      College Park, Maryland
Summer Fellow (NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Program)
         - Explored the effects of temperature regimes on blue crab growth and mortality.
  

Teaching Experience Top

1997 St. Mary's College of Maryland
          - Teaching Assistant for Ecological Methods.

2005 Thomas Nelson Community College
          - Adjunct Instructor of Anatomy and Physiology

Publications Top

Brylawski, B.J.; T. J. Miller (2003) Bioenergetic modeling of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) using the Fish Bioenergetics (3.0) computer program. Bulletin of Marine Science. 72(2):471-490.

Brylawski, B.J.; T.J. Miller (2006) Temperature-dependent growth of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), a molt process approach. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63: 1298 1308.

Biological Sciences / VIMS
P.O. Box 1346, Gloucester Pt., VA  23062-1346, USA
Telephone:  804-684-7344;  FAX:  804-684-7293

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