Britt-Anne Anderson

Marine Scientist Senior, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Department of Biological Sciences & NOAA Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia

Email: britt@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7365

Education:

M.S., 2000, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary
B.A., 1996, University of Houston

Research Interests:

I am interested in understanding and quantifying the spatial and temporal variability in water quality in shallow open water, SAV, and marsh systems. In recent research, I investigated the relationship between sediment contamination and bioremediation by macrophytes. Currently I am overseeing the Continuous Underway Water Quality Monitoring portion of the Enhanced Shallow Water Monitoring Program at VIMS and the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia.

Current Projects:

• Enhanced Shallow Water Monitoring in the York River
  
• CBNERRVA SAV Biomonitoring
  
• Coastal Advanced Laser Fluorometry (ALF) Biomonitoring
  
• SAV Nearshore Water Quality Monitoring in the York River
  
• Restoration of SAV in the tidal freshwater James River
  
• SAV Water Quality Survey in the York River
  
• Oyster Larvae Dispersion
  
• Water Quality Modeling in the Lynnhaven River
  
• SAV Restoration Site Selection
  
• Restoration of SAV in Virginia Coastal Bays
  
• Restoration of SAV in the Piankatank River
  

Selected Publications:

Moore, KA, D Wilcox, B Anderson, TA Parham and MD Naylor, 2004. Historical analysis of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the Potomac River and analysis of Bay-wide SAV data to establish a new acerage goal. Final Report for the Chesapeake Bay Program (CB983627-01). 23p.

Moore, KA, B-A Anderson, and BB Neikirk. 2004. Water quality conditions and SAV restoration in the tidal freshwater James River. HRWTF, Hopewell, VA. VIMS Scientific Report.

Moore, KA, B-A Anderson, B Neikirk, and D Wilcox, 2003. Intensive water quality mapping of nearshore and mid-channel regions of the James River relative to SAV growth and survival using the DATAFLOW Surface Water Quality Mapping System. VIMS Scientific Report.

Moore, KA, D Wilcox, B-A Anderson, and R Orth, 2003. Analysis of historical distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) on the Eastern Shore as evidence of historical water quality conditions. Special Report No. 383 in Applied Marine Science and Ocean Engineering.

Moore, KA, B-A Anderson, and B Neikirk, July 2002. Restoration of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) in the Tidal Freshwater James River: Year 3. Special Report No. 377 in Applied Marine Science and Ocean Engineering.

Anderson, B-A, MA Unger, and KA Moore, 2002. Fate of tributyltin in a created tidal wetland. Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 21(6):1176-1183.

Moore, KA, D Wilcox, B-A Anderson, and R Orth, 2001. Analysis of historical distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the York and Rappahannock Rivers as evidence of historical water quality conditions. Special Report No. 375 in Applied Marine Science and Ocean Engineering.

Anderson, B-A. Bioremediation of tributyltin contaminated sediment using Spartina alterniflora in a created tidal wetland, 2000. MS Thesis, Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

Newman, MC, DR Ownby, LCA Mezin, DC Powell, TRL Christensen, SB Lerberg, and B A Anderson, 2000. Applying species sensitivity distributions in ecological risk assessment: Assumptions of distribution type and sufficient numbers of species. Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 19(2):508-515.

Newman, MC, DR Ownby, LCA Mezin, DC Powell, TRL Christensen, SB Lerberg, B A Anderson, and TV Padma, Species sensitivity distributions in ecological risk assessment: Distributional assumptions, alternate bootstrap techniques, and estimation of adequate number of species. Chapter 20 In The Use of SSDs in Ecotoxicology, G Sutter and L Posthuma, eds.