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CURRICULUM VITAE
Ryan Jordan Woodland
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Solomons, MD 20688
Phone: 410-326-7332
Email: [email protected]
I. Education
1999 B.Sc. Marine Safety & Env. Protection, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
2005 M.Sc. Fisheries Science, University of Maryland College Park
2010 Ph.D. Fisheries Science, University of Maryland College Park
II. Professional Background
2010-2011
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières,
Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
2011-2014
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Water Studies Centre, Monash University,
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
2014-2015
Senior Research Officer, Water Studies Centre, Monash University,
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
2015-present Assistant Professor, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD
III. Research
A.
Areas of professional expertise
Trophic ecology of aquatic, estuarine and marine consumers, with an
emphasis on fish, macroinvertebrate, and plankton communities; Ecology of
estuarine and coastal fishes, Nitrogen-fixing bacteria and plants in estuaries;
Human-mediated land use and nutrient alterations on estuary food webs;
Natural abundance stable isotope ecology
B.
Peer-Reviewed Publications and Technical Reports
1.
Papers in Refereed Journals
Scicluna, T.R., R.J. Woodland, Y. Zhu, M.R. Grace, and P.L.M. Cook. 2015.
Deep dynamic pools of phosphorus in the sediment of a temperate
lagoon with recurring blooms of diazotrophic cyanobacteria.
Limnology and Oceanography 60:2185-2196.
Woodland, R.J., F.Y. Warry, V. Evrard, R.H. Clarke, P. Reich and P.L.M.
Cook. 2015. Nitrogen loads explain primary productivity in estuaries
at the ecosystem scale. Limnology and Oceanography 60:1751-1762.
Cook, P.L.M., V. Evrard and R.J. Woodland. 2015. Factors controlling
nitrogen fixation in temperate seagrass beds. Marine-Ecology
Progress Series 525:41-51.
Faber, P.A., V. Evrard. R.J. Woodland, I.C. Cartwright, and P.L.M. Cook.
2014. Porewater exchange driven by tidal pumping causes alkalinity
export in two intertidal inlets Limnology and Oceanography, 59:
1749-1763.
Woodland, R.J., and P.L.M. Cook. 2014. Using stable isotope ratios to
estimate atmospheric nitrogen fixed by cyanobacteria at the
ecosystem-scale. Ecological Applications 24:539:547.
Woodland, R.J., Holland, D.P., Beardall, J., Smith, J., Scicluna, T., and
P.L.M. Cook. 2013. Assimilation of diazotrophic nitrogen into
pelagic food webs. PLOS One 8:e67588.
Woodland, R.J., and D.H. Secor. 2013. Benthic-pelagic coupling in a
temperate inner continental shelf fish assemblage. Limnology and
Oceanography 58:966-976. [UMCES contribution No. 4734]
Woodland, R.J., Magnan, P., Glémet, H., Rodríguez, M.A., and G. Cabana.
2012. Variability and directionality of temporal changes in δ13C and
δ15N signatures of aquatic primary consumers. Oecologia 169:199209.
Woodland, R.J., Rodríguez, M.A., Magnan, P., Glémet, H., and G. Cabana.
2012. Incorporating temporally dynamic baselines in isotopic mixing
models. Ecology 93:131-144.
Woodland, R.J., D.H. Secor, M.C. Fabrizio, and M.J. Wilberg. 2012.
Comparing the nursery role of inner continental shelf and estuarine
habitats for temperate marine fishes. Estuarine, Coastal, Shelf
Science 99:61-73. [UMCES contribution No. 4602]
Wuenschel et al. (Woodland, R.J., one of 14 coauthors). 2012. Recruitment
patterns and habitat use of young-of-the-year bluefish along the
United States east coast. Reviews in Fisheries Science 20:80-102.
Woodland, R.J., and D.H. Secor. 2011. Differences in juvenile trophic niche
for two coastal fish species that use marine and estuarine nursery
habitats. Marine Ecology Progress-Series 439:241-254. [UMCES
Contribution No. 4637]
Woodland, R.J., D.H. Secor, and M. E. Wedge. 2011. Trophic resource
overlap between small elasmobranchs and sympatric teleosts in MidAtlantic Bight nearshore habitats. Estuaries and Coasts 34:391-404.
[UMCES Contribution No. 4554]
Kerr, L.A., W.J. Connolly, E.J. Martino, A.C. Peer, R.J. Woodland and D.H.
Secor. 2009. Climate change in the US Atlantic affecting
recreational fisheries. Reviews in Fisheries Science 17: 267-289.
[UMCES contribution No. 4248]
Woodland, R.J., D.H. Secor, and E.J. Niklitschek. 2009. Response of nursery
habitat of an endangered population of shortnose sturgeon to
changes in dissolved oxygen and temperature. Pages 589-604 in
Haro, A. J., K. L. Smith, R. A. Rulifson, C. M. Moffitt, R. J. Klauda,
M. J. Dadswell, R. A. Cunjak, J. E. Cooper, K. L. Beal, and T. S.
Avery, editors. Challenges for Diadromous Fishes in a Dynamic
Global Environment. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 69,
Bethesda, Maryland. [UMCES contribution No. 4253]
Callihan, J.C., D.H. Secor, R.J. Woodland, and L. Takata. 2008. Cohort
splitting in bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, in the U.S. mid-Atlantic
Bight. Fisheries Oceanography 17:191-205. [UMCES contribution
No. 4153]
Woodland, R.J. and D.H. Secor. 2007. Year-class strength and recovery of
endangered shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) of the
Hudson River, NY. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
136:72-81. [UMCES Contribution No. 4173]
2.
Papers in Press at Referred Journals or Books
Warry, F.J., P. Reich, J. R Thomson, R. Mac Nally, P.L.M. Cook, and R.J.
Woodland. Nitrogen stable isotope values of large-bodied consumers
reflect catchment urbanization at regional scales. Marine-Ecology
Progress Series, In press.
Woodland, R.J., F.Y. Warry, V. Evrard, R.H. Clarke, P. Reich, and P.L.M.
Cook. 2015. Evidence of niche-dependent trophic position
distributions among primary, secondary and tertiary consumers.
Oikos, In press.
Boon, P., P.L.M. Cook, and R.J. Woodland. 2015. The Gippsland Lakes:
management challenges posed by long-term environmental change.
Marine & Freshwater Research, In press.
3.
Papers in Review at Referred Journals or Books
Warry, F.J., P. Reich, P.L.M. Cook, R. Mac Nally, J. R Thomson, and R.J.
Woodland. Nitrogen loads influence trophic organization of
estuarine fish assemblages. Functional Ecology, In review.
4.
Technical Reports
R.J. Woodland and P.L.M. Cook. 2015. Review of indicators for use in the
Victorian State Index of Estuarine Condition. Final Report for
Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning, Victoria.
Warry, F.Y., P. L.M. Cook, and R.J. Woodland. 2015. Understanding the
relationship between nutrient inputs and the health of submerged
vegetation in small estuaries draining to Port Phillip Bay and
Western Port. Final Report for Melbourne Water, Monash
University Water Studies Centre, Clayton, Victoria.
Woodland, R.J. and P. L.M. Cook. 2014. The influence of catchment land use
on ecological functioning of estuaries. Final Partner Summary for
ARC Linkage Project LP110100040, Monash University Water
Studies Centre, Clayton, Victoria.
Holland, D.P., R.J. Woodland, R. Clarke, A. Herrod, and P.L.M. Cook. 2013.
Ecological impacts of a Nodularia bloom on nitrogen dynamics in
food webs and seagrass beds. Final Report for the Gippsland Lakes
Ministerial Advisory Committee, Monash University Water Studies
Centre, Clayton, Victoria.
Secor, D.H., R.J. Woodland, and M. O’Brien. 2013. Connectivity of fish
nursery habitats between Maryland’s coastal bays and nearshore
ocean environment (R/P-60). Final Report for Maryland Sea Grant,
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science –
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD.
Evrard, V., V. Eate, R.J. Woodland, J. Ross, A. O’Brien, M. Keough, A.
Longmore, R. Wilson, and P.L.M Cook. 2013. Nutrient processing
on tidal flats in Western Port: Interactions with ecology and
implications for bay-wide nutrient budgets. Final Report for
Melbourne Water, Monash University Water Studies Centre,
Clayton, Victoria.
Warry, F.Y., P. Reich, R.J. Woodland and P.L.M. Cook. 2013. Using leaf
chemistry to better understand the ecology of seagrass in the
Gippsland Lakes. Final Report for the Gippsland Lakes Ministerial
Advisory Committee. Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental
Research, Department of Sustainability and Environment,
Heidelberg, Victoria.
Connelly, W., L.A. Kerr, E. Martino, A. Peer, R.J. Woodland and D.H. Secor.
2007. Climate and Saltwater Sport Fisheries: Prognosis for Change.
Final Report to the FishAmerica Foundation. Technical Report
Series No. TS-537-07, University of MD Center for Environmental
Science.
Secor, D.H. and R.J. Woodland 2005. Recovery and status of shortnose
sturgeon in the Hudson River. Final Report to the Hudson River
Foundation. Technical Report Series No. TS-493-05-CBL,
University of MD Center for Environmental Science.
C.
Contracts and Grants
1.
Awarded Contracts and Grants
Rapid Response Sampling of Chesapeake Bay for 2015 Nor'easter and
Hurricane Joaquin Event. Maryland Sea Grant 2015. $45,929. (CoPI, 0.01% time October 2015–September 2016).
Synthesis and refinement of work to support final recommendations for an
Index of Estuarine Condition. Victorian Department of
Environment, Land, Water and Planning. July 2015–August 2015.
$23,415 (AUD). (Co-author, 100% time July 2015–August 2015).
Understanding the relationship between nutrient inputs and the health of
submerged vegetation in small estuaries draining to Port Phillip Bay
and Western Port. Melbourne Water. 2014-2015. $50,000 (AUD).
(Co-Principal Investigator, 10% time September 2014–June 2015).
Linking flow, nutrients, seagrass and fish: an integrated approach to estuary
management. Australian Research Council Linkage Project. 20142017. $850,000 (AUD). (Co-author, 90% time September 2014–June
2015).
Ecological impacts of the 2011/2012 Nodularia spumigena bloom on
nitrogen dynamics in seagrass beds in the Gippsland Lakes, Victoria.
Victorian Department of Sustainability and the Environment. 20122013. $58,000 (AUD). (Co-author, 10% time).
Faculty of Science interdisciplinary equipment purchase - ball-mill grinder.
Collier Charitable Fund. $8,000 (AUD). (Co-author, 0% time).
Connectivity of fish nursery habitats between Maryland’s coastal bays and
nearshore ocean environment. Maryland Sea Grant 2008-2010.
$140,000. (Co-author, 100% time January 2010–August 2010)
D.
Seminars and Presentations
1.
Invited Seminars and Presentations
Woodland, R.J., J. Thomson, R. Mac Nally, P. Reich, J. Walker, V.
Evrard, T. Lubcke, C. Hawkins, and P.L.M. Cook. Linking
catchments to estuaries: The role of nutrients as drivers of ecological
changes in Victorian estuaries. Seminar Series, Arthur Rylah
Institute, Victoria Department of the Environment and Primary
Industries, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, November 2014.
Woodland, R.J., J. Thomson, V. Evrard, J. Walker, R. Mac Nally, T.
Lubcke, C. Rudiger, and P.L.M. Cook. Linking nutrient loading to
estuarine community structure. National Estuarine Network Science
Symposium, Arthur Rylah Institute, Victoria Department of the
Environment and Primary Industries, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia,
November 2013.
Woodland, R.J., and Cabana, G. Investigating the St. Lawrence River food
webs in two parts: Act 1. Food webs, stable isotopes and what young
fish are eating in Lac St. Pierre; Act 2. Poissons and Neutrons dans
le St-Laurent: investigating the food web of a large river with stable
isotopes. Environment Canada, February 2011.
2.
Contributed Seminars and Presentations
Warry, F.Y., P. Reich, P.L.M. Cook, R. Mac Nally, J.R. Thomson, and
R.J. Woodland. Nitrogen loads influence trophic organization of
estuarine fish assemblages. Estuarine Coastal Sciences Association
55th Meeting, London, UK September 2015.
Woodland, R.J., J. Thomson, V. Evrard, J. Walker, R. Mac Nally, T.
Lubcke, C. Rudiger, and P.L.M. Cook. From the catchment to the
estuary – linking nutrient loading to estuarine food web structure.
Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 22nd Biennial Meeting,
Los Angeles, California, November 2013.
Woodland, R.J., D.P. Holland, J. Beardall, J. Smith, T. Scicluna, and
P.L.M. Cook. Assimilation of diazotrophic nitrogen into pelagic
food webs. Ecological Society of Australia, Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia, December 2012.
Woodland, R.J., P. Magnan, H. Glèmet, M.A. Rodríguez, and G. Cabana.
Evidence for seasonal shifts in the isotope composition of aquatic
primary consumers and incorporating temporally dynamic baselines
in mixing models. International Conference on Applications of
Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies, 8th Bi-annual
conference, Brest, France, August 2012.
Woodland, R.J., D.P. Holland, J. Beardall, J. Smith, T. Scicluna, and
P.L.M. Cook. Assimilation of diazotrophic nitrogen into pelagic
food webs. International Conference on Applications of Stable
Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies, 8th Bi-annual conference,
Brest, France, August 2012.
Woodland, R.J., D.P. Holland, J. Beardall, J. Smith, T. Scicluna, and
P.L.M. Cook. Fate of blue-green algae fixed nitrogen in the
Gippsland Lakes pelagic food web. Arthur Rylah Institute, Victoria
Department of Sustainability and the Environment, Heidelberg,
Victoria, Australia, June 2012.
Woodland, R.J., P. Magnan, H. Glèmet, M.A. Rodríguez, and G. Cabana.
Incorporating temporally dynamic baselines in isotopic mixing
models. Early Life History Section of the American Fisheries
Society Larval Fish Conference, 35th Annual Meeting, Wilmington,
NC, May 2011.
Woodland, R.J., D.H. Secor, M.C. Fabrizio, and M.J. Wilberg. Comparing
the nursery role of inner continental shelf and estuarine habitats for
temperate marine fishes. Early Life History Section of the American
Fisheries Society Larval Fish Conference, 35th Annual Meeting,
Wilmington, NC, May 2011.
Woodland, R.J. Beyond the estuary: the role of the inner continental shelf
as a marine finfish nursery. Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
seminar series, Trois-Rivières, Université du Québec, November
2010.
Woodland, R.J. Investigating the estuarine-marine ecocline: habitat
connectivity for juvenile fish at the seascape-scale. Gulf of Maine
Research Institute, Portland, ME, June 2010.
Woodland, R.J. and D.H. Secor Assessing changes in trophic ecology of
juvenile fish across an estuarine-marine boundary: consequences of
natal habitat use. American Fisheries Society Tidewater Chapter
Meeting, Annapolis, MD, March 2010.
Woodland, R.J. and D.H. Secor Assessing changes in trophic ecology of
juvenile fish across an estuarine-marine ecotone: consequences of
natal habitat use. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 20th
Biennial Meeting, Portland, Oregon, November 2009.
Woodland, R.J., M. Wedge and D.H. Secor Assessing the role of juvenile
marine fish in a nearshore marine foodweb. American Fisheries
Society National Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, August 2008.
Woodland, R.J., D.H. Secor and E.J. Niklitschek Recovery of an
endangered population of shortnose sturgeon due to habitat
restoration. American Fisheries Society Tidewater Chapter Meeting,
Gloucester, VA, March 2008.
Woodland, R.J. and D.H. Secor Seasonal structure and diversity of a MidAtlantic nearshore marine fish community. Estuarine Research
Federation Annual meeting, Providence, RI, November 2007.
Woodland, R.J. Tissue sampling and age estimation of sturgeons.
National Marine Fisheries Service and Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Council Atlantic Sturgeon Research Protocol Workshop,
Annapolis, MD, November 2007.
Woodland, R.J., D.H. Secor and E.J. Niklitschek Recovery of an
endangered population of shortnose sturgeon due to habitat
restoration. Challenges for diadromous fishes in a dynamic global
environment. American Fisheries Society, Halifax, NS, June 2007.
Woodland, R.J. and D.H. Secor Seasonal structure and diversity of a MidAtlantic nearshore marine fish community. American Fisheries
Society Tidewater Chapter Meeting, Lewes, DE, February 2007.
Woodland, R.J. and D.H. Secor Recovery of an endangered population of
shortnose sturgeon due to habitat restoration. 6th William R. and
Lenore Mote International Symposium in Fisheries Ecology: Life
History in Fisheries Ecology & Management,Sarasota, FL,
November 2006.
Woodland, R.J. and D.H. Secor Recovery and status of the Endangered
shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) of the Hudson River.
American Fisheries Society Tidewater Chapter Meeting, Atlantic
Beach, NC, January 2006.
Woodland, R.J. and D.H. Secor Age and Growth of Hudson River
shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum). American Fisheries
Society Southern Division/Tidewater Chapter Meeting,Virginia
Beach, VA, February 2005.
F.
Active Membership in Professional Societies
Ecological Society of America
Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
IV. Teaching and Training
A.
Graduate Students
1.
Students Currently Supervised
McNaughton, Caitlyn. Ph.D. School of Biological Sciences-School of
Chemistry, Monash University, AUS. The role of groundwater
derived nutrients in driving estuarine productivity. Matriculated
September 2014 Co-supervised (25%) with P.L.M. Cook, J. Beardall
and I. Cartwright.
Warry, Fiona Y. Ph.D. School of Biological Sciences-School of
Chemistry, Monash University, AUS. Linking the trophic function
of estuaries to catchment characteristics. Matriculated June 2013 Cosupervised (25%) with P.L.M. Cook, P. Reich and R. Mac Nally
(University of Canberra).
2.
Current and Previous Research Internships Supervised
Ferreira, Nicolle. Ph.D. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina,
Florianopolis, Brazil. Eutrophication effects on trophic ecology of
estuarine macrofauna. January 2014–December 2014. Cosupervised (33%) with P.L.M. Cook and V. Evrard.
Wedge, Madeline. REU. La Salle University. A preliminary assessment of
trophic ecology of three abundant meso-predator elasmobranchs
from a shallow Middle Atlantic Bight habitat. June 2008-August
2008. Mentored by David Secor (R. Woodland: training and
secondary supervision).
V. Outreach and Service
A.
Public Service
Love our Lakes – Gippsland Lakes Water Quality, Gippsland, Victoria,
Australia (http://www.loveourlakes.net.au/gippslandlakes/page/2/)
B.
UMCES and Laboratory
Graduate Student Organization representative (CBL 2006-2007)
NSF REU summer program graduate student liaison (CBL 2005)
Integrating the Chesapeake Bay Agreement in the Classroom Instructor
(2004)
C.
Other Professional Services
Peer review for refereed journals:
Aquatic Sciences, Ecosphere, PLOS One, Rapid Communications
in Mass Spectrometry, Environmental Science & Technology,
Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Estuaries and Coasts,
Hydrobiologia, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Transactions of the
American Fisheries Society, North American Journal of Fisheries
Management, Fishery Bulletin, Environmental Biology of Fishes,
Ambio
Proposal review for National Science Foundation Biological Oceanography
Program
Scientific society leadership positions
American Fisheries Society University of Maryland Student
Subunit President (2007-2008)
American Fisheries Society University of Maryland Student
Subunit Secretary (2006-2007)