Kenneth A. Moore

Education

• B.S., Pennsylvania State University
• M.S., University of Virginia
• Ph.D., University of Maryland

Research Interests

My research studies have focused on the ecology of estuarine and coastal shallow water environments, especially those vegetated with marshes, seagrasses and other submerged aquatic vegetation. Specifically, I have studied the relationships between these aquatic macrophyte systems and environmental factors including water quality conditions that limit their growth, survival, and restoration. These studies have been hierarchal in nature, ranging from the physiological response of individual organisms to field studies of seagrass restoration, to ecosystem-level response of seagrass beds to management actions in the Chesapeake Bay. Similarly, tools for investigating these different levels have varied, from measurements of plant photosynthesis both in the field and in the lab, using pulsed modulated fluorescence (PAM) and other techniques, to bay-wide abundance changes using remotely sensed data and satellite imagery. I am very active in coastal resource management at the state, regional and national levels, focusing on shallow water quality issues and SAV restoration.

Currently, in addition to my research and faculty duties, I was also the Research Coordinator of the Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia (CBNERRVA). There I oversaw the NERRS System-Wide Monitoring Program using a network of continuously recording water quality sensors, meteorological stations, and intensive biological monitoring. Here I have worked to develop, new, enhanced shallow water monitoring technologies. In addition to my own students, I oversaw the NERRS Graduate Research Fellowship Program for CBNERRVA.