Cove Point Natural Heritage Trust: Completed Studies

Completed Studies

Copies of the scientific research studies funded by the Trust are available from the Trust and have been placed in the following locations for public review:

Calvert County Public Library, Prince Frederick
Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons
Cypress Swamp Nature Center, Prince Frederick
University of Maryland, Hornbake Library, College Park

Assessment of Five State Rare Plant Populations at Cove Point Marsh (Year 2005)
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A Monitoring Program to Evaluate Cove Point as a Spawning Area for the Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus
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Assessment of Five State Rare Plant Populations at Cove Point Marsh (Year 2004)
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The Biogeochemistry of Cove Point Marsh, Maryland: An Investigation of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Dynamics and the Role of the Microbial Community. 2005. Karen L. Bushaw-Newton.
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Historical Shoreline Configurations at Cove Point from Original Patents and Later Shoreline Surveys. January 1997. J. Court Stevenson and Karen Sundberg.

Floristics Survey for Vascular Plants of Cove Point~Calvert County, Maryland. Field Season 1996. Brent W. Steury.

A Comprehensive Table of the Rank, Status, Origin, Location, Life Cycle, and Phenology of the Rare, Threatened and Endangered Plants of Cove Point Marsh, Calvert County, Maryland. February 1997. Brent W. Steury.

Assessment of Littoral Vegetation at Cove Point from Shoreline Transects. April 1997. Michael W. Beardslee. Thesis directed by Professor Stephen P. Leatherman.

Distribution and Abundance of Adults and Larvae of the Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle, Cicindela Dorsalis Dorsalis, at Cove Point, Maryland, 1996-1997. August 1997. C. Barry Knisley.

Vascular Plant Community Characterizations for Cove Point Marsh~Calvert County, Maryland. Summary and Field Forms from Field Season 1997. Brent W. Steury.

Determination of Population Size of Resident Adult Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetles, Larval Recruitment and Immigration at Cove Point, Calvert County, MD, in 1998. C. Barry Knisley.

The Dragonflies and Damselflies of the Cove Point LNG Site~Calvert County, Maryland. November 25, 1999. Richard L. Orr.-- click here to view report in PDF (54 K)

Vascular Flora of the Cove Point Uplands~Calvert County, Maryland~Field Seasons 1998 and 1999. Brent W. Steury.

Population Decline of the Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle in Calvert County, MD. January 18, 2000. C. Barry Knisley. -- click here to view report in PDF (1.6 MB)

Abundance and Population Structure of Fishes in Cove Point Marsh. March 2000. Paul J. Bushmann.

The Reptiles and Amphibians of Cove Point, Calvert County, Maryland. April 2001. Arnold W. Norden.

Fish Abundance and Community Structure in Cove Point Marsh. April 2001. Paul J. Bushmann.

A Survey of the Mammals Occurring at the Cove Point Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal Property~Calvert County, Maryland. February 2002. James M. McCann, Pete Bendel, and Dana Limpert. -- click here to view report in PDF

The Vascular Flora of Cove Point, Calvert County, Maryland. Winter 2002. Brent W. Steury. -- click here to view report in PDF

Assessment of Five State Rare Plant Populations at Cove Point Marsh After the Application by Aerial Spraying of the Herbicide RODEO To Surrounding Populations of Phragmites australis (Year 2003) Brent W. Steury. -- click here to view report in PDF

European Carp (Cyprinus carpio) and the Native Fishes in Cove Point Marsh. 2004. Paul J. Bushmann, Anne Arundel Community College.

Survey Report on the Leaf Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Cove Point LNG Property and Vicinity, Calvert County, Maryland. June 2004. Joseph F. Cavey. -- click here to view report in PDF

Orchids and their mycorrhizal fungi at Cove Point (Calvert County). December 2004. Melissa McCormick and Dennis Whigham, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. -- click here to view report in PDF