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Frederick T. Short

University of New Hampshire

Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

Jackson Estuarine Laboratory email: [email protected]

85 Adams Point Road cell (603) 659-3313

Durham, NH 03824 http://nre.unh.edu/faculty/short

Professional Objective To understand, preserve, and restore world ocean ecosystems

Current Interests Estuarine and marine habitat ecology

Global seagrass monitoring

Restoration and mitigation of coastal and estuarine areas

Seagrass decline worldwide

Modelling estuarine habitat change

Education Ph.D. Oceanography; University of Alaska,

Institute of Marine Science, 1981

M.S., Biological Oceanography; University of Rhode Island

Graduate School of Oceanography, 1976

B.A., Mathematics; Plymouth State College of University of

New Hampshire, 1972

Professional Experience

1999 - present Research Professor of Natural Resources and Marine Science,

University of New Hampshire

2000 – present SeagrassNet Global Monitoring Program, Director

2012 - 2014 Seagrass Ecologist, Eelgrass Monitoring Lead, Department of

Natural Resources, State of Washington

2005 - 2008 Director, Natural Resources and Earth System Science

Ph.D. Program, University of New Hampshire

1993 - 1999 Research Associate Professor UNH

1989 - 1993 Research Assistant Professor UNH

1983 - 1989 Research Scientist (II and III) UNH

1981 - 1983 Postdoctoral Fellowship with Dr. John H. Ryther

Harbor Branch Institution, Ft. Pierce, Florida

mailto:[email protected]

http://nre.unh.edu/faculty/short


Professional Associations and Awards

New England Estuarine Research Society Life Time Achievement Award, November 2012

Conservationist of the Year 2011, Coastal Conservation Society, New Hampshire

US EPA Environmental Merit Lifetime Achievement Award, for work in New England, 2011

Presidential Coastal America award, for work in Rhode Island seagrass restoration, 2009

World Seagrass Association, Inc. (President 2004-06, VP 2002-2004, 2006-2008)

New England Estuarine Research Society (President 1996-98)

Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation

Major Funding History

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY, "Does

Phosphorus or Nitrogen Control Seagrass Growth in Carbonate Environments?" $103,446

(Project Director) January 1986 to January 1988.

NOAA, NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE PROGRAM (NERR). "Decline of

Eelgrass in Estuarine Research Reserves Along the East Coast, USA: Problems of Pollution and

Disease." $216,000. (Project Director) April 1987 to April 1990.

UNH/UM SEA GRANT. "Investigating Eelgrass-Blue Mussel Interaction for Their Application

to the Aquaculture Industry." $118,908. (Project Director) January 1989 to June 1993.

NOAA, NERR. "Developing Guidelines for the Management of Eelgrass Populations Within

Estuarine Research Reserves." $63,700. (Project Director) April 1990 to April 1991.

US EPA, ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY - NARRAGANSETT/US NAVY.

“Case Study of Estuarine Ecological Risk Assessment: Phase I” $354,420. (Project Director)

August 1991 to July 1992.

US NAVY/SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY. “Ecological study for environmental risk

assessment of the Piscataqua River and Great Bay: Phase II”. $389,000 (Project Director) July

1992 to September 1994.

NOAA, COASTAL OCEAN PROGRAM. "Factors and Processes Controlling Eelgrass Habitat

Persistence and Loss." $465,000. (Project Director) June 1990 to June 1993.

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. "Mitigation for the Port of New Hampshire

Expansion." $1,800,000. (Project Director) May 1993 to September 1996.

NOAA, COASTAL OCEAN PROGRAM. “Modelling Eelgrass Habitat Change to Link

Ecosystem Processes with Remote Sensing.” $300,000. (Project Director) October 1993 to May

1997.

NOAA, NERR PROGRAM. “Developing Success Criteria for Eelgrass Restoration.” $99,992.

(Project Director) May 1995 to May 1998.


NOAA/COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE FOR COASTAL AND ESTUARINE

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY (CICEET). “Eelgrass as an Indicator of Nutrient Over-

enrichment in Estuaries.” $450,000. (Project Director) September 1997 to September 2000.

NOAA/CICEET. “Spatial Modeling of Eelgrass Habitat in the Great Bay Estuary.” $186,000.

(Project Director) August 1998 to August, 2001.

NOAA RESTORATION CENTER. “Eelgrass Restoration in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

$400,000. (Project Director) February 1998 to June 2002.

NOAA RESTORATION CENTER. "Development of a Manual for Community-Based

Restoration of Eelgrass Habitat." $55,000. (Project Director) August 2000 to January 2002.

DAVID AND LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION. "Western Pacific Pilot Seagrass

Monitoring Program." $502,835. (Project Director) December 2000 to February 2003.

NEW HAMPSHIRE PORT AUTHORITY. “Annual Port Mitigation Monitoring.” $124,199.

(Project Director) July 2003 to June 2005.

NOAA/CICEET. "Interactive GIS-based, Site Selection Model for Eelgrass Restoration on CD-

ROM." $212,819. (Project Director) Sept 1, 2002 to Sept 1, 2004.

DAVID AND LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION. "SeagrassNet in the Western Pacific"

$380,000. (Project Director) July 2003 to July2005.

OAK FOUNDATION. "SeagrassNet: Belize Seagrass Monitoring Program." $160,000. (Project

Director) July 2003 to July 2005.

NOAA-NOS, INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS/ICUN. "SeagrassNet in Ha Long Bay, Viet

Nam.” $30,000. (Project Director) June 2003 to January 2005.


(Project Director) July 2005 to July 2007.

NOAA/CSC “Integrating SeagrassNet with IOOS and National Estuarine Research Reserves.”

$49,999. (Project Director) Sept 2004 to Mar 2005.

USDA/NRCS “Restoration of Eelgrass and Oyster Habitats in the Great Bay Estuary.”

$300,000. (Co-PI) June 1, 2005 to June 1, 2008.

NEW HAMPSHIRE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION “Gift to support Global SeagrassNet

Monitoring.” $105,000. (Program Director) July 2005-2006.

CREE NATION “Evaluate the Impact of the Hydro Quebec Freshwater Discharge into James

Bay Eelgrass.” $145,164 (Project Director) May 2005 to June 2007.

DAVID AND LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION. "SeagrassNet in the Western Pacific"


$380,000. (Project Director) December 2006 - January 2009.

NEW HAMPSHIRE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION “Support for Global SeagrassNet

Monitoring.” $1,000,000. (Program Director) November 2006 to November 2011.


(Project Director) July 2007 to December 2010.

OAK FOUNDATION. "SeagrassNet and Belize/Mesoamerican Reef Eco-Region Programme)."

$160,000. (Project Director) Oct 2009 to Sep 2012.

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY. “The Eelgrass Resources of Southern New England and

New York: Science in Support of Management and Restoration Success.” $425,000. (Project

Director) April 2010 – March 2012.

NEW HAMPSHIRE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION “Support Eelgrass Studies in Great Bay.”

$50,000. (Program Director) July 2011 to July 2013.

North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation “North America’s Blue Carbon:

Assessing Seagrass, Salt Marsh and Mangrove Carbon Sinks” $72,000, November 2012 to April

2014.

US Army Corp of Engineers, Estuary Habitat Restoration Program. “Eelgrass Restoration in

Puget Sound in Association with Watershed Restoration” (WA DNR) $800,000, July 2014-

2019.

US EPA: Piscataqua Regional Estuary Partnership & New Hampshire Department of

Environmental Services, US EPA. “Mapping and Monitoring Eelgrass and Macroalgae in the

Great Bay Estuary” $75,000, July 2015 to Sept 2016.

Cree Nation of Canada. “Eelgrass Recovery in James Bay, Canada, to Support Sustainability of

Aboriginal Livelihoods in the Cree Nation.” $400,000, July 2015 to September 2017.

Selected Presentations

International Conference on the Environmental Future, Seagrass Ecosystems: Their Global

Status and Prospects, March 2003, Zurich, Switzerland

Restore America's Estuaries Restoration Conference, An Eelgrass Site Selection Model for

Optimum Restoration Success, April 2003, Baltimore, Maryland

South Slough NERR, SeagrassNet Monitoring for Estuarine Research Reserves, March 2005,

Oregon

Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management, Seagrass Restoration Site Selection, March 2005,

Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts


US EPA Eelgrass Meeting, Monitoring Eelgrass Effectively, March 2006, Boston, MA

New England Estuarine Research Society, Evaluating Tsunami Impacts to Coastal Habitats,

April 2006, Hull, Massachusetts

The Mediterranean Seagrass Workshop, World Wide SeagrassNet Monitoring, May 2006, Malta

The 7th International Seagrass Biology Workshop, Assessing Growth in Tropical Seagrasses,

September 2006, Zanzibar, Tanzania

NCEAS Meeting, Global Seagrass Trajectories, Global Seagrass Monitoring, January 2007,

Santa Barbara, California

China Ocean University Seminar, The Global Crisis of Seagrass Decline, July 9, 2008, Qingdao

The 8th International Seagrass Biology Workshop, A Seagrass Global Report Card Based on

SeagrassNet Data, September 3, 2008, Bamfield Marine Station, Vancouver Island, Canada

Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia, The Importance of Seagrass Monitoring,

December 12, 2008, Jakarta, Indonesia

Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, University of Campeche, Mexico, Tropical Atlantic

Seagrass Status, February 5, 2009, Campeche, Mexico

Gulf of Maine Eelgrass Workshop, Keynote speaker: The Big Picture: Eelgrass in the Gulf of

Maine, February 24, 2009, Portland, Maine

Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Temperate North Atlantic Seagrasses, April 8,

2009, Faro, Portugal

Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation - SeagrassNet: A Global Seagrass Monitoring

Program, November 2009, Portland, Oregon

Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC), Global Seagrass Ecology and Climate Change,

April 26, 2010, Palau

World Seagrass Conference, A Global Perspective on Saving the Seagrass Resource, INVITED

KEYNOTE, November 2010, Phuket, Thailand

The 9th International Seagrass Biology Workshop, Restoration of Zostera marina along the east

coast of the USA, November 2010, Phuket, Thailand

New England Annual Eelgrass Workshop, Eelgrass & Nitrogen: The GOOD, the BAD and the

ALGAE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, March 15, 2011, Concord, Massachusetts

New England Estuarine Research Society, Eelgrass Genetics and Resilience in Southern New

England and New York to Support Management and Restoration Success, May 2011, Port

Jefferson, NY


Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation - Eelgrass Genetics and Resilience in Southern New

England and New York to Support Management and Restoration Success, November 2011,

Datona, Florida

Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation - Puget Sound Monitoring Shows Eelgrass Declines –

How and why? November 2013, San Diego, CA

The 9th International Seagrass Biology Workshop - What Do Seagrasses Tell Us About the

Global Oceans? INVITED KEYNOTE. Sanya, China. 2014

New England Annual Eelgrass Meeting - Mapping Seagrass Blue Carbon Habitats in North

America, Boston, MA. 2015

Outreach and Service Activity

- Advise Piscataqua Regional Estuary Partnership, EPA on eelgrass monitoring

- Speaker Sound Waters Community Education Day, Puget Sound, WA

- Advise Washington Department of Natural Resources on Seagrass monitoring/ stressor analysis

- Advise Puget Sound Partnership Washington, seagrass monitoring and management

- Advise Puget Sound, Community Beach Watchers, Whidbey Is, WA, on eelgrass monitoring

- Advise NH Department of Transportation on eelgrass ecology, restoration, and mitigation

- Advise NH Department of Environmental Services on eelgrass dredging

- Advise US Army Corps of Engineers on eelgrass issues

- Advise National Marine Fisheries Service on eelgrass ecology and restoration

- Advise US EPA on eelgrass ecology and restoration

- Advise Canadian Government Department of Fisheries and Oceans in the identification of

Eelgrass as an Ecologically Significant Species in Eastern Canada

- Review manuscripts for the following journals: Aquatic Botany, Ecology, Restoration Ecology,

Marine Ecology Progress Series, Estuaries, Limnology and Oceanography, Environmental

Conservation, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Australian Journal of Marine Science

- Review grant proposals for the National Science Foundation, Sea Grant, National Estuarine

Research Reserve Program, and the US EPA

- Member, New Hampshire Dredge Task Force

Peer Reviewed Publications

(1) Short, F.T. 1980. A simulation model of the seagrass production system. In R.C. Phillips

and C.P. McRoy (eds.) Handbook of Seagrass Biology: An Ecosystem Perspective. Garland

STPM Press, NY pp. 275-295.

(2) Glime, J.M., S.E. Trynoski, and F.T. Short. 1981. Bryophyte diversity: case studies using the


Billouin Index to describe epiphytes and an alkaline marsh. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 50:179-190.

(3) Short, F.T. 1983. Response of the interstitial ammonium in eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) beds

to environmental perturbations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 68:195-

208.

(4) Short, F.T. 1983. The seagrass, Zostera marina L.: Plant morphology and bed structure in

relation to sediment ammonium in Izembek Lagoon, Alaska. Aquatic Botany 16:149-161.

(5) Short, F.T. and M.L. Cambridge. 1984. Male flowers of Halophila engelmanni: Description

and flowering ecology. Aquatic Botany 18:413-416.

(6) Short, F.T. and C.P. McRoy. 1984. Nitrogen uptake by leaves and roots of the seagrass

Zostera marina L. Botanica Marina 27:547-555.

(7) Short, F.T. and C.A. Short. 1984. The seagrass filter: purification of coastal water. In V.S.

Kennedy (ed.) The Estuary as a Filter. Academic Press. pp. 395-413.

(8) Short, F.T. 1985. A method for the culture of tropical seagrasses. Aquatic Botany 22: 187-

194.

(9) Short, F.T., M.W. Davis, R.A. Gibson and C.F. Zimmermann. 1985. Evidence for

phosphorus limitation in carbonate sediments of the seagrass Syringodium filiforme.

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 20, 419-430.

(10) Braselton, J.P. and F.T. Short. 1985. Karyotypic analysis of Plasmodiophora diplantherae

on the seagrass Halodule wrightii. Mycologia 77:940-945.

(11) Donard, O.F.X., W.F. Guerin, F.T. Short, S. Raspomanikis and J.H. Weber. 1985. Alkyltin

in the Great Bay estuarine ecosystem (New Hampshire). Proceedings Inter. Conf. Heavy

Metals in the Environment, Athens, Greece. September 1985.

(12) Short, F.T. 1986. Ecology of Bahamian Seagrasses. In Smith (ed.) Botany of the Bahamas,

CCFL Bahamian Field Station Publication, San Salvador, Bahamas, pp. 1-18.

(13) Short, F.T., A.C. Mathieson and J.I. Nelson. 1986. Recurrence of the eelgrass wasting

disease at the border of New Hampshire and Maine, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series

29:89-92.

(14) Howard, R. and F.T. Short. 1986. Seagrass epiphyte removal by grazing epifauna: effects

on growth, morphology and survivorship of seagrass in culture. Aquatic Botany 24:287-302.

(15) Short, F.T. 1987. (Editor) Environmental Impacts on Seagrass. Special Issue Aquatic

Botany Vol. 27, No. 1.

(16) Short, F.T. 1987. Effects of sediment nutrients on seagrasses: Literature review and

mesocosm experiments. Aquatic Botany 27:41-57.


(17) Donard, O.F.X., F.T. Short and J.H. Weber. 1987. Regulation of tin and methyltin

compounds by the green alga Enteromorpha under simulated estuarine conditions. Canadian

Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 44:140-145.

(18) Short, F.T., L.K. Muehlstein and D. Porter. 1987. Eelgrass wasting disease: cause and

recurrence of a marine epidemic. Biological Bulletin 173:557-562.

(19) Short, F.T., B.W. Ibelings, and C. den Hartog. 1988. Comparison of a current eelgrass

disease to the wasting disease of the 1930's. Aquatic Botany 30:295-304.

(20) Muehlstein, L.K., D. Porter and F.T. Short. 1988. Labyrinthula sp., a marine slime mold

producing the symptoms of wasting disease in eelgrass, Zostera marina. Marine Biology

99:465-472.

(21) Francois, R., F.T. Short, and J.H. Weber. 1989. Accumulation and persistence of tributyltin

in Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) tissue. Environmental Science and Technology 23:191-196.

(22) Short, F.T., J. Wolf, and G.E. Jones. 1989. Sustaining eelgrass to manage a healthy estuary.

Proceedings of Sixth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management/ASCE. July 11-

14/Charlestown, SC. pp. 3689-3706.

(23) Short, F.T., W.C. Dennison and D.G. Capone. 1990. Phosphorus limited growth in the

tropical seagrass Syringodium filiforme in carbonate sediments. Marine Ecology Progress

Series 62:169-174.

(24) Short, F.T. 1990. Seagrass: Inorganic chemical constituents. In R.C. Phillips and C.P.

McRoy (eds.) Seagrass Research Methods. UNESCO Press, Paris, France.

(25) Buchsbaum, R.N., F.T. Short, and D.P. Cheney. 1990. Phenolic-nitrogen interactions in

eelgrass, Zostera marina L.: possible implications for disease resistance. Aquatic Botany

37:291-297.

(26) Muehlstein, L.K., D. Porter, and F.T. Short. 1991. Labyrinthula zosterae sp. Nov., the

causative agent of wasting disease of eelgrass, Zostera marina. Mycologia 83(2):180-191.

(27) Short, F.T., G.E. Jones, and D.M. Burdick. 1991. Seagrass Decline: Problems and

Solutions. Proceedings of Seventh Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management/ASCE.

Long Beach, CA.

(28) Newell, C.R., H. Hidu, B.J. McAlice, G. Podniesinski, F. Short and L. Kindblom. 1991.

Recruitment and commercial seed procurement of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis in Maine.

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 22:134-152.

(29) Burdick, D.M., F.T. Short and J. Wolf. 1993. An index to assess and monitor the

progression of the wasting disease in eelgrass, Zostera marina. Marine Ecology Progress

Series 94:83-90.

(30) Short, F.T., J. Montgomery, C.F. Zimmermann, and C.A. Short. 1993. Seasonal seagrass


abundance and nutrient dynamics of a Syringodium filiforme Kutz. bed in the Indian River

Lagoon, Fl, USA., Estuaries 16:323-334.

(31) Short, F.T., D. Porter, H. Iizumi and K. Aioi. 1993. Occurrence of the eelgrass pathogen,

Labyrinthula zostera, in Japan. Disease of Aquatic Organisms 16:73-77.

(32) Macloed, R., R. Congalton, and F. Short. 1995. Using quantitative accuracy assessment

techniques to compare various change detection algorithms for monitoring eelgrass

distributions in Great Bay, NH generated from Landsat TM data. Proceedings of the Sixty-

First Annual Meeting of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing,

Charlotte, North Carolina. Volume 3. pp. 876-885.

(33) Short, F.T., D.M. Burdick and J.E. Kaldy. 1995. Mesocosm experiments quantify the

effects of eutrophication on eelgrass, Zostera marina L., Limnology and Oceanography

40:740-749.

(34) Short, F.T., Burdick, D.M., Granger, S. & Nixon, S.W. 1996. Long-term decline in eelgrass,

Zostera marina L., linked to increased housing development. In: Seagrass Biology:

Proceedings of an International Workshop, Rottnest Island, Western Australia, 25-29

January 1996. ed. J. Kuo, R.C. Phillips, D.I. Walker, & H. Kirkman. pp. 291-98. Nedlands,

Western Australia: Sciences UWA.

(35) Short, F.T. and D. M. Burdick. 1996. Quantifying eelgrass habitat loss in relation to

housing development and nitrogen loading in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Estuaries 19:730-

739.

(36) Short, F.T. and S. Wyllie-Echeverria. 1996. Natural and human-induced disturbance of

seagrasses. Environmental Conservation 23(1): 17-27.

(37) Grizzle, R.E., F.T. Short, H. Hoven, L. Kindbloom and C.R. Newell. 1996.

Hydrodynamically induced synchronous waving of seagrasses: “monami” and its possible

effects on larval mussel settlement. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

206: 165-177.

(38) Burdick, D. M., M. Dionne, R.M. Boumans and F.T. Short. 1997. Ecological responses to

tidal restoration of two northern New England salt marshes. Wetlands Ecology and

Management 4:129-144.

(39) Davis, R. and F.T. Short. 1997. Restoring eelgrass, Zostera marina L., habitat using a new

transplanting technique: the horizontal rhizome method. Aquatic Botany 59:1-15.

(40) Davis, R, F.T. Short, and D. M. Burdick. 1998. Quantifying the effects of green crab

damage to eelgrass transplants. Restoration Ecology 6:297-302.

(41) Burdick, D.M. and F.T. Short. 1999. The effects of boat docks on eelgrass beds in coastal

waters of Massachusetts. Environmental Management 23:231-240.

(42) Short, F.T. and H. Neckles. 1999. The effects of global climate change on seagrasses.


Aquatic Botany 63:169-196.

(43) Hoven, H.M., H.E. Gaudette, and F.T. Short. 1999. Isotope ratios of 206Pb/207Pb in

eelgrass, Zostera marina L., indicate sources of Pb in an estuary. Marine Environmental

Research 48:377-387.

(44) Dionne, M., F.T. Short and D.M. Burdick. 1999. Fish utilization of restored, created and

reference salt marsh habitat in the Gulf of Maine. Journal of the American Fisheries Society

22:384-404.

(45) Short, F.T., D.M. Burdick, C.A. Short, R.C. Davis and P.A. Morgan. 2000. Developing

success criteria for restored eelgrass, salt marsh and mud flat habitats. Ecological

Engineering 15: 239-252.

(46) Short, F.T. and C.A. Short. 2000. Identifying seagrass growth forms for leaf and rhizome

marking applications. Biol. Mar. Medit. 7(2): 131-134.

(47) Short, F.T. and S. Wyllie-Echeverria. 2000. Global seagrass declines and effect of climate

change. pp. 10-11. In: C.R.C. Sheppard (ed.) Seas at the Millennium: An Environmental

Evaluation. Vol. III: Global Issues and Processes. Pergamon, Elsevier. Amsterdam.

(48) Roman, C.T. N. Jaworski, F.T. Short, S. Findlay, and R.S. Warren. 2000. Estuaries of the

Northeastern United States: Habitat and Land Use Signatures. Estuaries 23: 743-764.

(49) Short, F.T.,K. Matso, H. Hoven, J. Whitten, D.M. Burdick and C.A. Short. 2001. Lobster

use of eelgrass habitat in the Piscataqua River on the New Hampshire/Maine Border, USA.

Estuaries 24: 277-284.

(50) Short, F.T., R.G. Coles, and C. Pergent-Martini. 2001. Global seagrass distribution. pp. 5-

30. In: Short, F.T. and R.G. Coles (eds.) Global Seagrass Research Methods. Elsevier

Science B.V., Amsterdam.

(51) Short, F.T. and C.M. Duarte. 2001. Methods for the measurement of seagrass growth and

production. pp. 155-182. In: Short, F.T. and R.G. Coles (eds.) Global Seagrass Research

Methods. Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam.

(52) Short, F.T., R.C. Davis, B.S. Kopp, C.A. Short and D.M. Burdick. 2002. Site selection

model for optimal restoration of eelgrass, Zostera marina L. Marine Ecology Progress Series

227:253-267.

(53) Morgan, P.A. and F.T. Short. 2002. Using functional trajectories to track constructed salt marsh

development in the Great Bay Estuary, ME/NH, USA. Restoration Ecology 10: 461-473

(54) Ralph, P.J. and F.T. Short. 2002. Impact of the wasting disease pathogen, Labyrinthula

zosterae, on the photobiology of eelgrass, Zostera marina. Marine Ecology Progress Series

228:265-271.


(55) Short, F.T., B. S. Kopp, J. Gaeckle and H. Tamaki. 2002. Seagrass ecology and estuarine

mitigation: a low-cost method for eelgrass restoration. Japan Fisheries Science 68:1759-1762.

(56) Johnston, R.K., W.R. Munns, Jr., P.L. Tyler, P. Marajh-Whittemore, K. Finkelstein, K.

Munney, F.T. Short, A. Melville and S.P. Hahn. 2002. Weighing the evidence of ecological

risk from chemical contamination in the estuarine environment adjacent to the Portsmouth

Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21:182-194.

(57) Gaeckle, J. and F.T. Short. 2003. A plastochrone-based method for measuring leaf growth in

eelgrass, Zostera marina L., Bulletin of Marine Science 71(3):1237–1246.

(58) Spalding, M., M. Taylor, C. Ravilious, F. Short and E. Green. 2003. Global overview: the

distribution and status of seagrasses. pp. 5-26. In: Green, E.P. and Short, F.T. (eds.). World

Atlas of Seagrasses: Present Status and Future Conservation. University of California Press,

Berkeley, USA.

(59) Short, F.T. and C.A. Short. 2003. Seagrasses of the western North Atlantic. pp. 225-233. In:

Green, E.P. and Short, F.T. (eds.). World Atlas of Seagrasses: Present Status and Future

Conservation. University of California Press, Berkeley, USA.

(60) Coles, R., L. McKenzie, S. Campbell, M. Fortes, F. Short. 2003. The seagrasses of the western

Pacific islands. pp. 177-186. In: Green, E.P. and Short, F.T. (eds.). World Atlas of Seagrasses.

University of California Press, Berkeley, USA.

(61) Behm, P.M., R.M.J. Boumans and F.T. Short. 2004. Spatial modeling of eelgrass distribution

in Great Bay, New Hampshire. In: R. Costanza and A. Voinov (eds.), Landscape Simulation

Modeling: A Spatially Explicit, Dynamic Approach, pp. 173-196. Springer-Verlag, New York.

(62) Lee, K.S., F.T. Short, D.M. Burdick. 2004. Development of a nutrient pollution indicator

using the seagrass, Zostera marina, along nutrient gradients in three New England estuaries.

Aquatic Botany 78:197–216.

(63) Neckles, H.A., F.T. Short, S. Barker, and B.S. Kopp. 2005. Disturbance of eelgrass (Zostera

marina L.) by commercial mussel (Mytilus edulis) harvesting in Maine: dragging impacts

and habitat recovery. Marine Ecology Progress Series 285:57-73.

(64) Evans, N.T. and F.T. Short. 2005. Functional trajectory models for assessment of transplant

development of seagrass, Zostera marina L., beds in the Great Bay Estuary, NH, USA.

Estuaries 28:936–947.

(65) Coles, R.C, L. McKenzie, S. Campbell, R. Yoshida, A. Edward and F. Short. 2005. The

effect of causeway construction on seagrass meadows in the Western Pacific – a lesson from

the ancient city of Nan Madol, Madolenihmw, Pohnpei, FSM. Pacific Conservation Biology

11:214-220.

(66) Gaeckle, J.L., F.T. Short, S.E. Ibarra-Obando, and A.E. Meling-López. 2006. Sheath length

as a monitoring tool for calculating leaf growth in eelgrass (Zostera marina L.). Aquatic

Botany 84:226-232.


(67) Moore, K.A. and F.T. Short. 2006. Zostera: Biology, Ecology and Management. pp. 361-

386. In: T. Larkum, R. Orth and C. Duarte (eds.). Seagrasses: Biology, Ecology and

Conservation. Springer, The Netherlands.

(68) Short, F.T., R. Davis, B.S. Kopp, J.L. Gaeckle and D.M. Burdick. 2006. Using TERFS and

Site Selection for Improved Eelgrass Restoration Success. Proceedings of the Seagrass

Workshop (Mote Marine Lab, 2003).

(69) Short, F.T., E. Koch, J.C. Creed, K.M. Magalhaes. 2006. SeagrassNet monitoring of habitat

change across the Americas. Biol. Mar. Medit. 13:272-276.

(70) Short F.T., E. Fernandez, A. Vernon, and J. L. Gaeckle. 2006. Occurrence of Halophila

baillonii meadows in Belize, Central America. Aquatic Botany 85:249-251.

(71) Short, F.T., E. Koch, J.C. Creed, K.M. Magalhaes, E. Fernandez, J.L. Gaeckle. 2006.

SeagrassNet monitoring across the Americas: case studies of seagrass decline. Marine

Ecology 27:277-289.

(72) Orth, R.J., T.J.B. Carruthers, W.C. Dennison, C.M. Duarte, J.W. Fourqurean, K.L. Heck, Jr.,

A.R. Hughes, G.A. Kendrick, W.J. Kenworthy, S. Olyarnik, F.T. Short, M. Waycott, S.L.

Williams. 2006. A Global Crisis for Seagrass Ecosystems. Bioscience 56:987-996.

(73) Rivers, D.O. and F.T. Short. 2007. Impact of grazing by Canada geese (Branta canadensis)

on an eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) meadow, New Hampshire, USA. Marine Ecology

Progress Series 333:271–279.

(74) Pergent, G., C. Pergent-Martini, B. Casalta, C., L. Royo, B. Mimault, M. Salivas-Decaux,

and F. Short. 2007. Comparison of three seagrass monitoring systems: SeagrassNet,

"Posidonia" programme and rsp. Proceedings of the 3rd Mediterranean symposium on

marine vegetation, Marseilles, 27-29 March 2007.

(75) Short, F.T., W.C. Dennison, T.J.B. Carruthers, M. Waycott. 2007. Global Seagrass

Distribution and Diversity: A Bioregional Model. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology

and Ecology 350:3-20.

(76) Abu Hena, M.K., F.T. Short, S.M. Sharifuzzaman, M. Hasan, M. Rezowan, M. Ali. 2007.

Salt marsh and seagrass communities of Bakkhali Estuary, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 75:72-78.

(77) Duarte, C.M., J. Borum, F. T. Short, and D. I. Walker. 2008. Seagrass Ecosystems: Their

Global Status and Prospects. pp. 281-294. In: N.V.C. Polunin, (ed) Aquatic Ecosystems:

Trends and Global Prospects. Cambridge Univ. Press. UK.

(78) Freeman, A.S., F.T. Short, I. Isnain, F.A. Razak, and R.G. Coles. 2008. Seagrass on the

edge: land-use practices threaten coastal seagrass communities in Sabah, Malaysia.

Biological Conservation 141:2993-3005.


(79) Björk M., F. Short, E. Mcleod, and S. Beer. 2008. Managing Seagrasses for Resilience to

Climate Change. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 56pp.

(80) Beem, N. and F.T. Short. 2009. Subtidal Eelgrass Declines in the Great Bay Estuary, NH-

ME. Estuaries and Coasts 32:202-205.

(81) Abu Hena M.K. and F. Short. 2009. A New Record of Seagrass Halophila beccarii Ascherson

in Bangladesh. CMU. J. Nat. Sci. 8(2): 201-206.

(82) Waycott, M., C.M. Duarte, T.J.B. Carruthers, R.J. Orth, W.C. Dennison, S. Olyarnik, A.

Calladine, J.W. Fourqurean, K.L. Heck Jr., A.R. Hughes, G.A. Kendrick, W.J. Kenworthy,

F.T. Short and S.L. Williams. 2009. Accelerating loss of seagrasses across the globe

threatens coastal ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 106:

12377–12381.

(83) Novak, A. B., E. Hines, D. Kwan, L Parr, M. T. Tun, H. Win, and F. T. Short. 2009.

Revised ranges of seagrass species in the Myeik Archipelago, Myanmar. Aquatic Botany 91:

250-252.

(84) Novak, A. B. and F.T. Short. 2010. Leaf reddening in seagrasses. Botanica Marina 53: 93-

97.

(85) Beem, N., M. Dufilho and F. Short. 2010. From seals to snails: understanding eelgrass.

Green Teacher 30-35.

(86) Ochieng, C.A., F.T. Short, D.I. Walker. 2010. Effect of light on plant parameters and

photosynthetic characteristics of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.): a mesocosm experiment

Journal of Experimental. Marine Biology and Ecology 382:117–124.

(87) Short F.T., G.E Moore, and K. Peyton. 2010. Halophila ovalis in the Tropical Atlantic

Ocean. Aquatic Botany 93:141–146

(88) Vaudrey, J.M.P., J.N. Kremer, B.F. Branco, and F.T. Short. 2010. Seagrass recovery after

nutrient enrichment reversal. Aquatic Botany 93: 237–243.

(89) Newell, C.R. , F.T. Short, H.M. Hoven, L. Healey, V. Pachang, G. Cheng. 2010. The dispersal

dynamics of juvenile plantigrade mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) from eelgrass (Zostera marina)

meadows in Maine, U.S.A. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 394:45–52

(90) Hoffmann, M., C. Hilton-Taylor, A. Angulo, M. Böhm, T. M. Brooks, S. H. M. Butchart, K.

E. Carpenter, J. Chanson, B. Collen, N. A. Cox, W. R. T. Darwall, N. K. Dulvy, L. R.

Harrison, V. Katariya, C. M. Pollock, S. Quader, N. I. Richman, A. S. L. Rodrigues, M. F.

Tognelli, J.-C. Vié, J. M. Aguiar, D. J. Allen, G. R. Allen, G. Amori, N. B. Ananjeva, F.

Andreone, P. Andrew, A. L. A. Ortiz, J. E. M. Baillie, R. Baldi, B. D. Bell, S. D. Biju, J. P.

Bird, P. Black-Decima, J. J. Blanc, F. Bolaños, W. Bolivar-G., I. J. Burfield, J. A. Burton, D.

R. Capper, F. Castro, G. Catullo, R. D. Cavanagh, A. Channing, N. L. Chao, A. M. Chenery,

F. Chiozza, V. Clausnitzer, N. J. Collar, L. C. Collett, B. B. Collette, C. F. C. Fernandez, M.

T. Craig, M. J. Crosby, N. Cumberlidge, A. Cuttelod, A. E. Derocher, A. C. Diesmos, J. S.

Donaldson, J. W. Duckworth, G. Dutson, S. K. Dutta, R. H. Emslie, A. Farjon, S. Fowler, J.


Freyhof, D. L. Garshelis, J. Gerlach, D. J. Gower, T. D. Grant, G. A. Hammerson, R. B.

Harris, L. R. Heaney, S. B. Hedges, J.-M. Hero, B. Hughes, S. A. Hussain, J. Icochea M., R.

F. Inger, N. Ishii, D. T. Iskandar, R. K. B. Jenkins, Y. Kaneko, M. Kottelat, K. M. Kovacs, S.

L. Kuzmin, E. La Marca, J. F. Lamoreux, M. W. N. Lau, E. O. Lavilla, K. Leus, R. L.

Lewison, G. Lichtenstein, S. R. Livingstone, V. Lukoschek, D. P. Mallon, P. J. K. McGowan,

A. McIvor, P. D. Moehlman, S. Molur, A. M. Alonso, J. A. Musick, K. Nowell, R. A.

Nussbaum, W. Olech, N. L. Orlov, T. J. Papenfuss, G. Parra-Olea, W. F. Perrin, B. A.

Polidoro, M. Pourkazemi, P. A. Racey, J. S. Ragle, M. Ram, G. Rathbun, R. P. Reynolds, A.

G. J. Rhodin, S. J. Richards, L. O. Rodríguez, S. R. Ron, C. Rondinini, A. B. Rylands, Y.

Sadovy de Mitcheson, J. C. Sanciangco, K. L. Sanders, G. Santos-Barrera, J. Schipper, C.

Self-Sullivan, Y. Shi, A. Shoemaker, F. T. Short, C. Sillero-Zubiri, D. L. Silvano, K. G.

Smith, A. T. Smith, J. Snoeks, A. J. Stattersfield, A. J. Symes, A. B. Taber, B. K. Talukdar,

H. J. Temple, R. Timmins, J. A. Tobias, K. Tsytsulina, D. Tweddle, C. Ubeda, S. V. Valenti,

P. Paul van Dijk, L. M. Veiga, A. Veloso, D. C. Wege, M. Wilkinson, E. A. Williamson, F.

Xie, B. E. Young, H. R. Akçakaya, L. Bennun, T. M. Blackburn, L. Boitani, H. T. Dublin, G.

A. B. da Fonseca, C. Gascon, T. E. Lacher, G. M. Mace, S. A. Mainka, J. A. McNeely, R. A.

Mittermeier, G. M. Reid, J. P. Rodriguez, A. A. Rosenberg, M. J. Samways, J. Smart, B. A.

Stein, and S. N. Stuart. 2010. The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s

Vertebrates. Science 330:1503-1509.

(91) Coles, R., A. Grech, M. Rasheed, L. McKenzie1, R. Unsworth and F. Short. 2010. Seagrass

Ecology and Threats in the Tropical Indo-Pacific Bioregion. In: R. S. Pirog (ed.) Seagrass:

Ecology, Uses and Threats. Nova Science Publishers.

(92) Campagna, C., F.T. Short, B. A. Polidoro, R. McManus, B. Collette, N. J. Pilcher, Y.,

Simon Stuart, K. E. Carpenter. 2011. Gulf of Mexico oil blowout increases risks to globally

threatened species. BioScience 61:393-397.

(93) Short, F.T., B. Polidoro, S. R. Livingstone, K. E. Carpenter, S. Bandeira, J.S. Bujang, H. P.

Calumpong, T. J. B. Carruthers, R.G. Coles, W.C. Dennison, P. L. A. Erftemeijer, M. D.

Fortes, A.S. Freeman, T. G. Jagtap, A. H. M. Kamal, G. A. Kendrick, W. J. Kenworthy, Y.

A. La Nafie, I. M. Nasution, R. J. Orth, A. Prathep, J. C. Sanciangco, B. van Tussenbroek, S.

G. Vergara, M. Waycott, J.C. Zieman. 2011. Extinction Risk Assessment of the World’s

Seagrass Species. Biological Conservation 144: 1961-1971.

(94) Mathieson, A.C., G.E. Moore, F.T. Short. 2011. A floristic comparison of seaweeds from

James Bay and three contiguous northeastern Canadian arctic sites. Rhodora 112:396-433.

(95) Novak, A. B. and F.T. Short. 2011a. Leaf reddening in the seagrass Thalassia testudinum in

relation to anthocyanins, seagrass physiology and morphology, and plant protection, Marine

Biology 155:1403–1416. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1658-y.

(96) Novak, A. B. and F.T. Short. 2011b. UV-b induces leaf reddening and supports

photosynthesis in the seagrass Thalassia testudinum. J. Exper. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 409:136–142.

(97) Novak, A. B. and F.T. Short. 2012. Permanent and Transient leaf reddening in the

seagrass Thalassia testudinum. Bulletin of Marine Science 88: 305–315.


(98) Cabaço, S., E.T. Apostolaki, P. García-Marín, R. Gruber, I. Hernández, B. Martínez-Crego,

O. Mascaró, M. Pérez, A. Prathep, C. Robinson, J. Romero, A. L. Schmidt, F.T. Short, B.I.

van Tussenbroek, R. Santos. 2013. Effects of nutrient enrichment on seagrass population

dynamics: evidence and synthesis from the biomass-density relationships. Journal of Ecology

101: 1552–1562.

(99) Abu Hena, MK, Japar Sidik, Aysha A, Habib Ahasan, Short FT. 2013. Estuarine

Macrophytes at Bakkhali, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh with Reference to Mangrove Diversity.

Chiang Mai Journal of Science 40:556-563.

(100) Willette, D.A., J. Chalifour, A.O.D. Debrot, M.S. Engel, J. Miller, H.A. Oxenford, F.T.

Short, S.C.C. Steiner, F. Védie. 2014. Continued expansion of the trans-Atlantic invasive

marine angiosperm Halophila stipulacea in the Eastern Caribbean. Aquatic Botany 112: 98–

102.

(101) Petersen, G, O. Seberg, F.T. Short and M.D. Fortes. 2014. Complete genomic congruence

but non-monophyly of Cymodocea (Cymodoceaceae) – a small group of seagrasses. Taxon

63 (1): 3–8.

(102) Coles, R, F. Short, M. Fortes, J. Kuo. 2014. Twenty years of seagrass networking and

advancing seagrass science: The International Seagrass Biology Workshop Series. Pacific

Conservation Biology 20: 8-16.

(103) Short, F., R. Coles, M Fortes, S.Victor, M. Salik, I. Isnain, J Andrew, A. Seno. 2014.

Monitoring in the Western Pacific Region shows evidence of seagrass decline in line with

global trends. Marine Pollution Bulletin 83: 408–416.

(104) Marques, L.V., F. T. Short and J.C. Creed. 2014. Sunspots drive seagrasses. Biological

Rhythm Research. Online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09291016.2014.948300

(105) Pergent, G., C. Pergent-Martini, A. Bein, M. Dedeken, P. Oberti, A. Orsini, J-F. Santucci,

F. Short. 2015. Dynamic of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows in the northwestern

Mediterranean: Could climate change be to blame? Comptes Rendus Biologies 338: 484–

493.

(106) Short, F.T., C.A. Short, A. Novak. 2015. Seagrasses. In: G. R. Milton and C. Prentice eds.

Volume 4, Wetland Encyclopedia. Springer Publishers (in press).

(107) Peeri S., J. Morrison, F. Short, A. Mathieson, T. Lippmann. 2015. Eelgrass and macroalgal

mapping to develop nutrient criteria in New Hampshire’s estuaries using hyperspectral

imagery. JCR Special Issue: Advances in Topobathymetric Mapping, Models, and

Applications. (in press).

Books Published

Short, F.T. (ed.). 1992. The Ecology of the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire and Maine: An

Estuarine Profile and Bibliography. NOAA - Coastal Ocean Program Publ. 222 pp.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09291016.2014.948300


Short, F.T. and R.G. Coles (eds.). 2001. Global Seagrass Research Methods. Elsevier Science

B.V., Amsterdam. 473 pp.

Green, E.P. and Short, F.T. (eds.). 2003. World Atlas of Seagrasses. University of California

Press, Berkeley, USA. 324 pp.

Reports and Other Publications

Short, F.T., S.W. Nixon, and C.A. Oviatt. 1974. Field studies and simulation with a fine grid

hydrodynamic model - seagrass and circulation in Charlestown Pond. In An Environmental

Study of a Nuclear Power Plant at Charlestown, R.I., University of Rhode Island 33, VI-B, pp. 1-

27.

Short, F.T. 1981. Nitrogen resource analysis and modelling of an eelgrass (Zostera marina L.)

meadow in Izembek Lagoon, Alaska. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Alaska. Available in

University Microfilms.

Short, F.T., D.M. Burdick, J. Wolf and G.E. Jones. 1993. Eelgrass in Estuarine Research

Reserves Along the East Coast, U.S.A., Part I: Declines from Pollution and Disease and Part II:

Management of Eelgrass Meadows. NOAA - Coastal Ocean Program Publ. 107 pp.

Bosworth, W. and F. T. Short. 1993. Mitigation Plan for the New Hampshire Commercial

Marine Terminal Development Project in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Balsam Environmental

Consultants, Inc., Jackson Estuarine Laboratory and Great Meadow Farms Rpt. to US Army

Corps of Engineers, New England Division, Waltham, MA. 98 pp.

Johnston, R.K., W.R. Munns, Jr., F.T. Short and S. Hahn. 1994. The use of ecological risk

assessment data to establish surface water and sediment media protection standards for the

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine USA. Proc. of the Environmental Restoration

Opportunities Conference, 25-27 October, Munich.

Johnston, R.K., W.R. Munns, Jr., F.T. Short and H.A. Walker (eds.). 1994. An Estuarine

Ecological Risk Assessment Case Study for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine. Naval

Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Environmental Research Laboratory Narragansett.

Short, F.T., H. Hoven, J. Whitten, B. Johnston, R.E. Grizzle, L.G. Ward and D.M. Burdick.

1994. Lobster use of eelgrass habitat in the Piscataqua River on the New Hampshire/Maine

Border. 10 pp. In: F.T. Short and L.G. Ward (eds.), Collection and Analysis of Ecological Data

from the Great Bay Estuary. Report to the US Navy.

Short, F.T. 1994. Proposed plan for long term monitoring of contaminant levels in the estuary

near the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. 33 pp. In: F.T. Short and L.G. Ward (eds.), Collection and

Analysis of Ecological Data from the Great Bay Estuary. Report to the US Navy.

Short, F.T. 1994. Status of blue mussels in Portsmouth Harbor and the Great Bay Estuary: their


use in assessment of contaminant levels in the Estuary near the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. 25

pp. In: F.T. Short and L.G. Ward (eds.), Collection and Analysis of Ecological Data from the

Great Bay Estuary. Report to the US Navy.

Short, F.T. 1994. Status of eelgrass in Portsmouth Harbor and its use in assessing heavy metal

contaminants in the estuary near the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. 37 pp. In: F.T. Short and L.G.

Ward (eds.), Collection and Analysis of Ecological Data from the Great Bay Estuary. Report to

the US Navy.

Short, F.T. and D.M. Burdick. 1995. The effects of boat docks on eelgrass beds in

Massachusetts coastal waters. Final Report to Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research

Reserve and Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management.

Short, F.T., R.G. Congalton, D.M. Burdick, and R.M. Boumans. 1997. Modelling eelgrass

habitat change to link ecosystem processes with remote sensing. Final Report to NOAA Coastal

Ocean Program and NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program.

Short, C.A. and F.T. Short. 1997. The port that supports. Conservation Matters, Journal of the

Conservation Law Foundation.

Short, F.T., L. Ward, R. Langan, B. Celikkol, and J. Scott. 1998. Piscataqua River open cut

impact analysis: joint pipeline project. Maritimes and Northeast and PNGTS. Final Report to

Earth Tech, Inc.

Short, F.T., C.A. Short, D.M. Burdick, R.C. Davis. 1998. Restoration of seagrass habitat

functions and values: transplanting, monitoring, and success evaluation. First Joint Meeting of

the Coastal Environmental Science and Technology (CEST) Panel of UJNR. 17-20 March 1998.

Hayama, Japan pp. 19.1-19.9.

Short, F.T., Burdick, D.M., Bosworth, W., Grizzle, R.E., Davis, R.C. 1998. New Hampshire

Port Authority Mitigation Project Progress Report, June 1998 Prepared for the New Hampshire

Port Authority and the New Hampshire Dept. of Transportation, 59 pp.

Short, F.T. and R.C. Davis. 1999. Critical factors in eelgrass habitat restoration: a site selection

model. Second Joint Meeting of the Coastal Environmental Science and Technology (CEST)

Panel of UJNR. October 1999. Charleston, SC pp. 154-174.

Kopp, B.S. and F.T. Short. 2001. New Bedford Harbor Eelgrass Restoration Project, 1999-2000.

Progress Report. New Bedford Harbor Trustees Council. 54 pp.

Short, F.T., L.J. McKenzie, R.G. Coles, and K.P. Vidler. 2002. SeagrassNet Manual for

Scientific Monitoring of Seagrass Habitat. Queensland Department of Primary Industries, QFS,

Cairns, Australia. 56 pp.

Short, F.T., B. Celikkol, R. Costanza, R. M. Boumans. 2003. Spatial Modeling of Eelgrass

Habitat Change in Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve: a final report submitted to

the NOAA/UNH Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology.

University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 25 pp. +CD-ROM.


Short, F.T. and Burdick D.M. 2003. Eelgrass as an indicator of nutrient over-enrichment in

estuaries: a final report submitted to the NOAA/UNH Cooperative Institute for Coastal and

Estuarine Environmental Technology. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 60 pp. +CD-

ROM.

Short, F.T., R.G. Coles, E. Koch and M. Fortes. 2003. Western Pacific Pilot Seagrass Monitoring

Program. Year 2 Report to the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. University of New

Hampshire, Durham, NH 52 pp. +CD-ROM.

Short, F.T. 2004. Investigation of the Loss of Eelgrass in James Bay, Canada. Report to The Cree

Nation, Quebec, Canada.

Short, F.T., L.J. McKenzie, R.G. Coles, and J.L. Gaeckle. 2004. SeagrassNet Manual for

Scientific Monitoring of Seagrass Habitat – Western Pacific Edition. University of New

Hampshire, USA & Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Cairns, Australia. 72 pp.

Short, F.T., L.J. McKenzie, R.G. Coles, K.P. Vidler, and J.L. Gaeckle. 2005. SeagrassNet

Manual for Scientific Monitoring of Seagrass Habitat – Caribbean Edition. University of New

Hampshire Publication, Durham, NH, USA. 71 pp.

Short, F.T. and Burdick D.M. 2005. Interactive GIS-based, Site Selection Model for Eelgrass

Restoration on CD-ROM, a final report submitted to the NOAA/UNH Cooperative Institute for

Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

49 pp. +CD-ROM.

Short, F.T. 2005. SeagrassNet: A Global Seagrass Monitoring Program – Belize, Report to the

Oak Foundation. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 8 pp

Short, F.T., R.G. Coles, E. Koch and M. Fortes. 2005. SeagrassNet Western Pacific Seagrass

Monitoring. A report to the David and Lucile Packard Foundation on 2003-2005 SeagrassNet

Activities. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 39 pp. +CD-ROM

Short, F.T., L.J. McKenzie, R.G. Coles, K.P. Vidler, and J.L. Gaeckle. 2006. SeagrassNet

Manual for Scientific Monitoring of Seagrass Habitat – Worldwide Edition. University of New

Hampshire Publication, Durham, NH, USA. 76 pp.

Short, F.T. 2006. Transferring Eelgrass Restoration Site Selection Technology to Estuarine

and Coastal User Groups: a final report submitted to the NOAA/UNH Cooperative Institute for

Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

105 pp. plus CD-ROM.

Short, F.T. 2007. SeagrassNet 2006 – 2007: Report to Tom Haas and the New Hampshire

Charitable Foundation. Seagrasses – a global barometer of the health of coastal marine

ecosystems. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 7 pp.

Short, F.T. 2007. SeagrassNet Report to the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. 2006-2007

SeagrassNet Activities. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 15 pp.


Short, F.T. 2007. Report to The Cree Nation of Chisasibi on The Status of Eelgrass in James

Bay: An Assessment of Hydro-Quebec Data Regarding Eelgrass in James Bay, Experimental

Studies on the Effects of Reduced Salinity on Eelgrass, and Establishment of James Bay

Environment Monitoring by the Cree Nation. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 47 pp.

Short, F.T., L.J. McKenzie, R.G. Coles, K.P. Vidler, and J.L. Gaeckle. 2008. Manual para

Monitoreo Científico del Hábitat de Pastos Marinos, Edición Mundial (Versión Español).

University of New Hampshire Publication, Durham, NH, USA. 76 pp.

Björk M., F. Short, E. Mcleod, and S. Beer. 2008. Managing Seagrasses for Resilience to

Climate Change. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 56pp.

Short, F. 2009. Eelgrass Distribution in the Great Bay Estuary for 2008. University of New

Hampshire report to the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership, April 21, 2009. 7p.

Short, F.T., D.M. Burdick and G.E. Moore. 2009. Impacts of Marine Docks on Eelgrass in New

England: A Spreadsheet-Based Model for Managers and Planners. Report to NOAA. University

of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 28 pp.

Short, F.T. 2009. SeagrassNet Expansion, Education, and Collaboration in Belize, SeagrassNet

Final Report: March 1, 2006 – February 27, 2009 to the Oak Foundation University of New

Hampshire, Durham, NH 24 pp.

Short, FT. 2010. Eelgrass Distribution in the Great Bay Estuary for 2009. University of New

Hampshire report to the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership, August 31, 2010. 9p.

Short, FT. 2012. Eelgrass in Puget Sound. State of the Sound Report. Puget Sound Partnership,

Olympia, WA. http://www.psp.wa.gov/vitalsigns/eelgrass.php

Short, FT. 2013. Eelgrass in Puget Sound. State of the Sound Report. Puget Sound Partnership,

Olympia, WA. http://www.psp.wa.gov/vitalsigns/eelgrass.php

Short FT. 2014. Nitrogen as an Eelgrass Stressor in Puget Sound, 2014, Aquatic Resources

Division, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA. 37p.

Short, FT. 2014. Eelgrass Distribution in the Great Bay Estuary for 2013. University of New

Hampshire report to the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership, August 23, 2013. 9p.

Monitoring and Expansion of Posidonia Monitoring Networks Along Corsican Coastline. 2014.

By Gérard Pergent, Bein A., Blanfune A., Dedeken M., Oberti P., Orsini A., Pergent-Martini C.,

Ruitton S., Short F., 5th Mediterranean Symposium on Marine Vegetation (Portorož, Slovenia,

27-28 October 2014), University of Corsica, Corte, France.

CEC. 2014. North America’s Blue Carbon: Assessing Seagrass, Salt Marsh and Mangrove

Carbon Sinks A Final Report. (G. Chmura and F.T. Short) Montreal, Canada: Commission for

Environmental Cooperation. 219 pp

http://www.psp.wa.gov/vitalsigns/eelgrass.php

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Public Outreach Documents

Eelgrass and the Wasting Disease. 1989. UNH Cooperative Extension publication, by F. Short,

University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

Mussels and Eelgrass: Habitat Management to Enhance a Positive Natural Interaction. 1994.

Maine/ New Hampshire Sea Grant College Program publication, by F. Short, University of New

Hampshire, Durham, NH.

We’re All in the Same Boat: Eelgrass, Boating, and Docks. 1997. UNH pamphlet, by F. Short

and D. Burdick, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

Dock Design With the Environment in Mind: Minimizing Dock Impacts to Eelgrass Habitat.

1998. Interactive CD-ROM, by D.M. Burdick and F.T. Short, produced by UNH Media Services,

© UNH.

Eelgrass in New Bedford Harbor: Restoring Critical Habitat to a Damaged Ecosystem. 1998, by

F. Short, B. Kopp, and J. Catena. UNH pamphlet sponsored by New Bedford Harbor Trustee

Council. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

A Manual for Community-Based Eelgrass Restoration. 2002. F.T. Short, C.A. Short and C.

Burdick-Whitney, sponsored by NOAA Restoration Center, University of New Hampshire,

Durham, NH.

A New Seagrass Restoration Method: TERFS. 2002. UNH pamphlet, by C. Burdick-Whitney and

F. Short, sponsored by NOAA Restoration Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

The NPI - A Nutrient Pollution Indicator for monitoring eutrophication using eelgrass. 2003.

Interactive CD-ROM, by F.T. Short and D.M. Burdick, University of New Hampshire and

CICEET, Durham, NH.

Using TERFS for Community-based Eelgrass Restoration. 2004. CD-ROM, by C. Burdick-

Whitney and F. T. Short, sponsored by NOAA Restoration Center, University of New


Eelgrass Restoration Site Selection Model. 2005. CD-ROM and Manual by Short, F.T. and D.M.

Burdick. CICEET, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

Belize Seagrass. 2006. SeagrassNet pamphlet, by F. Short, University of New Hampshire,

Durham, NH.

Indo-Pacific Seagrass. 2006. SeagrassNet pamphlet, by F. T. Short and R. G. Coles, University of

New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

North Pacific Seagrass. 2008. SeagrassNet pamphlet, by F. Short, University of New Hampshire,

Durham, NH.


North Atlantic Seagrass. 2009. SeagrassNet pamphlet, by F. Short, University of New


DVD on SeagrassNet: Seagrasses, Discovering an important coastal habitat. A six-minute

promotional DVD produced with Essential Image Source Foundation, 2009.

DEC - the Dock Eelgrass Calculator in MS Excel. 2009. by F.T. Short, D.M. Burdick and G.E.

Moore, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

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