Caroline Wicks
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Caroline Wicks
Caroline Wicks
EcoCheck Project Manager
Cooperative Oxford Laboratory
904 S Morris St
Oxford, MD 21654
USA
Phone: (410) 226-5193 x180
Cell: (410) 330-3330
Fax: (410) 226-5925
Email: caroline.wicks@noaa.gov
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PERSONAL DETAILS
| Name | Caroline Wicks |
| caroline.wicks@noaa.gov |
EDUCATION
2005
Master of Science
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, Maryland
Area of Specialization - Biological Oceanography
Thesis topic - Coastal plant communities and sea level rise: Is the sediment suitable for seagrass growth?
2002
Bachelor of Science
University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina
Major - Biology Minor - French
Honors thesis title - Organic content and water holding capacity of wetland soils in the Northeast Cape Fear and Cape Fear Rivers
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006-2011
Science Applications Coordinator
Cooperative Oxford Laboratory, Oxford, Maryland
Duties/Responsibilities:
Managing EcoCheck projects:
- Workshop facilitation
- Product development
- Research scientists and managers liaison
- Science communicator mentor/supervisor
Analyzing and synthesizing data:
- Data analysis
- Data integration
- Map generation
Communicating science effectively:
- Newsletter, report, and website layout and design
- Figure and conceptual diagram creation
- Text generation and editing
- Science Communication Course instruction
- Overseeing Science Communicator's daily duties
2003-2005
Graduate Research Assistant
Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, Maryland
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Write research proposal
- Design and implement lab experiments
- Design and carry out field experiments
- Process plant, sediment and porewater nutrient samples
- Use of nutrient autoanalyzer, spectrophotometer, porewater dialysis samplers, Pulsed Amplitude Modulation (PAM) fluorometer and annular flume
- Data analysis
- Written thesis and oral defense
2002
Crane Conservation Intern
International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Provide food and water to cranes on a daily basis
- Clean out housing
- Maintain grounds and pens
- Assist in medical exams by catching and holding cranes, taking blood, weighing birds
- Interact with public during chick season
- Be adult crane for wild release chicks (costume)
- Data entry
- Perform behavioural studies during pen transfers
2001-2002
Honors Thesis Student
University of North Carolina - Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Collect sediment samples from six field sites in the Cape Fear and Northeast Cape Fear rivers
- Dry and weigh sediment samples
- Data analysis
- Written thesis and oral defense
1999-2000
Chemical Ecology Laboratory Assistant
University of North Carolina - Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Chemical extraction from marine sponges
- Fish assays
- Clean and maintain lab equipment
SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS
Software
Microsoft Office
Adobe Creative Suite
ArcGIS
Golden Software Surfer
SAS
Lab and field equipment
Nutrient autoanalyzer
Dialysis porewater samplers
Spectrophotometer
Pulsed Amplitude Modulation Fluorometry
Navigation and boating
Certifications
1st Aid and CPR Certification (2005)
Divers Alert Network Oxygen Aid Certification (2005)
Maryland DNR Certificate of Boating Safety Education (2004)
PADI Open Water Certification (2001)
Language
Conversational/Working knowledge of French language
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Awards
Wicks, E.C. 2005. Linking adjacent habitats via sea-level rise: is marsh retreat affecting seagrass distribution? Horn Point Laboratory Travel Grant.
Wicks, E.C. 2005. The relationship between porewater nutrients, sediment organic content and seagrass growth at two field sites. Horn Point Laboratory Small Grant.
Wicks, E.C. 2004. Linking adjacent habitats via sea-level rise: is marsh retreat affecting seagrass distribution? Horn Point Laboratory Small Grant.
Horn Point Laboratory Research Fellow, 2004 - 2005.
Publications
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2012 | |
| Wicks EC, Kelsey RH, Fries AS, Kellogg JP (2012) Bacteria sampling and data analysis protocol addendum for Mid-Atlantic tidal tributary indicators. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Report) | |
2011 | |
| Wicks EC, Kelsey RH and Powell SL (2011) State of Baltimore Harbor's Ecological and Human Health: 2010. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 56pp (Report) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2011) Baltimore Harbor's Ecological and Human Health: 2010. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 2pp (Report card) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2011) Assessing the ecological and human health status of Baltimore's Inner Harbor. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 1pp (Poster) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2011) Partnering with watershed organizations to produce tributary-specific report cards. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 15pp (Presentation) | |
| Wicks EC, Kelsey RH, Powell S, Schwartz L, Stack B, Dennison WC (2011) Application of a new monitoring and analysis protocol to assess the health of Baltimore's Inner Harbor. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 1pp (Poster) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2011) Assessing the ecological and human health status of Baltimore's Inner Harbor. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 32pp (Presentation) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2011) 2010 Chester River Report Card. Chester River Association, 4pp (Report card) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2011) 2011 Chesapeake Bay Dissolved Oxygen Forecast. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD (Report) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2011) Total Maximum Daily Loads: A citizen's guide to the Chesapeake Bay TMDL. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Newsletter) | |
| Wicks EC, Andreychek ML, Kelsey RH, Powell SL (2011) Sampling and data analysis protocols for Mid-Atlantic tidal tributary indicators. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 52pp (Report) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2011) Chesapeake Bay Report Card 2010. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 6pp (Report card) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2011) Case studies of Regional Ecosystem Research. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 11pp (Report) | |
2010 | |
| Integration and Application Network (2010) 2009 Sassafras River Report Card. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 8pp (Report card) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2010) Expanding the diversity of the Mid-Atlantic Tributary Assessment Coalition. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 1pp (Poster) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2010) 2010 Summer Review. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD (Report) | |
| Samonte G, Bunce Karrer L, Orbach M (2010) People and Oceans: Managing marine areas for human well-being. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 20pp (Report) | |
| Orbach M, Bunce Karrer L (2010) MMAs: What, why, and where. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 16pp (Report) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2010) Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card 2009. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 5pp (Report card) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2010) 2010 Chesapeake Bay Forecast. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD (Report) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2010) 2009 Chester River Report Card. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Report card) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2010) Chesapeake Bay Report Card 2009. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 6pp (Report card) | |
| B.J. Longstaff, T.J.B. Carruthers, W.C. Dennison, T.R. Lookingbill, J.M. Hawkey, J.E. Thomas, E.C. Wicks, J. Woerner (2010) Integrating and Applying Science: A handbook for effective coastal ecosystem assessment. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 258pp (Book) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2010) A Guide to the Mid-Atlantic Tributary Report Cards. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Newsletter) | |
2009 | |
| Wicks EC, Davis J, Dennison WC, Kelsey RH, Longstaff BJ, Nauman EG and Walls B (2009) Creating new opportunities for adaptive management: partnerships between government agencies and watershed organizations. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 19pp (Presentation) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2009) 2009 Chesapeake Bay Summer Review. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD (Report) | |
| Thomas JE, Beckert K, Cain C, Carruthers TJB, Dennison WC1, Fisher T, Jesien R, Kumer J, Longstaff BJ, Radcliffe G, Schupp C, Sturgis B, Wazniak C, Wicks EC, Williams MR and Zimmerman C (2009) Assessing the Coastal Bays of Maryland and Virginia: A comparison of approaches. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 1pp (Poster) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2009) 2008 Coastal Bays report card. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 5pp (Report card) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2009) Development of water transparency criteria for Florida seagrasses. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Newsletter) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2009) 2008 Chesapeake Bay Report Card. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 6pp (Report card) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2009) New Stream Health Indicator Being Developed. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 3pp (Newsletter) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2009) 2008 Severn River report card. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Report card) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2009) 2008 Chester River report card. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Report card) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2009) 2008 Patuxent River Report Card. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Report card) | |
2008 | |
| Integration and Application Network (2008) 2008 Chesapeake Bay Summer Review. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD (Report) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2008) Research to improve management of Atlantic menhaden in Chesapeake Bay. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Newsletter) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2008) Conceptual Diagrams: tools for effective science communication. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 33pp (Presentation) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2008) 2007 Patuxent River Report Card. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Report card) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2008) 2007 Chester River Report Card. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Report card) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2008) Chesapeake Bay 2007: Land Use and the Chesapeake Bay Report Card. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Newsletter) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2008) Chesapeake Bay Health Report Card: 2007. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 6pp (Report card) | |
2007 | |
| Integration and Application Network (2007) A summer of poor water clarity, algal blooms, and fish kills. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Newsletter) | |
| Wicks EC, Boicourt K, Longstaff BJ and Townsend H (2007) Incorporating habitat into ecosystem-based fisheries management: Habitat matters!. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Newsletter) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2007) Do retreating marshes create seagrass habitat? The importance of sand, plant morphology, and hydrodynamics. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 19pp (Presentation) | |
| Bricker S, Longstaff BJ, Dennison WC, Jones AB, Boicourt K, Wicks EC and Woerner JL (2007) National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment: A Decade of Change. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 15pp (Presentation) | |
| O'Herron M, King J, Wicks EC, Bushek D and Carnegie R (2007) Asian oysters: Science to inform policy decisions. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 8pp (Newsletter) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2007) Supporting management through an annual cycle of ecological forecasting and assessment. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 1pp (Poster) | |
| Bricker S, Longstaff BJ, Dennison WC, Jones AB, Boicourt K, Wicks EC and Woerner JL (2007) Effects of nutrient enrichment in the Nation's estuaries: A decade of change. National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, MD, 328pp (Report) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2007) Effects of nutrient enrichment in the Nation's estuaries: A decade of change. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 1pp (Poster) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2007) Chesapeake Bay 2007: Summer Ecological Forecast. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Newsletter) | |
| Wicks EC, Jasinski DA and Longstaff BJ (2007) Breath of Life: Dissolved oxygen in Chesapeake Bay. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Newsletter) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2007) Future directions in fisheries management: An ecosystem-based approach. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 1pp (Poster) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2007) Calculating the 2006 Chesapeake Bay report card scores. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 3pp (Newsletter) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2007) Chesapeake Bay Habitat Health Report Card: 2006. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 6pp (Report card) | |
| Dennison WC, Nuttle W and Wicks EC (2007) Assessment of Coastal Management and Science Needs in South Florida. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 50pp (Report) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2007) The role of benthic communities in the health of Maryland's Coastal Bays. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Newsletter) | |
2006 | |
| Integration and Application Network (2006) Weather extremes lead to typical conditions. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Newsletter) | |
| Zhang X, Wood RJ, Wicks EC and Longstaff BJ (2006) Investigating menhaden recruitment variability: Modeling the relationship between striped bass recovery and menhaden recruitment. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Newsletter) | |
| Zhang X, Wood RJ, Houde ED, Townsend, H and Wicks EC (2006) Modeling Atlantic menhaden recruitment in Chesapeake Bay: Is the striped bass recovery a problem?. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 22pp (Presentation) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2006) Early summer rain event. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Newsletter) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2006) Ecosystem health report cards: an approach to integrated assessment. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 1pp (Poster) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2006) MASC Newsletter 5 - Ecological Forecast, Summer 2006. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Newsletter) | |
| Integration and Application Network (2006) EcoCheck. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 4pp (Newsletter) | |
| Zhang X, Wood RJ, Houde ED, Townsend H, Longstaff BJ and Wicks EC (2006) Modeling and forecasting menhaden recruitment in Chesapeake Bay. IAN Press, Cambridge, MD, 10pp (Presentation) | |
Media
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The Annapolis Capital (Fri 12 Nov, 2010)
Report: Bay 'dead zone' came early
Projects
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Current Projects
Past Projects
Baltimore Harbor Ecosystem Status Synthesis
Ecosystem Research and Coastal Management - Making the Connection on a Regional Scale
