Mary-Jane James-Pirri

Marine Research Associate IV (2002 to present)

Graduate School of Oceanography

University of Rhode Island

Narragansett Bay Campus

Room 325 Coastal Institute

401-874-6617

mjjp@gso.uri.edu

Ph.D., University of Rhode Island, Biological Sciences, 1996

M.S., University of New Hampshire, Zoology,1990

B.A., Colby College, Biology, 1985

Boston University-SEA Semester (W-73), winter 1983-1984

Employment History

Marine Research Associate III, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 1999-2002

Coastal Marine Resource Specialist, NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service Restoration Center, 1998-1999

Wetlands Ecologist (Post-doctoral), Office of Mosquito Abatement, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, 1996-1998.

Post-graduate Teaching Experience

Invited Lecturer, University of Rhode Island, 2000-present (Applied Coastal Ecology)

Adjunct Professor, Community College of Rhode Island, 1998 (Human Anatomy)

Instructor, University of Rhode Island, 1996-1999 (Ecology, General Biology, Human Anatomy)

Research Focus: Coastal Ecology

Sampling nekton from lift net at Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, RI (photo courtesy of NOAA Restoration Center Image Catalog).

Tagging horseshoe crabs at Cape Cod National Seashore, MA (L-R: MJ James-Pirri, National Park Service Biologist, Ryan Tainsh)

Field Crew at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, DE (L-R: George O'Shea, USFWS biologist, Joseph (Mick) McLaughlin, Annie Larson, USFWS biologist, MJ James-Pirri)	2005 salt marsh field crew (National Park Service) at Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, MA (L-R: Andrew Wozniak, Ryan Tainsh, Sarah Maier, Chuck Ferris, MJ James-Pirri)

Selected Publications

James-Pirri, C.T. Roman, and J. Heltshe. Accepted, in revision. Power analysis to determine sample size for monitoring vegetation change in salt marsh habitats. Wetlands Ecology and Management.

Wozniak, A.W., C.T. Roman, S.C. Wainwright, R.A. McKinney, M.-J. James-Pirri. 2006. Monitoring food web changes with tidal restoration of salt marshes: a carbon stable isotope approach. Estuaries and Coasts 29

Buchsbaum R., J. Catena, E. Hutchins, M.J. James-Pirri, and A. Ridlon.  2006. Changes in salt marsh vegetation, Phragmites australis, and nekton in response to increased tidal flushing in a New England salt marsh. Wetlands 26:544-557

James-Pirri, M.J., K. Tuxbury, S. Fish Marino, S. Koch. 2005. Spawning densities, egg densities, size structure, and movement patterns of spawning horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus, within four coastal embayments on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Estuaries 28:296-313

James-Pirri, M.J., R.M. Erwin, D.J. Prosser, J. Taylor. 2004. Monitoring salt marsh responses to open marsh water management at US Fish and Wildlife coastal refuges. Ecological Restoration 22:55-56

Adamowicz, S.C., C.T. Roman, G. Taylor, K. O’Brien, M.-J. James-Pirri. 2004. Initial Ecosystem Response of Salt Marshes to Ditch Plugging and Pool Creation at Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge (Maine).Ecological Restoration 22:53-54

Wullschleger, J. and M.J. James-Pirri. 2003. Horseshoe crab monitoring at Cape Cod National Seashore p. 28. In: Natural Resource Year in Review - 2002. Natural Resource Information Division, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. ISSN 1544-5429 D-2283 May 2003.

Kurz, W.T. & M.J. James-Pirri. 2002. The impact of biomedical bleeding on horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, movement patterns on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 35:261-268

Roman, C.T., K.B. Raposa, S.C. Adamowicz, M.J. James-Pirri, & J.G. Catena. 2002. Quantifying vegetation and nekton response to tidal restoration of a New England salt marsh. Restoration Ecology 110:450-460

James-Pirri, M.J., K.B. Raposa & J.G. Catena. 2001. Diet composition of mummichogs, Fundulus heteroclitus (L.) from restoring and

      unrestricted regions of a New England (USA) salt marsh. Estuarine, Coast and Shelf Science 53:205-213 DOI:10.1006/ecss.2001.0807

James-Pirri, M.J. & J.S. Cobb. 2000. Influence of size and delayed settlement on the recapture rate of newly settled American lobsters, Homarus americanus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 208:197-203

James-Pirri, M.J. & J.S. Cobb. 1999. Behavioral interactions of postlarval and fifth instar lobsters (Homarus americanus) in a laboratory environment. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 32:207-222.

James-Pirri, M.J. & J.S. Cobb. 1999. Influence of binary-coded micro-wire tags on postlarval lobster (Homarus americanus) behavior. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 32:255-259.

James-Pirri, M.J., J.S. Cobb & R.A. Wahle. 1998. Influence of settlement time and size on post-settlement growth in the American lobster, Homarus americanus. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 55:2436-2446

James-Pirri, M.J. &  J.S. Cobb. 1997. Growth rates of planktonic and newly settled American lobsters, Homarus americanus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 160:233-240

Spanier, E., J.S. Cobb, & M.J. James. 1993. Why are there no reports of eusocial marine crustaceans? Oikos 67: 573-576.

Selected Technical Reports

JJames-Pirri, M.J., C.T. Roman, and J.F. Heltshe. 2004. Monitoring Salt Marsh Vegetation (Revision #1).  A Protocol for the National Park Service’s Long-Term Monitoring Program, Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network. Submitted to Bryan Milstead, National Park Service Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network.

James-Pirri, M.J., C.T. Roman. 2005. Monitoring nekton in shallow estuarine habitats (Revision #1).  A Protocol for the National Park Service’s Long-Term Monitoring Program, Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network. Submitted to Bryan Milstead, National Park Service Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network.

James-Pirri, M.J., R.M. Erwin, & D.J. Prosser. 2005. US Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 5) Salt Marsh Study Year 4 Study Report. Technical report submitted to Janith Taylor, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Newington NH.

James-Pirri, M.J. 2003. Wetland and Water Quality Issues for Parks of the Northeastern US: A Scoping Report for the Coastal Barrier Network. Submitted to Bryan Milstead, National Park Service Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network.

James-Pirri, M.J., R.M. Erwin, & D.J. Prosser. 2004. Initial Ecosystem Response of Salt Marshes to Ditch Plugging and Pool Creation: Experiments at Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge (Maine) Addendum #1: 2002 Data Analyses and Interpretation. Technical report submitted Janith Taylor, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Newington NH.

James-Pirri, M.J., K. Tuxbury, S. Fish Marino, S. Koch. 2002. Population Demographics and Spawning Densities of the Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus, within Cape Cod National Seashore, Cape Cod Bay, and Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts. Technical Report NPS/BSO-RNR/NRTR/2002-12. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Boston Support Office, Boston, MA.

James-Pirri, M.J., C.T. Roman & R.M Ewrin. 2002. Field Methods Manual: US Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 5) salt marsh study.  Technical Report, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island.

Roman, C.T., M.J. James-Pirri, & J. F. Heltshe. 2001. Monitoring Salt Marsh Vegetation: A Protocol for the Long-term Coastal Ecosystem Monitoring Program at Cape Cod National Seashore. Coordinated by the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Coastal Research Field Station at the University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882.

Grant Funding

National Park Service, North Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit. 2007 to present. Research and Technical Support for  

      Coastal National Parks.

NOAA/NMFS Restoration Center. 2006-present.  Nonquitt Marsh Restoration Project: monitoring vegetation and nekton.

National Park Service, Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network. 2002-present. Implementing Long-Term Monitoring of Salt Marsh Communities within the Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network of the National Park Service.

US Geological Survey. 2001-present. Ecosystem Response of Salt Marshes to Open Marsh Water Management: Coastal Refuges of FWS Region 5.

Save The Bay. 2002-2003. Coastal Habitat Restoration Monitoring Partnership between Save the Bay and the University of Rhode Island. (Co-investigator with M. Stolt, URI-Department of Natural Resource Science).

National Park Service, Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network. 2001-2003. Wetlands and water quality issues for parks of the Northeastern US: A scoping report for the coastal barrier network.

National Park Service, North Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit. 2001-2004.  Monitoring the success of marsh restoration 

      by evaluating  trophic relationships: a multiple stable isotope approach.

Joshua A. Nickerson Conservation Fund, 2000-2001.  Field assessment of the spawning activity of horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus,  

      and the impact of bleeding on spawning activity. (Co-Investigator with W. Kurz, Nicholas School for the Environment, Duke University).

National Park Service, 2001-2003. Spawning survey of horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus, within Cape Cod National Seashore.

Affiliations

Estuarine Research Federation

New England Estuarine Research Society

Senior Fellow of the Coastal Institute, University of Rhode Island

Cooperator, North Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit

Mary-Jane James-Pirri

Box 8

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Graduate School of Oceanography

University of Rhode Island

Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882

Phone:401-874-6617

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