1969 B. S. Springfield College (Biology)
1974 M. S. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Marine Sciences)
1975 Ph.D. University of Florida (Environmental Engineering)

Professional Background

1978 - 1983 Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD.

1987 (Apr - Oct) Sabbatical at ASKO Laboratory, University of Stockholm

1983 - 1988 Associate Professor, University of Maryland, Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD.

1988- Present Professor, University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD.

1992- Fellow, Maryland International Institute for Ecological Economics.

Awards and Special Recognition

1982 Awarded certificate of appreciation by Tri-County Council of Southern Maryland (Maryland Governor Harry Hughes)

1990 Nominated for the PEW Scholars in Conservation and the Environment Fellowship.

1992 Nominated for Computerworld Smithsonian Awards. Environment, Energy and Agriculture.

1997 Nominated for the PEW Scholars in Conservation and the Environment Fellowship.

1999 The CES President's Award for Excellence in Application of Science.

2003 Distinguished Service Award, Estuarine Research Federation.

Research

Estuarine Ecology: nutrient cycling; benthic processes; water quality studies.

Seagrass Ecology: distribution and growth; trophic processes; restoration.

Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis: estuary-land interactions; materials budgets; synthesis studies.

Environmental Education: graduate, undergraduate, public schools.

Publications (since 2000)

Boynton, W.R. 2000. Impact of nutrient inflows on Chesapeake Bay. pp. 23-40, In: Sharpley, A.N (Ed.), Agriculture and Phosphorus Management. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton. [UMCES Contribution No. 3267-CBL].

Boynton, W.R. and W.M. Kemp. 2000. Influence of river flow and nutrient loading on selected ecosystem processes: a synthesis of Chesapeake Bay data. pp. 269-298, In: Hobbie, J. (Ed.), A Blueprint for Estuarine Synthesis. Beckman Center, Univ. of California at Irvine, CA. [UMCES Contribution No. 3224-CBL].

Hagy, J.D., L.P. Sanford and W.R. Boynton. 2000. Estimation of net physical transport and hydraulic residence times for a coastal plain estuary using box models. Estuaries 23(3):328-340. [UMCES Contribution No. 3292-CBL].

Boynton, W.R., J.D. Hagy and D.L. Breitburg. 2001. Issues of scale in land-margin ecosystems. pp. 299-330, In: Gardner, R.H., W.M. Kemp, V.S. Kennedy and J.E. Petersen (Eds.). Scaling Relations in Experimental Ecology. Columbia Univ. Press, NY. (Complexity in Ecological Systems Series). [UMCES Contribution No. 3330-CBL].

Castro, M.S., C.T. Driscoll, T.E. Jordan, W.G. Reay, W.R. Boynton, S.P. Seitzinger, R.V. Styles and J.E. Cole. 2001. Contribution of atmospheric deposition to the total nitrogen loads to thirty-four estuaries on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. pp. 77-106, In: Valigura, R.A., R.B. Alexander, M.S. Castro, T.P. Myers, J.W. Paerl, P.E. Stacey and R.E. Turner (Eds.). Nitrogen Loading in Coastal Water Bodies: An Atmospheric Perspective. Coastal and Estuarine Studies 57. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC. [UMCES]CBL 01-0044. [UMCES Editorial No. ES-67-99-AL].

Paerl, H.W., W.R. Boynton, R.L. Dennis, C.T. Driscoll, H.S. Greening, J.N. Kremer, N.N. Rabalais and S.P. Seitzinger. 2001. Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen in coastal waters: Biogeochemical and ecological implications. pp. 11-52, In: Valigura, R.A., R.B. Alexander, M.S, Castro, T.P. Meyers, H.W. Paerl, P.E. Stacey and R.E. Turner (Eds.). Nitrogen Loading in Coastal Water Bodies: An Atmospheric Perspective. American Geophysical Union.

Stankelis, R.M., M.D. Naylor and W.R. Boynton. 2003. Submerged aquatic vegetation in the mesohaline region of the Patuxent Estuary: Past, present and future status. Estuaries 26(2A):186-195. [UMCES Contribution No. 3684-CBL].

D'Elia, C.F., W.R. Boynton and J.G. Sanders. 2003. A watershed perspective on nutrient enrichment, science and policy in the Patuxent River, Maryland: 1960-2000. Estuaries 26(2A):171-185. [UMCES Contribution No. 3681-CBL].

Castro, M.S. C.T. Driscoll, T.E. Jordan, W.G. Reay and W.R. Boynton. 2003. Sources of nitrogen to estuaries in the United States. Estuaries 26(3):803-814. [UMCES Contribution No. 3468-AL].

Marvin-DiPasquale, M.C., W.R. Boynton and D.G. Capone. 2003. Benthic sulfate reduction along the Chesapeake Bay central channel. II. Temporal controls. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 260:55-70. [UMCES Contribution No. 3726-CBL].

Petersen, J.E., W.M. Kemp, R. Bartleson, W.R. Boynton, C. Chen, J.C. Cornwell, R.H. Gardner, D.C. Hinkle, E.D. Houde, T.C. Malone, W.P. Mowitt, L. Murray, L.P. Sanford, J. Court Stevenson, K.L. Sundberg and S.E. Suttles. 2003. Multiscale experiments in coastal ecology: Improving realism and advancing theory. Bioscience 53(12): 1181-1197. [UMCES Contribution No. 3727-HPL].

Kemp, W.M. and W.R. Boynton. 2004. Productivity, trophic structure, and energy flow in the steady-state ecosystems of Silver Springs, Florida. Ecol. Model. 178:43-49 [UMCES Contribution No. 3825-CBL].

Hagy, J.D., W.R. Boynton, C.W. Keefe and K.V. Wood. 2004. Hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay, 1950-2001: Long-term change in relation to nutrient loading and river flow. Estuaries 27:634-658. [UMCES Contribution No. 3777-CBL].

Hagy, J.D., III, W.R. Boynton and D.A. Jasinski. 2005. Modelling phytoplankton deposition to Chesapeake Bay sediments during winter-spring: interannual variability in relation to river flow. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 62:25-40. [UMCES Contribution No. 3802-CBL].

W.M. Kemp, W.R. Boynton, J.E. Adolf, D.F. Boesch, W.C. Boicourt, G. Brush, J.C. Cornwell, T.R. Fisher, P.M. Glibert, J.D. Hagy, L.W. Harding, E.D. Houde, D.G. Kimmel, W.D. Miller, R.I.E. Newell, M.R. Roman, E.M. Smith and J.C. Stevenson. 2005. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. (Accepted, in revision).

Invited Seminars and Presentations

Boynton, W.R. Future of Chesapeake Ports. Second Virginia-Maryland Natural Resources Colloquium. Mt. Airy Plantation, MD. 24 Mar. 2000.

Boynton, W.R. From a diamond in the rough to a jewel of the Chesapeake: CBL's first 75 years. Public lecture series honoring CBL's 75th Anniversary. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD. 26 Apr. 2000.

Fiscus, D.A., W.R. Boynton and R.H. Gardner. Spatial structure and precictive mapping of chlorophyll in a large estuarine system. Ecological Society of America. 2000.

Boynton, W.R. Historic and recent patterns of nutrient inputs, effects on water quality, fate of nutrients, and likely responses to load reductions. Symposium on Nutrient Over-Enrichment of Coastal Waters: Global Patterns of Cause and Effect. National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. 11 Oct. 2000.

Boynton. W.R. Nutrient Inputs and Ecosystem Processes in Chespeake Bay. N2001 Conference, "Coastal Effects" Session. Bolger Center, Potomac. MD. 17 Oct. 2001.

Boynton, W.R., J.D. Hagy, C. Keefe and K. Wood. Quantifying Water Quality Responses to increased Nutrient Loading by using a 50 year record of Nutrient Loading and Water Quality for Chesapeake Bay. Estuarine Research Federation Conference 2001: An Estuarine Odyssey. St. Pete Beach, Florida. 4-8 Nov. 2001.

Hagy, J.D., W.R. Boynton, W.M. Kemp and R.E. Ulanowicz. Effects of Hypoxia on Food Web Structure and Efficiency during Summer in the mesohaline Chesapeake Bay: Assessment using Network Analysis. Estuarine Research Federation Conference 2001: An Estuarine Odyssey. St. Pete Beach, Florida. 4-8 Nov. 2001.

Burger, N.H. and W.R. Boynton. Open Water Metabolism Measurements in Six Eutrophic Chesapeake Bay Tributaries. Estuarine Research Federation Conference 2001: An Estuarine Odyssey. St. Pete Beach, Florida. 4-8 Nov. 2001.

Frank J., R. Stankelis, M. Lawrence, J. Hagy and W. Boynton. Rapid Water Qulaity Assessment of Chespaeke Bay Littoral Zone. Estuarine Research Federation Conference 2001: An Estuarine Odyssey. St. Pete Beach, Florida. 4-8 Nov. 2001.

Michael, B.D., R.E. Magnien, E.L. Ebersole. T.A. Parham, L.P. Karrh W.R. Boynton and N.H. Burger. Enhanced Estaurine Shallow Water Habitat Assessment. Estuarine Research Federation Conference 2001: An Estuarine Odyssey. St. Pete Beach, Florida. 4-8 Nov. 2001.

Tenore, K., F. Andrade, J. Blanton, W. Boynton, D. Carey, R. Diaz, F. Holland, E. Lopez-Jamar, P.Montahna, F. Nichols, R. Rosenberg, H. Queiroga, M. Sprung, J. Terwin and R. Whitlach. The Navigator Project: Characterizing the Role Benthos Plays in large 'Coastal Seas'. I. A Modular Approach to Characterizing Habitats and Identifying Key Forcing Functions, Processes and Benthic Responses. Estuarine Research Federation Conference 2001: An Estuarine Odyssey. St. Pete Beach, Florida. 4-8 Nov. 2001.

Boynton, W.R. Baltic Sea Conference 2001. Invited Presentation. Stockholm, Sweden.

Quantifying Water Quality Responses to increased Nutrient Loading by using a 50 year record of Nutrient Loading and Water Quality for Chesapeake Bay. Estuarine Research Federation Conference 2001: An Estuarine Odyssey. St. Pete Beach, Florida. 4-8 Nov. 2001.

Boynton, W.R. Issues in Marine Policy. Old Dominion University, Course Lecture. Mar. 2002.

Fisher, T.R., W.R. Boynton and J.D. Hagy III. Watershed Nutrient Inputs, Phytoplankton Accumulation and Carbon stocks in Chesapeake Bay. Invited lecture, winter AGU 2002. San Francisco.

Boynton, W.R. Nutrient Inputs to Chesapeake Bay: Historical Patterns, Ecological Effects and Future Prospects. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Evening Lecture Series 2002. 20 Nov. 2002.

Magnien, R.E., B.D. Michael, M. Trice, W.R. Boynton and R.M. Stankelis. A Spatially and Temporally Intensive Habitat Monitoring Network for Chesapeake Bay. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Feb. 2003.

Fisher, T.R., W.R. Boynton and J.D. Hagy III. The History of Cultural Eutrophication in the Choptank and Patuxent tributaries of Chesapeake Bay. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Feb. 2003.

Boynton, W.R. Nutrient Inputs to Large Estuarine Ecosystems: Historical Patterns, Ecological Effects and Future Prospects. Keynote Address: Sixth Annual Student Marine Biology Research Colloquium 2003, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC. 21-22 Feb. 2003.

Boynton, W.R. Nutrient Inputs to Chesapeake Bay: Historical Patterns, Ecological Effects and Future Prospects. Manta Noon Series, Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis, MD. 6 Mar. 2003.

Jordan, T.E., J.C. Cornwell and W.R. Boynton. Changes in Phosphorus Biogeochemistry Across the Transition from Freshwater to Saltwater. Jug Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. 2 May 2003.

Boynton, W.R. Nutrient Budgets for the Patuxent River Estuary. UMCES Science Forum: Integration and Application Network, Current Projects and Future Directions, University of Maryland Headquarters, Adelphi, MD. 6 May 2003.

Williams, M.R., T.R. Fisher, K.Eschleman, W.R. Boynton, R. Hood and D. Fiscus. An integrated modeling system for management of the Patuxent River basin in the Mid-atlantic, USA. Antalya/Kemer, Turkey. 13-16 Aug. 2003.

Bailey, E.M., J. Frank, F. Rohland, P Smail, R. Stankelis amd W.R. Boynton. Sediment Oxygen and Nutrient Exchanges across Strong Estuarine Gradients: A Comparison of Biogeochemical Processes from Multiple Chesapeake Bay Tributaries. 17th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation: Estuaries on the Edge. Seattle, WA. 14-18 Sept. 2003.

Jordan, T.E., J.C. Cornwell and W.R. Boynton. Changes in Phosphorus Biogeochemistry across the transition from Freshwater to Saltwater. 17th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation: Estuaries on the Edge. Seattle, WA. 14-18 Sept. 2003.

Kemp, W.M., M. Brooks and W.R. Boynton. Trophic Yield, Nutrient Enrichment and Environmental Variation in Chesapeake Bay. 17th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation: Estuaries on the Edge. Seattle, WA. 14-18 Sept. 2003.

Michael, B.D., R.E. Magnien, T.M. Trice, R.M. Stankelis, W.R. Boynton and S.D. Preston. Shallow Water Monitoring Design Ultilizing New Technologies to Access Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Criteria. 17th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation: Estuaries on the Edge. Seattle, WA. 14-18 Sept. 2003.

Mikita, K.A., J. Barnes and W.R. Boynton. An Investigation of Factors Influencing the Dynamics of the Spring Phytoplankton Bloom in the Patuxent River Estuary, Maryland. 17th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation: Estuaries on the Edge. Seattle, WA. 14-18 Sept. 2003.

Stankelis, R.M., W.R. Boynton and J.M. Frank. An Analysis of Parameters Controlling Epiphyte Biomass Accumulation Rates in Chesapeake Bay and its Tributaries. 17th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation: Estuaries on the Edge. Seattle, WA. 14-18 Sept. 2003.

Boynton, W.R. Eutrophication of Chesapeake Bay: Historical Origins, Ecological Impacts, and Probable Future Trends. The Curtis and Edith Munson Distinguished Lecture Series: The Science and Policy of Coastal Eutrophication and Restoration. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT. 4 Nov. 2003.

Boynton, W.R. Current Water Quality Conditions. Chesapeake Bay Commission, Annapolis, MD. Meeting held at Patuxent Naval Air Station. 13 - 14 Nov. 2003.

Boynton, W.R. Multi-decade Record Nutrients in the Patuxent Estuary. VIMS. Nov. 2003.

Boynton, W.R. et al. Overview of Nutrients in the Bay--Nutrients: Water and Air Quality. A Panel Discussion. Invited Speaker at Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Annual Education Content Conference, Tilghman Island, MD, 24-27 Feb. 2004.

Boynton, W.R. Nutrient History in the Patuxent River Estuary. Invited Faculty Seminar, Old Dominion University, 18 Mar. 2004.

Boynton, W.R. What Has Worked and Not Worked in Chesapeake Bay Management. Student Seminar Class, Old Dominion University, 18 Mar. 2004.

Boynton, W.R. Keynote speaker for plenary session of AERS Spring 2004 meeting. Salisbury University. 26 Mar. 2004.

Boynton, W.R. Sources, Sinks and Ecosystem Effects of Nutrients in the Patuxent River estuary: 15 Years of Human and Climate-induced Variability. Invited Seminar, Chesapeake Bay Seminar Series. 14 May 2004.

Boynton, W.R. DO and Chlorophyll. Presented paper at Chesapeake Research Consortium's Lag Time Workshop. Annapolis, MD, 19-20 May 2004.

Boynton, W.R. Patuxent Perspective: Revisiting Restoration Efforts after a Quarter Century--A 25th Anniversary Legacy. Invited Speaker, 13 Jun. 2004.

Jordan, T.E., J.C. Cornwell and W.R. Boynton. Changes in Phosphorus biogeochemistry across the transition from freshwater to Saltwater. Presented to American Society for Limnology & Oceanography, Savannah, GA, June 2004.

Anderson, J.T., Boynton, W.R., Greene, S., Cornwell, J.C., Jordan, T.E. 2004. Spatial and temporal variability in Patuxent River sediment flux. Presented to American Society for Limnology & Oceanography, Savannah, GA, June 2004 (oral presentation).

Boynton, W.R. Eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay: History, Ecological Responses and Restoration. Invited talk, Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series, Marine Biological Laboratory, 15 Oct. 2004.

Boynton, W.R. Nutrient Management in the Patuxent River Estuary: A Case Study. International Ecosystem Restoration Conference, Orlando, FL. 7-9 Dec. 2004.

University System of Maryland Courses Taught

Course No., Title, Year, Credit Hrs., Co-Instructors

MEES 608V, Seminar in Ecology, 1999, 1, Miller, Mihursky, Tenore, Ulanowicz

MEES 608V, Seminar in Ecology, 2001, 1, Miller, Mihursky, Tenore, Ulanowicz

MEES 698I, Land Margin Interactions, 2001, 4, Fisher, Currie, Boynton

MEES 608S, Seminar in Ecology, 2002, 1, Boynton and Staff

MEES 698I, Land Margin Interactions, 2002, 4, Fisher, Currie, Boynton

MEES 608S, Seminar in Ecology, 2003, 1, Boynton and Staff

MEES 698I, Land Margin Interactions, 2003, 4, Fisher, Boynton

MEES 698I, Land Margin Interactions, 2004, 4, Fisher, Boynton