Principal Investigator

 

2007-2009 “Evaluation of Nursery Habitats: Effects of Carbon And Nitrogen sources on juvenile fish growth”. PI: Cynthia M. Jones, $235,216, Virginia Sea Grant.

 

2007 “Development of facilities to provide finfish ageing for Virginia catches and application of virtual population analysis to provide management advice”. PI: Cynthia M. Jones, $308,589 including ODU match. VMRC.

 

2005-2008 “Natural tags to estimate the value of juvenile nurseries” PI: Cynthia M. Jones, $429,104. NSF.

2005-2008 “Probing the population structure of Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) in the mid-Atlantic” $462,712. NOAA-CBO. (linked grant with T. Miller, UMD).

 

2004-2007 “How seagrass beds support healthy fish growth: a study of trophic structure in Chesapeake Bay using stable isotopes” $89,899. Virginia Marine Resources Commission. Co-PI: R. Dias.


2003-2005 “How Essential Fish Habitat Influences Population Structure for Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, with special emphasis on Chesapeake Bay” PI: C. M. Jones. Co-PI: Z. Chen and J. van Montfrans. $199,866. Virginia Sea Grant.


1997-2004 “Development of facilities to provide finfish ageing for Virginia catches and application of virtual population analysis to provide management advice”. PIs: Cynthia M. Jones and Jack Travelstead. $189,890 year 1; $207,307 year 2; $203,028 year 3; $203,028 year 4; $237,756 year 5. $249,000 year 6. $259,372. year 7 This will be an ongoing, open-ended grant.


2002 “Monitoring coral reef fish utilization of inshore habitat in Florida Bay”. $15,000. National Marine Fisheries Service
 

2001 "Pinpointing the seagrass habitat that optimizes survival for spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in Virginia" $81,123. Virginia Marine Resources Commission. Co-PI: S.R. Thorrold, J. van Montfrans, and R.J. Orth.


2000-2003 "Bomb-Dated Growth Dynamics of Arctic Fishes" $489,992. NSF Polar Programs. Co-PI: S.E. Campana.


1997-2002 "Development of facilities to provide finfish ageing for Virginia catches and application of virtual population analysis to provide management advice". Principal Investigators: Cynthia M. Jones and Jack Travelstead. $189,890 year 1; $207,307 year 2; $203,028 year 3; $203,028 year 4; $237,756 year 5. This will be an ongoing, open-ended grant.


1999-2002 "Recruitment of marine fish larvae to estuarine nursery systems: insights from high resolution analysis of otolith chemistry and hydrodynamics" $793,813. NSF Biological Oceanography. Co-PI: S.R. Thorrold, A. Valle-Levinson, and J. Hare.

 

2000 "The spatial framework of natural resources management: sources, sinks, and reserves". $7,600. PI: C.M. Jones. Virginia Sea Grant.


2000 "Estimating the age of large numbers of Dissostichus eleginoides". Government of the Falkland Islands. $2,378. Co-PIs :C. M. Jones, Julian Ashford and Inigo Everson (British Antarctic Survey).


1999-2000 "ID-ICP-MS analysis of scales from laboratory-reared juvenile spot". $6,825. PI:C.M. Jones B.K. Wells, and S.R. Thorrold. Virginia Sea Grant.

 

1998-2000 "Acquisition of a Laser Ablation High Resolution Inductively Coupled Mass Spectrometer for Analysis of Biological, Environmental, and Chemical Samples". $777,280. PI: C. M. Jones Co-PI: S.R. Thorrold, G.A. Cutter, J. R. Donat, and G. C. Schafran. National Science Foundation.


1999 "The spatial framework of natural resources management: sources, sinks, and reserves". $3,000. PI: C. M. Jones CoPI: S.R. Thorrold. Virginia Sea Grant. (returned unspent)


1998-1999 "Commerical-fishery sampling and graduate training". $19,080. PI: C. M. Jones, National Marine Fisheries Service.
1997-1998 "Antarctic toothfish". National Science Foundation Polar Programs. $26,000. Co-PIs: C. M. Jones, Julian Ashford and Inigo Everson (British Antarctic Survey).


1995-1998 "Retrospective determination of Atlantic croaker migration through laser-based analysis of otoliths" National Science Foundation. PI: C. M. Jones. Co-PI: S.E. Campana. $640,000 for 4 years. $160,000 per year.


1996-1997 "The study of important recreational fishes in Chesapeake Bay - Year 8". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Virginia Marine Resource Commission. Funds to CMJ: $115,622. Co-PIs: Cynthia M. Jones and Mark E. Chittenden, Jr. (Virginia Institute of Marine Science).


1995-1996 "The study of important recreational fishes in Chesapeake Bay - Year 7". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Virginia Marine Resource Commission. Funds to CMJ: $152,755. Co-PIs: Cynthia M. Jones and Mark E. Chittenden, Jr. (Virginia Institute of Marine Science).


1994-1995 "The study of important recreational fishes in Chesapeake Bay - Year 6". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Virginia Marine Resource Commission. Funds to CMJ: $152,755. Co-PIs: Cynthia M. Jones and Mark E. Chittenden, Jr. (Virginia Institute of Marine Science).


1993-1994 "The study of important recreational fishes in Chesapeake Bay - Year 5". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Virginia Marine Resource Commission. Funds to CMJ: $151,995. Co-PIs: Cynthia M. Jones and Mark E. Chittenden, Jr. (Virginia Institute of Marine Science).


1992-1994 "Retrospective determination of Atlantic croaker migration through laser-based elemental analysis of otoliths". National Science Foundation, $290,000. Principal Investigator: Cynthia M. Jones, Co-PI: Steven Campana (Bedford Institute of Oceanography).


1992 "The study of important recreational fishes in Chesapeake Bay - Year 4". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Virginia Marine Resource Commission. Funds to CMJ: $133,595. Co-PIs: Cynthia M. Jones and Mark E. Chittenden, Jr. (Virginia Institute of Marine Science).


1991 "Creel survey of Virginia’s striped bass fishery". Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee, $76,621. Principal Investigator: Cynthia M. Jones. Co-PI: Kenneth H. Pollock (North Carolina State University) and Douglas S. Robson (Cornell).


1991 "The study of important recreational fishes in Chesapeake Bay - Year 3". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Virginia Marine Resource Commission. Funds to CMJ: $133,262. Co-PI: Cynthia M. Jones and Mark E. Chittenden, Jr. (Virginia Institute of Marine Science).


1990-1991 "Analysis of factors affecting recruitment of larval and juvenile Atlantic Croaker". Virginia Sea Grant, $111,030. Principal Investigator: Cynthia M. Jones. Co-PI: Brenda L. Norcross (Virginia Institute of Marine Science).


1990 "Development of recreational fishing methods". Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee, $82,000. Principal Investigator: Cynthia M. Jones. Co-PI: John M. Hoenig (Fisheries and Oceans, Canada), Kenneth H. Pollock (North Carolina State University), and Douglas S. Robson (Cornell).


1990 "Development of age determination methods, life history-population dynamics information, and evaluation of growth overfishing potential for important recreational fishes - Year 2". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Virginia Marine Resource Commission. Funds to CMJ: $127,242. Co-PI: Cynthia M. Jones and Mark E. Chittenden, Jr. (Virginia Institute of Marine Science).


1989 "Assessment and development of estimation procedures for short season recreational fisheries: the Virginia black drum fishery (Year 2)". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Virginia Marine Resource Commission, $72,347. Principal Investigator: Cynthia M. Jones. Co-PI: Kenneth Pollock (North Carolina State University).


1989 "Study of analysis of factors affecting recruitment of larval and juvenile Atlantic croaker". Virginia Sea Grant, $5,250. Principal Investigator: Cynthia M. Jones. Co-PI: Brenda L. Norcross.

 

1989 "Development of age determination methods, life history-population dynamics information, and evaluation of growth overfishing potential for important recreational fishes - Year 1". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Virginia Marine Resource Commission. Funds to CMJ: $110,026. Co-PI: Cynthia M. Jones and Mark E. Chittenden, Jr. (Virginia Institute of Marine Science).


1988-1989 "Recreational fisheries sampling method evaluation". Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee, $108,000. Principal Investigator: Cynthia M. Jones. Co-PI: Kenneth Pollock (North Carolina State University), Douglas S. Robson (Cornell), and John M. Hoenig (Fisheries and Oceans, Canada).


1988 "Age, growth and condition of larval and juvenile croaker from Chesapeake Bay and the Mid-Atlantic shelf". Virginia Sea Grant, $4,000. Principal Investigator: Cynthia M. Jones. Co-PI: Brenda Norcross (Virginia Institute of Marine Science).


1988 "Assessment and development of estimation procedures for short season recreational fisheries: the Virginia black drum fishery". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Virginia Marine Resource Commission, $91,293. Principal Investigator: Cynthia M. Jones. Co PI: Kenneth Pollock (North Carolina State University).


1988 "Recreational angler survey techniques: Application of a simulation model to determine behavior, bias and confidence intervals for estimates of catch and effort". Virginia Sea Grant, $147,000. Principal Investigator: Cynthia M. Jones. Co-PI: John McConaugha, Kenneth Pollock (North Carolina State University), and Douglas S. Robson (Cornell).


1987 Aging crustaceans". Virginia Sea Grant, $3,900. Co-PI: J. McConaugha.


 

Educational Infrastructure


2003-2006 “Marine Sciences Scholarship Program: An NSF Sponsored REU site for Interdisciplinary Research in Marine Sciences and Biogeochemistry”. $300,000. NSF. Co-PIs: C. M. Jones and Arnoldo Valle-Levensen.


2002 Research Cruise for minority students on the Albatross IV. $140,000 in kind, NMFS.


2001 Research Experience for Undergraduates Supplement Grant. $13,800. NSF.


2001 Research Cruise for minority students on the Albatross IV. $7,000, with $140,000 in kind NMFS.


2000-2003 "Biogeochemical Scholarship Program: An NSF Sponcored REU site for Interdisciplinary Research in Biogeochemistry". $205,736. NSF. PIs: R. Hannigan and C. M. Jones.


 

Corporation Gifts and Endowments


1998 Virginia Natural Gas. $50,000


 

Co-Principal Investigator

 

2007-2009 “Characterization of the Sub-Population Contribution of Age-0 Atlantic menhaden to Chesapeake Bay”. PI: Jason Schaffler, Co-PI: Cynthia M. Jones, $187,642, Virginia Sea Grant.

 

2006-2007 “Sheepshead population dynamics in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia.” Virginia Marine Resources Commission. US$78,371. includes ODU match. PI: Hongsheng Liao Co-PI: C. M. Jones.


2005-2006 “What is the cause of menhaden recruitment failure?: Quantifying the role of striped bass predation.” Virginia Marine Resources Commission. US$99,766. includes ODU match. PI: Nathan Smith Co-PI: C.M. Jones.


2004-2006 “Population age structure and stage-specific connectivity of the toothfishes Dissostichus eleginoides and D. mawsoni.” Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, US$441,363 (total funding requested for collaborative project: US$620,613) Co-PI: C. M. Jones. Collaborator: P.M. Gaffney, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware.


2003 “Determining the fecundity of bluefish in Virginia waters” Virginia Marine Resources Commission. PI: S. Bobko Co-PI: C. M. Jones and E. Robillard. $13,750


2003-2006 “Collaborative Research: Radiometric age validation of the Patagonian and Antarctic toothfishes (MLML); Age estimation in support of radiometric ageing”. (ODU) $396,771. NSF Polar Programs. PI: J. R. Ashford. Co-PIs: C. M. Jones (ODU); G. Caillet, A.H. Andrews, and K. H. Coale (MLML).


2002 “Maryland 2002 Recreational Blue Crab Access Intercept, Telephone and Logbook Survey”. Award amount (in process): $182,100. Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland. PI: J.R. Ashford. Co-PI: C. M. Jones.

 

2002 Falkland Islands Government. Proposal title: ‘Spatial structure and connectivity in populations of Patagonian toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides, in the South Atlantic section of the Southern Ocean.’ Award amount: US$56,400. PI: J. R. Ashford. Co-PI: C. M. Jones


2001-2003 “Acquisition of a Mass spectrometer system for the analysis of C, H, N, O, S stable isotopes in biological, environmental, and geochemical systems”. $337,000. NSF. PI: B. Dias Co-PIs: C. M. Jones, D. J. Burdige, K. Mopper, and M.R. Mulholland.


2001-2002 " Age-validation and age-specific fecundity of bluefish (Pomatomous saltatrix) In the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Bights". $186,678. Rutgers University. PI: C. Reiss Co-PI: C. M. Jones.


2001-2003 "Locating Essential Fish Habitat for Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in Virginia." $161,881. PI: R. E. Hannigan. Co=PI: C. M. Jones, S.R. Thorrold. Virginia Sea Grant.


2000-2002 "Fisheries habitat: Identifying larval sources and essential fish habitat of juvenile snappers along the southeast coast of the USA". $613,902. Sea Grant. PI: S.R. Thorrold. Co-PI:Luiz R. Barbieri, Robert K. Cowen, Jonathan A. Hare, Cynthia M. Jones, and Su Sponaugle


1998-1999 "Resolving stock structure and age-specific migrations of Atlantic coast weakfish (Cynosium regalis) using chemical signatures in otoliths". $202,618. Virginia Sea Grant. PI: S.R. Thorrold Co-PI: C. M. Jones.


1998 "Stock structure and age-specific migration patterns of weakfish along the U.S. Atlantic coast. Virginia Recreational and Commercial Fishing Development Fund. $132,298. Principal Investigator: S.R. Thorrold. Co-PI. C. M. Jones.


1997-1998 "Application of otolith elemental fingerprinting and microsatellite DNA markers as natural tags of young-of-the-year weakfish along the U.S. Atlantic coast". Virginia Sea Grant. $163,431. Principal Investigator: Simon Thorrold. Co-PI: Cynthia M. Jones and John Graves.


1996-1997 "Application of new techniques to determine stock structure of weakfish (Cynosium regalis) along the U.S. Atlantic coast". Virginia Marine Resources Commission. $265.240. Principal Investigator: Simon Thorrold. Co-PI: Cynthia M. Jones and John Graves.


1995-1996 "Elemental fingerprinting of the otoliths of young shad using isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ID-ICPMS). Hudson River Foundation, $50,000. Principal Investigator: Simon Thorrold. Co-PI: Cynthia M. Jones and Steven Campana.


1989-1996 "Development of age determination methods, life history-population dynamics information, and evaluation of growth overfishing potential for important recreational fishes ". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Virginia Marine Resource Commission. Funds to Mark E. Chittenden, Jr. (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) with Co-PI: Cynthia M. Jones. Year 1 $87,328; Year 2 $128,928; Year 3 $136,621; Year 4 $136,000; Year 5 $159,930; Year 6 $159,930; Year 7 $159,930; Year 8 $159,930.


1990 "Analysis of the Chesapeake Bay Program monitoring design for detecting water quality and living resource trends". Virginia Water Control Board, $30,000. PI: Ray W. Alden Co-PI: Cynthia M. Jones and John C. Seibel


1986 "Analysis of the Chesapeake Bay blue crab spawning stock and recruitment of megalopae". Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee, $67,000. PI: J. McConaugha.


1985 "Stock assessment of Chesapeake Bay blue crab". Estuarine Programs Office, NOAA, $53,000. PI: J. McConaugha.


1984-1985 "Critical evaluation of case histories of fish populations experiencing chronic exploitation or impact". Electric Power Research Institute, $44,993. PI: S. Saila (University of Rhode Island).


1984 "Laboratory verification of the otolith technique to determine age in larval striped bass from the Hudson River estuary". Hudson River Foundation, $37,254. PI: Saul Saila Co-PI: C.M. Jones.


 

Institutional Grants


1986 Summer Faculty Award.


 

Unfunded Research Projects


1993-1996 Study of age and growth of Antarctic fishes