Matthew Ogburn

Staff Profile

Matthew Ogburn

Principal Investigator, Senior Scientist

OgburnM@si.edu

(443) 482-2203

Specialty

Marine Conservation Ecologist

Research Labs

Fisheries Conservation

Expert Areas

Chesapeake Bay

MarineGEO

aquatic ecosystems

benthic communities

biodiversity

blue crabs

ecology

ecosystem function

ecosystem services

ecosystems

environmental management

estuarine ecology

fish

invasive species

invertebrates

marine bioacoustics

marine ecology

marine invasive species

marine invertebrates

oysters

plankton

river herring

submerged aquatic vegetation

underwater soundscapes

watersheds

wetland ecology

Biography
Publications

Biography

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Education

B.S. Biology, Duke University, 2001

M.S. Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, 2004

Ph.D. Environment, Duke University Marine Laboratory, 2008

Research Interests

Conservation science. Estuarine and marine ecology. Restoration ecology. Sustainable fisheries. Population and community ecology. Animal behavior and physiology. Movement ecology. Larval dispersal and recruitment. Migratory life history strategies. Ecosystem-based fisheries management. Long-term studies.

Publications

Tracy, Allison M. ; Aguilar, Rob ; Ritter, Carmen J. ; Heggie, Keira ; Ogburn, Matthew B.. (2025). The hybrid approach to monitoring: a remote Rapid Assessment Protocol (RAP) complements existing monitoring tools for oyster restoration and management . Restoration Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.14370
Blakeslee, April M. H. ; Moore, Christopher ; Stancil, Carter K. ; Woodard, Nina C. ; Geesin, Megan E. ; Manning-Moore, Chloe ; Aguilar, Robert ; Ogburn, Matthew B. ; Smith, Scott ; Gittman, Rachel K.. (2024). Caribbean Creeping Crabs: northward expansion of the green porcelain crab in North Carolina, USA . Bioinvasions Records, 13 (1) , . http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir.2024.13.1.10
Livernois, Mariah C. ; Ogburn, Matthew B. ; Legett, Henry D. ; Richie, Kimberly D. ; Aguilar, Robert ; Heggie, Keira ; Furey, Nathan B.. (2024). Tracking animal movements via collaborative acoustic telemetry networks: Multiscale habitat use, phenology, and management insights . Journal of fish biology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15952
Rhoades, O. K. ; Patrick, Christopher J. ; Ogburn, Matthew B.. (2024). Reviewing theory, design, and analysis of tethering experiments to enhance our understanding of predation . Marine Biology, 171 (10) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04503-5
Rhoades, O. Kennedy ; Patrick, Christopher J. ; Ogburn, Matthew B.. (2024). Correction: Reviewing theory, design, and analysis of tethering experiments to enhance our understanding of predation . Marine Biology, 171 (12) , . http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04539-7
Tracy, Allison M. ; Pagenkopp Lohan, Katrina M. ; Carnegie, Ryan B. ; McCollough, Carol B. ; Southworth, Melissa ; Ogburn, Matthew B.. (2024). Co-infection is linked to infection prevalence and intensity in oysters amidst high environmental and spatial variation . Journal of invertebrate pathology, 207 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2024.108201
Cahill, Brianna V. ; DeGroot, Breanna C. ; Brewster, Lauran R. ; Lombardo, Steven M. ; Bangley, Charles W. ; Ogburn, Matthew B. ; Ajemian, Matthew J.. (2023). Visitation patterns of two ray mesopredators at shellfish aquaculture leases in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida . Plos One, 18 (5) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285390
Donelan, Sarah C. ; Ogburn, Matthew B. ; Breitburg, Denise L.. (2023). Legacy of past exposure to hypoxia and warming regulates an ecosystem service provided by oysters . Global Change Biology, 29 (5) , . http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16571
Huang, Claire S. ; Legett, Henry D. ; Plough, Louis V. ; Aguilar, Rob ; Fitzgerald, Catherine ; Gregory, Benjamin ; Heggie, Keira ; Lee, Benjamin ; Richie, Kimberly D. ; Harbold, William ; Ogburn, Matthew B.. (2023). Early detection and recovery of river herring spawning habitat use in response to a mainstem dam removal . PLOS ONE, 18 (5) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284561
Legett, Henry D. ; Aguilar, Robert ; Heggie, Keira ; Richie, Kimberly D. ; Ogburn, Matthew B.. (2023). Timing and environmental drivers of spawning migrations of alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and blueback herring (A. aestivalis) in rivers of Chesapeake Bay . Fishery Bulletin, 121 (3) , . http://dx.doi.org/10.7755/FB.121.3.4
Ogburn, Matthew B. ; Plough, Louis V. ; Bangley, Charles W. ; Fitzgerald, Catherine L. ; Hannam, Michael P. ; Lee, Benjamin ; Marafino, Gabriella ; Richie, Kimberly D. ; Williams, Meghan R. ; Weller, Donald E. (2023). Environmental DNA reveals anadromous river herring habitat use and recolonization after restoration of aquatic connectivity . Environmental DNA, 5 (1) , 25-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/edn3.348
Olson, Jack C. ; Lefcheck, Jonathan S. ; Goodison, Michael R. ; Lienesch, Anna ; Ogburn, Matthew B. (2023). Fish size spectra from imaging sonar reveal variation in habitat use across nearshore coastal ecosystems . Marine Ecology Progress Series, 705 , 95-108. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14247
Staples, Amber ; Legett, Henry D. ; Deichmann, Jessica L. ; Heggie, Keira ; Ogburn, Matthew B.. (2023). Automated acoustic detection of river herring (Alewife and Blueback Herring) spawning activity . North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 43 (3) , . http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10897
Tracy, Allison M. ; Heggie, Keira ; Ritter, Carmen ; Norman, Dave ; Aguilar, Rob ; Ogburn, Matthew B.. (2023). Oyster reef habitat depends on environmental conditions and management across large spatial scales . Marine Ecology Progress Series, 721 , . http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14426
Aguilar, Robert ; Prakash, Sanjeevi ; Ogburn, Matthew B. ; Lohan, Katrina M. Pagenkopp ; MacDonald, Kenneth S. ; Driskell, Amy C. ; Ahyong, Shane T. ; Leray, Matthieu ; McIlroy, Shelby E. ; Tuckey, Troy D. ; Baeza, J. Antonio. (2022). Unresolved taxonomy confounds invasive species identification: the Lysmata vittata Stimpson, 1860 (Decapoda: Caridea: Lysmatidae) species complex and recent introduction of Lysmata vittata sensu stricto in the western Atlantic . Journal of Crustacean Biology, 42 (1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruab079

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