Jeff Hyland
NOAA, National Ocean Service
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
219 Fort Johnson Rd.
Charleston, SC 29412-9110
(843) 762-8652
jeff.hyland@noaa.gov
Ph.D., 1981, University of Rhode Island
Research emphasis: Marine benthic ecology, ecotoxicology, animal-sediment-pollutant interactions, integrative assessments of coastal ecosystem health, linking ecosystem change to human disturbance, deep-sea coral ecology and stressor impacts
Current research projects:
- conducting integrative coastal monitoring and research studies to determine potential biological impacts in relation to various natural and anthropogenic stressors at regional and national scales; emphasis is on sediment quality assessments using multiple indicators of sediment contamination, sediment toxicity, and health of resident benthic fauna
- development of new diagnostic and predictive tools for evaluating coastal ecosystem health
- ecology of deepwater coral assemblages and potential impacts from bottom trawling and other offshore human activities
Selected Publications:
- Nelson, W.G., J.L. Hyland, H. Lee II, C.L. Cooksey, J.O. Lamberson, F.A. Cole, and P.J. Clinton. 2008. Ecological Condition of Coastal Ocean Waters along the U.S. Western Continental Shelf: 2003. EPA 620/R-08/001, U.S. EPA/ORD/NHEERL/WED, Newport OR; and NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 79, NOAA/NOS, Charleston, SC. 137 p.
- Brancato, M.S., C.E. Bowlby, J. Hyland, S.S. Intelmann, and K. Brenkman. 2007. Observations of Deep Coral and Sponge Assemblages in Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Washington. Cruise Report: NOAA Ship McArthur II Cruise AR06-06/07. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series NMSP-07-03. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA/NMSP, Silver Spring, MD. 48 pp.
- Hyland, J., C. Cooksey, W.L. Balthis, M. Fulton, D. Bearden, G. McFall, and M. Kendall. 2006. The soft-bottom macrobenthos of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary and nearby shelf waters off the coast of Georgia, USA. J. Exper. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 330: 307-326.
- Hyland, J.L., L. Balthis, I. Karakassis, P. Magni, A.N. Petrov, J.P. Shine, O. Vestergaard, and R.M. Warwick. 2005. Organic carbon content of sediments as an indicator of stress in the marine benthos. Mar Ecol. Progr. Ser., 295: 91-103.
- Hyland, J.L., W.L. Balthis, V.D. Engle, E.R. Long, J.F. Paul, J.K. Summers, and R.F. Van Dolah. 2003. Incidence of stress in benthic communities along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts within different ranges of sediment contamination from chemical mixtures. Environ. Monitor. & Assess., 81(1-3): 149-161.