ROSTER OF SUPPORT SCIENTISTS FOR BART

Name

Address

Office Phone

FAX

E-mail

Expertise

August, Peter
Professor

Coastal Institute
Dept of Natural Resources Science
Bay Campus, URI
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 874-6513

(401) 874-6869

pete@edc.uri.edu

GIS,

Local logistics.

Belkin, Igor
Asst. Marine Research Scientist

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay
Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6533

(401) 874-6728

ibelkin@gso.uri.edu

Physical Geography;

Ocean fronts, their geographical distribution patterns, physical structure, temporal variability, and diverse manifestations and applications;

Formation and propagation of large-scale temperature/salinity/sea ice anomalies in the North Atlantic and other oceans.

Beutel, David
Fisheries Extension Specialist

Rhode Island Sea Grant
Dept. of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science
URI Fisheries Center
Building 83, East Farm
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-7152

(401)

dbeutel@uri.edu

Fishing techniques and gear;

Fishery issues;

Operation of nets, other fishing gear on the Research Vessel Cap’n Bert.

Boothroyd, Jon
Professor

Department of Geosciences, CELS
314 Woodward Hall
9E Alumni Road
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-2265

(401)874-2190

Jon_Boothroyd@uri.edu

Coastal geology;

Shore and shallow water geologic habitats and processes;

ESI Index for spill hydrocarbons;

High-resolution, shallow water, side-scan sonar;

R/V Gilbert, 25’ workboat with certified captain.

Brown, Wendell
Professor and Program Chair

School of Marine Science and Technology
University of Mass Dartmouth
South Rodney French Blvd.
New Bedford, MA 02744-1221

(508) 910-6395
ext. 706

(508) 999-8197

wbrown@umassd.edu

Coastal ocean dynamics, especially the use of observations and numerical models of Gulf of Maine circulation;

Winter storm response in terms of sea level and current variability, and winter mixed layer evolution;

Air-sea heat transfer in estuaries;

Assimilation of ocean data into numerical coastal ocean circulation models.

Byron, Carrie
Grad Student, Environmental Sciences, Marine Fisheries

1034 Hope Street
Providence, RI 02906

(508) 498-4575

 

carriebyron@mail.uri.edu

Marine aquatic ecology;

Experimental design and analysis

Aquaculture.

Castro, Kathy
Director, Sustainable Fisheries Extension Program

Rhode Island Sea Grant
Dept. of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science
URI Fisheries Center
Building 83, East Farm
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-5063

(401) 789-8930

kcastro@uri.edu

Fisheries management, habitat and resource enhancement;

Crustacean biology and behavior, especially in relation to fisheries and fishing gear;

Regional lobster science and management issues;

SCUBA diving.

Clark, Kate
NOAA, ORR

NOAA, ORR
28 Tarzwell Drive
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 782-3235

(404) 782-3201

Katie.clark@noaa.gov

Point of Contact for NOAA, Office of Response and Restoration

NRDA; Coastal ecology.

Codiga, Dan
Marine Research Associate

Graduate School of Oceanography
112 Watkins Hall
Bay
Campus, URI
215 South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 874-6212

(401) 874-6728

d.codiga@gso.uri.edu

Estuarine and coastal circulation and transport dynamics;

Measurement, analysis, and interpretation of hydrographic properties and water velocities using vessel-based surveys and moored instruments;

Systems for real-time data collection and distribution.

Colin, Sean
Assistant Professor

Environmental Sciences
Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI 02809

(401) 254 3142

(401) 254 3310

scolin@rwu.edu

Zooplankton ecology and functional biology of copepods;

Evolutionary ecology of the copepod-toxic alga relationship.

Collie, Jeremy
Professor

Box 11
Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay
Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6859

(401) 874-6240

jcollie@gso.uri.edu

Fish population dynamics;

Impacts of disturbance on benthic communities, predator-prey interactions, stock assessment and fisheries management.

Costa-Pierce, Barry
Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay
Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6802
(401) 874-9343
(401) 874-6800

(401)

bcp@gso.uri.edu

Ecology of aquaculture and fisheries systems;

Ecological design, engineering, trophic ecology, and modeling of mixed aquatic/terrestrial food/fiber production ecosystems;

Aquaculture as a means of restoration of damaged aquatic ecosystems;

Ecology of invasive fish species.

Coty, Deb
Systems Support Technician

Coastal Institute
Dept of Natural Resources Science
Bay Campus, URI
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 874-6513

(401) 874-6869

dcoty@uri.edu

Find MOU administrator, Pete August or Candace Oviatt.

Duhaime, Roland
Research Assoc.

Environmental Data Center Lab
Coastal Institute, Room 25
One Greenhouse Road
, URI
Kingston, RI  02881

(401) 874-5406
(401) 874-5054

(401) 874-4561

maps@uri.edu
roland@edc.uri.edu

GIS/Resources at Risk;

Internet resource development.

Fanning, Bill
Ship’s Oceanographic Technician

Marine Technical Services
Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay
Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6590

(401) 874-6578

wfanning@gso.uri.edu

Shipboard technical support;

Design and manage oceanographic data acquisition computer networks;

Create software for the collection, processing, display, and analysis of oceanographic data;

Specify, install, maintain and support instrumentation at sea.

Garber, Jonathan
Director

US EPA
Office of Research & Development
National Health & Environment Effects Research Laboratory
Atlantic Ecology Division
27 Tarzwell Drive
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 782-3001
(401) 782-3000

(401) 782-3030

garber.jonathan@epa.gov

Point of contact from BART to EPA-AED.

Gold, Art
Professor

Dept. Natural Resources Sciences
110 Coastal Institute
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-2903

(401) 874-4561

agold@uri.edu

Watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry, especially groundwater nitrate dynamics;

Sources and sinks of nitrogen in coastal watersheds, as for watershed management to minimize the risks of non-point source pollution;

Process level studies at the aquatic margin and GIS techniques to scale up from site level to watershed scale.

Gomez-Chiarri, Marta
Assoc. Professor

Dept. of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science
23 Woodward Hall, URI
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874 2917
(401) 874 7830

(401) 874 7575

gomezchi@uri.edu

Fish and shellfish pathology;

Prevention and management of infectious diseases in cultured and wild shellfish and finfish;

Parasitic diseases and immune response in shellfish;

Effects of pollutants on immune response in finfish.

Green, Linda
Program Director, URI Watershed Watch

Dept. of Natural Resources Science
CIK, URI
1 Greenhouse Road
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-2905

(401) 874-4561

lgreen@uri.edu

Water and soil chemistry;

Laboratory analysis of water quality, especially nitrate loads in ground water;

Oversight, training, and coordination of volunteer water quality monitoring programs and of water quality volunteers.

Horwitz, Richard
Professor

19 Joann Drive
Barrington, RI 02806

(401) 289-0198

(401) 289-0198

rhorwitz@cox.net

Emergency response, management and public information;

Planning, coordination, writing, editing;

Communications among scientists, policymakers, and the public.

James-Pirri, Mary-Jane
Marine Research Associate

Box 8
Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay
Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6617

(401) 874-6887

mjjp@gsosun1.gso.uri.edu

Coastal ecosystem ecology with emphasis on monitoring protocols;

Ecology of horseshoe crabs;

Ecological statistics.

Killingbeck, Keith
Professor

Dept. of Biological Sciences
Ranger Hall
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-2624

(401) 874-5974

keith@uri.edu

Ecology and physiology of plant nutrient dynamics;

Evolution and mechanisms of environmental influence on resorption;

Relationship between invasive species and ecological disturbance;

Biodiversity and rare plant assemblages.

Kincaid, Christopher
Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay
Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6571

(401) 874-6811

kincaid@gso.uri.edu

Coastal physical oceanography;

Estuarine circulation and transport: Observational and computational methods applied to circulation and residence time of estuarine waters and dynamical interaction between estuary and shelf waters;

Geophysical fluid dynamics applied to Earth systems;

Laboratory and numerical experiments on mantle dynamics and related thermal-chemical transport processes.

King, John
Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay
Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6594

(401) 874-6182

jking@gso.uri.edu

Geomagnetism, paleomagnetism, environmental magnetism, sedimentology, paleoclimatic studies, trace metal geochemistry, pollution studies, and sediment core logging.

Krumholz, Jason
GSO Grad Student

20 Ranger Rd.
North Kingstown, RI 02852

(401) 874-6188

(401) 874-6613

jkrumholz@gsosun1.gso.uri.edu

Conservation and ecosystem biology,

Wastewater TN,

Benthic assays to determine the effect of trawling pressure.

Latimer, Jim
Research Scientist

US EPA
Office of Research & Development
National Health & Environment Effects Research Laboratory
Atlantic Ecology Division
27 Tarzwell Drive
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 782-3167
(401) 782-3000

(401) 782-3030

latimer.jim@epa.gov

Cycling of organic and inorganic compounds in aquatic systems and the atmosphere;

Organic geochemistry of sediments and water;

Environmental trace metal chemistry;

Fate and effects of anthropogenic compounds in the marine environment.

Lohmann, Rainer
Assistant Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay
Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6612

(401) 874-6811

lohmann@gso.uri.edu

Transport and fate of organic contaminants (PAHs, PCBs etc);

Air/water exchange;

Analysis of sediments, biota, air and water for organic compounds in GSO laboratory.

Macy, Bill
Associate Marine Research Scientist

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay
Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6174

(401) 874-6853

wkmacy@gso.uri.edu

Bioenergetics of marine organisms, with emphasis on age, growth and feeding of squid and fishes.

Maranda, Lucie
Marine Research Scientist

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay
Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6216

(401) 874-6240

lmaranda@gso.uri.edu

Phytoplankton ecology, with emphasis on dinoflagellates;

Relationships between the population dynamics of a toxin producer and shellfish contamination, including application of a molecular approach to species detection.

Maynard, Brian
Professor

Dept. of Plant Sciences
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-5372

(401) 874-2494

bmaynard@uri.edu

Diagnosis of abiotic plant stress;

Damage to landscape plants;

Remediation plantings;

RI nursery or landscape industries.

Murray, David
Sr. Research Associate
Lab Manager

Center for Environmental Studies
135 Angell St.
Brown University, Box 1943
Providence, RI 02912-1943

(401) 863-3531

(401) 863-2700

dmurray@brown.edu

Estuarine oceanography and marine geology;

Distribution and controls of dissolved oxygen;

Sediment composition, including elemental and organic compound analysis;

Paleo-environmental reconstructions using benthic foraminifera and geochemistry.

Mustard, John
Associate Professor

Dept. of Geological Sciences
Box 1846, Brown University
324 Brook Street Street
Providence, RI 02912

(401) 863-1264

(401) 863-3978

john_mustard@brown.edu

Remote sensing of coastal waters and uplands;

High spatial resolution maps of NB sea-surface temperatures, with 60 m/pixel spatial resolution and daily time resolution;

Use of remotely sensed data for analysis of optical properties (chlorophyll, turbidity, CDOM) using Landsat, EO-1, and AVIRIS data.

Nixon, Scott
Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay
Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6803

(401) 874-6207

swn@gso.uri.edu

Ecology of estuaries, bays, lagoons, marshes and other coastal ecosystems;

Nutrients, eutrophication, hypoxia, fish kills, etc.

Processes that determine the primary and secondary productivity of these environments, with emphasis on nutrient enrichment and other anthropogenic impacts;

Use of comparative and historical field data, autecological rate measurements, numerical simulation modeling, and manipulative ecosystem-level experiments.

Oviatt, Candace
Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay
Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 874-6661

(401) 874-6613

coviatt@gso.uri.edu

Estuarine ecoloy;

Coastal ecosystem studies, particularly system production and respiration as measured by oxygen and carbon, carbon and nutrient cycling, benthic-water column interactions, and the functional role of higher trophic levels.

Paton, Peter
Assoc. Professor

1 Greenhouse Rd.
Dept. of Natural Resource Science
Woodward Hall, URI
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-2986
(401) 874-2495

(401) 874-4561

ppaton@uri.edu

Birds/Wildlife;

Assess effects on avian populations.

Pratt, Sheldon
Research Associate

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay
Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6699

(401)

spratt@gso.uri.edu

Inventory and monitoring of benthic macrofauna;

Mapping benthos habitat;

Benthos recovery.

Prell, Warren
Professor

Dept. of Geological Sciences
Box 1846
Brown University
Providence RI 02912

(401) 863-3221

(401) 863-2058

warren_prell@brown.edu

Global-scale paleoceanography and local-scale estuarine oceanography;

History of environmental change in oceans and estuaries;

Physical and water quality monitoring of watersheds;

Data quality control, analysis, and mapping of the dissolved oxygen surveys in Narragansett Bay;

Impact of temperature and salinity on the flushing of the Brayton Point thermal plume;

Sediment analysis of foraminifera and composition.

Quinn, James
Professor Emeritus of Oceanography

Box 20
Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay
Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6219

(401) 874-6811

jgquinn@gso.uri.edu

Marine organic chemistry, including the organic geochemistry of seawater and sediments, metal-organic and mineral-organic interactions, and the biogeochemistry of organic pollutants in the marine environment;

Chemical studies of the sources, transport, and fate of petroleum in aquatic environments.

Rothstein, Lewis
Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay
Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401)874-6517

(401) 874-6728

lrothstein@gso.uri.edu

Geophysical fluid dynamics

Large-scale ocean circulation, data assimilation, coupled air-sea interactions on various scales (hurricanes to interannual to interdecadal), and numerical modeling.

Schult, Matthew
Grad Student

MERL, Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay
Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI
0288

(401)876-6188

(401)874-6613

mschult@gso.uri.edu

Benthic ecology;

Water column sampling.

Seibel, Brad
Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences
100 Flagg Road
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881-0816

(401) 874-7997

(401) 874-4256

seibel@uri.edu

Hypoxia tolerance in animals

Cephalopods (squids and octopods) as models for metabolic and locomotory physiology.

Smayda, Ted
Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay
Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 874-6171

(401) 874-6682

tsmayda@gsosun1.gso.uri.edu

Phytoplankton ecology, with emphasis on organismal ecophysiology and habitat modification;

38-year time series of weekly measurements of physical, chemical and phytoplankton abundance, species composition, blooms, production, and a ca. 20-year time series of zooplankton abundance and species composition at a station located in lower NB near Fox Island;

Ecology of harmful algal blooms;

Impacts of eutrophication and climate change on phytoplankton dynamics.

Sutherland, Michael

40 Web Avenue #209
North Kingstown, RI 02852

(401) 486-6039
(401) 667-0202

 

agramante@gso.uri.edu

Sedimentology/Fluid dynamics.

Thornber, Carol
Asst. Professor<