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Autumn Oczkowski

Coastal Institute, Room 341

ajo@gso.uri.edu

Educational Background

B.S. Geology M.S. Earth Sciences Ph.D. Oceanography

Washington & Lee University University of New Hampshire University of Rhode Island

2000 2002

Areas of Specialization

Research

Coastal Ecosystems Ecology

Publications:

Oczkowski A. & S. Nixon, 2008. Increasing nutrient concentrations and the rise and fall of a coastal fishery; a review of data from the Nile Delta, Egypt. Invited Feature. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science 77:309-319.

Oczkowski A., Nixon S., Henry K., DiMilla P., Pilson M., Granger S., Buckley B., Thornber C., McKinney R., & Chaves J. 2008. On the distribution and trophic importance of anthropogenic nitrogen in Narragansett Bay. Estuaries and Coasts 31:53-69.

Nixon S.W., B. Buckley, S. Granger, L.A. Harris, A.J. Oczkowski, R.W. Fulweiler & L.W. Cole, 2008. Nutrient (N and P) inputs to Narragansett Bay: past, present, and future. In A. Desbonnet and B.A. Costa-Pierce (eds.) Ecosystem Based Management: A Cast Study of Narragansett Bay. Springer Series in Environmental Management. Springer, New York.

Oczkowski A., B. Pellerin, C. Hunt, W. Wollheim, C. Vörösmarty, & T. Loder, 2006. The role of snowmelt and spring rain in inorganic nutrient fluxes from a large temperate watershed, the Androscoggin River basin (Maine and New Hampshire). Biogeochemistry 80(3): 217-234.

Nixon S., B. Buckley, S. Granger, L. Harris, A. Oczkowski, L. Cole, & R. Fulweiler, 2005. Anthropogenic inputs to Narragansett Bay, a twenty-five year perspective. Report to the Narragansett Bay Commission and Rhode Island Sea Grant, available at: http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/research/bay_commission_
report.pdf.

Oczkowski A., 2002. Riverine Inputs of Nutrients to Great Bay, New Hampshire (USA). M.S. Thesis, University of New Hampshire.

Presentations:

A. Oczkowski, S. Nixon, S. Granger, M. Altabet, R. McKinney. 2008. An artificial fishery? The recovery of the Nile Delta fishery viewed through a stable isotopic lens. ASLO. Orlando, Fl.

A. Oczkowski, S. Nixon, S. Granger, B. Buckley. 2007. Using stable isotopes of nitrogen and carbon to identify the contribution of human sources of nutrients to Egypt's Nile Delta Fisheries. Estuarine Research Federation. Providence,RI.

A. Oczkowski, S. Nixon, S. Granger, B. Buckley. 2007. Using stable isotopes of nitrogen and carbon to identify the contribution of human sources of nutrients to Egypt's Nile Delta Fisheries. the 4th International N Conference. Bahia, Brazil.

A. Oczkowski, S. Nixon, P. DiMilla, K. Henry, B. Buckley, C. Thornber, S. Granger, R. McKinney. 2007. On the distribution and trophic importance of anthropogenic nitrogen in Narragansett Bay. ASLO. Santa Fe, NM.

A. Oczkowski & S. Nixon. 2006. Hunting for Caddy's Peak--an example from the Nile Delta Lagoons, Egypt. New England Estuarine Research Society. Hull, MA.