Candace Oviatt
Candace A Oviatt
Professor of Oceanography
MERL Room 4
401-874-6661
Educational Background
| Ph.D., Biological Oceanography B.S., Biology |
University of Rhode Island Bates College |
1967 1961 |
Areas of Specialization
Research
Candace Oviatt's current research focuses on 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.
Teaching
Candace Oviatt co-teaches a course on Narragansett Bay (OCG 694) with Scott Nixon for Spring 2011.
Students
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Greg Ellis D. Chris Melrose Kim Whitman Hyde Brooke Longval Chris Calabretta Linda Auker Matt Schult Jason Krumholz Leslie Smith Jeff Mercer Conor McManus |
M.S. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. M.S. M.S. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. M.S. |
2002 2005 2006 2009 2009 2006 2010 Candidate 2011 Candidate Candidate |
Publications:
Smith, L. M., Whitehouse, S., & Oviatt, C. A. 2010. Impacts of climate change on Narragansett Bay. Northeastern Naturalist 17(1): 77-99
Taylor, David, C. Oviatt, D. Borkman. 2010. The Boston Harbor Project and large decreases in loading of eutrophication-related materials to Boston Harbor. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 60 (4): 609-619.
Codiga, D., H. Stoffel, C. Deacutis, S. Kiernan, C. Oviatt. 2009. Narragansett Bay hypoxic event characteristics: Inter-annual variability, geographic distribution, intermittency, and spatial synchronicity. Estuaries and Coasts, 32(4): 621-641.
Reel Bites video for the Fall 2008 URI Honors Colloquium: People and Planet, Global Environmental Change
Calabretta, C.J. and C.A. Oviatt. 2008. The response of benthic macrofauna to anthropogenic stress in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: A review of human stressors and assessment of community conditions. Marine Polution Bulletin 56:1680-1695.
Oviatt, C., K. Hyde, A. Keller, J. Turner. 2007. Production patterns in Massachusetts Bay with outfall relocation. Estuaries and Coasts 30: 35-46.
Melrose, D. C., C. Oviatt, M. Berman. 2007. Hypoxic events in Narragansett Bay, RI during the summer of 2001. Estuaries and Coasts 30: 47-53.
Hyde, Kimberly J. W., John E. O’Reilly, Candace A. Oviatt. 2007. Validation of Sea WiFS chlorophyll in Massachusetts Bay. Continental Shelf Research 27: 1677-1691.
Oviatt, C., A. Gold. 2005. Plant nitrogen in coastal waters. Ch 8. In: Nitrate, Agriculture and the Environment. T. Addiscott, Ed. CAB International, UK.
Oviatt, C. A. 2004. The changing ecology of temperate coastal waters during a warming trend. Estuaries. 27: 895-904.
Oviatt, C., S. Olsen, M. Andrews, J. Collie, T. Lynch, K. Raposa. 2003. A century of fishing and fish fluctuations in Narragansett Bay. Reviews in Fisheries Science 11:1-22.
Oviatt, C.A., A.A. Keller, and L. Reed. 2002. Annual primary production in Narragansett Bay with no bay-wide winter-spring phytoplankton bloom. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 54: 1013-1026.
Keller, A.A., C.A. Oviatt, H.A. Walker and J.D. Hawk. 1999. Predicted impacts of elevated temperature on the magnitude of the winter-spring phytoplankton bloom in temperate coastal waters: A mesocosm study. Limnology and Oceanography 44(2):344-356.
Taylor, David, C. Oviatt, D. Borkman. 2010. The Boston Harbor Project and large decreases in loading of eutrophication-related materials to Boston Harbor. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 60 (4): 609-619.
Codiga, D., H. Stoffel, C. Deacutis, S. Kiernan, C. Oviatt. 2009. Narragansett Bay hypoxic event characteristics: Inter-annual variability, geographic distribution, intermittency, and spatial synchronicity. Estuaries and Coasts, 32(4): 621-641.
Reel Bites video for the Fall 2008 URI Honors Colloquium: People and Planet, Global Environmental Change
Calabretta, C.J. and C.A. Oviatt. 2008. The response of benthic macrofauna to anthropogenic stress in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: A review of human stressors and assessment of community conditions. Marine Polution Bulletin 56:1680-1695.
Oviatt, C., K. Hyde, A. Keller, J. Turner. 2007. Production patterns in Massachusetts Bay with outfall relocation. Estuaries and Coasts 30: 35-46.
Melrose, D. C., C. Oviatt, M. Berman. 2007. Hypoxic events in Narragansett Bay, RI during the summer of 2001. Estuaries and Coasts 30: 47-53.
Hyde, Kimberly J. W., John E. O’Reilly, Candace A. Oviatt. 2007. Validation of Sea WiFS chlorophyll in Massachusetts Bay. Continental Shelf Research 27: 1677-1691.
Oviatt, C., A. Gold. 2005. Plant nitrogen in coastal waters. Ch 8. In: Nitrate, Agriculture and the Environment. T. Addiscott, Ed. CAB International, UK.
Oviatt, C. A. 2004. The changing ecology of temperate coastal waters during a warming trend. Estuaries. 27: 895-904.
Oviatt, C., S. Olsen, M. Andrews, J. Collie, T. Lynch, K. Raposa. 2003. A century of fishing and fish fluctuations in Narragansett Bay. Reviews in Fisheries Science 11:1-22.
Oviatt, C.A., A.A. Keller, and L. Reed. 2002. Annual primary production in Narragansett Bay with no bay-wide winter-spring phytoplankton bloom. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 54: 1013-1026.
Keller, A.A., C.A. Oviatt, H.A. Walker and J.D. Hawk. 1999. Predicted impacts of elevated temperature on the magnitude of the winter-spring phytoplankton bloom in temperate coastal waters: A mesocosm study. Limnology and Oceanography 44(2):344-356.
