Charles Roman

Charles T Roman

Professor-in-Residence

Room 335, Coastal Institute

croman@gso.uri.edu

401-874-6886

Educational Background

Ph.D., Marine Studies
M.S., Botany
B.S., Natural Resources

University of Delware
Connecticut College
University of Rhode Island

1981
1979
1976

Areas of Specialization

Research

Charles Roman studies the ecology of estuaries and salt marshes, including vegetation patterns and productivity, nutrient processes, hydrology, habitat restoration, habitat function, and marsh sedimentation and elevation processes in response to sea-level rise. His research is focused on coastal National Park units in the northeastern US.

Teaching

Applied Coastal Ecology (NRS 555)

Students

Brendhan Zubricki
Eleanor Kinney
Tara Schraga
Kenneth Raposa
Susan Adamowicz
Andrew Wozniak
Rebecca Bannon
Sarah Corman
Elizabeth Eddy

M.S.
M.S.
M.S.
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
M.S.
M.S.
M.S.
M.S.

1992
1997
1997
2000
2002
2004
2006
2009
expected 2013

Publications:

Corman, S.S., and C.T. Roman. 2011. Comparison of salt marsh creeks and ditches as habitat for nekton. Marine Ecology Progress Series 434: 57-66.

Smith, S.M., C.T. Roman, M.J. James-Pirri, K. Chapman, J. Portnoy, and E. Gwilliam. 2009. Responses of plant communities to incremental hydrologic restoration of a tide-restricted salt marsh in southern New England (Massachusetts, USA). Restoration Ecology 17: 606-618.

Bannon, R.O., and C.T. Roman. 2008. Using stable isotopes to monitor anthropogenic nitrogen inputs to estuaries. Ecological Applications 18: 22-30.

Wozniak, A.S., C.T. Roman, S.C. Wainright, R.A. McKinney, and M.J. James-Pirri. 2006. Monitoring food web changes in tide-restored salt marshes: a carbon stable isotope approach. Estuaries and Coasts 29: 568-578.

Raposa, K.B., and C.T. Roman. 2003. Using gradients in tidal restriction to evaluate nekton community responses to salt marsh restoration. Estuaries 26: 98-105.

Roman, C.T., K.B. Raposa, S.C. Adamowicz, M.J. James-Pirri, and J.G. Catena. 2002. Quantifying vegetation and nekton response to tidal restoration of a New England salt marsh. Restoration Ecology 10: 450-460.

Roman, C.T. 2001. Salt marsh vegetation. Pages 2487-2490 in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences (J.H. Steele, K.K. Turekian, and S.A. Thorpe, eds.). Academic Press, London.

Roman, C.T., N. Jaworski, F.T. Short, S. Findlay, and R. S. Warren. 2000. Estuaries of the northeastern United States: habitat and land use signatures. Estuaries 23: 743-764.

Presentations:

Roman, C.T., K. Medeiros, D.R. Cahoon, and J.C. Lynch. Monitoring salt marsh elevatoin change in the northeast: anticipating habitat responses to sea level rise. The George Wright Society Conference on Parks, Protected Areas and Cultural Sites. March 14-18, 2011. New Orleans, Louisiana.

Corman, S.S., and C. T. Roman. The ecological role, physical impact and filling rate of salt marsh mosquito ditches under consideration for Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 20th Biennial Conference. November 1-5, 2009. Portland, Oregon. restoration.

Bannon, R.O., and C.T. Roman. Using stable isotopes to monitor anthropogenic nitrogen inputs to estuaries. New England Estuarine Research Society. May 3-5, 2007. Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

Roman, C.T., M. James-Pirri, D.R. Cahoon, and B. Milstead. Long-term monitoring of salt marsh structure and function: Assessing responses to natural and human-caused stressors. 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting. February 20-24, 2006. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Wozniak, A.S., C.T. Roman, M.J. James-Pirri, S.C. Wainright, and R. McKinney. Using carbon isotopic ratios to monitor organic matter flow patterns in tide-restored salt marshes. New England Estuarine Research Society. October 21-23, 2004. Block Island, Rhode Island.