Matt Schult
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Educational Background
BS Biology/ Minor Asian Studies
MS Biological Oceanography
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rhode Island
2002
Areas of Specialization
Research
Currently contributing data to long-term monitoring project involving the Boston Harbor sewage outfall relocation project. Measure water column productivity by means of radioisotope UV light incubations to detect any changes in productivity in the region of study. Also participating in similar study of Narragansett Bay's low dissolved oxygen trends using radioisotope and spectrophotometric evaluations of water column chemistry. Thesis research involves identification of benthic macrofaunal species at four sites within the Bay. Through enumeration and biomass measurements, overall ecological health of these four sites can be determined. In addition, comparisons can be made for similarity between the four sites and historical data to assess potential anthropogenic impacts to the communities of interest.Publications:
Cook, R.P., K.M. Boland, S.J. Kot, J. Borgmeyer & M.B. Schult. 2007. Inventory of Freshwater Turtles at Cape Cod National Seashore with Recommendations for Long-Term Monitoring Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR. 88 pp.
Cook, R.P., K. Boland, M. Schult, A. Goodstine. 2006. Monitoring of pond breeding amphibians at Cape Cod National Seashore, 2004. Technical Report, Long-term Coastal Ecosystem Monitoring Program, CCNS. 44 pp.
CONTRIBUTIONS :
Cook, R.P and K.M. Boland. 2005. A Comparison of Approaches to Counting Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) Egg Masses in Vernal Ponds.
Herpetological Review 36(3): 272-274.Relyea, R.A. 2004. The growth and survival of five amphibian species exposed to combinations of pesticides. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 23:1737-1742
Relyea, R.A. 2004. Fine-tuned phenotypes: Tadpole plasticity under 16 combinations of predators and competitors. Ecology 85:172-179
Relyea, R.A. 2003. Predator Cues and Pesticides: A double dose of danger for amphibians.
Ecol. Appl. 13(6): pp 1515-1521.
