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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 2009

Areas of Specialization

Research

Coastal Ecosystems Ecology

Publications:

Oakley, S.M., Gold, A.J., & A.J. Oczkowski. Nitrogen control through decentralized wastewater treatment: process performance and alternative management strategies. Ecological Engineering. In Press.

Oczkowski, A.J. & S.W. Nixon. Lagoons of the Nile Delta. In M. Kennish and H. Paerl (eds.) Coastal Lagoons: Critical Habitats of Environmental Change. Taylor & Francis Group LLC. In Press.

Oczkowski, A.J., Nixon, S.W., Granger, S.L., El-Sayed, A.F.M., & R.A. McKinney, 2009. Anthropogenic enhancement of Egypt's Mediterranean fishery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(5):1364-1367.

Oczkowski, A., Nixon, S., Granger, S. El-Sayed, A.F., Altabet, M. & R. McKinney, 2008. A Preliminary Survey of the Nitrogen and Carbon Isotope Characteristics of Fish from the Lagoons of Egypt’s Nile Delta. Estuaries and Coasts, 31(6):1130-1142.

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. 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 Case Study of Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century. 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.

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, R. McKinney. 2009. On the distribution and transfer of anthropogenic nitrogen to food webs in a sewage enriched estuary. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation. Portland, OR

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.