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Candace A Oviatt

Professor of Oceanography

Director, Marine Ecosystems Research Lab (MERL)

MERL Room 4

coviatt@gso.uri.edu

401-874-6661

http://www.gso.uri.edu/merl/merl.html

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 currently teaches the core course in Biological Oceanography (OCG 561).

Students

Greg Ellis D. Chris Melrose Kim Whitman Hyde Brooke Longval Chris Calabretta Linda Auker Jason Krumholz Leslie Smith Matt Schult

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

2002 2005 2006 Candidate Candidate 2006 Candidate Candidate Candidate

Publications:

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. 2004. The changing ecology of temperate coastal waters during a warming trend. Estuaries. 27: 895-904.

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., 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.