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Scott W Nixon

Coastal Institute

swn@gso.uri.edu

Educational Background

Ph.D., Botany (Ecology) B.A., Biology (Chemistry)

Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Univ. of Delaware

1970 1965

Areas of Specialization

Research

Scott Nixon's current research interests focus on productivity and biogeochemical cycling of coastal ecosystems, with emphasis on estuaries, lagoons, and wetlands. He also conducts ecosystem-level experiments using mesocosms and is interested in comparative and historical ecology.

Teaching

Coastal Marine Ecosystems, Ph.D and MS research, Independent Study, UNESCO-Cousteau Chair in Coastal Ecology and Global Assessment

Outreach

Recent member National Research Council Ocean Studies Board; NRC committees on Energlades Restoration, the Florida Keys Carrying Capacity Assessment Model, and the Louisiana Coastal Restoration Plan; Co-editor in chief of Estuaries; member of the Mass. Bay Outfall Monitoring Scientific Advisory Comm. for EPA, member, Board of Directors of the Inst. for Coastal Studies, Univ. of North Carolina; member, Board of Directors, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Students

Mark Brush Robinson Fulweiler Joaquin Chaves Luke Cole Robinson Fulweiler Autumn Oczkowski

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

2002 2003 2004 2005 Candidate Candidate

Publications:

Nixon, S. W., S. L. Granger, and B. L. Nowicki. 1995. An assessment of the annual mass balance of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in Narragansett Bay. Biogeochemistry 31:15-61.

Nixon, S. W. et al. 1996. The fate of nitrogen and phosphorus at the land-sea margin of the North Atlantic Ocean. Biogeochemistry 35:141-180.

Nixon, S. W. 1997. Prehistoric nutrient inputs and productivity in Narragansett Bay. Estuaries 20(2):253-261.

Lugo, A. E., C. S. Rogers, and S. W. Nixon. 2000. Hurricanes, coral reefs and rainforests: Resistance, ruin and recovery in the Caribbean. Ambio 29(2):106-114.

L. Harris et al. 2004. Experimental studies of predation by buefish in varying densities of seagrass and macroalgae. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series 281:233-239.