Candace Oviatt ,
URI Graduate School of Oceanography.
Dr. Candace Oviatt, Professor of Biological Oceanography, discusses the
impact of climate change on Narragansett Bay biota. She has worked at
the Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) in many aspects of coastal
ecology and is currently studying low oxygen events in Narragansett Bay
with a large research team. Candace is also an Associate Director of
the Coastal Institute and a member of the team leading the Integrated
Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) NSF program for graduate
students to facilitate communication between scientists and environmental
managers. Candace has a cooperative program with Rhode Island Department
of Environmental Management, Division of Water Resources to maintain
a fixed and buoy site network to monitor Narragansett Bay for water quality
during the summer months. For more information on her program see www.gso.uri.edu/merl/merl.html and
at the GSO web site look for her faculty profile under Faculty.