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Candace A. Oviatt is affiliated with the University of Rhode Island in the United States. Their research primarily addresses topics within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with specific focus on subfields such as Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Plant Science, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

Oviatt has contributed to multiple recent publications, including:

  • "Managed Nitrogen Load Decrease Reduces Chlorophyll and Hypoxia in Warming Temperate Urban Estuary," 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Decomposition of mangrove litter under experimental nutrient loading in a fringe Rhizophora mangle (L.) forest," 2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • "A tale of two spring blooms in a northeast estuary of the USA: how storms impact nutrients, multiple trophic levels and hypoxia," 2022, Hydrobiologia
  • "Effect of nutrient reductions on dissolved oxygen and pH: a case study of Narragansett bay," 2024, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "In Pursuit of Ecosystem-Based Management for Narragansett Bay: An Overview of Previous Models and Roadmap for Future Research," 2022, Coastal Management

The frequent co-authors associated with Candace A. Oviatt comprise:

  • Daniel L. Codiga
  • Heather Stoffel
  • Kristin Huizenga
  • Courtney Schmidt
  • Hongjie Wang

The venues where Oviatt's work is most frequently published include:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Hydrobiologia
  • Coastal Management
  • Bulletin of Marine Science

Best Publications

  • NUTRIENTS AND THE PRODUCTIVITY OF ESTUARINE AND COASTAL MARINE ECOSYSTEMS

    S. W. Nixon;C. A. Oviatt;J. Frithsen;B. Sullivan

  • Ecology of a New England salt marsh

    Scott W. Nixon;Candace A. Oviatt

  • Coastal Lagoons and Climate Change: Ecological and Social Ramifications in U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ecosystems

    Abigail Anthony;Joshua Atwood;Peter V. August;Carrie Byron

  • Effects of the Spawning Migration of the Alewife, Alosa Pseudoharengus, on Freshwater Ecosystems

    Ann Gall Durbin;Scott W. Nixon;Candace A. Oviatt

  • The changing ecology of temperate coastal waters during a warming trend

    Candace A. Oviatt

  • Patterns of productivity during eutrophication: a mesocosm experiment

    CA Oviatt;AA Keller;PA Sampou;LL Beatty

  • Annual Primary Production in Narragansett Bay with no Bay-Wide Winter-Spring Phytoplankton Bloom

    C. Oviatt;A. Keller;L. Reed

  • Application of filtration rate models to field populations of bivalves: an assessment using experimental mesocosms

    Peter H. Doering;Candace A. Oviatt

  • Predicted impacts of elevated temperature on the magnitude of the winter-spring phytoplankton bloom in temperate coastal waters : A mesocosm study

    Aimee A. Keller;Candace A. Oviatt;Henry A. Walker;Jamie D. Hawk

  • An ecosystem level experiment on nutrient limitation in temperate coastal marine environments

    C. Oviatt;P. Doering;B. Nowicki;L. Reed

  • The effects of the filter-feeding clam Mercenaria mercenaria on carbon cycling in experimental marine mesocosms.

    Peter H. Doering;Candace A. Oviatt;John R. Kelly;John R. Kelly

  • Sediment resuspension and deposition in Narragansett Bay

    Candace A. Oviatt;Scott W. Nixon

  • Phosphorus and nitrogen limitation of primary production in a simulated estuarine gradient

    Peter H. Doering;Candace A. Oviatt;B. L. Nowicki;E. G. Klos

  • The demersal fish of Narragansett Bay: An analysis of community structure, distribution and abundance☆

    Candace A. Oviatt;Scott W. Nixon

  • A comparison of system (02 and C02) and C-14 measurements of metabolism in estuarine mesocosms

    Candace A. Oviatt;David T. Rudnick;Aimee A. Keller;Peter A. Sampou

  • Isotopic distribution of carbon from sewage sludge and eutrophication in the sediments and food web of estuarine ecosystems

    Patrick J. Gearing;Juanita N. Gearing;James T. Maughan;Candace A. Oviatt

  • Effect of the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria on benthic fluxes of inorganic nutrients and gases

    P. H. Doering;J. R. Kelly;C. A. Oviatt;T. Sowers

  • Recovery of a polluted estuarine system: a mesocosm experiment

    C. A. Oviatt;M. E. Q. Pilson;S. W. Nixon;J. B. Frithsen

  • The response of benthic macrofauna to anthropogenic stress in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: A review of human stressors and assessment of community conditions

    Christopher J. Calabretta;Candace A. Oviatt

  • Diel Metabolism and Nutrient Dynamics in a Salt Marsh Embayment

    Scott W. Nixon;Candace A. Oviatt;Jonathan Garber;Virginia Lee

  • What nutrient sources support anomalous growth and the recent sargassum mass stranding on Caribbean beaches? A review

    Candace A. Oviatt;Kristin Huizenga;Caroline S. Rogers;W. Jeff Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott W. Nixon
Scott W. Nixon University of Rhode Island
Michael E. Q. Pilson
Michael E. Q. Pilson University of Rhode Island
Arthur J. Gold
Arthur J. Gold University of Rhode Island
Robinson W. Fulweiler
Robinson W. Fulweiler Boston University
Sybil P. Seitzinger
Sybil P. Seitzinger University of Victoria
Anne E. Giblin
Anne E. Giblin Marine Biological Laboratory
Jeremy S. Collie
Jeremy S. Collie University of Rhode Island
James G. Quinn
James G. Quinn University of Rhode Island
Cathleen Wigand
Cathleen Wigand Environmental Protection Agency
Robert J. Diaz
Robert J. Diaz Virginia Institute of Marine Science

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