Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

Education:

Ph.D., Chemical Oceanography, North Carolina State University, 2001
M.S., Biological Oceanography, Oregon State University, 1986
B.S., Zoology, Duke University, 1981

Research Interests:

Interactions between infaunal populations and communities and geochemical processes in marine sediments
Ecophysiology of Spartina alterniflora
Ecological applications of stable isotopes

Funded projects:

Partitioning of organic inputs among organic and mineral phases during early diagenesis. American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund.**
Collaborative Research: Interactions Among Deposit-Feeding, Organic Matter Diagenesis and Animal Nutrition. NSF Chemical Oceanography (with Tamara Pease, UT-Brownsville).**
Benthic Observatory and Technology Testbed on the Mid Shelf – Understanding Processes. NSF OTIC. (with D Savidge, J Nelson, R Jahnke, A Gargett [ODU], G Voulgaris [SC], T Short [SRI]).**
Effects of canal discharge on oxygen cycles on marsh platforms and its potential consequences for nekton use of marsh habitat. NOAA Coastal Incentive Grant. (with J Blanton).**
Funds in support of geochemistry symposium. Geochemical Society
Symposium: Unknown Knowns and Known Unknowns, Chemical Oceanography in a Changing World. NSF Chemical Oceanography (with Jay Brandes)
MRI: Acquisition of an Isotope-Ratio Mass Spectrometer Facility for East Georgia. NSF MRI (with Jay Brandes, S Wakeham, M Frischer)
FSML: Acquisition of Controlled Environmental Spaces for Skidaway Institute of Oceanography. NSF FSML. (with J Sanders).**

** active projects

Recent Publications:

2008	Savidge, WB, A Gargett, RA Jahnke, JR Nelson, DK Savidge, RT Short, G Voulgaris. 2008. Forcing and dynamics of seafloor-water column exchange on a broad continental shelf. Oceanography 21: 179-184.
2007	Savidge, WB, RA Jahnke, JR Nelson, DK Savidge G Vuolgaris, RT Short, and A Gargett. 2007. Development of a Coastal Ocean Benthic Observatory to Study Sediment-Water Exchange Processes. In: S Tanabe, H Takeoka, T Isobe and Y Nishibe (eds.) Chemical Pollution and Environmental Changes. Universal Academy Press, Tokyo. pp. 383-392.
2005	Savidge, W.B. and N.E. Blair. 2005. Intramolecular carbon isotopic composition of monosodium glutamate: biochemical pathways and product source identification. J. Agric. Food Chem. 53: 197-201.
2004	Sharp, J.H., A.Y. Beauregard, D. Burdige, G. Cauwet, S. Curless, R. Lauck, K. Nagel, H. Ogawa, A. E. Parker, O. Primm, M. Pujo-Pay, W.B. Savidge, S. Seitzinger, G. Spyres, R. Styles. 2004. A direct instrument comparison for measurement of total dissolved nitrogen in seawater . Marine Chemistry 84: 181-193.
2004	Savidge, W.B. and N.E. Blair. 2004. Seasonal and within-plant gradients in the intramolecular carbon isotopic composition of amino acids of Spartina alterniflora . J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 308: 149-165.
2004	Savidge, W.B. and N.E. Blair. 2004. Patterns of intramolecular isotopic heterogeneity within the amino acids of autotrophs and heterotrophs . Oecologia 139: 178-189.