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

Recent Publications:

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.