Dr. Jane M. Caffrey

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Area of Expertise
Biogeochemistry; Nitrogen Cycling; Net Ecosystem Metabolism; Water Quality
Education
  • Ph.D. in Marine Environmental and Estuarine Studies Program, University of Maryland, Maryland, U.S.A., 1989
  • Dissertation title: The effect of submersed macrophytes on nitrogen cycling in estuarine sediments.
  • M.S. in Marine Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A., 1983
  • Thesis title: The influence of physical factors on water column nutrients and suspended sediments in Fourleague Bay, Louisiana.
  • A.B. in Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A., 1981

Associate Professor

Research Interest:
-Estuarine nutrient biogeochemistry
-Bacterial nitrogen transformations, specifically the importance of
nitrification and denitrification in the removal of fixed nitrogen
from estuaries
-In-situ nutrient analysis
-Water quality, including the factors controlling dissolved oxygen
dynamics and metabolism

Current oil spill-related Research:
-Sediment Respiration in Beach Sands

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