Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 28
Edgewater, Maryland 21037
Current Research Projects
Interacting effects of climate change, landuse, and invasive species on marine benthic communities. Long term changes in the recruitment of marine epifaunal communities. The effects of hull fouling on the transport of invasive species. Hydrodynamic effects on larval transport and the local and regional distribution of marine species Predation on newly-settled life-stages and its long term effect on community development.
Recent Publications
Osman, R. W. and R. B. Whitlatch. 2004. The control of the development of a marine benthic community by predation on recruits. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.: In Press.
Bullard, S. G., R. B. Whitlatch, and R. W. Osman. 2004. Checking the landing zone: do invertebrate larvae avoid settling near superior competitors? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.: In Press.
Laursen, A. E., S. P. Seitzinger, R. Dekorsey, J. G. Sanders, D. L. Breitberg, and R. W. Osman. 2002. Multiple stressors in an estuarine system: effects of nutrients, trace elements, and trophic complexity on benthic photosynthesis and respiration. Estuaries 25:57-69.
Stachowicz, J. J., H. Fried, R. W. Osman, and R. B. Whitlatch. 2002. Biodiversity, invasion resistance, and marine ecosystem function: reconciling pattern and process. Ecology 83:2575-2590.
Stachowicz, J. J., J. R. Terwin, R. B. Whitlatch, and R. W. Osman. 2002. Linking climate change and biological invasions: ocean warming facilitates nonindigenous species invasions. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 99:15497-15550.
Osman, R. W. and R. B. Whitlatch. 2001. Ecological interactions of invading ascidians within epifaunal communities of southern New England. Pages 164-174 in: Pederson, J. (ed.), Marine Bioinvasions: Proceedings of the First National Conference, January 24-27, 1999.
Whitlatch, R. B. and R. W. Osman. 2001. Geographical distributions and organism-habitat associations of shallow-water introduced marine fauna in New England. Pages 61-65 in: Pederson, J. (ed.), Marine Bioinvasions: Proceedings of the First National Conference, January 24-27, 1999.
Breitburg, D. L., J. G. Sanders, C. G. Gilmour, C. A. Hatfield, R. W. Osman, G. F. Riedel, S. P. Seitzinger, and K. G. Sellner. 1999. Variability in responses to nutrients and trace elements, and transmission of stressor effects through an estuarine food web. Limnol. Oceangr. 44:837-863.
Osman, R. W., and R. B. Whitlatch. 1999. Processes controlling local and regional patterns of invertebrate colonization: application to the design of artificial oyster habitat. Pages 179-197 in: Luckenbach, R. Mann and J. A. Wesson (eds), Oyster Reef Restoration: A Synopsis and Synthesis of Approaches, Virginia Institute of Marine Science Press, Gloucester, VA.
Stachowicz, J. J., R. B. Whitlatch, and R. W. Osman. 1999. Species diversity enhances the resistance of marine communities to invasion by exotic species. Science 286:1577-1579.
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