Description Dates/Itinerary Cost Dr. David Osgood Dr. Barty Thompson
Department
of Biology, Albright College
PO Box 15234,Reading, PA 19612-5234
(610)
921 7726 FAX (610) 921 8034
email: dosgood@alb.edu
B.S.
Biology,
December, 1988, University of North Carolina-Wilmington
M.S.
Environmental Sciences, August, 1991, University of Virginia
Ph.D.
Environmental Sciences, January, 1996, University of Virginia
Professional Experience
2004-present: Associate Professor,
Biology, Albright College
2001-present: Assistant
Professor, Biology, Albright College
1997-2001: Assistant
Professor, Environmental Science, University of New Haven
1995-present: Affiliated
Investigator, Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Program,
University of Virginia.
1995-1996: Assistant
Professor, Marine Science, University of South Carolina Beaufort.
Professional Affiliations
Estuarine Research Federation, Atlantic Estuarine Research Society, Society of Wetland Scientists, American Association of Limnology and Oceanography, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Professional Activities and Recognition
· Manuscript and proposal reviews for Estuaries, Wetlands, Biological Invasions, Restoration Ecology, Applied Geochemistry, Limnology and Oceanography, Wetlands Ecology and Management, Mangroves and Salt Marshes, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Hydrologic Processes, New Jersey Sea Grant, Louisiana Sea Grant, South Carolina Sea Grant, The Nature Conservancy, United States Department of Agriculture, The Hudson River Foundation, Cooperative Inst. for Coastal Env. Tech (NOAA).
· Invited participant, Fringe Wetlands Hydrogeomorphic Classification Workshop, hosted by The Army Corps of Engineers, Sept. 1996, Charleston, SC.
· Fred H. Moore Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award, 1992, Dept. of Env. Sciences, University of Virginia.
· Nomination for Teaching Award. University of New Haven, 1999; Albright College, 2001&2004
· Recipient Dr. Henry P. and M. Paige Laughlin Distinguished Faculty Award. Albright College, 2005
Recent Presentations (1999-2005)
Moyer, M. and D. Osgood. The Distribution of Invasive Plants in a Newly Developing Wetland. National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Lexington, VA, April 2005. Student Oral Presentation.
Long, M., Koch, G., and D. Osgood. Habitat assessment for Clemmys muhlenbergii (bog turtle) after wetland vegetation restoration. National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Indianapolis, IN, April 2004. Student Oral Presentation.
Koch, G., Long, M., and D. Osgood. Quantifying nutrient input into an agricultural wetland. National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Indianapolis, IN, April 2004. Student Poster Presentation.
Harms, L., Salak, E., and D. Osgood. Effects of Phragmites australis expansion on the early life history stages of Fundulus heteroclitus. Annual meeting of the Atlantic Estuarine Research Society, Atlantic Beach, NC,
April 2003. Student Poster Presentation – Received Outstanding Student Presentation Award.
Osgood, D.T., Saiers, J., Orson, R., Hoffman, T., Manasfi, K, and Sappe, R. Changes in peat structure following tidal marsh restoration: Implications for nutrient export. Society of Wetland Scientists 23rd Annual Meeting, Lake Placid, NY, June 2002. Oral Presentation.
Hoffman, T.F., Osgood, D.T., Davis, R.L., Saiers, J., and Orson, R. Effects of peat structure on creekbank porewater discharge in a reference and a tidally-restored salt marsh. Society of Wetland Scientists 23rd Annual Meeting, Lake Placid, NY, June 2002. Student Poster Presentation.
Osgood, D.T., Yozzo, D.J., Chambers, R.M., Pianka, S., Lewis, J., and Jacobson, D. Factors controlling nekton habitat utilization patterns within Phragmites and non-Phragmites marshes. Phragmites australis; A sheep in wolf’s clothing? Technical Forum and Workshop, Vineland, N.J., January 2002. Invited Oral Presentation.
Chambers, R.M., Osgood, D.T., Bart, D., and Montalto, F. Phragmites invasion and expansion in tidal wetlands: interactions among salinity, sulfide, and hydrology. Phragmites australis; A sheep in wolf’s clothing? Technical Forum and Workshop, Vineland, N.J., January 2002. Invited Oral Presentation.
Yozzo, D.J., Osgood, D.T., Chambers, R.M., and Cianciola, M.M. Distribution and abundance of benthic macroinvertebrates in Phragmites and Typha dominated tidal wetlands, Hudson River Estuary. Phragmites australis; A sheep in wolf’s clothing? Technical Forum and Workshop, Vineland, N.J., January 2002. Poster Presentation.
Osgood, D.T., Yozzo, D.J., Chambers, R.M., Lewis, J., and Pianka, S. Controlling factors of nekton habitat use within Phragmites and Typha habitat along the Hudson River Estuary. 16th Biennial Estuarine Research Federation meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, November 2002. Oral Presentation.
D. Yozzo, Osgood, D.T, Chambers R., and Cianciola, M. Distribution and abundance of benthic macroinvertebrates in Phragmites and Typha dominated tidal wetlands, Hudson River Estuary. 16th Biennial Estuarine Research Federation meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, November 2002. Poster Presentation.
Osgood, D., D. Yozzo, D. Jacobson, T. Hoffman, and J. Wnek. Spatial patterns of nekton use within Phragmites and Spartina habitat on the Housatonic River, CT. New England Estuarine Research Society meeting, November, 2000, Block Island, RI. Oral Presentation
Lewis, J., S. Pianka, D. Osgood, R. Chambers, and D. Yozzo. Does Phragmites expansion influence nekton habitat utilization? New England Estuarine Research Society meeting, November, 2000, Block Island, RI. Student Poster Presentation
Vasilakos, L., D. Osgood, R. Orson, and R. Zajac. Baseline sampling and habitat assessment of Sybil Creek Marsh, Branford, CT. prior to restoration. New England Estuarine Research Society meeting, November, 2000, Block Island, RI. Student Oral Presentation
Pianka, S., J. Lewis, D. Osgood, R. Chambers, and D. Yozzo. Temporal patterns of nekton habitat utilization in Phragmites and Typha habitat. Long Island Sound Conference, November, 2000, Stamford, CT. Student Oral Presentation
Osgood, D. D. Yozzo, R. Chambers, C. Lepage, J. Lewis, and S. Pianka. Has Phragmites expansion impacted nekton habitat along the Hudson River? New England Estuarine Research Society meeting, Portland, ME., May, 2000. Oral Presentation
Vasilakos, L. and D. Osgood, Comparative study of microalgal diversity in a tidally restricted and unrestricted area of Sybil Creek Marsh, Branford, CT. New England Estuarine Research Society meeting, Portland, ME., May, 2000. Student Poster Presentation
Kalapasev, N. D. Osgood, and R. Chambers. Growth strategy and distribution of Phragmites australis along an estuarine gradient. New England Estuarine Research Society meeting, Portland, ME., May, 2000. Student Oral Presentation
Kalapasev, N. D. Osgood, and R. Chambers. Growth strategy and distribution of Phragmites australis along an estuarine gradient. 15th Biennial Estuarine Research Federation meeting, New Orleans, LA., Sept, 1999. Student Poster Presentation – 2nd place student award.
Osgood, D., Chambers, R.M., and Kalapasev, N. Hydrologic and chemical controls of Phragmites growth in tidal marshes. 15th Biennial Estuarine Research Federation meeting, New Orleans, LA. Sept, 1999. Oral Presentation
Chambers, R. and Osgood, D. The Role of Hydrogen Sulfide on Phragmites production in tidally-restricted salt marshes, Restoration of Salt Marshes - Science and Management, January, 1999, sponsored by CT Dept. of Environmental Protection and Connecticut College. Invited Oral Presentation
Publications
Osgood, D.T., Yozzo, D.J., Chambers, R.M., Pianka, S., Lewis, J., and LePage, C. (In press). Patterns of habitat utilization by resident nekton is Phragmites and Typha marshes of the Hudson River Estuary, New York. Special Volume of the American Fisheries Society Journal. Invited Paper.
Osgood, D.T., Yozzo, D.J., Chambers, R.M., Jacobsen, D. Hoffman, T. and Wnek, J. 2003. Tidal Hydrology and habitat utilization by resident nekton in Phragmites and non-Phragmites marshes. Estuaries 26(2B): 523-534. Invited Paper.
Chambers, R.M., Osgood, D.T., Bart, D. and Montalto, F. 2003. Phragmites invasion and expansion in tidal wetlands: Interactions among salinity, sulfide and hydrology. Estuaries 26(2B): 398-406. Invited Paper.
Harms, L., Salak, E., and Osgood, D.T. 2003. Effects of Phragmites australis on the early life history stages of Fundulus heteroclitus at Iona Island Marsh, Hudson River, New York. Section IV: 35 pp. In J.R. Waldman & W.C. Nieder (eds.), Final Reports of the Tibor T. Polgar Fellowship Program, 2002. Hudson River Foundation.
Chambers, R.M. and Osgood, D.T., and Kalapasev, N. 2002. Hydrologic and chemical control of Phragmites growth in tidal marshes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 239:83-91.
Hanson, S., Osgood, D.T., and Yozzo, D.J. 2002. Utilization of Phragmites australis habitat by marsh-resident nekton at Piermont Marsh in the lower Hudson River Estuary. Wetlands 22:326-337.
Osgood, D.T. 2000. Subsurface hydrology and nutrient export from barrier island marshes at different tidal ranges. Wetlands Ecology and Management 8:133-146.
Hanson, S. and Osgood, D.T. 1998. Utilization of Phragmites australis habitat by marsh-resident nekton at Piermont Marsh in the lower Hudson River Estuary. in J.R. Waldman and C. Nieder, editors. Final reports of the T. Polgar Fellowship Program, 1998. Hudson River Foundation, New York, NY.
Osgood, D.T. and J.C. Zieman 1998. The influence of subsurface hydrology on nutrient supply and smooth Cordgrass (S. alterniflora) production in a developing barrier island marsh. Estuaries 21:767-783.
Osgood, D.T., M.C.F.V. Santos, and J.C. Zieman. 1995. Sediment physico-chemistry associated with natural marsh development on a storm-deposited sand flat. Marine Ecology Progress Series 120:271-283.
Osgood, D.T. and J.C. Zieman. 1993. Factors controlling aboveground Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass) tissue element composition and production in different-age barrier island marshes. Estuaries 16(4):815-826.
Osgood, D.T. and J.C. Zieman. 1993. Spatial and temporal patterns of substrate physico-chemical parameters in different-aged barrier island marshes. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 37:421-436.
Research Funding (1998-2004)
Myers, K. and D. Osgood. Using Biotic Integrity to Assess the Health of a Stream Prior to Restoration. Sponsor: Albright College Summer Research Program.
Odonohue, M. and D. Osgood. Creation of a Water Quality Baseline for a Stream Restoration on Angelica Creek. Sponsor: Albright College Summer Research Program.
Moyer, M. and D. Osgood. The Distribution of Invasive Plants in a Newly Developing Wetland. Sponsor: Albright College Summer Research Program.
Long, M. and D. Osgood. Habitat assessment for Clemmys muhlenbergii (bog turtle) after wetland vegetation restoration. Sponsor: Albright College Summer Research Program.
Koch, G. and D. Osgood. Quantifying nutrient input into an agricultural wetland. Sponsor: Albright College Summer Research Program.
Harms, L. and Osgood, D.T. Causal factors of reduced reproduction by marsh resident nekton within Phragmites in a H. River marsh. Sponsor: Hudson River Foundation Polgar Fellowship Program.
Osgood, D.T. and Long, M. Assessment of Bog Turtle habitat potential in the Lobachsville wetland. Sponsor: Berks County Conservancy.
Salak, E. and Osgood, D.T. Reproductive success of marsh-resident nekton in Phragmites australis-dominated marshes. Sponsor: Albright College Summer Research Program.
Saiers, J., Osgood, D.T., Orson, R.A. Changes in peat structure following tidal marsh restoration: Implications for subsurface flows and nutrient transport. Sponsor: Marsh Ecology Research Program, NJ Sea Grant.
Osgood, D.T., Yozzo, D.J., and Chambers, R.M. Influence of Phragmites expansion of energy transfer within tidal wetlands of the Hudson River Estuary. Sponsor: Hudson River Foundation.
Osgood, D.T. and Yozzo, D.J. Habitat utilization by fish and invertebrates in Phragmites and Spartina marshes on the Housatonic River, Sponsor: Long Island Sound Fund, CT Dept. of Environmental Protection
Chambers, R.M. and Osgood, D.T. Hydrologic and Chemical Control of Phragmites Growth in Tidal Marshes, Sponsor: CT Sea Grant.
Orson, R.A., Osgood, D.T., Tait, J.G., and Zajac, R.N. Sybil Creek Restoration: Baseline data and preliminary habitat assessment prior to restoration. Sponsor: Long Island Sound Fund, CT Department of Environmental Protection.
Chambers, R.M. and Osgood, D.T. Controlling Phragmites Growth in Mesohaline Tidal marshes of the lower Housatonic River: A field test. Sponsor: The Nature Conservancy.