Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
10 Ocean Science Circle
Savannah, Georgia 31411
Telephone: (912) 598-3348
FAX: (912) 598-2310

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

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

• 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).
  

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.