Craig W. Osenberg

Phone: 352-392-9201
Lab phone: 352-392-1685 (for contacting my students or my Oecologia assistant)
Fax: 352-392-3704
E-mail: osenberg@ufl.edu

Oecologia-UF editorial office
CW Osenberg, Editor-in-Chief (Aquatic Ecology)
Suzanne Stapleton, Editorial Assistant
oecologia@ufl.edu

QSE³ is a university-wide graduate training program in Spatial Ecology.  Although all fellowships have been allocated, there are research funds (and training opportunities) still available for students.  Details are available here.  PIs: CW Osenberg (Biology), E Bruna (WEC), M Martcheva (Math).

As highlighted by the oil spill, the Gulf is affected by a wide range of natural and anthropogenic factors that influence the dynamics of this important ecosystem.  Many of the scientific needs we have are not unique to understanding effects of the oil spill -- they are generic.  Thus, members of the Ecology subcommittee of the UF Oil Spill Task Force assembled a white paper that we have distributed at workshops that were held in the Gulf region.  The paper lays out the foundation for a research program that will move beyond DWH towards a more comprehensive and innovative understanding of the Gulf ecosystem.  A copy of that paper is available here: "Beyond Deepwater Horizon -- Ecological Synthesis and Integration in a Changing Environment".   Similar concepts are developed in greater depth in the Pew Environment Working Group Report, A Once and Future Gulf of Mexico (report; executive summary).  A detailed proposal for the establishment of the Gulf of Mexico Center for Ecological Application and Synthesis (GulfCEAS) was developed by a diverse consortium of scientists.  It was not funded by the GRI, but we are still hopeful this concept will become a reality. 

Research Interests:

• Coral reef ecology (from gastropods to corals to fishes).

• Size and stage-structured interactions, and their implications for population dynamics and community patterns.

• The roles of density-dependence, habitat quality, predation, competition, and resource limitation in aquatic ecosystems.

• The application of meta-analysis in ecology (e.g., quantification of effect size (and interaction strength) and its variation among organisms and environments).

• The design and implementation of whole ecosystem experiments and environmental assessment studies.

• The application of ecological theory to the design of marine reserves and fisheries management strategies.

CV and related information:

• Publications
• Miscellaneous information (education, academic positions, grants)
• Current research activities

Information for Prospective Graduate Students:

• Current research activities
• My philosophy, my lab, and other information

Information for Undergraduate Students:

• Research Opportunities (stop by my lab or talk to my students if you are interested in getting research experience in the field of marine or freshwater ecology)

Graduate courses:
Quantitative Spatial Ecology, Evolution and Environment (QSE3): IGERT Colloquium	Zoo 6049	Current semester and index
Quantitative Methods and Ecological Inference	Zoo 6927	Fall 2010 Fall 2006 Fall 2002
Integrative Principles	Zoo 6005	Index
Miscellaneous courses and seminars in ecology	Zoo 6927 and Zoo 6049	Frontiers in Ecology: Fall 2009 Marine Biodiversity: Spring 2006 Advanced Ecology: Fall 2005 Intro to Math Models in Ecology: Spring 2005 Foundations and Frontiers in Ecology: Fall 2003 Concepts of Ecology: Fall 1998
Research Reviews in Ecology and Evolution	Zoo 6927	Index
Experimental Design: Meta-analysis and Quantitative Synthesis     [University of Pittsburgh, Pymatuning Lab]		Summer 2003
Undergraduate courses:
General Ecology	PCB 4044C	Index (to courses since Fall 2009)
Introductory Biology (Integrative Principles)	BSC 2011	Fall 2000 Spring 1999 Spring 1997

Department of Biology and UF:

• Biology Graduate Program
• Biology Home Page
• UF Home Page

osenberg@ufl.edu